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$1,511,501
Total Connecticut CBCAP Funding

Core Services

The Office of Early Childhood (OEC) is the lead agency for Community-Based Child Abuse Prevention (CBCAP). Within OEC there are a number of prevention initiatives:
• Connecticut Home Visiting System, a braided funding approach using state and federal funding to provide home visiting services to families across the state of Connecticut.
• Outreach activities to special populations that include working with parents who are incarcerated and providing the following activities: parenting classes; childbirth preparation classes; professional development for correctional staff on trauma; family friendly visitation rooms and offering home visiting services to the children of incarcerated parents and their caregivers.
• Statewide Mind over Mood In Home Cognitive Behavioral Therapy to mothers with perinatal mood disorders.
• Homeless diversion program, a statewide coordinated process to keep families with young children out of homeless shelters.
• Statewide telephone number that ensures children and their families have access to a system of early identification, prevention and intervention services and other important resources for families.
• Shaken Baby Syndrome prevention training;
• Family Development Training and Credentialing Program- professional development using Empowerment Skills for Family Workers and Empowerment Skills for Leaders curriculums.

2,451
Number of families served in Connecticut
Number of people served in Connecticut
2,525
Parents
2,481
Children
0
Parents with disabilities
11,588
Children with disabilities
$840,706
Connecticut Total Funding for Evidence-Based Programs
Connecticut State Lead Agency Structure
Children's Trust Fund
Collaborations
 
CFSR/PIP
Child and Family Services Review (CFSR) is a periodic review of state child welfare systems by the Children’s Bureau. The Program Improvement Plan (PIP) is the plan to address areas in child welfare services that need improvement.
 
CFSP/APSR
Child and Family Services Plan (CFSP) is a strategic plan that sets forth a State's vision and goals to strengthen its child welfare system. Annual Progress and Services Report (APSR) is the annual update on progress made toward accomplishing the goals and objectives in the CFSP.
 
FFPSA/Title IV-E Plan
Family First Prevention Services Act (FFPSA) is a law that restructured federal child welfare funding. Title IV-E is the Federal foster care funding program.
 
Strengthening Families
 
Head Start, Early Head Start
 
Maternal, Infant, and Early Childhood Home Visiting
Maternal, Infant and Early Childhood Home Visiting (MIECHV) program facilitates collaboration and partnership at the federal, state, and community levels to improve the health of at-risk children through evidence-based home visiting programs.
 
Early Childhood Comprehensive Systems
 
Substance Abuse
 
Public Health/ACEs
Adverse Childhood Experiences (ACEs) are an indicator of long-term health and opportunity for children.
 
Project Launch
 
Other (detail in narrative)
1,627
Total individuals reached via public awareness in Connecticut
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