Place-Based Community Story Board

Sussex Placed Based Team

Delaware

Learning Session 6

State Of Delaware – Sussex County

We are the largest county in the First State

We are the largest county, geographically, west of the Mississippi

Youth accounts for 1/3 of Delaware’s populations

Population 229,000 of which 5% are under 5 = 11,500

The largest demographic living in poverty in Sussex County are Females 25 - 34 with children

The Sussex TeamPeggy Geisler

•Team Lead

•Executive Director Sussex County Health Coalition

Cheryl Doucette

•Project Director Sussex County Health Coalition

Crystal Timmons

•Partner Engagement/Data Sussex County Health Coalition

Christine Hoeflich-Olley

•Program Manager Home Based Programs & DE Early Childhood Center

Developmental Touchpoint Pipeline Strategies

Awareness

Information

ScreeningDirect

Service

Support

Targeted Touchpoints

Prenatal Care

• Working with OBGYN to educate expecting mothers ensure screenings

• Providing classes to pregnant mothers

Delivery

• Providing Baby Bags to new mothers

• Providing a Vroom Card

• Education around the importance of well child visits

Targeted Touchpoints Continued

Developmental Partners

• Working with the home visiting program

• Partnering with WIC

• Partnering with Pediatricians

• Linking to statewide resources

• Including using technology for

Easy access

Targeted Touchpoints cont.

Friends and Family• Classes University of DE

• PSA for information dissemination

• https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NYKmZ4Im8JU&feature=youtu.be

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Collective Impact Strategies to engage partners from other sectors in this work and weave the

Developmental Screening messaging into all the work we do as a Coalition.

We are proud of the new partnerships formed with our local Pediatricians,

Healthcare Systems, State Agencies and Universities

The most valuable tools / resources are the relationships with our partners. They give us access to the population they serve and collaborate with us to create tools to reach

families in a meaningful way.

We can always benefit from other teams sharing best practices

Thank you

We are excited to see how the newly formed relationship with WIC goes and are wondering if we might be able expand our partnership efforts with other State Agencies.

Thank you!