Child Maltreatment Prevention Framework for Action

-- SHARED VISION --

All Children are Valued, Healthy, and Thriving

Present

Foundational Principles

Monitoring Program Implementation
Study what contributes to or inhibits successful implementation

Incentivizing Continuous Quality Improvement
Raise the performance bar and use timely data to adjust practice

Strengthening the Work Force
Increase provider knowledge and skills

Honoring Family and Participant Voice
Engage those you seek to help and encourage advocacy skills

Fostering Data Integration
Share information within and across agencies

Driving Policy Integration
Partner with others to increase success

Action

Channels for Change

Strategies for Individualized Services
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

Strategies for Organizational and Practice Change
Evidence-Based Practice
Implementation Science
Workforce Development
Performance Monitoring

Strategies for Agency Collaboration and Community Capacity Building
Integrated Care
Community Effects on Child Maltreatment and Strategies at the Community Level
Utilizing Technology
Early Learning Communities
Community Norms Change

Strategies for Policy Reforms
Policy Agenda Setting
Innovating Federal and State Health Care Funding
Transforming Existing Legislation to Better Meet the Needs of Families

Future

Overarching Outcomes

Child Well-Being and Achievement
Maximize developmental potential of all children

INDICATORS
Well child check-ups, developmental screening, social emotional health, reading proficiency

Consistent High-Quality Caregiving
Ensure all caregivers foster positive child development

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

Caregiver Well-Being and Achievement
Provide parents and other primary caregivers the support they need to succeed

INDICATORS
Financial security, educational attainment, social connections and screening for interpersonal violence/pregnancy-related depression/substance abuse

Safe and Supportive Neighborhoods
Create a context of collective responsibility to children

INDICATORS
Community cohesion, access to basic services, family friendly employment

Community Planning

Colorado Department of Human Services Office of Early Childhood, in partnership with Chapin Hall at the University of Chicago, designed the Colorado Child Maltreatment Prevention Framework for Action as a tool to guide strategic thinking, at the state and local level, about resource investments to prevent child maltreatment and promote child well-being.

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About the Colorado Child Maltreatment Prevention Framework for Action

Community planners, policy makers and community foundations play a role by helping to build communities that support families. The Colorado Child Maltreatment Prevention Framework for Action shares a vision for communities to work collectively and locally to prevent child maltreatment. It will guide planning and mobilize action to ensure all children are valued, healthy and thriving.

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