Prevent Child Abuse Illinois

Programs: Program 1: prevention education and outreach a. Goal 1 is to build grassroots child abuse prevention coalitions throughout illinois to address the needs of local communities. Objectives/accomplishments: (1) eleven local councils established and functioning/achieved (2) one major community activity per council/achieved - multiple activities by many councils; (3) formation of a statewide network with an advisory committee and regular meetings/achieved;(4) one statewide child abuse prevention coalition annual summit planned and held/achieved -summit held. B. Goal 2 is to promote child sexual abuse prevention by providing training, participating in community coalitions, providing technical assistance and resources, and collaborating with others working on the issue. Objectives/accomplishments: (1) 12 stewards of children trainings across the state/achieved - 16 trainings provided; (2) facilitate the northern region csap coalition/achieved - 3 meetings facilitated; (3) participate on the csa disability committee/achieved - 2 out of 2 meetings attended; (4) distribute 500 child sexual abuse: raising awareness and protecting children brochures/achieved - 4,302 distributed. C. Goal 3 is to promote infant care and safety through happiest baby and shaken baby syndrome (sbs) prevention parent and professional trainings, literature distribution, and area wide sbs train-the-trainer events. Objectives/accomplishments:(1) 12 happiest baby on the block trainings by pca illinois staff and partner providers/ achieved - 24 training provided;(2) produce four quarterly issues of the happiest baby on the block newsletter/achieved - 4 newsletters distributed;(3) 2 sbs prevention community presentations/achieved - 3 trainings held;(4) 1 sbs prevention train the trainer event/achieved - 1 ttt held;(5) distribute 10,000 sbs prevention brochures/achieved - 12,071. D. Goal 4 is to address substance abuse as it relates to child abuse by facilitating cross training and technical assistance. Objectives/accomplishments: (1) participate actively in dasa/dcfs work groups/achieved - 6 meetings facilitated; (2) facilitate statewide mecam meth and other drug conference/achieved - conference held april 2015; (3) distribute 500 pca illinois effects of methamphetamine on children brochures /achieved - 2,281; (4) distribute 500 pca illinois effects of substance abuse on children brochures/achieved - 3,056. E. Goal 5 is to address family violence as it relates to child abuse by facilitating cross training and technical assistance. Objectives/accomplishments: (1) active involvement on family violence coordinating councils/achieved - involved in 42 meetings and events covering all state regions; (2) provide 4 workshops on the effects of domestic violence on children/achieved - 7 trainings provided; (3) distribute 1,000 pca illinois effects of domestic violence on children brochures/achieved - 6,057 brochures distributed. F. Goal 6 is to coordinate statewide efforts for child abuse prevention month activities and provide public awareness and education addressing child abuse and neglect and promoting child and family well-being. Objectives/accomplishments: (1) organize a statewide planning committee and facilitate two planning sessions/achieved;(2) organize and facilitate 3 regional planning committees/achieved - 3 committees facilitated;(3) host 4 media conferences in the three state regions at the beginning of april/achieved - 4 media conferences held;(4) 60 community events planned and listed in the pca illinois state prevention month calendar/achieved - calendar produced and distributed listing 100+ events listed;(5) hold 4 child abuse and neglect trainings /achieved - 8 trainings held;(6) annual child abuse prevention community packed developed and distributed statewide/achieved - packet distributed.

program 2: home visiting programs support a. Goal 1 is to promote effective home visitation program models for new parents by assisting statewide and community efforts objectives/accomplishments: (1) serve as a full partner in managing the strong foundations project to build a statewide infrastructure for new parent home visiting programs/achieved- 3 pca illinois staff participated in 8 various planning meetings along with several follow up efforts;(2) provide scholarships for 70 home visitor program staff to attend the 20th annual statewide child abuse prevention conference/achieved - 70 scholarships awarded;(3) provide a home visitor track of two workshops in each of four breakout sessions at the 20th annual statewide child abuse prevention conference/achieved - 8 workshops provided;(4) host a recognition dinner and program for all illinois home visitor programs within the overarching strong foundations project/achieved - over 160 program staff in attendance. B. Goal 2 is to provide specific support to healthy families illinois home visitor programsobjectives/accomplishments: (1) participate in all 6 healthy families illinois home visiting program governing board and subcommittee meetings/achieved - 15 meetings attended;(2) provide staff support and facilitate 16 meetings of the five regional program cluster groups/achieved - staffed 16 meetings attended;(3) provide financial assistance to 5 healthy families illinois programs to help offset the costs of credentialing/achieved -9 programs received assistance; (4) organize and facilitate a planning committee and host a half day summit and training event for healthy families illinois program staff/achieved - 122 program staff attended.

program 3: 20th annual statewide conference on child abuse preventiona. Goal 1 is to train professionals who work with children and families on emerging issues in the field. Objectives/accomplishments:(1) organize and facilitate a statewide planning committee/achieved - 47 members(2) bring in top national and international experts in the field to speak at four plenary sessions/achieved - william kellibrew, laurie guest, theresa barila and mark brown, debra peppers (conferees rated them at 4. 9, 4. 8, 4. 0, and 4. 9 respectively on a 5. 0 scale)(3) draw on illinois' own professional expertise to provide 24 skill building workshop sessions/ achieved - 20 different speakers for 24 separate sessions (conferees aggregate ratings of the speakers along five variables were 4. 8, 4. 6, 4. 5, 4. 5, and 4. 6 on a 5. 0 scale)(4) secure approval for continuing education units appropriate to the various professions of the conferees/achieved - social workers, licensed clinical professional counselors, marriage and family therapists, nurses, educators, domestic violence workers(5) reach an attendance of 350/achieved - 424b. Goal 2 is to promote professional growth through interaction and networking among conferees objectives/accomplishments:(1) arrange for break and meal options that are conducive to conversation, ideas sharing, and networking /achieved (2) host an evening dinner session with speaker that will engage participants and promote new personal and professional relationships/achieved - laurie guest(3) organize family and children's agency resource tables to provide a source of information and interaction/achieved - 18 tables(4) secure a book vendor on site to provide attractive titles that can also serve as topics for conversation/achieved - usborne booksc. Goal 3 is to foster renewed energy and enthusiasm in conferees for their day to day work with families and childrenobjectives/accomplishments:(1) maintain an upbeat and high energy environment, greeting conferees at arrival and registration, providing warm and enthusiastic welcoming remarks, a powerful opening session, and hospitality throughout/achieved(2) provide an upbeat and energized awards luncheon including presentation of the annual friend of children award recognizing one their colleagues for their outstanding contribution to the prevention of child abuse and neglect in illinois/achieved - award to ralph schubert(3) plan for a particularly strong, engaging, and inspirational closing plenary/achieved - dr. Debra peppersd. Goal 4 is to complete planning and operational tasks in a timely and effective mannerobjectives/accomplishments:(1) develop and follow a worksheet with timelines and assignments for all conference tasks/achieved(2) hold regular planning sessions with staff assigned to conference tasks/achieved (4 sessions)(3) aggregate, summarize, and report out on the results of conferee evaluations/achieved - ratings on a 5-point scale were: conference and hotel accommodations (4. 5), plenary session speakers (4. 9, 4. 9, 4. 9 4. 3, ) average for all workshops (4. 6) . (4) hold a final wrap-up session to review and suggest ways to improve the conference in the next year/achieved (11/20/14)