Friday, December 27, 2024
12/27/2024
Serving Children and Adults in Need (SCAN) is proposing to implement its Border Project LAUNCH (Border PL) in Webb County, Texas situated on the Texas-Mexico border. Border PL will target underserved Hispanic children ages birth to eight years of age, and their caregivers, with a special focus on children with caregivers who suffer from behavioral disorders. The purpose of Border PL is to promote the wellness of young children by addressing the social, emotional, cognitive, physical and behavioral aspects of their development by disseminating effective and innovative early childhood mental health practices and services to improve outcomes for young children and their families The project proposes to serve a minimum of 4,500 unduplicated participants over the life of the project including caregivers, children and staff from child care settings and schools. The goals of the project are: 1) Screen, assess, and link children ages birth to 8 years of age and their caregivers to comprehensive behavioral health care to ensure the early identification of behavioral and developmental concerns in children as well as perinatal/maternal depression, traumatic stress, and opioid/substance misuse among caregivers; 2) Train parents, guardians and family caregivers on how to provide healthy, safe and secure environments in which young children can learn and grow; 3) Integrate behavioral health care into primary care settings to equip primary care providers with the knowledge, skills, and resources to address issues related to young children's and caregivers' behavioral health; 4) Provide mental consultation and training to staff in early child care and educational settings to ensure that young children's social, emotional, and behavioral concerns are identifies and addressed; 5) Establish a Webb County Young Child Wellness Council with membership from primary care, behavioral health, education, child care, Head Start, child welfare, and early intervention; 6) Improve coordination and collaboration across child and family serving systems and programs; 7) Raise public awareness and education related to early child development and mental health; 8) Foster the wellness of young children and their caregivers by achieving improved outcomes at discharge and 6-month follow-up; 9) Assure the project development is culturally and linguistically-informed so as to meet the specific cultural and linguistic needs of participants fro the border region. The Evidence Based Practices (EBPs) selected are: Parent Child Interaction Therapy (PCIT), SafeCare, and Positive Parenting Program (Triple P). The EBPs are part of a family-focused, holistic approach that is trauma and culture-informed and promotes the wellness of young children and their healthy attachment to caregivers. This approach supports healthy social, emotional, physical, and behavioral development through caregiver empowerment and services coordination to meet children's overall needs.
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