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Community Partnerships for Protecting Children

CPPC Newsletter: Madison, Marion & Warren Counties

Volume 4, Issue 1

December 15, 2014

What’s New with CPPC: Sarah Hohanshelt, CPPC Coordinator

Happy Holidays! Fiscal year 2015 is off to a very busy start. This letter serves as an update on all things Community Partnerships for Protecting Children (CPPC) and a look into what is to come for the remainder of the year!
Community-Based Family Team Meetings (CBFTMs) have seen a slight increase this year. The majority of our referrals come from schools, but can be made by anyone as these are not DHS involved cases. To date, I have completed 3 prep meetings, 4 initial FTMs, 3 follow up FTMs, 1 DHS FTM initial meeting and assisted Madeline with one DHS FTM; averaging about 2 meetings per month. If you would like to make a referral for a CBFTM please visit www.cppconline1.com and fill out the referral & release of information forms which can be found under the Our Programs > Community Based Family Team Meetings tabs.
Madeline Adams, Family Team Meeting Coordinator, has completed 40 initial Family Team Meetings (FTMs), 20 pre/post removal conferences (PRCs), 7 handoffs and 36 follow up meetings through the end of November. On any given week, she averages 5 meetings. Referrals for FTMs come from the family’s social worker as these are all DHS involved families. To learn more about FTMs or to view the referral form or brochure, go to the website and hover over Our Programs then click Family Team Meetings.
Additionally, we have continued to implement the Youth Team Decision Making (YTDM) process in Madison, Marion and Warren Counties. Referrals for these youth-driven meetings come from the youth’s social workers. These meetings are for youth who are involved in the foster care system to help them plan for their future as they age out. The youth is given the opportunity to share and plan for their future with a team they have identified. Madeline has completed 5 YTDM meetings to date.
Al’s Pals visits have kept me very busy once again this year! I have completed 16 visits in 10 schools/centers. I will be completing the 5 remaining visits this spring.
I have also placed and received a supply order and paid for several trainings totaling $9,545. All requested supplies have been delivered to each of the schools and centers. Most will be handing out the music CD to their students this holiday season to take home and share with their families.
The CPPC website (www.cppconline1.com) has been rebuilt! Our old website was not functioning properly so you will now find a new, redesigned website at our new web address: www.cppconline1.com. The transition has been seamless. The new site continues to be a great resource for events, trainings, job postings and resources in our three counties. I still send weekly updates which outline all new material to the website over the last week as well as a few reminders of upcoming events. If you’d like to be on that mailing list, please visit the website, hover over More > Contact then fill out the online form and hit submit!
Our CPPC Steering Committee meets monthly on the first Tuesday of each month at 200 S Howard Street. If you would like to be added to the mailing list to be sent meeting minutes and reminders, please email me at shohanshelt@gmail.com. Below are the upcoming meeting dates:
No January Meeting February 3rd March 3rd

DCAT Update: Joe Burke, DCAT Coordinator

What is DCAT?
Decategorization (DCAT) was designed to be a process that combines the individual state appropriations for child welfare services into a single fund to encourage the development of services that better meet the needs of youth and families by allowing the local county flexibility in how these funds are used. Participation by the Department of Human

Services, Juvenile Court Services and the County are required terms of the legislation.
DCAT is an effort to significantly change the child welfare system to one that is needs based, family focused, easily accessible, more intensive, less restrictive and cost effective.
What’s New?
The fiscal year 2014 DCAT Annual Progress Report can now be found at www.cppconline1.com. To view the report hover over the About tab on the homepage then click “Yearly Reports, Plans, etc.” and scroll to the link titled “FY14 Annual Progress Report”. This report details all programming which is overseen by the Indianola DCAT Cluster including CPPC, Family Team Meetings, CBCAP, Al’s Pals, Flex Funding, etc.

Inside this issue:

Madison County Events News	2
Marion County Events &News	2
Warren County Events &News	2
Family Team Meetings	3
Child Abuse Prevention	3
Contact Information	4

Additionally, all DCAT Executive Board Meeting minutes can be found at www.cppconline1.com by hovering over DCAT Governance Board then clicking DCAT Board Minutes. The minutes are added to the website as they are approved by the Board.
If you have any further questions regarding DCAT, please contact Joe Burke at JBurke@dhs.state.ia.us.

CPPC Newsletter: Madison, Marion & Warren Counties

Madison County News & Events

A community collaboration group, Madison County Cares, meets the fourth Tuesday of each month at Sports Page in Winterset at noon. The winter meeting dates are as follows:
No December meeting
January 27th
February 24th
Anyone is welcome to attend!
Madison County Cares provides the communities within the county with several events including: the Every 15 Minutes program (www.every15minutes.com), the Health, Wellness and Safety Fair, Drug Drop and Family Fun Day. For more information on these events, come to a meeting or email Lynette Judd at lynjudd@familyresourcelink.org
Alabaster Ministries will be hosting a FREE Christmas Store on Saturday, December 13th at 9:30am. The event will be held at the Jackson Building (1204 W Summit Street, Winterset).
Drop-off times for donations will be Friday, December 12th from 4-9 p.m. at the Jackson Building.
Any questions, please contact Rachel Terhaar at 468-3032.
For more Madison County events visit www.cppconline1.com.

“Check out the local provider meetings to get up-to-date information on events and needs within your community!”

Marion County News & Events

The Marion County Provider’s group meets the first Monday of each month at 9:30 a.m. at Marion County Public Health (2003 N Lincoln, Knoxville).
The goal of this group is to bring together local community partners, school staff, mental health providers, etc. to share information regarding events, concerns, needs, etc. within the communities in Marion county. Each month, an agency is also selected to give a presentation which details the services they provide within the county.
The winter dates for this meeting are: December 1st January 5th February 2nd
For more information, contact Teresa Higginbotham at thiggin@marionph.org
Crisis Center and Rural Domestic Abuse Program is holding a 50/50 raffle for Domestic Violence Awareness Month. fundraiser. For ticket purchases contact Jennifer Swim at 641-683-1750 or jennifers@ottumwacrisiscenter.org. *Drawing to be held Dec. 22nd, 2014*
For more Marion County events visit www.cppconline1.com.

Warren County News & Events

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The Warren County Provider’s group meets the 2nd Tuesday of each month at 9 a.m. at Indianola High School, Room 300. This group meets to distribute information among school staff, community partners, mental health providers, etc. Anyone is welcome to attend! The winter meeting dates are as follows:
December 9th January 13th February 10th For more information, contact Kyla Bandstra at kyla.bandstra@indianola.k12.ia.us.
The Warren County Necessity Pantry will hold an open house on Tuesday, December 9th from 3-6pm. The open house will be held at the Warren County Administration Building Auditorium (301 N Buxton Indianola). There will be several community providers in attendance to share their information as well as fun activities for your kids! Activities will include: Community Resource Fair, snacks, face painting, kids activities and FREE giveaways!
For more Warren County events visit www.cppconline1.com.

Update: Family Team Meetings

Volume 4, Issue 1

In fiscal year 2015 (FY15), we have implemented the use of the new statewide forms and are utilizing the Youth Team Decision Making (YTDM) process in Madison, Marion and Warren Counties. The new forms provide a uniform system for documenting the notes of each Family Team Meeting (FTM) in an effort to further standardize the FTM process.
Throughout FY15, the FTM process will be working towards becoming a statewide program. This means that a Request for Proposal (RFP) will be issued, an agency will be awarded the contract and will begin providing FTMs statewide in FY16. What this means for FTMs in our area is that they will no longer be housed with DCAT/CPPC, but rather, the coordinator(s) will be employee(s) of the agency that is awarded the contract.
DCAT/CPPC will still continue to work closely with the new agency. Family Team Meetings make up one fourth of the four strategies which are the foundation of Community Partnerships for Protecting Children (CPPC). At this time, we do not have any further information, but we hope to know more once the RFP is released later this winter. Joe, Madeline and myself will keep each of the three provider groups (Marion County Providers, Madison County Cares and Warren County Family Care Team) up to date as these changes start to occur.
For an additional information on Family Team Meetings, Community Based Family Team Meetings or Youth Team Decision Making meetings, please feel free to contact Madeline, the Family Team Meeting Coordinator, at 515.468.1684 or madams@dhs.state.ia.us.

Child Abuse Prevention

What is Child Abuse? The definition to child abuse varies from state to state. Child abuse, in Iowa, is defined as: failure to provide adequate food, shelter, clothing or other care necessary for a child's health and well-being, intended physical injury, sexual abuse of a child, presence of an illegal drug in a child's body as a result of actions or neglect, allowing a known sex offender, who is not the child’s biological parent or the caretaker’s spouse, custody or access to a child, manufacturing a dangerous substance in a child's presence, mental injury to a child and/or providing access to or showing obscene material to a child (pcaiowa.org).
Child Abuse Data in Iowa In 2013, there was a 5% increase of children abused with 12,276 cases of child abuse. Almost half of those victims were under six years of age. “Almost 4 out of 5 child abuse cases in 2013 were due to denial of critical care, which indicates a parent or caretaker failed to provide adequate food, shelter, clothing, or other care necessary for a child’s well-being.“ (pcaiowa.org). Denial of critical care was followed by physical injury (9%), illegal drugs in the child’s body (6.4%) and sexual abuse (3.9%).
ACES
Children who are abused are more likely to:
Perform poorly in school
Develop unhealthy relationships
Attempt suicide
Suffer from:
Attention deficits
Depression
Violent aggression
Obesity
Alcoholism
Drug usage
Cigarette addiction
(pcaiowa.org)
The Adverse Childhood Experiences Study (ACES) suggests that certain childhood experiences can be risk factors for poor health, poor quality of life or even death. For more information on ACES, visit www.acestudy.org or http://www.cdc.gov/violenceprevention/acestudy/.
Preventing Child Abuse Five protective factors have been identified to reduce the risk of child abuse:
Nurturing and Attachment
Knowledge of Parenting and Child Development
Parental Reslience
Social Connections
Concrete Supports
(pcaiowa.org)
For more information on ways you can help prevent child abuse, please visit www.pcaiowa.org.

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Community Partnerships for Protecting Children

200 S Howard Street
Indianola, Iowa 50125

Phone: (515) 468-8181
E-mail: shohanshelt@gmail.com

Community Partnerships for Protecting Children (CPPC) is an approach that strives to keep children safe from abuse and neglect and to support families. This approach recognizes that keeping children safe is everybody’s business, CPPC provides opportunities for community members to come together, help families in times of need and shape the services and supports provided.

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