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Coordination of the County-wide Blue Ribbon Campaign which recognizes April as Child Abuse Prevention Month, including the purchase and dissemination of child abuse prevention materials such as bookmarks, buttons, pins, bumper stickers, magnets, stickers sheets and posters and pubic education resources. Newsletter Publication This service includes information gathering, developing, editing, printing and disseminating printed material about and for the Child Abuse Councils. The newsletters will be distributed to the Councils and to other relevant organizations and individuals. The Report Card Insert Project
This project will be coordinated with the Los Angeles County Office of Education and individual public and private school districts to raise public awareness and the awareness of parents regarding non-abusive ways to respond to academic or behavioral problems children may have at school. The coordination of this project includes the design and dissemination of the insert in nine languages to public and private school districts throughout the county. Coordination of Bulk Mailings This service includes the coordination of bulk mailings for all fifteen of the Community Child Abuse Councils, which allows for reduced postage costs for each council. This includes maintaining a non-profit bulk-mailing permit, and referral for the posting and sorting of bulk mailings. Establishing and Maintaining a Los Angeles Community Child Abuse Councils' Website This project involves the setting up and maintaining of a web-based Child Abuse Prevention Calendar and Bulletin Board with links to individual council web pages. The web site will provide a calendar of child abuse prevention events and meetings and information about the Child Abuse Councils and the Coordination Project geared to community members and professionals concerned with child abuse prevention issues. Training and Technical Assistance to the Child Abuse Councils The Child Abuse Councils Director provides training and technical assistance to the child abuse councils and other community groups on community outreach and organizing, mandated reporter training, and other child abuse related topics as needed. Networking Meetings The Child Abuse Councils Liaison attends meetings of the Community Child Abuse Councils, Council Chairs, ICAN and other child focused collaboratives for the purposes of information gathering and sharing, raising awareness of child abuse and neglect, identifying and facilitating collaborative training and/or projects for the Councils, and providing technical consultation. Minimally, the following meetings will be attended annually: Ten meetings of ICAN (Operations and Policy Committees) Coordination of Suicide Resources and Prevention Inserts This project includes the establishment and dissemination of a countywide resource list to be given to families after a child or adolescent suicide or suicide attempt. This project will also include the creation of a simple, one-third page communication aimed at preventing child and adolescent suicides. Special Projects for Individual Councils These special projects will be geared to the needs of the individual child abuse councils and will include funds for staffing or materials for special projects designed and proposed by the individual child abuse councils in Los Angeles County. These special projects will focus on one of the following identified goals: 1) Recruiting and Retaining Membership; 2) Communications Improvements; 3) Strategic Planning; 4) Facilitating Child Abuse Council Board Retreats; or 5) Creation of a Speakers Bureau for Child Abuse Council Meetings and Conferences; or 6) Another "capacity building" special project identified by an individual council. Individual councils may apply for a maximum of $3,000 annually and will be required to submit an itemized budget for their proposed project. The decision on which special projects to fund will be made annually by the Board of Directors. If a special project is funded, the council will be required to submit a project evaluation and receipts for all expenses. For more information about the any of our projects or to find our how you can participate contact: Monika McCoy, Ph.D. | |
