Thursday, November 21, 2024
11/21/2024
Summary: Vision for Children at Risk (VCR) proposed to work collaboratively with community based organizations to promote the wellness of young children, from 0-8 years of age, by addressing social, emotional, cognitive, physical, and behavioral aspects of development. Major partners include safety net behavioral health and health providers, the public school district, and an organization that provides training and consultation to professional care givers. Project name: Saint Louis Project LAUNCH (STL-PL) Populations: STL-PL will focus on children ages 0-8, their parents/guardians, and professional caregivers. Professional caregivers will include staff at unlicensed childcare providers and early childhood staff in the public school. Strategies: STL-PL will impact system coordination by increasing provider use of Ages and Stages Questionnaire (ASQ) as the primary screening tool to build a regional understanding of child development needs. Health care providers will be encouraged to use the ASQ to identify behavioral and developmental needs of children. Parent training will provide both group and individual interventions to build knowledge and protective factors of low-income and minority families. Unlicensed child care providers and early childhood staff at the public school district will receive behavioral health consultation to increase their capacity to respond to emotional and behavioral health needs of children. Goals/objectives: Goal 1: Improve coordination and collaboration across family and child serving system. Objective 1.1: Increase organizational use of ASQ Data Hub to 25 child serving sites by year 5. Objective 1.2: Increase the integration of behavioral health into primary care at two safety net health providers. Objective 1.3: Increase access to existing behavioral health resources through a linkage and referral system for use by parents and organizations. Objective 1.4: Engage at least 40 organizations as members of the Young Child Wellness Council by the end of year 3. Goal 2: Increase knowledge of parents of children 0-8 on topics of early childhood development and community resources. Objective 2.1: Increase knowledge of protective and wellness factors in 240 parents of children 0-8 annually. Objective 2.2: Increase connections to community resources for 240 families attending Cafes annually. Objective 2.3: Increase positive parenting behavior for at least 100 families through Triple P over 5 years. Objective 2.4: Engage at least 20 parents as members of a Parent Advisory Council over 5 years. Goal 3: Increase capacity of child care providers and early child educators on topics of early childhood development. Objective 3.1 Increase capacity of 2 medical providers, 45 Family Child Care Homes, and 65 Early Childhood staff at Saint Louis Public Schools to respond to the emotional and behavioral needs of children and families. STL-PL will serve 462 individuals annually, including children, parents/guardians, and professional care givers.
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