Friday, April 26, 2024
4/26/2024
Colorado Essentials for Childhood Abstract The overall purpose of this project is to decrease CAN risk factors and increase CAN protective factors by leveraging multi-sector partnerships and resources to improve the overall coordination and implementation of comprehensive CAN prevention strategies across the state. The Colorado Department of Public Health and Environment (CDPHE) will focus on the following strategies: enhance the state plan, leverage cross-sector partnerships and resources to support CAN prevention, implement two complementary CAN prevention strategies (strengthening economic supports and changing social norms), and develop and implement process and outcome evaluations. CDPHE will track and monitor short-term and mid-term outcomes associated with long-term impact on CAN and will work with CDC to identify potential data sources and mechanisms to measure long-term outcomes. Outcomes include: Short term: Increased cross/multi-sector partnership coordination and collaboration between CDPHE and other sectors; increased use of existing resources/funding to implement CAN prevention strategies and approaches; increased reach of CAN prevention work in Colorado; increased partner awareness of societal factors that lead to SSNREs; increased collective prosperity; increased emotional support for parenting; reduced stigma to enroll in WIC, SNAP, and CCCAP and access services; increased number of eligible individuals and families enrolled in WIC and SNAP; increased number of state agencies implementing existing family-friendly policies; increased number of business partners that support family-friendly state-level policies; increased evaluation of CAN prevention strategies; increased use, access, and sharing of state data related to CAN prevention; and increased monitoring of indicators at the community and societal levels. Mid-term: Formalized and sustainable systems change, resources, and cross sector partnerships working to implement state plan activities; increased public awareness of societal factors that lead to SSNREs; improved social norms around CAN prevention: collective prosperity and normalized emotional support for parenting; increased number of family-friendly state-level policies introduced and passed by CO General Assembly; increased number of stronger family-friendly policies adopted and implemented by CO Department of Personnel; increased protective factors for CAN prevention: strengthened household financial security, improved social connections and emotional support, and improved access to concrete services; decreased risk factors for CAN: reduced social isolation, reduced lack of awareness of and access to resources and support services; improved access to data to measure impact of EfC initiative and improved tracking of changes in burden of CAN; improved evaluation and performance management; and increased evidence related to population-based approaches of CAN prevention strategies. CDPHE has timely access to necessary data sources, experienced staff, and the ability to leverage partnerships and resources for a greater CAN prevention impact.
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