Collaborative Partners:

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Collaborative Partners

• Community Based Child Abuse Prevention and
• Early Childhood Comprehensive Systems

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Collaborative Partners

• Community Based Child Abuse Prevention and Family
  Preservation Resources Nebraska Children and
  Families Foundation (NCFF)
• Jennifer Skala
• Early Childhood Comprehensive Systems Together
  for Kids and Families (TFKF), Nebraska Department
  of Health and Human Services
• Lynne Brehm

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Partnership The Nebraska Dance

• A person associated with another or others in
  some activity of common interest implies a
  relationship in which each has equal status and a
  certain independence but also implicit or formal
  obligations to the other or others. For example,
  either of the two persons dancing together. (The
  American Heritage Dictionary, 2nd College Ed.)
• Arrows depicting connections do not adequately
  represent a functioning system.

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Nebraska and its Population

• Covers 76,872 square miles, or an area about 20
  greater than New England.
• It is a 10 hour drive from SE corner to NW
  corner.
• Total population 1,711,263 (2000 Census)
• Average population density 22.3 persons per
  square mile.
• 32 of 93 counties are designated as Frontier,
  Which means 6 or fewer persons per square mile.

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Nebraska and its Population

• 39 of the population lives in the two
  metropolitan population centers, Omaha and
  Lincoln. This means that there are significant
  urban and rural differences that need to be
  respected.
• 72 of total population live in communities which
  have a population of 1,000 people or less.

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Nebraska and its Population

• Four federally-recognized Native American Tribes,
  three with a land base and one without.
• U.S. Strategic Command - 2500 military and
  civilian personnel.
• The States minority population grew
• 23 from 1980 - 1990.
• 83.5 from 1990 - 2000.

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Additional Considerations

• 34 of Nebraskas counties are considered Primary
  Health Care Professional Shortage areas.
• 78 of Nebraskas counties are Medically under
  served areas.
• Shortage of health specialists
• 50 of practicing dentists plan to retire by
  2013.
• 20 of Nebraskas Counties have NO Dentists.
• 32 of Nebraskas Counties have only 1 or 2
  Dentists.
• (Source Nebraska Dental Association Workforce
  Study, 2001)

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Additional Considerations

• 14 of children age 5 and under live in poverty
  (2000 Census)
• 30 of Nebraskas minority children live in
  poverty (2000 Census)
• 73 of the working mothers in Nebraska have
  children under the age of six. (Kids Count 2007)
• Nebraska ranks third in the nation with 67 of
  women in the labor force. (Status of women in
  Nebraska)

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Partnership Overview

• Early Childhood Family Support Initiatives
• home visitation, respite, parent education,
  Positive Behavioral Interventions and Support
  (PBiS)
• Indicator Development refined list of priority
  indicators for collaborative actions
• Call to Action (ages 0-21) - NCFF
• TFKF Indicators (ages 0-8)
• TFKF Access Work Group and the NCFF Learning
  Collaborative
• to identify best practices and help communities
  overcome barriers to access

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Early Childhood Family Support Initiatives Home
Visitation, Respite, Parent Education, Positive
Behavioral Interventions and Support (PBiS)

• TFKF Family Support Work Group (Chaired by NCFF
  Early Childhood Policy Director)
• Home Visitation
• Respite
• Multiple Funding Sources Include
• CBCAP
• Head Start/Early Head Start
• Even Start
• Head Start-State Collaboration Office
• Family Preservation
• Medicaid
• Child Welfare
• 0-3 Endowment

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Early Childhood Family Support Initiatives Home
Visitation, Respite, Parent Education, Positive
Behavioral Interventions and Support (PBiS)

• TFKF Parent Education Work Group (Chaired by
  NCFF, Associate Vice President of Communications
• Learning from Day One Public Awareness Campaign
• Multiple Funding Sources Include
• CCDF Child Care Development Fund
• Head Start-State Collaboration Office
• Together for Kids and Families
• CBCAP
• Family Preservation
• 0-3 Endowment

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Early Childhood Family Support Initiatives Home
Visitation, Respite, Parent Education, Positive
Behavioral Interventions and Support (PBiS)

• TFKF Mental Health Work Group
• Positive Behavioral Interventions and Support
  (PBiS)
• NCFF representation on PBiS Leadership Team
• Multiple Funding Sources Include
• CBCAP
• CCDF Child Care Development Fund
• Nebraska Department of Education (NDE)
• Early Childhood Training Center (ECTC)
• Head Start-State Collaboration Office
• Together for Kids and Families
• State Infrastructure Grant (SAMHSA)
• Family Preservation
• 0-3 Endowment
• Training and Technical Assistance Center for
  Social Emotional Foundations for Early Learning
  (CSEFEL)

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Indicator Development Call to Action (ages
0-21) - NCFF TFKF Indicators (ages 0-8)

• Call to Action Goals
• Partner with existing data/indicator initiatives
  including TFKF
• Educate and provide information to a wide array
  of stakeholders on cutting-edge science related
  to Priority Indicators
• To identify priority indicators (through a
  selection process) that are agreed upon by
  stakeholders
• Develop actions based on data that will improve
  child (and family) well-being in Nebraska
• Based on data and evidence-based practices, a
  group of decision makers will develop an action
  plan designed to impact policies in Nebraska that
  affect child and family well-being. This
  stakeholder meeting is scheduled for May 15,
  2008.

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Indicators for Collaborative Action

• Level 1A Indicators- Indicators for which data is
  available and we are ready to engage partners to
  take action.
• Breastfeeding- Percent of mothers who breastfeed
  exclusively at 6 months, supplementation up to 1
  year (AAP)
• Rate of Abuse/Neglect (Safe Children) in Children
• Percent of low birth weight babies born
• Level 2 Indicators-Indicators for which we
  currently either do not have data, or a clearly
  defined indicator, but are important and areas
  for future exploration
• Percent of Children with Medical Home Percent of
  children enrolled in an early childhood program
• Percent of children ready for school
• Childrens Mental health or Maternal Depression

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Community and State Organizing
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TFKF Access Work Group and the NCFF Learning
Collaborative

• To Identify Best Practices and develop
  collaborations within communities and between
  state and local entities to overcome obstacles
  and breakdown silos
• Underinsured and Uninsured
• Medical Home
• Transportation
• Multiple Funding Sources Include
• CBCAP
• Head Start-State Collaboration Office
• Together for Kids and Families
• Family Preservation

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NCFF Learning Collaborative

• To develop functional sustainable collaborations
  in Nebraska
• Vision We see Greater Nebraska Communities
  transformed and sustained through collaborative
  leadership
• Mission We will increase leadership capacity to
  create healthy communities for children and
  families

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NCFF Learning Collaborative

• Sites Hall County-Grand Island, Keith
  County-Ogallala and Cherry County-Valentine
• Funded Activities
• Facilitator
• Service Array Assessment in 28 Counties
• Learning Collaborative Meetings
• Peer Review Process- Assessments and Site Visits
• Best Practice Development

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Thank you!

• For more information contact
• Jennifer Skala, Director of Programs and
  Evaluation
• Nebraska Children and Families Foundation
• [phone]
• jskala_at_nebraskachildren.org
• www.nebraskachildren.org
• Lynne Brehm, TFKF Program Coordinator
• Nebraska Department of Health and Human Services
• [phone]
• lynne.brehm_at_dhhs.ne.gov
• http//www.hhs.state.ne.us/hew/fah/Together-Kids-F
  amilies.htm