Child Maltreatment Framework
The entire community plays a role in the prevention of child abuse and neglect. Our partnerships strengthen everyone’s ability to speak with one voice and achieve a shared mission to protect kids in Colorado. No organization is too small, or too big, to discover the unique ways in which they can be involved. We need help from all 501c3 organizations, government agencies, schools, businesses and community groups to end child abuse and neglect.
Shared Vision
All Children are Valued, Healthy, and Thriving
Present
Foundational Principals
Study what contributes to or inhibits successful implementation
Increase provider knowledge and skills
Share information within and across agencies
Raise the performance bar and use timely data to adjust practice
Engage those you seek to help and encourage advocacy skills
Partner with others to increase success
Action
Channels for Change
- Home Visiting
- Parent Education
- Mobility Mentoring and Financial Literacy
- Respite and Crisis Care
- Family Development and Goal Setting
- Screening for Substance Abuse, Intimate Partner Violence, and Depression
- Integrated Care
- Community Effects on Child Maltreatment and Strategies at the Community Level
- Utilizing Technology
- Early Learning Communities
- Community Norms Change
- Evidence-Based Practice
- Implementation Science
- Workforce Development
- Performance Monitoring
- Policy Agenda Setting
- Innovating Federal and State Health Care Funding
- Transforming Existing Legislation to Better Meet the Needs of Families
Future
Overarching Outcomes
INDICATORS
Well child check-ups, developmental screening, social emotional health, reading proficiency
INDICATORS
Financial security, educational attainment, social connections and screening for interpersonal violence/pregnancy-related depression/substance abuse
INDICATORS
Incidence of child maltreatment, early childhood professional credentials and quality rated child care, appropriate child development expectations, safe sleep practices, spending time together as a family, child welfare placement stability
INDICATORS
Community cohesion, access to basic services, family friendly employment
