Final Mid-Term Grant Report

Final Grant Report

(Name of Parent/Family Resource Center)

(Region) Grant Year: Total Contract/Grant Amount: $

List each funded activity under only one grant requirement. When an activity can fit under more than one core service definition, list it under the core service definition that best describes it. All activities MUST meet the definitions provided in the Family Resource Center Network Grant Application as attached to the current contract by reference. Include all funded activities, including: classes, events (such as community parenting fairs, displays, etc), activities (such as distributing materials, etc.), lending library materials, newsletters, etc. All participant counts must be unduplicated as far as is practicable. Any estimates must be labeled as estimates .

The report is divided into nine sections. Complete each section. Repeat sections as necessary by copying and pasting the tables or contact the funder or Resource Center Coordinator for section template.

SECTION I - Parent Education REPEAT THIS SECTION FOR EACH PARENT EDUCATION CLASS OFFERED.

SECTION II – Parent Support Group REPEAT THIS SECTION FOR EACH PARENT SUPPORT GROUP OFFERED.

SECTION III – Parent Leadership

SECTION IV - Child Abuse Prevention Month Activities There are two sub-sections related to CAP Month Activities. Be sure to report numbers ONLY for activities that are NOT part of a mini-grant project through Prevent Child Abuse North Dakota.

SECTION V - Assess community needs REPEAT THIS SECTION FOR EACH COMMUNITY NEED REPORTED

SECTION VI – Outreach REPEAT THIS SECTION FOR EACH OUTREACH ACTIVITY

SECTION – VII Referral

SECTION VIII – Network

SECTION IX – Innovative Funding Mechanisms 2

SECTION I – Parent Education Parent Education – Provide organized, planned efforts designed to assist parents or primary caregivers to strengthen their knowledge and skills and enhance understanding and performance of positive parenting practices, which prevent child abuse and neglect, reduce primary risk factors: caregiver problems with mental health, substance abuse, family and community violence, and other negative conditions in the child and family’s life situation; and increase the following protective factors: bonding and attachment, parental resilience, knowledge of parenting and child development, social connections, and concrete support in times of need.

Provide the name of the specific program/practice. Include the amount of CBCAP funds used for the program/practice. Separate the amount of CBCAP funds that represents infrastructure costs (Costs that are NOT Direct Service, such as TA & training, evaluation and information systems, network collaboration, grants management and monitoring). Select the appropriate Continuum of Evidence as defined by the CBCAP PART measure (if you do not have the worksheet for selecting the CBCAP PART measure, request this from the funder). Provide references documenting support for the selected Continuum of Evidence. Program/ CBCAP $ Amount of total Continuum of References to Practice used for that represents Evidence as supporting Name program/ infrastructure defined by PART documentation practice costs: CBCAP measure

Program Lacking Support/ Positive Evidence/ Harmful/ Undetermined

Emerging and Evidence Informed Programs and Practices

Promising Programs and Practices

Supported

Well Supported Include a brief description of the program and how this specific program/practice prevents child abuse and neglect. Program description: Indicate which protective factor(s) and risk factor(s) are addressed by this program/practice. 3

Protective Nurturing and Attachment - Social Support - Perceived informal support factor(s) The emotional tie along with a (from family, friends, and neighbors) that helps pattern of positive interaction provide for emotional needs. addressed: between the parent and child that Concrete Support - Perceived access to tangible develops over time. goods and services to help families cope with Family Functioning/ stress, particularly in times of crisis or intensified Resiliency - Having adaptive skills need. and strategies to persevere in times Knowledge of Parenting and Child of crisis. Family’s ability to openly Development - Understanding and utilizing share positive and negative effective child management techniques and experiences and mobilize to accept, having age-appropriate expectations for solve, and manage problems. children’s abilities.

Primary risk caregiver problems with family and community violence factors mental health other negative conditions in the child addressed: substance abuse and family’s life situation For this program/practice, list the number of classes/sessions. Number of One time Series of Number of classes in Number of series’ classes: class classes Series: offered:

Indicate data collection activities for this program/practice. Was Data collected from Was Data from this class/series this class/series? (Classes Yes entered into the FRIENDS Yes offered as a series are to No database? No be evaluated only once.) If data from this program/practice (class/series) was NOT entered into the FRIENDS database, please explain why:

Provide the numbers of children/families/individuals served. Total number Total number of Total of individuals children served(direct number of served service e.g. children’s families program or childcare) served Provide the number of children, parents/caregivers with disabilities served as a sub-set of the number(s) reported above. Total number of parents/ Total number of children caregivers with disabilities with disabilities who received who received direct direct preventive services in preventive services in this this program/practice: program/practice: Demonstrate a diverse representation of program participants in the activities by including actual numbers of diverse participants that are NOT identified in FRIENDS Survey data (example: 12 incarcerated parents). A statement that various groups are served is not sufficient. Diverse Number Type participants served (not 4 already identified in FRIENDS Survey data):

PROVIDE EVALUATION DATA FROM THE FRIENDS OUTCOME SURVEY DATABASE FOR EACH PROGRAM. PLEASE BE SURE THAT EACH DATA REPORT INDICATES THE NAME OF THE PROGRAM BEING REPORTED. REPEAT THIS SECTION FOR EACH PARENT EDUCATION CLASS OFFERED. 5

SECTION II – Parent Support Group Parent Support Group Option- Maintain a mutual support & self-help group for parents.

Check here if you are not facilitating any Parent Support Groups through your PRC.

Provide a brief description of your Parent Support Group(s) (location, frequency of meetings, whether meals are served, whether child care or children’s programming is offered, how many parent leaders are involved, etc.) Program description: Provide the amount of CBCAP funds used for Parent Support. Separate the amount of CBCAP funds that represents infrastructure costs (Costs that are NOT Direct Service, such as TA & training, evaluation and information systems, network collaboration, grants management and monitoring). Select the appropriate Continuum of Evidence as defined by the CBCAP PART measure (if you do not have the worksheet for selecting the CBCAP PART measure, request this from the funder). Provide references documenting support for the selected Continuum of Evidence. Program/ CBCAP $ Amount of total Continuum of References to Practice used for that represents Evidence as defined supporting Name program/ infrastructure by PART CBCAP documentation practice costs: measure

Program Lacking Support/ Positive Evidence/ Harmful/ Undetermined

Emerging and Evidence Parent Informed Programs and Support Practices Group Promising Programs and Practices

Supported

Well Supported

Indicate which protective factor(s)and risk factor(s) are addressed. 6

Protective Nurturing and Attachment - Social Support - Perceived informal support (from factor(s) The emotional tie along with a family, friends, and neighbors) that helps provide for pattern of positive interaction emotional needs. addressed: between the parent and child that Concrete Support - Perceived access to tangible goods develops over time. and services to help families cope with stress, Family Functioning/ particularly in times of crisis or intensified need. Resiliency - Having adaptive skills Knowledge of Parenting and Child Development - and strategies to persevere in Understanding and utilizing effective child management times of crisis. Family’s ability to techniques and having age-appropriate expectations for openly share positive and negative children’s abilities. experiences and mobilize to accept, solve, and manage problems.

Primary caregiver problems with family and community violence risk factors mental health other negative conditions in the child and addressed: substance abuse family’s life situation Provide the number and frequency of Parent Support Group sessions offered Total number Frequency of of sessions: sessions: Provide the number of children/families/individuals served. Total number Total number Total number of of individuals of children families served served served (direct service e.g. children’s program or childcare) Provide the number of children, parents/caregivers with disabilities served. Total number of parents/ Total number of parents/ caregivers with disabilities who caregivers with disabilities who received direct preventive received direct preventive services through Parent services through Parent Support Groups: Support Group: Indicate data collection activities for this program/practice. Was data collected in January, April and Yes No October of the contract year? Was data from January, April and October Yes No entered into the FRIENDS database? If data from January, April and October was NOT collected in January, April & October and entered into the FRIENDS database, please explain why not:

Demonstrate a diverse representation of program participants in the activities by including actual numbers of diverse participants that are not identified in FRIENDS Survey data (example: 12 incarcerated parents). A STATEMENT THAT VARIOUS GROUPS ARE SERVED IS NOT SUFFICIENT. 7

Diverse Number Type participants served:

PROVIDE ALL EVALUATION DATA FROM THE FRIENDS OUTCOME SURVEY DATABASE.

REPEAT THIS SECTION FOR EACH PARENT SUPPORT GROUP OFFERED. 8

SECTION III – Parent Leadership

Parent leadership - Develop leadership roles for the meaningful involvement of consumer parents in the development, operation, evaluation, and oversight of the programs and services.

Explain the strategies used by the Resource Center/coordinator/facilitators to develop meaningful roles for consumer parents in the development, operation, evaluation, and oversight of the programs and services.

Provide information about the effectiveness of these strategies. (e.g. How many consumer parents are involved and in what roles are these parents participating?). If the strategies are felt to be ineffective explain your plan to adjust the strategies. Include any technical assistance you have sought/received from the PRC Network or FLEP Network Coordinator or PCAND. 9

SECTION IV - Child Abuse Prevention Month Activities Child Abuse Prevention Month Activities - Develop and present (or participate in) collaborative community activities specific to Child Abuse Prevention Month during April 2010. Collaboration with county social services agencies and/or Prevent Child Abuse North Dakota is expected.

IMPORTANT: If you participated in a community group that received a Child Abuse Prevention Month Mini-Grant from Prevent Child Abuse North Dakota, PLEASE DO NOT duplicate numbers that were included in the mini-grant report.

What community activity did you develop or participate in specifically for Child Abuse Prevention Month (NOT the Week of the Young Child or other community event)?

Indicate whether you/your Developed the activity center developed, presented, Presented the activity or participated in the activity. Participated in a collaborative activity Was this a Child Abuse Prevention Month project funded with a mini-grant through Prevent Child Abuse North Dakota? Yes No If this was a Child Abuse Prevention Month project funded with a mini-grant through Prevent Child Abuse North Dakota, explain the Resource Center’s role in the project.

Total amount of Amount of total FRCN funds that represents expended to infrastructure support this costs: activity:

If this WAS NOT a Child Abuse Prevention Month project funded with a mini- grant through Prevent Child Abuse North Dakota, complete the following:

If you participated in a collaborative activity, who were the partners? 10

Indicate which materials were used in the activity: Used materials obtained from Used materials developed within the PRC or Prevent Child Abuse North community group Dakota – How many? Used materials from a national prevention or Used materials obtained from parenting education group NDSU Extension Other:

Provide the number of participants (indicate whether this is an estimate): Was an evaluation done on this activity? Yes No

If Yes, provide data on the effectiveness of Child Abuse Prevention Month Activity. If No, explain:

REPEAT THIS SECTION FOR EACH CHILD ABUSE PREVENTION MONTH ACTIVITY. 11

SECTION V - Assess community needs

Assess community needs - Identify and address community needs for parenting education and parent support through a process that involves parents and local public agencies, local nonprofit organizations, and private sector representatives.

Explain the process used by your Resource Center to identify the unmet needs for parenting education and parent support.

Name an identified community need for parenting education and parent support :

What action was taken by the Resource Center to address this community need for parenting education and parent support?

What barriers were identified by the Resource Center in addressing the community need for parenting education and parent support?

Were any community partners involved in identifying and addressing the community need and who were they?

REPEAT THIS TABLE FOR EACH COMMUNITY NEED REPORTED. 12

SECTION VI - Outreach Outreach - Provide parent education and parent support outreach activities for special populations. (e.g. parents of children with disabilities; teen mothers; incarcerated fathers, etc.);

List and explain what outreach activities were performed for specific special populations.

Special population: Activity:

Explain:

REPEAT THIS TABLE FOR EACH OUTRECH ACTIVITY REPORTED.

Report any other public information activities funded with CBCAP Funds (Displays, newsletters, presentations to community partners, library usage, materials/curricula purchased, etc.): Activity Number of people exposed to a direct child (Note: count only one time. Example: If your newsletter is abuse and neglect prevention message. (Indicate sent to 100 people/month/12 months: report 100, NOT 1200) if this is an estimate.) 13

SECTION – VII Referral

Referral - Provide referral to social services and community supports to meet the additional needs of families.

Total number of If known, list the information/referrals number of to social services and referrals received community supports: from other community agencies. 14

SECTION VIII – Network

Network – Participate in the Family Resource Center Network by contributing to meetings, peer review activities, and network evaluation activities. Attend the annual meeting of the statewide Prevention Network. a. Explain what you/your center gained from the contributions of others to the meetings, peer review activities, and network evaluation activities

Explain your contribution to the meetings, peer review activities, and network evaluation activities (what have you provided or contributed to the Network?):

Explain the gains you/your center experienced from the contributions of the other Network members (what have the other members of the Network provided or contributed to you?):

What direction would you like to see the Network for the future? 15

SECTION IX – Innovative Funding Mechanisms

Innovative Funding Mechanisms: a. Provide information on the establishment/maintenance of innovative funding mechanisms (e.g. mechanisms that blend federal, state, local, and/or private funds and innovative interdisciplinary service delivery mechanisms, e.g. in-kind contributions and/or collaborative efforts). 16

DHS CAP DATA Total number of individuals attending DHS CAP paid programs since July 1, 2010. Total number of individuals (parents and children) who have not attended a ______PRC program before July 1, 2010. (Number of 1st time participants.)

Number of parents who have not attended a ______PRC program before July 1, 2010. (Number of 1st time participants.)

Number of children who have not attended a ______PRC program before July 1, 2010. (Number of 1st time participants.)

Number of parents/caregivers served with a disability who have not attended a ______PRC program before July 1, 2010.

Number of children served with a disability who have not attended a ______PRC program before July 1, 2010.