PREVENT CHILD ABUSE
A SPECIAL PUBLICATION OF THE DENISON BULLETIN & REVIEW | APRIL 18, 2014
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CRAWFORD COUNTY CHILD ABUSE PREVENTION COUNCIL Pictured above are members of the Crawford County Child Abuse Prevention Council and the County Board of Supervisors, auditor and attorney. Front row, from left: Annette Koster, Early Childhood Iowa; Amy Trucke, Public Health Family STEPS; Retta Mitchell, Child Care Consultant; Laura Beeck, Public Health Administrator; Eric Skoog, Board of Supervisors; Jerry Buller, Board of Supervisors; and Mollie Scott, Decategorization & Community Partnerships for Protecting Children Coordinator. Back row: Randall Kuhlmann, Board of Supervisors; Terri Martens, County Auditor; Steve Ulmer, Board of Supervisors; Roger Sailer, County Attorney; Cecil Blum, Board of Supervisors; and Glen Barngrover, Juvenile Court. Photo by Greg Forbes
“PROTECTING CHILDREN IS EVERYONE’S BUSINESS!” Crawford County cares about kids and we hope this informational piece helps educate and inform people on the prevention of child abuse and neglect!
Simple ways to help prevent child abuse include:
• Be a nurturing parent/adult in children’s lives • Get to know your neighbors • Get involved in a local school • Be an active community member • Learn how your community supports children & families • If you see a child being abused in public, do what you can to help!
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County promotes Child Abuse Prevention Month
On the Crawford County Courthouse lawn lined with pinwheels, the Crawford County Board of Supervisors, students from Jodi Muhlbauer’s fourth grade Broadway Elementary class and members of the Crawford County Child Abuse Prevention Council officially declared April as child abuse prevention month in the county. Supervisor chairman Jerry Buller, in recognition of Child Abuse Prevention Month, read aloud the official proclamation in front of the courthouse. “Whereas, protecting children is everyone’s business and we can promote and support safe, healthy families in our community through partnering to protect children,” he read from the declaration. “Therefore, I, Jerry Buller, Crawford County Board of Supervisor Chairman, do hereby proclaim the month of April 2014 as Child Abuse Prevention Month in Crawford County and urge all citizens, community agencies, religious organizations, medical facilities and businesses to partner in efforts to prevent child abuse and neglect, thereby strengthening the communities in which we live.” The supervisors then unanimously moved to declare April as Child Abuse Prevention month. After cheers for the supervisors’ decision, the students walked back to their school with their blue and silver pinwheels spinning in the breeze and shimmering in the sun. Those pinwheels, while enjoyed by students and adults alike, serve as much more than decorations in recognition of Child Abuse Prevention Month. They represent the belief that every child has the opportunity to live happy, healthy lives. According to its website at www.pinwheelsforprevention.org, Florida, Georgia and Ohio chapters of Prevent Child Abuse began Pinwheels for Prevention as a grass roots movement. The chapters’ tenacity and desire to spread child abuse prevention lead to the establishment of the pinwheel in 2008 as the official symbol of child abuse and neglect prevention. For more information about Pinwheels for Prevention, visit pinwheelsforprevention.org.
On the cover Fourth graders from Broadway Elementary School make their way to the Crawford County Courthouse in Denison to take part in a ceremony which proclaims April as Child Abuse Prevention month. The pinwheels in the foreground are one of the symbols of Child Abuse Prevention Month. They represent the fun and joy that should be associated with childhood. Photo by Bruce A. Binning
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Child care consultation can help reduce abuse Child care providers play a critical role in keeping children safe from abuse. Iowa Child Care Resource and Referral and the Buena Vista, Crawford and Sac Early Childhood Iowa work together to provide Child Care Consultation services to those providers. Child Care Consultation services can be in the form of on-site consultation, training, Quality Incentive Programs, and referrals. A Child Care Consultant is available to providers to offer on-site consultations. During the consultation, providers are offered a variety of resources to help them identify abuse and to provide support to a provider who may be experiencing a lot of frustrations. While the Child Care Consultant is on-site, they will help identify and problem solve any possible concerns about abuse.
Also, Iowa Child Care Resource and Referral offers Mandatory Child Abuse webinars throughout the year to providers. Care providers are by law mandatory reporters. A child care provider who suspects that a child has been abused must report that to DHS. Additionally, providers are required to attend Mandatory Child Abuse Reporter Training every five years. Through funding from the Buena Vista, Crawford and Sac Early Childhood Iowa, the Child Care Consultant can offer Quality Incentive Grants to the providers. These grants can be used in a variety of ways ranging from improving the physical environment, which in turn results in reducing provider stress, to additional education for the provider to learn more about the correct way to care for children.
Families that want to make sure they chose a provider with no criminal record can either call 877-216-8481 or go to the Iowa Child Care Resource and Referral website at www.iowaccrr.org to find quality providers. Registered Child Development Home Providers and Licensed Center and Preschool staff have completed DHS background checks, FBI fingerprint checks and completed Mandatory Child Abuse Training. Since it is legal to provide child care without being licensed or registered in Iowa, non-registered child care providers are also on the list. These providers have not had the same background check as the Registered Child Development Home Providers and Licensed Center and Preschool staff.
Community Partnership for Protecting Children keeps children safe, supports families
Family STEPS works to improve well being of Iowa’s youngest
Community Partnerships for Protecting Children (CPPC) is an approach that strives to keep children safe from abuse and neglect and to support families. The approach recognizes that keeping children safe is everybody’s business. CPPC provides opportunities for community members to come together, help families in times of need and shape the services and supports. Crawford/Sac County cluster funds community family team meetings, trainings, travel, supplies, costs and Neighborhood Networking Mini Grants: Dr.AlTo, ISU Extension “Live Healthy Iowa”, ISU Extension Train the Trainer “Together We Can”, Norelius Community Library “Family Fun Day”, Crawford County “Baby Boutique”. Goals: Community Partnership for Protecting Children aims to blend the work and expertise of professionals and community members to bolster supports for vulnerable families and children with the aim to preventing and thereby reducing child abuse and neglect among children, reduce re-abuse among children who come to the attention of the child protective service agency, reduce the rate of serious injury to children due to abuse or neglect. Community Partnerships is not a “program,” rather it is a way of working with families to help services and supports to
Family STEPS (Support To Experience Parenting Success) is a family home visitation program offered in Crawford County for families expecting a child, or with a child/children ages 0-3 and high risk children who are 4 to 5 years old. The Family STEPS program is funded through Early Childhood Iowa. The Board was founded in 1998, with the belief that local communities and state government could work together to improve the well being of Iowa’s children aged 0-5 years. The state level vision for all Early Childhood Iowa is “Every child, beginning at birth, will be healthy and successful.” They offer home visits to parents to help provide a healthy start in life. The family support workers help give the familiesparent education, encouragement, and the resources for parenting their child/children. Family STEPS assist you with preparing for your baby; prenatal support; caring for your baby’s needs; caring for yourself; what to expect as your baby grows; building parenting skills; confidence as a parent; and referrals to community resources. The Family STEPS program is a free service to any family that meets the appropriate criteria. Currently, two family support workers are in Crawford County, offering services to a total of 43 families. For more information, contact the Crawford County Home Health, Hospice & Public Health office at 712-263-3303.
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by Lori Hoch, Child Care Nurse Consultant Families depend upon child care businesses to meet their children’s needs, anticipate problems and concerns, and to direct or refer families to needed resources. The Child Care Nurse Consultant is one of the resources available to support child care businesses in meeting the health and safety needs of the children in out-of-home child care. The Child Care Nurse Consultant serving Crawford County works with child care providers to promote the healthy development of young children. A part of healthy development of young children involves social-emotional health. Social emotional health is an area that can often be overlooked, until a child exhibits behaviors that are not acceptable within the child care environment. These behaviors can potentially cause injury to the child exhibiting the behaviors, other children within the child care environment and the adults. Behaviors they may exhibit are hitting, kicking, biting, throwing items such as toys, running away and tantrums. Behaviors such as these can cause strong emotions for everyone in the environment. Frustration can cause an otherwise caring adult to respond to a child in an unsafe way. As a Child Care Nurse Consultant trained in PBIS (positive behavior intervention supports), I work with child care providers through teaching formal classes as well as individual on-site consultation to provide the child care provider with tools and to develop skills to enable them to better cope with their own emotions and develop skills to assist the child to learn and practice more appropriate ways of coping, communication and problem solving. The child care provider is then able to share the information with the parents who are likely experience similar things at home. Working together, a circle of safety is created for the child, child care provider and parents. To contact the Child Care Nurse Consultant serving Crawford County, call Crawford County Home Health, Hospice & Public Health at 712-263-3303. Funding for the Child Care Nurse Consultant is provided by BVCS Early Childhood Iowa.
Children have 2,000 days between birth and the first day of kindergarten. The first 2,000 days of a child’s life has a profound and lifelong impact on their physical and emotional wellbeing, readiness to learn and succeed, and ability to become a productive citizen. The State of Iowa has established Early Childhood Iowa areas across the state. Buena Vista, Crawford, Sac Early Childhood Iowa (BVCS ECI) is the local area serving Crawford County. The BVCS ECI 3-County Board consists of citizens from various sectors including health, education, human services, faith, business, consumer (parent/grandparent), law enforcement, early education and elected officials. Members of the BVCS ECI 3- County Board utilize data from various sites and community needs assessments to set priorities to make decisions on the types of programs they fund. The current priorities include parent education, quality preschool programs, nurturing child care, health preventative measures, early literacy and coordination of services. The Buena Vista, Crawford, Sac Early Childhood Iowa area contracts to provide funding to the following agencies for various programs: Crawford County Home, Health, Hospice & Public Health for the (1) Family STEPS in-home visitation program serving parents/guardians, prenatal and their children through age five with education and to develop parenting skills. (2) I-Smile Program provides dental screenings to identify oral health needs in preschool age children. The hygienist provides education, screenings and fluoride varnish to children enrolled in preschools. (3) Child Care Nurse Consultants to assist Child Development Homes, Licensed Child Care Centers and Preschools with health-related questions and assessments for registration, licensing, help to increase “stars” in their Quality Rating System, and Quality Preschool Program Verification. BVCS ECI coordinates with participating preschools to provide preschool scholarships/support to assist families in paying for preschool. Mid-Sioux Opportunities/Child Care Resource & Referral (CCR&R) for the (1) child care consultant to assist Child
Pinwheels are placed in the chain-link fence near Denison High School. Pinwheels are one of the symbols of Child Abuse Prevention Month. The “It’s a Wonderful Life” water tower can be seen in the background. Photo submitted
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The fifth annual Bubba Shuffle, scheduled for Saturday, April 26, at Yellow Smoke Park east of Denison, will not only raise funds to help abused children and educate families but will also provide a way for individuals to take a stand against all forms of abuse against children who cannot speak for themselves. The Bubba Shuffle is named after 19-year-old Aaron “Bubba” Brown, a Denison native who has special needs. He was a victim of abuse in a special care facility in 2009. The Bubba Shuffle is a four-mile-long race and walk around Yellow Smoke Park. Prizes will be raffled after the event. All proceeds will be donated to Mercy Child Advocacy Program in Sioux City to help abused children and to educate parents. Registration for the Bubba Shuffle is from 9 a.m. to 9:45 a.m. near the beach area at Yellow Smoke Park. The race and walk will begin at 10 a.m. The registration fee is $25. Registration includes a t-shirt (while supplies last), food and water. Hot dogs and fifth anniversary cake will be served after the race and walk. Tutu’s and Hero Capes will be sold and prizes will be raffled, including a photo session and an 11x14 print from Ashley Wulf Photography; a three-story doll house, donated by Vickie Hanson, that has working lights and furniture; and other prizes. Raffle tickets cost $5 for one or $10 for three. For more information about the Bubba Shuffle and the raffle, contact Julie Brown at 712-267-8105. Registration forms for the race can be obtained by contacting Brown or at fitnesssports.com, click on April and scroll to the 26th. On April 23, Brown and her children will be working at Pizza Ranch in Denison from 5:30 to 8 p.m. The fundraiser will receive 10 percent of whatever Pizza Ranch makes during that time.
The Stork’s Nest Baby Boutique is an incentive program for pregnant women and their children through the age of one. The Boutique opened because of a need for more prenatal care and well child care education as noted through Crawford County’s need assessment. The program is funded through grants and community donations. The Boutique is a program that is designed to support and promote healthy births, happy babies and strong families in Crawford County. The program also encourages medical and dental care, as well as educational opportunities that enhance parenting. Participants earn points by going to the doctor and getting the much needed prenatal care as well as examinations and immunizations for their baby. With the points earned the participants can “purchase” new baby items that are needed on a daily basis such as cribs, car seats, diapers, wipes and much more. Part of the experience is attending the educational opportunities that are available each month during store hours. The topics covered during these educational times include, but are not limited, to CPR, child abuse warning signs and how to prevent it, SIDS (Sudden Infant Death Syndrome), The Period of Purple Crying (Shaken Baby Syndrome), literacy importance, fire safety, family activities and discipline in a positive way. The classes give the participants the knowledge and skills needed to be a better parent. The store and class are offered once a month and are usually conducted the fourth Monday of the month. The store is open from 3 to 6 p.m., and the educational class is offered from 4 to 5 p.m. An interpreter is utilized for those who are not proficient in English. The information the participants receive from things as simple as watching staff interact with their children to information offered in all of the educational classes helps to decrease child abuse in the population that the Boutique serves. The Boutique does not turn away anyone based on race, income, sex or ethnic background. The interaction between the participants is great because the participants get to know others who are in the same situation as them and are able to develop their own support network. The Boutique connects participants to various services around the area to help with issues or concerns that their
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family may be experiencing. Baby Boutique is staffed by nurses, a special education AEA teacher, interpreters and volunteers who help in the classroom and in the store. Volunteers are always needed to assist with daycare. Due to lack of grant funding the program has had to cut services. In the past, when a woman became pregnant and until that child turned two the family could participate in the program but now participation can only occur until the child turns one year old. Donations are needed to support the continuation of this community service program as well. Area churches such as the First United Methodist Church, which donates its facility for the Baby Boutique program, and St. Rose of Lima, which also donates items to the program yearly at Christmas time. The hospital auxiliary has donated clothing to the program. The South West Latino Association of Iowa and the Latino community have made a gracious donation as well. Call Crawford County Home Health, Hospice & Public Health at 712-263-3303 for any questions related to Baby Boutique or to volunteer to assist with this community service.
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Denison Elementary, Therapy Place, Inc., offers Broadway schools mark 10th programs to help support year of Purple Hands Pledge children, parents Denison Elementary and Broadway Schools are in their tenth year of using the Purple Hands Pledge in our schools and homes. Each morning our students say, “I will not use my hands or my words for hurting myself or others.” The mission and vision of the Hands Project is to promote a community where every person has the right to live free of abuse and violence. Kids who were in kindergarten when they first learned the Pledge are now beginning their high school career. Our hope is that as these students continue to grow, this message grows with them. As they enter the world as young adults, they will be able to show respect and equality in all of their relationships. Every person can make a difference to stop violence. We want a community that is nurturing and caring for our kids, our families and our work environments. The best way to accomplish this goal is to work together. We are all part of the same team trying to create a better Denison.
Students in the Denison Community School District learn the Purple Hands Pledge when they enter elementary school (top photo, students from April Thelen’s kindergarten class at the 20th Street Elementary School). The school district began using the Purple Hands Pledge 10 years ago, and students at that time are now in high school (bottom photo). School administration and staff hopes the students as they become adults, will continue to show respect and equality. Photos submitted
Therapy Place, Inc., a private practice with Iowa state-licensed therapists and psychiatric nurse practitioners serving Southwest Iowa, offers program that help support families and children. Community Family Team Meetings: these services are not typically covered through insurance or state funding but they offer invaluable opportunities for support and parent education to families to prevent the need for formal intervention by child welfare services, as well as a priceless opportunity for communities to show their “at risk” youth that they are cared about and that they are valuable members of the community. The purpose of a Community Family Team Meeting is to provide a service that is designed to be a preventative tool to provide support to families in which a child is at risk and the family is not currently involved in the formal child welfare system. It is designed for the family that wishes to participate in order to identify their own strengths, resources and solutions as well as any barriers to meeting their needs informally. Participation is expected to provide the family with a high quality option for support and a parent education opportunity that prevents entry or re-entry to the child welfare system. The target population for a Community Family Team Meeting is any family with at least one child, who is experiencing conflict or crisis in their lives, and who is not currently involved with the Depart-
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A group, including preschool students, fourth graders from Broadway Elementary School, Crawford County Supervisors, county officials and representatives from child wellbeing organizations, hold pinwheels just after the National Child Abuse Prevention Month proclamation was read at the Crawford County Courthouse. Photo by Bruce A. Binning
WCCA programs help children and families in 10 counties West Central Community Action (WCCA) has been serving children and families of southwest Iowa for more than 40 years through multiple self-sufficiency programs. The programs are designed to help children and families in each of the 10 counties that comprise the service area for WCCA. Everyone encounters children who have been or are being abused, families that are in distress, people who are living with the long-term effects of abuse in childhood and others who may be at risk of abuse. Children whose families experience poverty, substance abuse, domestic violence, unemployment, homelessness, disability and other stressors are at a greater risk of abuse and neglect. Community programs serving children and families partnering together can lead a powerful force against child abuse and neglect. WCCA is comprised of a variety of programs employing staff with knowledge, expertise and concern to make a differ-
ence in the lives of children and families. Head Start and Early Head Start are two of the programs offered through WCCA and funded by the federal government to provide education, support and assistance to young children and their families at risk. Head Start is a comprehensive early child development program designed to serve low-income children from age three to five. Children participate in a variety of educational activities including literacy, language, science, social-emotional, and so much more. They have healthy meals and snacks, enjoy playing safely outside as well as inside, and receive comprehensive medical and dental education, support and services. Head Start recognizes family involvement is the core of its success and family engagement is the core of the success of the families. Head Start families can volunteer in the classroom, help with classroom projects, participate in parent meetings,
be elected to participate in Policy Council, and participate in training; health and nutrition, child development, discipline, and learning about other community resources. Early Head Start is a program designed to serve low-income women who are pregnant and children from birth to three. It is also a comprehensive early childhood development program believing that child development begins prenatally. It offers the same services, activities, education and opportunities to children and families as Head Start, only with the developmental focus appropriate for pre-natal to three. Young families unprepared for the responsibilities of raising a child and single parents with little or no support are at a great risk for child abuse and neglect. Families experiencing stress due to poverty, divorce or a child’s disability are at a greater risk. And some families stressed by worries associated with employment, health, substance abuse, mental health,
domestic violence or a variety of other issues can also be at risk. Even parents who are simply unaware of how to tend to their children’s basic needs can result in otherwise well-intentioned parents causing their children unintentional harm or neglecting their needs. Although child abuse prevention is not the primary focus of WCCA’s attention in the services provided, Head Start, Early Head Start and the other programs offered by WCCA and the services provided to the many individuals, children and families affected by barriers and problems are taking steps to address the prevention of child abuse and neglect in the context of the ongoing daily activities. Call West Central Community Action at 712-755-5135 for more information regarding any of the programs offered. For Head Start or Early Head Start specific information, call 712-755-7537 or 800-6985886.
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