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Announcements
Report Released on the State of Child Abuse Prevention Efforts in Wisconsin The Wisconsin Children’s Trust Fund (CTF) and the Wisconsin Council on Children and Families (WCCF) released a report today titled “Child Maltreatment Prevention: Where We Stand and Directions for the Future.” The report is one in a series titled “What it will take: Investing in Wisconsin’s future by keeping kids safe today.” CTF and WCCF, in partnership with the Department of Children and Families and the University of Wisconsin Madison School of Social Work and Institute for Research on Poverty, conducted a scan of the state of child maltreatment prevention programs and services in Wisconsin. The findings showed that families have access to very different services depending on where they live, and the amount spent on prevention services per child varies from $0 to $100. Click here to view the report and the series of background briefs. Child Abuse and Neglect Prevention Board approves 2010-2015 Strategic Plan The Child Abuse and Neglect Prevention Board approved the Children’s Trust Fund's 2010-2015 Strategic Plan on April 12, 2010. View the new strategic plan here. Children's Trust Fund releases 2007-09 Biennial Report The Children's Trust Fund released their report on activities completed over the 2007-09 biennium. View the report here. Protective factors training available Building Protective Factors with Families is a 2-hour training for child care providers and others who work with young children and their families. The training was developed as part of Wisconsin’s Strengthening Families initiative and is structured around five protective factors that keep children safe and families strong. Order a CD with all the materials you need to offer the training, watch a 2-hour training of trainers webcast to prepare, and learn more about the training here. This training builds early care and education providers’ competencies in working with parents, building protective factors, and preventing child abuse and neglect. Evaluation materials for parent education and support programs now available If you are looking for ways to measure - and show others - the effects your program has on parents, we can help! The Children's Trust Fund redesigned its suite of program evaluation, data collection, and reporting materials for family resource center grantees in 2009. These outcomes-based evaluation materials are now available for other parent education and support programs to use. Click here to learn more and download the materials. Parent
Development: A New Approach to Effective Programming – Webcast
series
now available as archived videos Session 1: Exploring a New Model of Parenting Session 2: Identifying and Involving Audiences: Providing What Parents Want and Need Session 3: Evidence-Based Programs: A Critical Piece Click here to download the handouts and watch the archived videos. Considering Ethical and Professional Behaviors Archived Materials Have you found yourself in a situation where you feel uncomfortable about a decision you had to make with a family you visit? If this has happened to you, watch our archived video of the Strength Based Considering Ethical and Professional Behaviors professional development training for home visitors. By participating, you will increase your understanding of ethical and professional behaviors, the factors that go into making ethical decisions and how this relates to your work as a home visitor and parent educator. The live training lasted approximately 4 hours, including time for group activities. Click here to find out more information. Join the Family Resource Center Network List Serv! Are you a family resource center director or staff member? Children's Trust Fund maintains a list serv available to all family resource centers in Wisconsin for the purpose of distributing informational materials and fostering discussions amongst centers. To join the list serv, send an email to ctf@ctf.state.wi.us. Family Resource Center Directory An online version of the Family Resource Center Directory is available on this website. Click here to view the webpage. The directory includes program and contact information for centers all across Wisconsin. It can be used by parents looking for a center or resource center staff searching for information on colleagues and local resources. If you are a family resource center staff member looking to be included in this directory, please contact us.
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