Parenting Skills for Homeless Teen Parents. Case Managemen

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Ohio Childrens Trust Fund Montgomery County

• Geraldine Pegues, Manager of Community
  Programming
• Montgomery County Office of Family and Children
  First

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Ohio Childrens Trust Fund

• State public funding mechanism for primary and
  secondary child abuse and neglect prevention.
• Primary prevention for the general public
  designed to strengthen and support families,
  prevent child abuse and neglect before it occurs.
• Secondary prevention targeted to individuals or
  families having risk factors for child abuse
  and neglect.

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Funding

• Fees from 3.00 surcharge on birth death
  certificates and from an 11.00 fee on divorce
  and dissolution filings.
• Allocation from state based on the number of
  children in county.
• SFY 2009 165,357

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Services Funded by CTF

• Nurturing Program for Teen Parents and Their
  Families
• Childhood Sexual Abuse Prevention
• Parenting Skills for Homeless Teen Parents
• Case Management services to homeless
• Anger Management and Parenting Classes

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Services continued

• Parent-Infant/Toddlers of Teens
• Literacy Support to Prevent Child Abuse and
  Neglect
• Parenting Education
• Violence Prevention for Sheltered Children

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SFY 2009 State Plan Changes

• The Ohio Childrens Trust Fund Board is
  redesigning the process
• Established a partnership with the Ohio Family
  and Children First Council
• Adoption of the HB 289 process
• Enacted to increase accountability for state and
  local FCFCs
• Streamline planning process at the state and
  local levels
• Enhance cohesive reporting structure and
  mechanism
• Engage multiple partners

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SFY 2009 State Plan Changes

• All County Family and Children First Councils are
  being asked to incorporate the functions of the
  local Children Trust Fund Advisory Board within
  their Councils
• Montgomery County Family and Children First
  Council has approved to serve as the local
  oversight body of the local Children Trust Fund

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Questions