WEKU: AIM (plan)

1. WEKU: AIM (plan) • Increase engagement of family members of the women enrolled in Weku • Increase participation of extended family in weekly Family Night • Increase participation of Significant Others (SOs) in Couples Group

2. CHANGES (do) • Hold a Mother-Daughter Tea [7/08] • Add individual meetings with new families [7/08] • Add monthly new family orientation [7/08] • Add couples group for the women and their SOs [7/08]

3. RESULTS (study) • Increase in Family Night participation sustained 7 months after changes • Multiple changes could not be sustained • Too many family activities per week – burden on families

4. RESULTS (study) • Increase in Couples Group participation gradual, but sustained 7 months after changes • Greatest influence on participation – male staff person

5. NEXT STEPS (act) • Identify one or two changes that can be sustained • Ensure that change(s) don’t add to staff burden • Address other challenges that occurred with increased Family Night participation (e.g., where to put everyone!) • Address challenge of incorporating men into a women’s residential center

6. IMPACT (business case, lessons learned) • Increased people in the building • Not the goal for staff – viewed as chaos • Need more staff help (e.g., daycare staff) • Need more rules • Adding too many different things on different nights too burdensome • Staff stretched • Families stretched • Learned to combine activities on one night • “It ain’t gone be easy!”