1. Comprehensive Group-Based Parenting Support
Department of Early Learning and Department of Social & Health Services

2. History & Funding DEL & DSHS partnership Braiding Funds
Home Visiting collaboration
Braiding Funds
TANF WorkFirst Program
Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP) Education
Community Based Child Abuse & Prevention (CBCAP)
Funding is available up to $40,000 for the first year with a possibility of continued funding the second year.
Time Line of the Partnership around parental supports and home visiting.
2014 in the Supplemental Budget the Legislature Allocated TANF funds for Home Visiting Services for TANF Families
DSHS and the legislature’s described the goal to better reach TANF WorkFirst families, particularly families with many barriers to participating in education or workfirst activities with additional supports for parenting supports – specifically home visiting.
Target was Pregnant, Have a child under 1, and are homeless being served through the rapid rehousing approach
DSHS and DEL partnered and the funds were distributed into the Home Visiting Services Account
DEL partnered with Thrive, a private-public partnership agency, who contracted with home visiting providers through a competitive process.
Essentially, DSHS funded additional home visiting spots for TANF families
In addition to building further capacity for home visiting options for TANF families, partnership between DSHS and DEL to help with efforts to build referral pathways between agencies that offer home visiting services and DSHS Community Services Offices, so that TANF families statewide have greater access to home visiting
CSOs were a part of the pilot of referring clients to home visiting.
Two evidence-based models were chosen: Nurse-Family Partnership (NFP) or Parents as Teachers (PAT)
This was expanded in 2016 with 7 more home visiting programs in additional communities.
To better meet the various needs of families and communities, DSHS and DEL are partnering to issue funds for group-based parenting education/support as part of the continuum of supports for families. To do so, we are braiding of funds that have comprehensive goals: self-sufficiency, physical and social health and well-being:
TANF WorkFirst Funds – supporting education and economic stability
SNAP Ed-adding an element to promote physical activity, healthy eating habits, and breast feeding
CBCAP-Protective factors

3. Letter of Interest Purpose:
Connecting low-income families to parenting education and family support programming.
Build access to high quality family supports that strengthens families for prevention of child abuse and includes education to promote healthy eating, physical activity and wellness.
Target population: Low income families at or below 200% FPL
Various community partners, including developing close partnerships with DSHS Community Service Office

4. Letter of Interest Letter of Interest to include:
Identification and description of the specific comprehensive group-based Parent Education and Family Support model(s) your organization plans to provide, including the research or evidence to support your model.
Description of your experience serving the target population.
Plans for designing the training and recruiting participants, including partnership with your local DSHS Community Service Office in doing both.
Description the need in your community for the proposed program.

5. Protective Factors. . .
Conditions that can protect families and promote resilience
Serve as a buffer against adversity—when present in families, likelihood of child maltreatment goes down
A Protective Factors framework focuses on strategies for building family strengths rather than focusing exclusively on risks and deficits.
Just as there are factors that place parents at risk for maltreating their children, there are other factors that may protect families from being vulnerable to abuse and that promote resilience.
The Protective Factors Framework addresses both risk and protective factors to help prevent child abuse and neglect. It evolved out of work at the Center for the Study of Social Policy (CSSP) after the Doris Duke Foundation approached CSSP in 2001 to create a strategic, feasible approach to child abuse prevention.

6. Nurturing and Attachment Knowledge of Parenting and Child Development
Concrete Supports
Social and Emotional Competence of Children
Social Connections
Nurturing and Attachment
The
Protective Factors
Knowledge of Parenting and Child Development
Parental /Family Resilience
The following protective factors are linked to a lower incidence of child abuse and neglect:
Nurturing and Attachment
Knowledge of Parenting and of Child and Youth Development
Parental Resilience
Social Connections
Concrete Supports for Parents
Developmental competence is the social and emotional competence of children
These protective factors are critical for all parents and caregivers, regardless of a child's age, sex, ethnicity or racial heritage, economic status, special needs, or whether the child is raised by a single, married, or divorced parent or by other caregivers.
To provide optimal protection to child and families, these five factors work best not when they are in isolation of each other, but when they work together, helping to reinforce each other.
For example, parents experiencing stress are more likely to be resilient when they have both a strong attachment to their child and strong social supports. The parent is less likely to neglect the child’s needs or leave the child in an inappropriate situation.
These protective factors form a conceptual framework for guiding service providers’ work with children and their families. The more protective factors a program, church, neighborhood, or community can build into their approach, the more positive the outcomes will be.
Maybe go into details of each factor and provide examples.
Child Welfare Information Gateway Resource Guide

7. Time Line
September 16, 2016: Letter of Interest Announcement September 21, 2016: 9:30am-10:30 Information Webinar October 14, 2016: Letter of Interest Due by 5:00pm November 2, 2016: Letter of Interest finalist invite to submit full application. December 2, 2016: Full applications Due by 5:00pm December 16, 2016: Contract awards announced January 16, 2017: Contract cycle begins
The letter of interest should include a cover page and the narrative, which should not exceed 2 pages. This is a target timeline.

8. Questions and Answers Questions can be sent to:
A running list of questions and answers will be located on the Strengthening Families website:
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Questions will be updated every Friday by 5:00pm
Last day to submit questions is 10/6/16 at 5:00pm

9. Other Resources
Supplemental Nutritional Assistance Program Education (SNAP Ed)
Compendium of Parenting Interventions:
DSHS Community Service Offices:
Here are a few helpful resources that provides additional information on SNAP Ed, Parenting Interventions and locator link to your local DSHS Community Service Offices.
WorkFirst Local Planning Area (LPA):