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Child Abuse Prevention Council urges continued county support, outlines prevention funding streams and outreach activities
Summary
The Child Abuse Prevention Council reported on outreach and public events for Child Abuse Prevention Month and described county program funding streams used for prevention services, asking the board to keep prevention funding and services in view as budget choices are made.
Representatives of the Child Abuse Prevention Council (CAPC) and Yolo County Health and Human Services briefed the board July 22 on the council's recent Child Abuse Prevention Month activities and on county prevention funding streams.
Probation Chief Rochelle Gaten and CAPC chair Tony Kildare reported on countywide activities including a community-art project with YoloArts, blue pinwheel gardens, media outreach and events in libraries and other community spaces. CAPC executive director Jenna Lehi said the campaign used social media and short video reels to promote outreach and local resources.
Kildare provided a financial overview of prevention funding the county administers or directs: CAPIT (child abuse prevention, intervention and treatment) funds, Promoting Safe and Stable Families (PSSF), Child Welfare Services realignment dollars and Family First Prevention Services Act (FFPSA) block grants being used for home visiting and evidence-based programs (Healthy Families America and Family Check-Up) contracted to First 5 Yolo and Yolo County Children's Alliance. He said CAPC wants to develop greater transparency about how prevention funds are distributed countywide and coordinate a countywide inventory of resources.
Board members and CAPC representatives emphasized the council's role as a convener and asked that the board keep prevention funding and prevention services in mind during budget discussions. CAPC leaders said they are not making a direct county budget request at this meeting but requested ongoing awareness of prevention needs and partnerships to avoid service gaps.
