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Strengthening Families Illinois: Building Resilience and Effective Partnerships

Strengthening Families Illinois aims to build family and community resilience, promote effective partnerships between parents and family-service systems, and implement a strength-based, family-centered approach in child care, schools, and agencies serving children and their families.

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Strengthening Families Illinois: Building Resilience and Effective Partnerships

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  1. Strengthening Families Illinois Early Childhood / Child Welfare Collaboration November 3, 2011

  2. STRENGTHENING FAMILIES ILLINOIS MISSION: Build and promote: • Family & community resilience • Effective partnerships between parents and family-service systems • Strength-based, family centered approach in child care, school, agencies, and organizations serving children & their families

  3. STRENGTHENING FAMILIES ILLINOIS 4 COMPONENTS: • Early childhood • Collaboration on systems change with child and family serving agencies and organizations statewide • Assistance with embedding the protective factors approach in the child welfare system • Parent engagement

  4. IL DCFS CHILD WELFARE / EDUCATIONAL OUTCOMES • Children in the child welfare system and children of wards start school ready to learn • Child welfare system is increasingly focused on keeping families strong rather than raising children

  5. KEY IMPLEMENTATIONS • Procedure Rule 314 • School Readiness Team • SFI Learning Networks • Caseworker Training • Head Start Collaboration • Strengthening Families Illinois

  6. SCHOOL READINESS • Revision of rule 314 / Wards 3 to 5 enrolled in early care and education programs • School Readiness Team • 7 positions statewide • Monitor implementation of Rule 314 • Increase number of wards and intact families enrolled • Liaisons with early childhood professionals in communities

  7. LEARNING NETWORK SCOPE OF WORK • Embed practice throughout program among staff and parents • Raise awareness of Strengthening Families • Collaborate / communicate effectively with child welfare staff • Collaboration on service planning • Developing Collaborative Relationships training • Early Childhood / Child Welfare Forums • Monthly Learning Network meetings inviting child welfare staff

  8. SFI LEARNING NETWORKS • Carole Robertson Center for Learning / Chicago – Internal & external network • IL Action for Children / Preschool for All / South Suburban School Districts / South Cook • Childcare Network of Evanston / Evanston / Cook North • Tom Thumb Community Childcare Center (Children’s Home & Aid) / N. Kane County • Two Rivers Head Start (5 counties northern region) – Internal network • Crittenton Centers / Peoria / Central Region Hubs: (continued on next slide)

  9. 7. John A. Logan CCR&R / Southern Region 8. Children’s Home & Aid CCR&R / St. Clair County (AOK0 9. YWCA Child Care Solutions (CCR&R) / Rockford / Northern Region 10. Centers for New Horizons / Chicago – Internal network 11. One Hope United / Cook County – Internal network & Child welfare collaboration network 12. One Hope United / Huddleston – Differential Response Collaboration / Southern Region 13. Ounce of Prevention Fund / Chicago Public Schools EARLY CHILDHOOD LEARNING NETWORK HUBS (cont.)

  10. CASEWORKER TRAINING • Learning Collaboratives across state • Strength based trauma informed practice • Protective Factors training • Role of early childhood programs in keeping families strong / partnership opportunities

  11. HEAD START COLLABORATION • Agreements with all Head Start grantee agencies • Cross-training for child welfare and Head Start staff • Head Start slots for wards

  12. TALKING ABOUT THE PROTECTIVE FACTORS • Be strong and flexible • Parents need friends • Being a great parent is part natural & part learned • We all need help sometimes • Parents need to help their children communicate • Give your children the love and respect they need • Parental Resilience • Social Connections • Knowledge of Parenting & Child Development • Concrete Support in Times of Need • Social & Emotional Competence of Children • Parent-Child Relationships

  13. Love Is Not Enough Parent Cafés Café Talk Awaken To Your Potential Leadership Training Café Training RESOURCES FOR PARENTS / PROVIDERS

  14. NEW RESOURCES Publications: • Living the Protective Factors Book (E-Book / Print) • The Get Real Guide to Getting Your Kids Back (E-Book / Print) • You’re Welcome: Parents Leaders Speak Out On What It Takes to Promote Parent Engagement • Café Talk and Café Talk Booster Packs AVAILABLE AT www.bestrongfamilies.com or www.strengtheningfamiliesillinois.org

  15. NEW RESOURCES Online: • www.bestrongfamilies.com • www.bestrongfosterparents.com • Keep Your Family Strong Community on Facebook • Updated strengtheningfamiliesillinois.org

  16. SFI ON THE WEB / Social Media • Facebook: Keep Your Family Strong Online Community • Twitter: @StrongFamsIL • www.bestrongfamilies.com • www.bestrongfosterparents.com • www.strengtheningfamiliesillinois.org • www.keepyourfamilystrong.org MORE TO COME!

  17. CONTACT: 312/421-5200 Kathy Goetz Wolf, Executive Director kathygw@strengtheningfamiliesillinois.org Guy Schingoethe, Assistant Director guys@strengtheningfamiliesillinois.org 312/421-5200, x125

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