Community Collaborative for Youth and Families

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1 Community Collaborative for Youth and Families State of the Collaborative Annual Meeting Overview The Collaborative began 2017 with the introduction of our Common Plan. This was quite a milestone achieved by the great work of the entire membership. Based upon the action steps developed by the work of the group we were able to strategize and create a plan on how to move our coalition forward. The membership was introduced to the Search Institutes 40 Development Assets and the linkage of those assets within the Common Plan. The more assets that children have, the less likely they are to engage in high risk behaviors and the more likely they are to become responsible, productive adults. We had a summer screening of the documentary Resiliency to educate and inform our members on the ACE s science (Adverse Childhood Experiences). A discussion on how we can incorporate the ACE s science into our system was facilitated by a representative from Richmond SCAN (Stop Child Abuse Now). This science refers to the research on the prevalence and consequences of adverse childhood experiences, and what to do to prevent and/or overcome the impact of ACE s. We learned we have a structure in place with more than 71 member agencies; our coalition spent over a year focused on trauma, we now have a strategic common plan, we have representation on our community s strategic advisory council as a key stakeholder on developing a healthy community, and we have a dedicated passionate group of professionals committed to being engaged in the work of our coalition. Training was developed to provide support and education to our members on evidence based outcomes and programming that will be a key task moving forward. Involvement in the Opioid Summit in May elevated the Collaborative s role within the community with an opportunity to host five (5) opioid town hall meetings and lead the follow-up action planning on behalf of the Rappahannock Area Healthy Advisory Council. We also went on NewsTalk 1230 to promote the town halls and partnered with Spotsylvania County Government to live stream and post the recording of the event. The live stream and video from this town hall reached more than 3,000 people! This has given us the platform to showcase our members, our member organizations, and the Collaborative s mission. Subsequently, we were involved in the planning for the suicide awareness event and will have a key role in moving forward strategies related to suicide prevention and awareness. This year we gained meeting sponsors that were given an opportunity to share programming and activities occurring within their agencies as well as receiving media posts related to their agencies promoting their involvement in the Collaborative. With the creation of our own Facebook page we were able to reach out to other agencies and foster engagement with key stakeholders on issues important to the Collaborative. Over this past year we also introduced a Learning Moment as a part of our monthly agendas to enrich the interactions between members and agencies in our community.

2 Page 2 of 10 Meeting Sponsor Recap March Fail Safe ERA April Rappahannock Area Healthy Families May Stafford Junction June Rappahannock United Way July No meeting August Good Neighbor September Children s Home Society October Teen Enrichment Program November Mental Health America December Holiday party hosted by the Leadership Team Social Media Recap Our Facebook followers have more than doubled from January Our reach has exceeded 1,000 several times throughout the year. Please make sure to like our page and engage with the posts by liking, commenting, and sharing- both personally and for your organization. Likewise, please send content you d like promoted so we can leverage our collaboration. Learning Moment Presenters Juanita Shanks, FailSafe ERA Michelle Hedrich, Rappahannock Big Brothers Big Sisters Melody Lewis, Spotsylvania Alternative Pathways Middle School Rita Girard, Mental Health America of Fredericksburg Taylor Landrie, Germanna Community College, Great Expectations Amy Waldbillig, Children s Home Society Sarah Walsh, Rappahannock United Way, ALICE Ilena Negron, RCASA What issues is the Collaborative working on impacting? By utilizing the Common Plan, the membership identified nine (9) outcomes and indicators to achieve our mission and reach our targeted outcome. The intent of the Common Plan is to provide a framework for individuals and organizations to collectively define, communicate, and document youth and family development activities within Planning District 16. Utilization of the Common Plan will increase opportunities for collaboration and amplify our collective impact. Alignment with the Common Plan by member agencies is encouraged but is not intended to replace existing frameworks utilized within their organization.

3 Page 3 of 10 The Search Institute s 40 Development Assets were used as a guide in the creation of the Common Plan. The nine (9) outcomes are: 1. Family Support, 2. Other Adult Relationships, 3. Community Values Children and Youth, 4. Safety, 5. Role Models, 6. School and Community Programs, 7. Responsibility, 8. Resistance Skills, and 9. Peaceful Conflict Resolution What are the challenges? As we continue to grow and evolve, it s important to find the balance between educating new and potential members and too often repeating the same information. These are normal growing pains in the lifecycle for any organization. Many of us are task-oriented people and for the past several years, the work of the Collaborative has focused more on big-picture concepts. We are now reaching the point where those two perspectives intersect. Membership involvement and support has never been more crucial to the success of the Collaborative moving forward. Some changes and enhancement to our committees are on the horizon. As we have become more influential in the community and are engaging with a higher level of key stakeholders we must begin to align our committee work with the elevated status we are achieving in our community. We urge members to stay engaged. Join a committee, come to the monthly meetings. Most importantly, talk about the Collaborative. Describe your involvement and how it has impacted your organization, describe the work we have accomplished, share this document. The more energized we are about our coalition the more others will want to join us. We each interact with a broad population within the community. Many of those we interact with have ideas to contribute to the Collaborative and will benefit from participation as well. What is the way forward? For 2018, the Collaborative will be focused on developing common outcomes for measurement that will provide a unified collection of data to show that our coalition and the member agencies are impacting the lives of children and families in the Planning District. Member agencies have worked during the year to align their program work to the Common Plan through asset building activities. This work was done by all the Collaborative members through multiple large group sessions, completion of multiple assessments, and numerous communications. Our focus over the next several months will be continued work on asset outcome activities.

4 Page 4 of 10 It is our core belief that by working together, we can combine our resources, experiences, dedication, and expertise to: Decrease the risk factors in lives of youth that lead to substance abuse, violence, criminal activity, drop out, mental health issues, and Increase protective factors, promote resiliency through skill-building, and connect youth and their families with community resources. We must, therefore: Connect our work to known assets, such as having positive adult role models, intentionally strengthening those key assets through our daily work. Identify and agree upon possible common outcomes that will let us know if our work is having the desired results, and Select and utilize assessments and other tools to measure those outcomes. This past year a survey was launched on development of a mobile application to showcase services within our region in an app; continued work on the development of a mobile application will be a focus as well this upcoming year. There is much work to be done. We have this wonderful group of caring, engaged, and dedicated individuals coming together for this common goal. We can do this work. We can accomplish our goal. We can collaboratively improve the quality of life for youth and families residing in Planning District 16. Executive Summary of Jail Survey An initial survey instrument created in 2015 by CCYF Leadership Team in consultation with Stillmeadow Benchmark Associates based on several national survey instruments gauging risk and need in populations. The instrument was approved by Rappahannock Regional Jail to be implemented within the general population in In 2017 survey instrument modifications were made by the CCYF Data Committee for inclusion of questions related to the CDC s study on Adverse Childhood Experiences (ACEs). The updated instrument was approved by CCYF Leadership Team and Rappahannock Regional Jail for implementation with general population.

5 Page 5 of 10 Jail Survey Data Base Demographics and Selected Data by Year and Gender of Respondent All Males Females All Males Females Inmates Surveyed Response Rate & Respondent Gender 53.8% % Respondents Ages 18 to % 16.8% 12.5% 15.6% 13.9% 17.9% Respondents Ages 25 to % 45.9% 63.6% 55.9% 51.4% 61.8% Respondents Ages % 36.4% 22.7% 28.5% 34.1% 20.3% White Respondents 53.2% 46.4% 70.5% 55.6% 45.7% 69.1% Black Respondents 40.9% 47.7% 23.9% 35.6% 44.5% 22.8% Hispanic Respondents 3.2% 3.6% 2.3% 3.4% 3.5% 3.3% Other Race Respondents 1.6% 1.4% 2.3% 3.4% 3.5% 3.3% First Incarceration Before % 32.3% 22.7% 28.7% 38.2% 15.4% First Incarceration 18 to % 40.0% 34.1% 42.6% 41.3% 43.9% Incarcerated Multiple Times 82.5% 81.8% 84.1% 82.4% 84.4% 79.7% Indicated Being a Parent 76.3% 75.5% 78.4% 75.7% 71.3% 81.8% Became a Parent Before % 13.9% 24.6% 17.2% 11.5% 24.2% Became a Parent 18 to % 42.8% 53.6% 60.2% 56.6% 64.6% Reported Experiencing Physical Abuse (Prior to 18) 27.3% 21.8% 40.9% 59.8% 59.0% 61.0% Reported Witnessing Violence in the Home (Prior to 18) 24.7% 18.2% 40.9% 56.4% 56.1% 56.9% Have Ever Used Alcohol 90.9% 90.9% 90.9% 97.6% 98.8% 95.9% First Use of Alcohol Before % 72.5% 75.0% 82.2% 85.3% 77.6% Have Ever Used Marijuana 89.1% 90.3% 86.2% 91.1% 93.0% 88.4% First Use of Marijuana Before % 84.2% 72.0% 85.3% 87.4% 82.2% Have Ever Used Opiates / Heroin N/A* N/A* N/A* 54.7% 45.0% 68.6% First Use of Opiates / Heroin Before 18 N/A* N/A* N/A* 21.7% 26.3% 17.3% Reported Needing Substance Abuse Treatment (SA Tx) Services N/A* N/A* N/A* 54.7% 46.8% 65.9% Received SA Tx Services (of above) N/A* N/A* N/A* 59.9% 63.0% 56.8% Reported Feeling Depressed N/A* N/A* N/A* 83.8% 79.8% 89.4% Reported Feeling Suicidal N/A* N/A* N/A* 39.5% 33.5% 48.0% Reported Attempting Suicide N/A* N/A* N/A* 26.0% 17.3% 38.2% The wording of this question changed between 2016 and 2017 to mirror the CDC s ACEs Survey. *This was not a question on the 2016 Survey. The following are charts depicting various data points:

6 Page 6 of 10 Base Demographics Male Female White Black Hispanic Other All Respondents All Respondents Age at First Incarceration Males Females Under Over 40

7 Incarceration & Probation Data State of the Collaborative Page 7 of % 90.0% 80.0% 70.0% 60.0% 50.0% 40.0% 30.0% 20.0% 10.0% 0.0% Young Offenders (18-24) Offenders (25-39) Older Offenders (40+) Multiple Incarcerations 77.1% 65.2% 84.7% 90.3% 83.0% 76.2% Probation Prior to % 30.4% 35.0% 33.3% 19.0% 22.6% Mother Incarcerated 33.3% 41.3% 17.2% 18.2% 3.0% 6.0% Father Incarcerated 50.0% 52.2% 31.2% 41.8% 20.0% 26.2% 70.0% 60.0% 50.0% 40.0% 30.0% 20.0% 10.0% Housing Issues / Homelessness Prior to Age % Young Offenders Offenders Older Offenders Ran away from home Kicked out of the house Staying with a friend Living in a motel Living on the street / outside Staying in a shelter Placed in Foster Care Trade sex for shelter, food, money

8 Abuse / Neglect Prior to 18 (2017 Only) State of the Collaborative Page 8 of % 60.0% 50.0% 40.0% 30.0% 20.0% 10.0% 0.0% A parent or other adult pushed, grabbed, slapped, or threw something at you. A parent or other adult swore at you, insulted you, put you down, or humiliated you. An adult or someone at least 5 years older than you touched you or made you touch them sexually. Witnessed parents or adults push, grab, slap, bite, kick, hit, or threaten each other. Witnessed a parent or other adult trade sex for shelter, food, money, or safety. Males Females ACES Prevalence Comparison 50.0% 45.0% 40.0% 35.0% 30.0% 25.0% 20.0% 15.0% 10.0% 5.0% 0.0% Males Females Males Females Males Females RRJ 2016 RRJ 2017 CDC-Kaiser Study (ACES) None or more

9 Page 9 of 10 Committee Annual Reports: There are active committees within the Collaborative, in addition to the Leadership Team. Education and Training Committee Assisted in organizing a series of Opioid Town Hall events in each of the five (5) jurisdictions within the Planning District. Hosted training in March entitled Local Impact of Substance Abuse Disorders, Speakers were Chuck Adcock, Program Director, and Barbara Burke, Director of Adolescent Programs, from Family Counselors Centers for Recovery, Sharon Killian, Clinical Services Director, Rappahannock Area Community Services Board and Carleigh Davis and Calista Shardlow, Juvenile Drug Court Therapists. Membership Committee 2017 has been a whirlwind it seems, but a productive whirlwind none the less. The members of the Membership Committee have been hard at work making sure that our best efforts prove beneficial to the Collaborative at large. Here are some of the accomplishments of this past year: Streamlined the meeting sponsorship to ensure the refreshments are nutritious and delicious. Perfected the welcome table to ensure that established members can sign in and get settled with ease and that new member s feel welcome and at home. Tweaked our meet and greet process to ensure that not only do new members get to meet and talk with a seasoned CCYF member at the conclusion of their first CCYF meeting, but that members that have only been to a few meetings also have access to a CCYF member at the conclusion of all CCYF meetings to discuss any questions that may have arisen concerning the CCYF mission and/or direction of the CCYF. In addition to all of the observable work we have been doing, the Membership committee also keeps track of the attendance and active/dormant membership activity from meeting to meeting. Below are some of the interesting statistics that we have compiled from 2017 The CCYF has 156 registered members on its list serve. There are 87 active CCYF members that have attended at least one (1) meeting in Attendance averages around 22 members per meeting (or approximately 31% of our active membership in attendance at each meeting). The CCYF has 71 member agencies with 35 being actively engaged in the mission of the CCYF.

10 Page 10 of CCYF Member Attendance Rates 29% 14% 57% 0-2 Meetings Attended 3-5 Meetings Attended 6 or more Meetings Attended Marketing Committee The Marketing Committee continues to coordinate promotion for the monthly meeting sponsorships and actively maintain the Facebook page. Flyers were created and disseminated to promote the screening of Resilience and the opioid town hall events. Please continue to send content for social media and opportunities for collaboration and promotion Data Committee The Data Committee spent the early parts of 2017 updating the Jail Survey to reflect the language used in the ACE Questionnaire s (Adverse Childhood Experiences). Once the final Jail Survey was completed and approved, the Data Committee and other CCYF volunteers administered the revised survey to the inmates at the Rappahannock Regional Jail on July 22 and August 9, Results were compared to the 2016 Jail Survey and shared with the large group during the October large group meeting. Throughout the year work has been implemented to create a tool to collect and link each member organization program to the CCYF Common Plan and Assets. On September 8, 2017 the Activity Assets Tool was administered to the large group. The results helped the Data Committee reach out to agencies to further engage on metrics and better understand how data is more than numbers. From this work, an additional tool- the Template for a Program Evaluation Plan was developed to provide data collection assistance to member organizations. This tool is designed to help identify and utilize measurable information, tools and programs for discovering outcomes. As a result of the template, CCYF member organization Healthy Families Rappahannock Area (HFRA) will begin the first stages of implementation to pilot this tool.