Strengthening Families and CBCAP in Kansas February 19, 2009

Kansas Children’s Cabinet & Trust Fund

Kansas Strengthening Families Plan Initiated and led by the Children’s Cabinet Managed by the University of Kansas Over 80 stakeholders, including a 14-member Leadership Team Plan materials: strategic plan, folder, and website Support for community planning

Initiated and led by the Children’s Cabinet

Managed by the University of Kansas

Over 80 stakeholders, including a 14-member Leadership Team

Plan materials: strategic plan, folder, and website

Support for community planning

Advantages Capitalizing on the Children’s Cabinet’s role as a neutral convener Reframing child abuse and neglect prevention efforts Integrating the KSF Plan into existing systems and programs Engaging “unlikely” partners

Capitalizing on the Children’s Cabinet’s role as a neutral convener

Reframing child abuse and neglect prevention efforts

Integrating the KSF Plan into existing systems and programs

Engaging “unlikely” partners

Challenges Time To develop new partnerships To guide and direct Plan progress To integrate across projects To stay ahead of what communities are doing Evaluation -- Documenting change at the pace it is happening --Systems-level vs. program level

Time

To develop new partnerships

To guide and direct Plan progress

To integrate across projects

To stay ahead of what communities are doing

Evaluation

-- Documenting change at the pace it is happening

--Systems-level vs. program level

Questions? Rebecca Gillam, LMSW University of Kansas, Institute for Educational Research and Public Service (785) 864-7123 [email_address] James Redmon, MSW, MPH Kansas Children’s Cabinet and Trust Fund (785) 368-7044 [email_address]

Rebecca Gillam, LMSW

University of Kansas, Institute for Educational Research and Public Service

(785) 864-7123

[email_address]

James Redmon, MSW, MPH

Kansas Children’s Cabinet and Trust Fund

(785) 368-7044

[email_address]