{"id":2200,"date":"2021-04-08T12:25:00","date_gmt":"2021-04-08T18:25:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/co4kids.org\/?p=2200"},"modified":"2023-06-06T12:43:29","modified_gmt":"2023-06-06T18:43:29","slug":"coordinating-community-through-safe-baby-court-teams","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/co4kids.org\/es\/community-blog\/coordinating-community-through-safe-baby-court-teams\/","title":{"rendered":"Coordinating community through Safe Baby Court Teams"},"content":{"rendered":"\n
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Coordinating community through Safe Baby Court Teams<\/h1><\/div>\n\n\n\n
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When Anna Neal first heard about the Safe Baby Court Team (SBCT) that the Rocky Mountain Children\u2019s Law Center was planning to launch in Pueblo County \u2013 the first program of its kind in Colorado \u2013 she was immediately drawn to the program\u2019s approach. Believing the program would be a breakthrough in supporting infants, toddlers and families involved in dependency and neglect cases, Anna felt that the job posting for the SBCT Community Coordinator role was written just for her, and she enthusiastically pursued the role. She knew this was exactly where she needed to be. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Years ago, as a single mother of two children, Anna served as a medic in the Army. When she married her husband, her family of three grew to a family of seven with five kids between them. Five soon became eight after her brother passed away from an opiate addiction and Anna and her husband adopted his three children, her niece and nephews. She saw first-hand the devastation that addiction can have on a family. Now as a social worker, Anna is drawn to the work that she does to help families find their way. \u201cUntil you have to watch a family you love deteriorate, you don\u2019t realize the depth of these challenges and what is at stake,\u201d said Anna. \u201cWe are all on borrowed time. The Safe Baby Court Team is a chance to see families thrive \u2013 to see true improvement that turns lives around.\u201d <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Safe Baby Court Teams Approach <\/h3>\n\n\n\n

Colorado\u2019s SBCT is an initiative of the Rocky Mountain Children\u2019s Law Center in partnership with Zero to Three, a national organization focused on the well-being of infants and toddlers. The Colorado SBCT currently serves families in Pueblo County, with a second site launching in Arapahoe County in the Spring of 2021. The program works to ensure enhanced oversight and collaborative problem solving during a dependency and neglect case, expedited, appropriate and effective services for the family, and trauma-responsive support and continuous quality improvement on each case. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

The SBCT approach<\/a>, developed by Zero to Three and implemented locally in communities across the country, is centered around the well-being of the young child (aged 0-3) and leverages early childhood development science to improve how the courts, child welfare agencies and related child-serving organizations work together to support young children and their families. The focus is on meeting the urgent needs of the infant or toddler, as well as the larger family while minimizing trauma and its impact on the child. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Some of the outcomes the Pueblo SBCT has helped to achieve for families since its start in April 2019 include:<\/p>\n\n\n\n