Prevention Council ANNUAL...

Orange County’s Child Abuse

Prevention Council

ANNUAL REPORT

Fiscal Year

2018 - 2019

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Orange County’s Child Abuse Prevention Council — Annual Report FY 18/19

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Orange County’s Child Abuse Prevention Council

Annual Report, Fiscal Year 2018-2019

Contents Message From Child Abuse Prevention Council

Member Katherine Ahlswede-Hamel

Council Membership

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Interagency Cooperation

Public Awareness

Community Support

Recommendations

Trainings and Accredited Hours

Website and Social Media

Child Abuse Prevention Month

Quarterly Newsletter

Memoranda of Understanding

Distribution of Materials

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Message From Katherine Ahlswede-Hamel

Keep kids safe, healthy and happy. It seems like such a simple statement of

needs and attributes for our Orange County community. A statement of needs

and values that speaks to all of us. Yet, not all children in Orange County live

this kind of life.

The Raise Foundation, convening Orange County’s designated Child Abuse

Prevention Council (CAPC), continues to work diligently with the community to

do all we can to strengthen families so that children can thrive.

Through the CAPC, these efforts are led by collaboration amongst interagency

committees and task forces. We unite with community partners, non-profits,

educators and schools, law enforcement agencies, lay leadership and

volunteer ambassadors. Together we advocate for the safety, health and

happiness of children.

In this CAPC Fiscal Year 2018-2019 Annual Report you’ll find an overview of the past year’s projects and

activities which have helped to strengthen families in Orange County.

Thank you for entrusting the CAPC with the important mission of preventing child abuse and neglect in

Orange County. We do this by strengthening families. We do this by effectively collaborating, connecting

and uniting the community. We do this by educating people. We do this with your help. And, we do this in

memory of all children who have died as a result of abuse and neglect.

A Member of the Child Abuse Prevention Council

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Council Membership FY 18/19 WIC Section: 18982.1

Ana Jimenez-Hami

Executive Director

Orange County Children’s Therapeutic Art Center

Anne Light, MD

Medical Director

County of Orange Social Services Agency

Barbara Patison

Director

South Coast Metro Children’s Village

Bertha Manzanares

California Department of Social Services

Community Care Licensing

Bryan Prieto

Chief Deputy Probation Officer

Orange County Probation Department

Cathy Rodriguez

Member

Exchange Club of Irvine

Daphne Wong, MD

Medical Director

Child Protection Team

Children’s Hospital of Orange County (CHOC)

Eldon Baber

Executive Director

The Raise Foundation

Jamie McDonald

Executive Director

American Academy of Pediatrics Orange County Chapter

Jim Perez

Administrator

School-Based Violence Prevention Education Services

Orange County Department of Education

John Machiaverna

Executive Director

Boys & Girls Club of Greater Anaheim-Cypress

Hon. Joanne Motoike

Presiding Judge

Orange County Juvenile Court

Katherine Ahlswede-Hamel

Advocacy/Leg Rep

Junior League of Orange County

Detective Nasario Solis

Master Reserve Officer

Tustin Police Department

Pamela Kahn, RN, MPH, NCSN

Coordinator, Health and Wellness

Orange County Department of Education

Sandra Murray, MD

Medical Director

Millers Children’s Hospital

Sonia Balleste

Senior Deputy District Attorney

Orange County District Attorney’s Office

Ted Burnett

Assistant District Attorney

Orange County District Attorney’s Office

Tiffany Williams

Senior Deputy Coroner

Orange County Sheriff-Coroner Department

Tina Fietsam, LCSW

USC School of Social Work

Adjunct Assistant Professor Dept. of Children, Youth,

and Families

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Public Awareness

Community

Engagement

Through Media

“Heat Stroke Prevention Day”

E-blast sent on 7/31/2018 to

distribution list of over 2,000 contacts

Heat Stroke Prevention post shared via Facebook seen by 597 followers

Blue Ribbon Save the Date E-blast—11/30/2018

Sent to email distribution list of over 2,000 contacts

Blue Ribbon Media Kits—2/26/19

Distributed to 34 Public Information Officers in Orange County

KSBR Radio 88.5 FM Interview—aired 3/25/19

Reach of 30,000 listeners

Broadcast was archived and is set to re-air on a future date to be determined

Blue Ribbon Kick-Off Media Coverage—3/29/19

CBS — 190,000 viewers

KCAL9 — 147,000 viewers

Michelle Gile social media posts reached 1,583 individuals

Telemundo Network was also present at the event

Printed Publication

Featured on the cover of the Orange County Business Journal for Blue Ribbon Month

for half page advertisement of “Keep Kids Safe, Healthy and Happy”

WIC Section: 18982.2

From Left: Eldon Baber (The Raise Foundation), Kim Mohr

(Communications Manager, Irvine Police Department), Dawn

Kamber (KSBR Radio) and Christina McSparron (Rutan & Tucker,

Raise Foundation Board of Directors) at KSBR Radio 88.5 FM

Interview.

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Locations and Organizations Outreached to in 2018-2019

Anaheim Harbor Family Resource Center -- Anaheim

Anaheim Home and Garden Show -- Anaheim

Blue Ribbon Kick Off Event -- Bowers Museum, Santa Ana

Boys and Girls Club of Garden Grove -- Garden Grove

CHEC Family Resource Center

Children’s Village -- Santa Ana

Corbin Family Resource Center -- Santa Ana

Costa Mesa Senior Center -- Costa Mesa

Del Obispo Elementary -- San Juan Capistrano

Eliminating Racial Disparity and Disproportionality Advisory Committee Meeting -- Orange

Exchange Club of Irvine -- Irvine

Exchange Club of South Orange County -- Laguna Hills

Festival of Children -- Costa Mesa

Garden Grove Chapman Library -- Garden Grove

Jamboree Housing Staff Meeting -- Buena Park

Junior League Orange County -- Newport Beach

Juvenile Justice Commission -- Orange

K.I.D.S. Head Start Parent Class -- Santa Ana

Kaiser Permanente -- Brea

Manzanita Park Food Distribution -- Anaheim

McFadden Elementary School -- Santa Ana

Melinda Hoag Center for Healthy Living Costa Mesa FRC -- Costa Mesa/Newport

National Night Out -- San Clemente

National Night Out -- Tustin

Oak Creek Golf Course -- Irvine

Orange County Fire Authorities -- Cypress, Irvine, Ladera Ranch, Laguna Niguel, Placentia, Santa Ana, Seal Beach

Orange County Head Start (4th Street) -- Santa Ana

Orange County Probation Department -- Santa Ana

Orange County Rescue Mission -- Tustin

Placentia City Council Meeting -- Placentia

Precious Life Shelter -- Los Alamitos

Saddleback Health Fair -- Saddleback College -- Mission Viejo

Spook-tacular Safety Event -- Oak View FRC -- Huntington Beach

Star View Elementary -- Midway City

Tustin Girl Scout Troop -- Tustin

Warner Middle School -- Westminster

Westmont Elementary -- Westminster

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Distribution of Materials During the 2018-2019 Fiscal Year, 3,593 participants and event attendees* were reached through

outreach events, email blasts, social media posts, etc. *Numbers DO NOT include PCAN/CEU Training Participants or Media Buy Reach/Coverage

March and April had the highest number of materials distributed and community members reached due

to Child Abuse Prevention Month and affiliated activities.

4,877 Materials distributed during

Fiscal Year 2018—2019.

The 24th Annual Report on The Conditions of Children in Orange County

“Suspect Child Abuse?” Child Abuse Registry Poster-English, Spanish, Vietnamese

“Slices of the Resource Family Approval Process” Flyer-English and Spanish

“You Are Their Hope” Resource Family Orientation Flyer

“A Roadmap to Child Safety and Family Stability” Brochure

“Keep Me Safe While I Sleep” American Academy of Pediatrics Safe Sleep Brochure-English

and Spanish

“There Is a Way to Safely Surrender Your Baby” American Academy of Pediatrics Safe

Surrender Brochure

“ABC’s of Water Safety” Orange County Fire Authority Flyer

“Water Safety Rules” Orange County Fire Authority Flyer

“Kids and Pets in Cars” Orange County Fire Authority Flyer

“Help Keep Kids Safe, Healthy, and Happy” Three Initiative Flyer

Families and Communities Together Overview and Family Resource Center Map-English

and Spanish

Examples of Educational

Brochures, Flyers, and Posters Distributed:

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Examples of Promotional Items/Incentives Distributed:

“Story of Blue Ribbon Pinwheel Garden” Flyer and Yard Signs-English, Spanish, Vietnamese

“30 Days, 30 Ways Activity Calendar—Blue Ribbon Month”

“Keep Kids Safe, Healthy, and Happy” Themed Pinwheels

“Blue Ribbon Pledge” Poster-English and Spanish

Blue Ribbons

“Keep Kids Safe, Healthy, and Happy” Stickers

Blue Ribbon Art Contest Winner Yard Signs-English, Spanish, Vietnamese

Blue Ribbon Art Contest Winner Decal Stickers

Blue Ribbon Art Contest Winner Stationary

Pinwheel Lapel Pins

Blue Ribbon Lapel Pins

Pinwheels, “Story of the Blue Ribbon” yard sign, and Blue Ribbon Art Contest yard

sign on display at Bower’s Museum in Santa Ana. All of these materials were

distributed in community awareness kits as a part of Child Abuse Prevention and

Blue Ribbon Month.

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The Raise Foundation, serving as the convening body for Orange County’s Child Abuse Prevention

Council, provides the forum for interagency cooperation and coordination for the following:

Orange County’s Child Abuse Prevention Council Coordinates quarterly meetings, prepares agendas, records minutes, maintains active roster with

comprehensive membership, maintains CAPC website and communicates amongst CAPC

Members for achieving the goals set forth by the Council. Agencies comprising membership on the

Council include: County of Orange Social Services Agency, Orange County Probation Department,

Tustin Police Department, Juvenile Justice Commission, the District Attorney’s Office, Orange

County Department of Education, Orange County Coroner Division, State of California Community

Care Licensing, Junior League of Orange County, South Orange County Exchange Club, Boys & Girls

Club of Greater Anaheim-Cypress, Orange County Children’s Therapeutic Art Center, American

Academy of Pediatrics-Orange County, South Coast Metro Children’s Village, UCI Department of

Pediatrics and Children’s Hospital of Orange County (CHOC).

Blue Ribbon Committee Interagency planning committee for Annual Blue Ribbon Kick-Off Event in March and for the

activities, distributable community awareness kits and public awareness outreach information for

distribution to communities in Orange County through the entire month of April. Agencies include

County of Orange Social Services Agency, Irvine Police Department, Orange County Fire Authority,

Orange County Sheriff’s Department, Orange County Department of Education, American Academy

of Pediatrics-Orange County Chapter and Ocean View School District.

Neighbor to Neighbor (N2N) Steering Committee Discuss Path 1 Cases for referrals and appropriate assignments and work to create resource

network for responders. Determine possibility of utilizing Family Resource Centers to link Path 1

families to services, best methods of communication to connect with Path 1 families. Determine

scalability of N2N programmatically beyond the current participating pilot sites. Agencies include:

Olive Crest, Public Health Nurses, County of Orange Social Services Agency, Children’s Bureau and

the Child Abuse Prevention Center.

Interagency Cooperation

WIC Section: 18982.2 and 18982.3

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Website

www.theraisefoundation.org/council

30,010 Total Website Views from

July 2018 to June 2019

The Raise Foundation, serving as the

convening body for Orange County’s

Child Abuse Prevention Council,

manages and maintains the

Council’s website.

This page contains information

about the Council’s role and purpose

and lists all current members.

A variety of Council materials can be viewed

on the website, including:

Council Meeting Agendas

Council Meeting Minutes

Quarterly Council Newsletters

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Social Media Followers*

Facebook

Instagram

Twitter

TOTAL:

Social Media

977

278

1,393

389

The Raise Foundation, serving as the convening body for Orange County’s Child

Abuse Prevention Council, manages and facilitates the Council’s social media

presence via Facebook, Twitter and Instagram.

During the 2018-2019 Fiscal Year, one of the focuses has been to shift away

from mainly using Facebook and establish a stronger presence on Twitter and

Instagram.

The month of April saw the most audience

engagement and viewership across all platforms, with

a total reach of 14,572 people and 1,146 post

interactions.

* as of June 2019

This post from the Blue Ribbon Kick-Off

Ceremony in April was one of the highest

performing in the last year, reaching a total of

over 1,000 users.

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The newsletter is distributed using Mailchimp,

and the mailing list currently has 2,042 subscribers.

Quarterly Newsletter

This issue featured articles about the need for

resource families, CAPC training professionals in

child abuse prevention, treatment and

intervention, giving newborns hope and featured

a council member spotlight on Katherine

Ahlswede-Hamel.

This issue featured articles about reducing toxic

stress for teens, safe sleeping and featured a

council member spotlight on Cathy Rodriguez.

This issue included an overview of Blue Ribbon

Month activities, an article about resource

parents by Helen Lindsey at County of Orange

Social Services Agency, a Q & A with Dr. Holly

Magaña about adverse childhood experiences

(ACEs), an invitation to the 31st Annual

“Pathways to Prevention” Conference and

featured a council member spotlight on Detective

Nasario Solis.

This issue invited everyone to the Blue Ribbon

Kick-Off Ceremony and included articles about

the reason for blue ribbons and pinwheel

gardens, this year’s Blue Ribbon and Shining

Light award honorees, the annual Blue Ribbon

Youth Art Contest, key initiatives for 2019 and

included the Blue Ribbon Pledge.

Fall 2018 Winter 2018

Spring 2019 Summer 2019

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Trainings

The Impact of Adverse Childhood Experiences on Health and

Well-Being with Dr. Holly Magaña at Melinda Hoag Smith Center for Healthy Living

These workshops were designed to help professionals develop a deep understanding of the ways in which

early trauma and adversity impact health and well-being throughout the life span. In addition, participants

learned about the importance of screening for adverse childhood events and discussed strategies for

addressing these events within specific health care settings. Trainings took place in April and May of

2019 with over 200 professionals attending.

31st Annual “Pathways to Prevention” Child Abuse Prevention

Conference at University of California, Irvine

The purpose of the Annual Conference is to educate a variety of human services professionals and

community members on topics related to the safety and wellness of children. This year, workshop topics

included Adverse Childhood Experiences (ACEs), resiliency, trauma informed care, core practice model,

youth suicide awareness, supporting students in crisis, substance use and the family and a look at the

first responders’ path. Over 300 free targeted scholarships were offered to professionals at County of

Orange Social Services Agency, Probation Department, Healthcare Agency, Department of Education,

Sheriff’s Department, Fire Authority, CASA, other regional CAPCs and various Prevent Child Abuse

Network partnered agencies to attend the Conference on Friday, June 28th. Each scholarship represented

six Continuing Education Units available to the attendee, accredited by California Southern University and

Orange County Department of Education.

Fathers and Families Coalition at South Orange County Family Resource Center

This two-day training educated professionals about a variety of topics that included motivational

interviewing with cognitive behavioral therapy and schematic strategies, culturally appropriate strategies

for working with at-risk families, introduction to trauma informed and seeking safety models, the role of

fathers in child development and family values, introduction and practice of mindfulness and applying

mindfulness framework to their practice. Trainings took place in October 2018.


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* Total credit hours include all Continuing Education Units (CEUs) for social workers or nurses,

Continuing Medical Education (CME), Peace Officer Standards and Training (POST) credits or

Continuing Legal Education (CLE).

Accredited Training Hours

Training Location Accrediting

Body

Credit Hours

Distributed*

Adverse Childhood Experiences

and Toxic Stress with Dr. Holly

Magaña

Melinda Hoag

Smith Center for

Healthy Living

Newport Beach, CA

Hoag Hospital 704

31st Annual “Pathways to

Prevention” Child Abuse

Prevention Conference

University of

California, Irvine

Irvine, CA

California

Southern

University

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Fathers and Families Coalition

South Orange

County Family

Resource Center

Lake Forest, CA

Fathers and

Families

Coalition of

America

96

TOTAL: 874

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Community Support


The Manzanita Park food distribution takes place

every fourth Saturday of the month at Manzanita Park

in Anaheim.

It is facilitated through the collaborative effort of the

Boys & Girls Club of Greater Anaheim, Second Harvest

Food Bank, The Raise Foundation and volunteers.

Starting in May 2019, blood pressure and glucose

screenings began being provided by volunteer

Physician Assistant Students from Marshall B.

Ketchum University.

Volunteers from the Physician Assistant Program at Marshall B. Ketchum University facilitating blood pressure and glucose testing and assisting with the

food distribution at Manzanita Park.

Manzanita Park Food Distribution

6,641 Individuals were served

by this food distribution

during Fiscal Year 2018-

2019.

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Adopt-A-Family Project and Basic Needs Drive

The Raise Foundation, serving as the convening body for Orange County’s Child

Abuse Prevention Council, organized an Adopt-A-Family project to provide services to

at-risk parents and families during the 2018 holiday season.

Community members and supporters adopted families in need specified by The

Raise Foundation and Family Resource Center staff who selected families based on

their dedication to making the most of the services provided to them by their family

resource centers.

Those who donated were educated about family needs, services that family resource

centers provide and advocated for children’s wellbeing.

One of the 25 families that were served as part of the Adopt-A-Family

project.

A total of 72 children from

25 families in need were

provided with gifts and

basic needs items

including clothing and food

boxes.

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Child Abuse Prevention Month

Kits Distributed

Community Awareness Kits were distributed to family

resource centers, libraries, museums, county offices, police

and fire stations and schools. These kits included

educational materials about prevention*, pins, ribbons,

stickers and supplies to create Pinwheels for Prevention®

gardens. *Detailed description of these can be found on pages 10-11

80 Educational Materials Distributed

Over 3,000 pieces of educational materials were distributed

in community awareness kits and at outreach events and

presentations during the month of April.

3,000

Outreach Presentations and Events

During April, presentations were given at K.I.D.S. Head Start

in Santa Ana, a Jamboree Housing staff meeting, the

Precious Life Shelter in Los Alamitos, the Placentia City

Council, the Exchange Club South Orange County, the Juvenile

Justice Commission, O.C. Head Start in Santa Ana and more.

Outreach events included the Seeds of Hope Event at Corbin

Family Resource Center, a mural dedication at Melinda Hoag

Center for Healthy Living, the Blue Ribbon Family Night and

Resource Fair, the Dia Del Nino celebration in San Juan

Capistrano and a booth at the weekend-long O.C. Home and

Garden Show at the Anaheim Convention Center.

Pinwheels Distributed

During the month of April, 4,000 pinwheels were distributed

and “planted” in Pinwheels for Prevention® gardens at

various locations throughout Orange County.

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Art Contest Participants

The annual Blue Ribbon Youth Art Contest brought in 131

submissions from schools, nonprofits and family resource

centers throughout Orange County. This year’s theme was

“Keep Me Safe, Healthy and Happy!”

131

4,000

Top entries from this year’s Blue Ribbon Youth Art Contest submitted by Diana S. from Cypress High School (Left) and Brianna A. from McFadden Intermediate

School (Right).

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Blue Ribbon Kick-Off 2019

Anne Bloxom, County of Orange Social Services Agency Division Director of Children

& Family Services, presenting county remarks and conducting a tribute to children.

Location: Bowers Museum in Santa Ana

Date: Wednesday, March 27th

Emcee: Michele Gile, Reporter CBS2/KCAL9

Presentation of Resolution: Sergio Prince, on behalf of Chairwoman Lisa Bartlett and County of Orange Board of

Supervisors

Impact Speaker: Miguel Alcantara, Resource Parent and Foster Care Advocate/Volunteer

County Remarks and Tribute to Children: Anne Bloxom, Division Director, County of Orange Social Services

Agency Children & Family Services Division

Ceremony concluded with the first dedication of “Pinwheels for Prevention” Garden of 2019 in Orange County

2019 Blue Ribbon Award Winners

Dr. Daphne Wong, Child Abuse Pediatrician - CHOC

Dr. Liza Eshilian-Oates, Dr. Connie Lin Yao, and

Dr. Altaf Kazi — Orange County Kaiser Permanente – Family

Violence and Child Abuse Prevention Programs

2019 Shining Light Award

Winners

Melissa Hurd, Social-Emotional Learning

Curriculum (SEL), Ocean View School District

Jason Starkman, Owner and Agent, State

Farm Insurance

School Resource Officers (SRO), Youth

Services Unit, Garden Grove Police

Special Victims Detail (SVD), Orange County

Sheriff’s Department

School Mobile Assessment Resource Team

(SMART), Orange County Sheriff’s

Department

Lieutenant Colonel Denise Varner and Chief

Warrant Officer Rochelle Sonza, Sunburst

Youth ChalleNGe Academy, California

National Guard

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Memoranda of Understanding

The council has developed and is currently maintaining 14 Memoranda of Understanding (MOU’s) with these family-

strengthening agencies for the distribution of child abuse prevention literature:

American Academy of Pediatrics—Orange County Chapter

Academy dedicated to the health of all children through offering professional resources, education, advocacy and policy

development.

Boys & Girls Club of Anaheim

To enable all young people, especially those who need us most, to reach their full potential as productive, caring,

responsible citizens.

Boys & Girls Club of Cypress

To enable all young people, especially those who need us most, to reach their full potential as productive, caring,

responsible citizens.

Child Guidance Center

Organization dedicated to providing excellent behavioral and mental health services for the youth of Orange County.

Children’s Bureau

Protecting vulnerable children through prevention, treatment and advocacy.

Higher Ground OC Youth and Family Services

Expanding purpose, possibilities and hope for at-risk youth and families through mentorship.

Jamboree Housing Corporation

Affordable and quality housing developer that includes family strengthening programs onsite at all affiliated properties.

Latino Health Access

Partners with communities to bring health, equity and sustainable change through education, services, consciousness-

raising and civic participation.

Olive Crest

Transforming the lives of at-risk children through the healing power of family. Uses proven model to help end child abuse

and neglect, stop the cycle of child abuse and enables children and families to become healthy productive citizens.

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Orange County Children’s Therapeutic Arts Center

To provide innovative, artistic, educational and therapeutic programs that inspire and transform children, at-risk youth

and their families to fulfill their highest potential.

San Clemente Domestic Violence Task Force

Identifies the needs of victims, educates the community, monitors DV legislation and supports local DV agencies in their

work.

Southwest Community Center (SMEDA)

To provide the basic needs of food, clothing, shelter, household items, referral services and other support services to the

homeless, low-income and economically disadvantaged in an effort to enable them to become or retain self-sufficiency.

Wellness Prevention Center

Helping youth and families lead healthy and productive lives and to educate the community, bring more services to our

youth and family and provide healthy activities to keep our community safe.

Western Youth Services

Advancing awareness, cultivating success and strengthening communities through integrated mental health services

for children, youth and families.

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o— Annual Report FY 18/19

Recommendations ———————————————————————————————-- WIC Section: 18982.2

1. Renew focus on mandated reporter trainings for first responders.

2. Collect, track and report “near deaths” in regards to drowning or when children are left

unattended in a motor vehicle (Kaitlyn’s Law); currently only fatalities are being tracked.

3. Enhance communication methods and cross-training among various County agencies,

including law enforcement, the District Attorney’s Office, Social Services Agency, the

Sheriff-Coroner Department, etc.

*These recommendations are submitted respectfully on behalf of Orange County’s Child Abuse Prevention

Council.

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o— Annual Report FY 18/19

Notes ———————————————————————————————--

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