Project LAUNCH New Grantee Conference

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Project LAUNCH New Grantee Conference

• November 13, 2008

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Meeting Objectives
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Today
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Today Continued
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Today Continued
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Friday
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Friday Continued
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Project LAUNCH Grantees

• State of Maine
• Washington County
• Arizona Dept of Health Services
• Phoenix
• State of Rhode Island
• Providence
• State of New Mexico
• Santa Fe
• Washington State Dept of Health
• Yakima County
• Red Cliff Band of Lake Superior Chippewa
• Bayfield, WI

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Project LAUNCH Grantees
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Core Concepts

• Project LAUNCH is guided by three core concepts
  for promoting young child wellness
• A public health approach
• A holistic perspective
• An ecological framework

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A Public Health Approach

• Our work is directed toward ensuring that ALL
  children have the opportunity to reach their full
  potential and experience optimal development.
• Prevention and promotion activities are key
  aspects of a public health approach in addition
  to efforts to treat problems after they occur.

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The Spectrum of Interventions
Institute of Medicine. (1994) Reducing Risks for
Mental Disorders. National Academies Press.
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A Holistic Perspective

• We define child wellness as optimal functioning
  across all developmental domains, including
  cognitive, social, emotional, behavioral, and
  physical health.
• We work across disciplines and with those
  involved in the lives of young children to come
  to a shared understanding of healthy child
  development and young child wellness.

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An Ecological Framework

• We recognize that child wellness is predicated
  upon children living in healthy, stable, safe,
  and supportive families and communities.
• Our work involves not only addressing the
  strengths and challenges faced by the individual
  child, but also those experienced by his/her
  family, community and culture.

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Project LAUNCH Conceptual Framework
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Interventions in the Ecological Context

• Mental health consultation
• Increased provision of developmental assessments
  across service settings
• Family strengthening and parent training
• Home visitation programs
• Integration of behavioral health programs into
  primary care

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Overarching Strategies

• Evidence-based prevention and promotion
  activities that build upon the strengths and
  resiliency of children, families, and communities
  and lead to measurable and well-defined outcomes.
  
• Cross-training, workforce development, and
  communications activities to ensure that all
  members of the community share a vision, a plan,
  and a mission of child wellness.
• Cross-sector collaboration and systems
  integration efforts at the federal, state,
  tribal, and local levels to ensure that resources
  are shared, used efficiently, and are aligned
  with a state/local/tribal strategic plan for
  young children.
• Family-centered and culturally competent
  practices that include families as partners and
  leaders, and value the cultural and linguistic
  richness and diversity within communities.