   
WITH
YOUR SUPPORT...PREVENTION WORKS!
The goal of child abuse prevention
is simple—to stop child abuse and neglect from happening in the
first place, sparing children and families emotional and physical
trauma and decreasing the need for costly intervention and treatment
services. Our programs are divided into four groups
-- Awareness, Education, Support, and Trauma Services. |
| Public
Awareness
Public
Awareness project/activities are opportunities to inform the general
public about the Child Abuse Council and its services, as well
as, draw attention to specific child abuse issues and concerns.
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| Lifesaver
Campaign |
April Prevention
Month |
Child Abuse
Neglect Services |
Never
Shake A Baby |
Kids Stop |
| Community
Education
Community
Education provides multiple venues of learning opportunities for
the community ranging from paid professionals to classroom students,
civic groups or large organizations. |
| Mandatory
Reporting Training |
Speaker's Bureau |
Community
Displays |
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| New
Parent Support Services
New
Parent Support services allows for a full continuum of programming
to be provided to the first time parents in the bi-state area: |
| Boot
Camp for New Dads |
Healthy Families/RI
County |
Parent
Partners |
New
Parent Newsletters |
Doula |
| Children's
Trauma Services
Children's
Trauma services provides specialized intervention and treatment
services to eligible children and their families |
| Mississippi Valley
Child Protection Center |
Multi-Disciplinary
Team Program
Trauma and Loss
in Children |
Unified
Delinquency Intervention Services |
Sexual
Abuse Treatment Program |
Safe
From The Start |
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Boot
Camp for New Dads |
The Boot Camp program is a collaboration between Trinity My
Nurse and Genesis on Call with the Child Abuse Council.
It is a great workshop developed and taught by experienced dads
to help prepare first time fathers for the challenges of parenthood,
and to get them off to a good start being active, involved fathers.
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Community
Display Booths |
Display booths are set up at conferences,
fairs and other special events to distribute the awareness and
educational materials.
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Multi-Disciplinary
Program |
This program utilizes a multi-disciplinary
team approach to provide a comprehensive psycho-social assessment
of each client family referred.
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| Healthy
Families Illinois / Rock Island County |
Healthy Families is a voluntary home visiting program that
assists families both parentally and after the birth of the
child. A Family Support Worker develops a relationship with
new parents, promotes positive parenting skills, links families
to health care providers and other resources in the community.
The Family Support Worker works with families as long as needed
or up until the child reaches the age of five. We provide
services in English, Spanish and French.
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| Kids
Stop |
Kids Stop" provides a free service to
parents at outdoor community events. Parents can utilize the
facility for diaper changing, feeding, respite, and a safe haven
for lost children.
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| Mandatory
Reporting Training |
A 2 hour approved curriculum given by certified trainers to
professionals who are mandated child abuse reporters by profession.
Iowa and Illinois specific training is available. Contact
the Child Abuse Council for more information at 309-764-7017.
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| Never
Shake a Baby |
This Campaign targets daycare providers,
parents, and the general public in an effort to educate them
about the risks involved with shaking a baby, how to prevent
Shaken Baby Syndrome, and provides positive parenting information.
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| New
Parent Newsletters |
Monthly newsletter containing information on child development
and parent child interaction activities. Provided to first time
parents in Rock Island County for one year.
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| Doula |
”Doula” is a Greek word referring to an experienced woman who helps other women. The word has come to mean a woman experienced in childbirth who provides continuous physical, emotional, and informational support to the mother before, during and just after childbirth. The Doula Program provides support to
pregnant teens ages 13-19, living in Rock Island County.
Doula Services are designed to be a single
and integrated component of an ongoing
comprehensive family support service.
Doula services are enhanced home
visiting services and offer the family:
- Home visits during the last trimester.
- Prenatal support education and peer
support groups.
- 24/7 availability for support at the
birth and immediate postpartum
period.
- Postpartum home visits for 8 weeks.
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| Parent
Partners |
A home visitation program using the Healthy Families model
for families who do not meet Healthy Families criteria.
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| Mississippi
Valley Child Protection Center |
The Mississippi Valley Child Protection Center of the Child
Abuse Council is part of the multidisciplinary child protection
response teams (CPRT) in Rock Island and Scott counties which
are additionally comprised of law enforcement, prosecution,
child protection (DHS/DCFS), and medical team members. (CPC)
responses to child abuse allegations include services such as
forensic interviews, comprehensive medical exams, therapeutic
intervention, victim support/advocacy, case review, and case
tracking.
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| Safe
from the Start |
After acting as the lead agency on a on a one year planning
grant to assist in the development, implementation, and evaluation
of a comprehensive and coordinated community based model, the
Child Abuse Council was awarded one of three Illinois Violence
Prevention Authority Safe From the Start grants in Illinois
for FY 04. The program identifies, assesses, and serves
children in Rock Island County, ages 0 - 5 who have been exposed
to violence (as either a direct victim or witness) in their
home and/or community, as well as their non-offending caregivers.
Crisis intervention, play therapy services, family therapy,
parent/community education groups and violence prevention curriculums
are available.
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| Sexual
Abuse Treatment Program |
The Sexual Abuse Treatment Program (SATP)
is specifically designed to provide therapy to families in which
incestuous sexual abuse has occurred. Its purpose is to assist
the individual members of the family and the family, as a whole,
to understand their behavior and to change the atmosphere and
dynamics of their family life in order to provide nurturance,
growth, self-direction, and protection to the family members.
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| Speaker's
Bureau |
Speakers will make presentations to groups,
including service and social clubs, high school classes, and
church groups. Topics include: positive discipline, child
abuse prevention, parental stress, emotional abuse, mandatory
reporting, and communication skills. The majority of the
speakers have offered presentation for years and are able to
from a personal prospective.
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| Unified
Delinquency Intervention Services |
U.D.I.S.
is open to youth aged 13 to 17 residing in Rock Island County
who have been twice adjudicated delinquent and/or have committed
an offense serious enough to warrant placement in the Illinois
Department of Corrections, Juvenile Division. All referrals
are made by the Rock Island County Juvenile Court Services Department
and every youth in the program is court ordered to comply with
the program. No outside referrals are accepted. Services
are offered without regard to race, gender, national origin,
disability, religious affiliation, or socio-economic status.
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| Trauma
and Loss Intervention Program |
An intervention program designed to help
children and teens residing in the greater Illinois Quad City
area who have exposed to trauma or a significant loss.
Services are provided by a Master's lever Social Worker at no
charge to children or their family. Referrals can be made
by contacting the Child Abuse Council for an initial consultation.
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