CB-CAP Tennessee (2-19-09)
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Strengthening Families through Early Care and Education◦ Tennessee CBCAP is also the Children’s Trust
Fund. We became involved in the Early Childhood Initiative through the Alliance of Children’s Trust Funds.
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Embed the five Strengthening Families factors in all systems◦ Shift focus from family deficits to family strengths
and resiliency◦ Promote healthy child development and reduce
incidence of child abuse and neglect Reach large numbers of children & families
through early care and education providers and influence other systems as well
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How early childhood programs help prevent child abuse & neglect
Quality Programs have strategies that:◦ Facilitate friendships & mutual support◦ Strengthen parenting◦ Respond to family crises◦ Link families to service & opportunities◦ Facilitate children’s social & emotional
development◦ Observe & respond to early warning signs of CAN◦ Value and support parents
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Protective factors related to families◦ Parental resilience◦ An array of social connections◦ Adequate knowledge of parenting & child
development◦ Concrete support in times of need, including
access to necessary services such as mental health
Protective factor related to children◦ Healthy social & emotional development
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Provide parents with encouragement and education
Act as an early warning & response system and intervene before abuse and neglect occurs
Build resiliency in children and parents Continue to receive increased resources
from government and private sector
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Started taking a Power Point that explained the previous slides around to interested stakeholders – TEIS, Committee meetings- anyone who would listen.
Caught interest of Department of Human Services where quality child care in housed
Formed steering committee which then drafted a recommendation to DHS on how to proceed.
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Importance of Steering Committee with interested stakeholders:
◦Child Care Grant◦ECCS◦Child Care Resource and Referral Agency◦Head Start◦DCS Case Manager Training◦Whoever the early childhood players are
in your state.
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Based on the written recommendation of the Steering Committee, DHS completed a contract with our CCR&R to hire a SF coordinator and 11 Parenting Liaisons to carry to SF message to Early Care in Tennessee.
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The 11 Parenting Liaisons are training Early Care centers throughout Tennessee on the model – working on helping early care centers redefine what they can mean to families.
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All prevention programs were able to reframe what they’re doing in Protective Factor Language.
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Our CBCAP is in the Department of Children’s Services so we are also working to embed SF and the importance of quality Early Care into the Child Welfare system.◦ Teach Child Welfare about the Quality Rating
System◦ Bring importance of quality early care to Case
Managers’/Resource Parents’ awareness
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People “get it”. It’s a easy sell.
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Jeanne BrooksDirector, Tennessee Children’s Trust FundAnd CBCAP [email protected]