Connecticut

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.