Lane County

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Lane County

• Department of Children and Families (DCF)

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Contact Information

• Serafina Clarke 682-3020
• serafina.clarke_at_co.lane.or.us
• Diana Avery 682-6731
• diana.avery_at_co.lane.or.us

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Warm-up Activity

• If you are a parent or know a parent, what was or
  is one of the hardest things about it?
• Is there one thing that you can think of that
  would have made or would make a positive
  difference?

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Who Are We?

• Commission on Children and Families
• 21 Member volunteer board three youth, eighteen
  additional members, majority lay
• Department of Children and Families
• 6 staff plus an AmeriCorps OSSC service member
• Broad Focus Children 0-18 and their families
• Joint Priorities prevention, collaboration,
  mobilizing our community in support of our
  children, youth and families

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Sample of 2009 Highlights

• Collaborative Efforts
• Increased quality infant/toddler child care
  around Lane County 95 full-time slots since
  January 2008
• Helped increase the number of FREE summer lunches
  by 10 to 140,273 meals for children youth ages
  2-18, and supported a new parent pilot program
• Created new Peer-to-Peer mentoring program for
  youth with mental health issues now serving 20
  youth
• Child care in the Courthouse (downtown Eugene)
  provided a safe place for 330 children three
  mornings a week since February 2008

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Lane County Department of Children and Families
2009-2011
AdministrationDivision
Community Mobilization Division
Prevention Practices Division
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Department Divisions

• Overall Department
• Connect, energize, and mobilize the community
  promoting the health and well being of all Lane
  County residents through prevention
• Administration Division
• Efficient effective operations

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Department Divisions

• Prevention Practices Division
• Fund effective research-based and innovative
  prevention programs in the community
• Community Mobilization Division
• Build and support community collaborations,
  service integration, develop resources and engage
  community in supports for our children, youth and
  families

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Lane County Department of Children and Families
2009-11
Administration Division
Prevention PracticesDivision
Community MobilizationDivision
Service Efficiencies Accountability
CASA
Leveraging Resources
Healthy Start
Inclusive Strategic Planning
Child Care
Networking, Education, Training
Family Resource Centers
Advocacy Public Awareness
Family Support and Connection
Relief Nurseries
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Value of Prevention

• Parent-child centers, similar to Lane Countys
  school-based Family Resource Centers, have been
  shown to cut crime, welfare and others costs so
  much that they saved more than 7 for every 1
  invested.
• Home-visiting programs, like our local Healthy
  Start, save taxpayers 4 for each 1 invested

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Community Mobilization

• In 1999, the Oregon Legislative Assembly charged
  Commissions on Children and Families in every
  county to create more caring communities through
  community mobilization. They defined community
  mobilization as government and private efforts
  to increase community awareness and facilitate
  the active participation of citizens and
  organizations in projects and issues that will
  have positive impact on the well being of
  children, families, and communities.

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Strategies

• In order to build awareness of and support for
  prevention strategies which build a healthy
  community, we
• Enhance service effectiveness, efficiency and
  accountability through community collaborations
• Leverage public and private resources to invest
  in prevention programs
• Advocate for and increase public awareness of
  issues and solutions affecting our children,
  youth and families
• Facilitate inclusive community planning,
  collaboration and decision-making and,
• Provide training, education and networking.

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Community Planning Process
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SB 555

• 1999 mandate from Oregon State Legislature
• Comprehensive planning process for services to
  children, youth and families
• County-wide participation by all 36 counties
• Phases I, II and III complete
• Now Phase IV
• Six year timeframe beginning January 2008
• Each county has identified 2-5 local focus issues
  to work on collaboratively

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Why narrow the range of priorities?

• Many needs, fewer resources
• Concentrating resources on priority issues will
  allow for greater impact
• Seeking areas that will benefit from
  collaborative efforts

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Local process

• Data collection
• Community telephone survey
• Focus areas from plans and planning staff
• Community meetings
• Agency provider meetings
• Plan development
• Approval by Commission on Children Families and
  Board of County Commissioners

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2007 Telephone Survey ResultsWhat did the
community think?

• Childrens Health and Welfare 90 considered 4
  issues very important
• Abused children (97)
• Hungry children (94)
• Health care (91)
• Children in poverty (90)

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2007 Survey ResultsWhat did the community
think?

• Childrens Education
• Children being ready for kindergarten 56 rated
  very important
• High school dropping out 84 very important

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2007 Survey ResultsWhat did the community
think?

• Social issues 90 rates very important
• School violence
• Teenage drug use
• Juvenile crime

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What Does the Data Tell Us?

• Mental Health Services for Children

Number of Homeless Oregonians per 10,000 on Any
Given Night
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What Does the Data Tell Us?

• Substance Abuse Prevention Services

Percent Reporting Use of Tobacco During Pregnancy
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What Does the Data Tell Us?Substance Abuse
Treatment
Percent of 11th Grade Students Reporting Binge
Drinking in Past 30 Days
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What Does the Data Tell Us?

• Early Childhood

Rate of Unduplicated Victims of Child Abuse per
10,000 Children (17 and Younger)
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What Does the Data Tell Us?

• High Risk Juvenile Crime Prevention and Young
  Offenders

Juvenile Arrests for Serious Drug Crimes per
10,000 Juveniles (Age 10-17)
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What Does the Data Tell Us?

• Public Health

Percent of Babies Whose Mothers Received Prenatal
Care Beginning in the First Trimester
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Todays Mock Planning Process

• What do you think is important?

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Results From Community Meetings
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Top Three Priorities for Lane County

• Reduce Child Maltreatment by Increasing Home
  Visiting
• Increase Quality Child Care for Infants and
  Toddlers
• Transitional services for young adults ages 16 -
  24 with psychiatric impairments

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Sample of 2009 Highlights

• Collaborative Efforts
• Increased quality infant/toddler child care
  around Lane County 95 full-time slots since
  January 2008
• Helped increase the number of FREE summer lunches
  by 10 to 140,273 meals for children youth ages
  2-18, and supported a new parent pilot program
• Created new Peer-to-Peer mentoring program for
  youth with mental health issues now serving 20
  youth
• Child care in the Courthouse (downtown Eugene)
  provided a safe place for 330 children three
  mornings a week since February 2008

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Questions?

• Serafina Clarke 682-3020
• serafina.clarke_at_co.lane.or.us
• Diana Avery 682-6731
• diana.avery_at_co.lane.or.us