Child Abuse Council Of Sacramento

Training: capc conducts and coordinates training to americorps members, birth&beyond staff serving as home visitors, family resource aides, and family strengthening para- professionals, in 30 plus areas of curricula, to approximately 1400 duplicated individuals each year to ensure they have the skills and competencies to best serve parents and children. Training topics include, and are not limited to, trauma informed care, impacts of violence, conflict resolution, safe sleep baby education, make parenting a pleasure, ages & stages, mental health first aide, cultural humility in the workplace, parents as teachers, and the nurturing parenting program.

Safe sleep baby education campaign: the safe sleep baby (ssb) education campaign, developed by capc and funded by first 5 sacramento, was launched mid 2015, to target a leading cause of death for african american infants. Ssb is a countywide culturally relevant multi-pronged public education campaign to promote infant safe sleeping knowledge and environments in partnership with home visitation programs, county agencies that serve expectant/new mothers, and local hospital systems and birthing centers. In 2023/24, capc and our ssb partners trained 836 parents on the ssb message of which 223 (27%) were african american. A total of 535 cribs, combined with ssb education, were given to parents who did not have a safe place to sleep their baby. Capc trained 206 community service and medical providers to ensure they share the ssb message with their clients. The most important impact of ssb is the reduction of african american infant sleep related deaths. The 2023/24 reduction of african american child deaths evaluation presented to the first 5 sacramento commission reported that from 2012-2014 to 2017-2019, the rate of sleep- related deaths of african americn infants decreased 37% and the difference between african american infant sleep-related deaths and all other ethnic groups decrased 43%.

Birth & beyond family resource centers: birth & beyond (b&b) is a highly successful child abuse and neglect prevention program funded by first 5 sacramento, americorps, sacramento county department of child family and adult services, and department of human assistance calworks. B&b partners with sacramento county child protective services (cps) to provide services to families who come in contact with cps and do not meet the threshold for cps involvement. Capc, as the b&b fiscal and administrative lead agency, partners with folsom cordova community partnership, la familia counseling center, mutual assistance network, river oak center for children, sacramento children's home, and wellspace health to operate the nine b&b family resource centers. Capc serves as the training lead, coordinates b&b's collaborative structure,serves as liaison to funders, and facilitates b&b evaluation. Capc has a federal grant that funds americorps members to serve as b&b home visitors and family resource aides. For 2023/24 25 b&b americorps members served 593 parents delivering parents as teachers and nurturing parenting programs through home visitation and parenting workshops. At the end of the year, 100% of home visitation families with or without prior cps involvement had no substantiated cps referrals and 54% of parents completing workshops increased their parenting knowledge by 20% after receiving 16 hours of parenting education from americorps members black infant health program: the black infant health (bih) program was established in 1989 with the goal of improving african american infant and maternal health in california and decreasing black health differences for women and infants. To achieve these goals bih is a client-centered, strength-based group intervention program with complementary case management that embraces the life-course perspective and promotes skill building, stress reduction, and life goal setting by offering empowerment-focused services to improve the health and social conditions for african american women and their families. Bih delivers services in a culturally relevant manner that respects participants' beliefs and cultural values while promoting overall health and wellness. Bih utilizes the family strengthening model, acknowledging that participants have the strength and resilience to improve their health for themselves and their families. Through case management, participants receive guidance and referrals on a range of topics, including health insurance application assistance and family planning counseling. Group sessions provide an opportunity for participants to interact with other mothers and women who are pregnant in a culturally sensitive setting that respects participant values and beliefs. For 2023/24 capc served a total 195 bih moms exceeding the capc target of 130 moms by 50%. Capc served 68% of the county's 286 bih moms. Child death review team: for the past 35 years, the child abuse prevention council of sacramento has coordinated the work of the sacramento county child death review team (cdrt), a 21-member multidisciplinary team, including but not limited to, law enforcement, coroner, hospital systems, child welfare, and other social services representatives who review the death of every child in sacramento county, birth through 17 years of age, to identify causes and risk factors related to child deaths. The cdrt publishes and presents to the sacramento county board of supervisors annual and periodic multi-year reports outlining data, trends, and recommendations for preventing future child injuries and deaths. Capc also coordinates the fetal infant mortality review team (fimr) for the sacramento county department of public health. Prior cdrt recommendations have resulted in the development of home visitation programs, a shift in county policy away from family maintenance to child safety, shaken baby syndrome prevention, infant safe sleep education, and the reduction of african american child deaths initiative. For the past 35 years, the child abuse prevention council of sacramento has coordinated the work of the sacramento county child death review team (cdrt), a 21-member multidisciplinary team, including but not limited to, law enforcement, coroner, hospital systems, child welfare, and other social services representatives who review the death of every child in sacramento county, birth through 17 years of age, to identify causes and risk factors related to child deaths. The cdrt publishes and presents to the sacramento county board of supervisors annual and periodic multi-year reports outlining data, trends, and recommendations for preventing future child injuries and deaths. Capc also coordinates the fetal infant mortality review team (fimr) for the sacramento county department of public health. Prior cdrt recommendations have resulted in the development of home visitation programs, a shift in county policy away from family maintenance to child safety, shaken baby syndrome prevention, infant safe sleep education, and the reduction of african american child deaths initiative. Mandated child abuse reporter training: some individuals are mandated by state and federal law to report known and suspected child abuse and neglect. Mandated reporters include, but are not limited to, teachers, medical practitioners, healthcare providers, social workers, home visitors, and child care providers. In partnership with child protective services, capc is the training provider for these mandated reporters, conducting trainings to schools, nonprofit agencies, medical providers, and foster family agencies. In 2023/24, capc conducted 102 mandated child abuse reporter training workshops attended by 1090 service providers and other professionals who are required by law to report suspected child abuse and neglect. Information and referral: capc maintains an information and referral line for parents and community members who want to access services, find resources, ask questions about how to report child abuse or neglect and other related issues. In 2021 capc fielded 1410 calls for referrals and linkages to community resources with 1119 families referred by child protective services linked to community resources.