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Home Visiting Collaboration & Consolidation: SB 5230 Report for 2008

Engrossed Substitute Senate Bill (ESSB) 5830, passed during the 2007 legislative session, directed the Council for Children & Families (formerly the Washington Council for Prevention of Child Abuse and Neglect/ Children’s Trust of Washington (WCPCAN/CT) to develop a plan with the Department of Social and Health Services (DSHS), the Department of Health (DOH), the Department of Early Learning (DEL) and the Family Policy Council (FPC) to coordinate or consolidate home visiting services for children and families.

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5830 Home Visiting Report CCF
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University of Washington's Project 1, 2, 3, GO! seeking families for study

Project 1, 2, 3, GO! is currently seeking families with 3-year-old children (34-38 months old) who might be willing to participate in a new study. 

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Project GO General Information Letter
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GO newsletter 09 2009
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Council for Children & Families Awards $1.6 Million in Grants

SEATTLE – July 2, 2009 –  In the most challenging budget year in Washington State history, the legislature stood up for child abuse prevention by preserving the Council for Children & Families, the nation’s first state agency devoted solely to the prevention of child abuse and neglect.  Due to the legislature’s strong support for cost-saving measures such as prevention, CCF w

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09-10 CCF Funded Program Press Release
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The Trail Home

Nooksack Indian Tribe
This program provides a parent support and mentoring through a combination of parenting classes, home visiting, and elder mentors utilizing the Positive Indian Parenting curriculum. Services are targeted to low income, tribal, single parents.
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http://www.nooksack-tribe.org/House_of_Children.htm
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Parent Child Interaction Therapy, Expansion

Encompass
This is an expansion of the Parent Child interactive Training including strategies designed to target high risk low income and Latino families who have children with special needs. The program offers parent education and training as well as parent support and mentoring.
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http://www.encompassnw.org/subcontent.aspx?SecID=36
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Practical Parenting Information from Seattle Children's

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A list of current classes and events for parents, teens and kids from Seattle Children's.

Events and classes include car seat checks, infant CPR, babysitting classes, children with special needs, meal support training for parents, and more.

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Seattle Children's Practical Parenting Education
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Ounce of Prevention Fund

The Ounce of Prevention Fund is dedicated to ensuring that, beginning at birth, children in low-income families can overcome the challenges of poverty and enter kindergarten fully prepared to achieve.
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http://www.ounceofprevention.org/
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Foundation for Child Development

The Foundation seeks to understand children, particularly the disadvantaged, and to promote their well-being.
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http://www.fcd-us.org/
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