Priority: Family Resiliency

<body topmargin=0 leftmargin=0 marginheight=0 marginwidth=0> <table cellpadding=0 cellspacing=0 border=0 height="100%"><tr> <td valign="top" width=200 BGCOLOR="#FFFBF0" TEXT="#080000"> <bR> <bR> <bR> <bR> <div> <A HREF="http://www.gcchc.org" TARGET="_top" TITLE="http://www.gcchc.org"><U>Home</U></A></div> <div> <A HREF="id17.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="Calendar"><U>Calendar</U></A></div> <div> <A HREF="id18.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="Grant County Information"><U>Grant County Information</U></A></div> <div> <A HREF="id19.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="Health Council"><U>Health Council</U></A></div> <div> <A HREF="id20.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="Council Staff"><U>Council Staff</U></A></div> <div> <A HREF="id21.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="Community Meetings "><U>Community Meetings </U></A></div> <div> <A HREF="id89.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="Community Enhancement Fund"><U>Community Enhancement Fund</U></A></div> <div> <A HREF="id23.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="Highlights "><U>Highlights </U></A></div> <div> <A HREF="id453.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="Resource Directories"><U>Resource Directories</U></A></div> <div> <A HREF="id540.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="Breastfeeding Council"><U>Breastfeeding Council</U></A></div> <bR> <bR> </td> <td valign="top" BGCOLOR="#FFFBF0" TEXT="#080000"> <div> <B>Priority: Family Resiliency</B></div> <div> <B>Family Resiliency Community Action Team (FICCS) meets to plan the </B><FONT SIZE="2" COLOR="#FF0000" FACE="Century Gothic" ><A HREF="id537.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="The Red Hot Childrens Fiesta"><U><B>Red Hot Children's Fiesta</B></U></A></FONT><B>, please call for next meeting time and place.</B></div> <bR> <DIV ALIGN="LEFT"></DIV> <div> <B><IMG SRC="1fec2a70.jpg" border=0 width="194" height="167" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"></B></div> <div> <I>The Aguilar Family with the Proclamation for Family Dinner Night at G. W. Stout Elementary, 2007</I></div> <bR> <div> <B>Family resiliency: What is it, and why is it a Grant County Wellness Priority?</B></div> <bR> <div> <FONT SIZE="2" COLOR="#000000" FACE="Century Gothic" >Resiliency is the ability to bounce back from stress and crisis. It is displayed in individuals as optimism, resourcefulness, and determination. Individuals, families, and communities demonstrate resiliency when they build caring support systems and solve problems creatively.  Families that learn how to cope with challenges and meet individual needs are more resilient to stress and crisis. Healthy families solve problems with cooperation, creative brainstorming, and openness to others. </FONT><I>(</I><I>Family Resiliency: </I><I>Building Strengths to Meet Life’s Challenges, </I><I>National Network for Family Resiliency Children, Youth and Families Network CSREES-USDA)<IMG SRC="203cfee0.jpg" border=0 width="207" height="238" ALIGN="RIGHT" HSPACE="4" VSPACE="0"></I></div> <bR> <div> Resilient behavior is especially critical for the most vulnerable children and families. Today’s societal challenges require education and service programs that help counteract the impact of poverty, illness, substance abuse, and violence. Prevention and early intervention efforts help build coping skills that can reduce the need for expensive, crisis-level services.</div> <bR> <div> <B>Developing public policies that strengthen family resiliency requires a shift from strategies based on the “disease” model to strategies that support the “wellness” model.</B> <FONT SIZE="1" COLOR="#000000" FACE="Century Gothic" ><I>—Herbert Lingren, University of Nebraska Cooperative Extension</I></FONT></div> <bR> <div> <IMG SRC="205bdf20.jpg" border=0 width="189" height="242" ALIGN="LEFT" HSPACE="4" VSPACE="0">Grant County has many of the factors that negatively impact family resiliency including: </div> <div> <IMG BORDER="0" SRC="Symb075c00b700dc00000000.png" HEIGHT="15" WIDTH="24" ALIGN="bottom" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0">29% of children live in poverty.</div> <div> <IMG BORDER="0" SRC="Symb075c00b700dc00000000.png" HEIGHT="15" WIDTH="24" ALIGN="bottom" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0">39% of children live in single parent households.</div> <div> <IMG BORDER="0" SRC="Symb075c00b700dc00000000.png" HEIGHT="15" WIDTH="24" ALIGN="bottom" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0">58% of children are eligible for free lunch program.</div> <div> <IMG BORDER="0" SRC="Symb075c00b700dc00000000.png" HEIGHT="15" WIDTH="24" ALIGN="bottom" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0">Ranks 17 in NM counties (33 counties) for Domestic Violence with a rate of 5.9 per 1000. 35% of DV reports involved drugs or alcohol . (2009) </div> <div> <FONT SIZE="2" COLOR="#000000" FACE="Century Gothic" ><IMG BORDER="0" SRC="Symb075c00b700dc00000000.png" HEIGHT="15" WIDTH="24" ALIGN="bottom" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0">Ranks 25 in </FONT><A HREF="http://www.countyhealthrankings.org/new-mexico/grant" TARGET="_top" TITLE="http://www.countyhealthrankings.org/new-"><U><B>NM County Health Rankings</B></U></A><B> </B><FONT SIZE="2" COLOR="#000000" FACE="Century Gothic" >(of 33 counties in 2010)</FONT></div> <bR> <div> The Health Council attempts a multi-faceted approach to strengthening family resiliency in our community by addressing individual, family and community needs.  All our efforst are open to the community for involvement! Call (575) 388-1198 ext. 10 to find out how you can be involved!</div> <bR> <div> Some of our past and present projects:</div> <bR> <div> <IMG BORDER="0" SRC="Symb075c00b700dc00000000.png" HEIGHT="15" WIDTH="24" ALIGN="bottom" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0">The <A HREF="id537.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="The Red Hot Childrens Fiesta"><U><B>Red Hot Children's Fiesta</B></U></A> in September - A chidlren's developmental and resource fair.</div> <div> <B><IMG BORDER="0" SRC="Symb075c00b700dc00000000.png" HEIGHT="15" WIDTH="24" ALIGN="bottom" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0">Family Dinner Night </B>events and promotion - The best resiliency factor? Eating dinner 3 to 5 times a week with your family! This one act can lower yoru children's chances of using alochol or other drugs. (See above the Aguilar family and the Harvey Ladies from G.W. Stout Family Dinner Night in 2007)</div> <div> <B><IMG BORDER="0" SRC="Symb075c00b700dc00000000.png" HEIGHT="15" WIDTH="24" ALIGN="bottom" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0">National Infant Immunization Week</B> - Every year the Health Council applies for a grant to support immunizations in our community! In 2010, 160 immunizations were given to 68 children with our four community partners: Hidalgo Medical Services (Silver City & Bayard Clinics), Silver Health Care, and Grant County Public Health Office. </div> <div> <B><IMG BORDER="0" SRC="Symb075c00b700dc00000000.png" HEIGHT="15" WIDTH="24" ALIGN="bottom" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0">WNMU Resident Assistant Community Resource Trainings</B> - We coordinate community services to educate resident assistants at WNMU to be better able to access resources for the benefit of students.</div> <div> <B><IMG BORDER="0" SRC="Symb075c00b700dc00000000.png" HEIGHT="15" WIDTH="24" ALIGN="bottom" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0">Planning for a Cool Summer</B> - Begun by HMS, the Health Council now coordinates this event every May that helps connect families with all the fun summer activities available for children in our community.</div> <div> <I><B><IMG BORDER="0" SRC="Symb075c00b700dc00000000.png" HEIGHT="15" WIDTH="24" ALIGN="bottom" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0">Grant County: Great Place to Raise a Family</B></I><B> - </B>A four year project to bring family resource guides to those that need them most. Susie Trujillo & Vicki Johnson compiled hundreds of family resources from service brochures to bird watching and trail guides to benefit families in our community. (See some of the resources on the photo above of table covered with stacks of colored material)<IMG SRC="2082b080.jpg" border=0 width="299" height="264" ALIGN="RIGHT" HSPACE="4" VSPACE="0"></div> <div> <B><IMG BORDER="0" SRC="Symb075c00b700dc00000000.png" HEIGHT="15" WIDTH="24" ALIGN="bottom" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0">Family Kite Day </B>- Silver City is the birth place of the <A HREF="http://www.aka.kite.org" TARGET="_top" TITLE="http://www.aka.kite.org"><U>International Kite Flying Association</U></A>, founded in 1964 by Robert M. Ingraham. To celebrate our community's kite flying history, we sponsored kite-making and kite-flying in April of 2006-08, as part of our Four Seasons of Fun, family-freindly events for every season. Call the office at 388-1198 if you are interested in seeing this Kite Day return to Grant County!</div> <div> <B><IMG BORDER="0" SRC="Symb075c00b700dc00000000.png" HEIGHT="15" WIDTH="24" ALIGN="bottom" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0">Family Play Day</B> - Family bonding is all about spending time together--and playign together promotes family bonding. So the <A HREF="id54.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="Childrens Life Cycle"><U>Children's Life Cycle</U></A> sponsored a family play day!</div> <div> <IMG BORDER="0" SRC="Symb075c00b700dc00000000.png" HEIGHT="15" WIDTH="24" ALIGN="bottom" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0">Coordination of efforts for <B>Family Support Centers </B>around the county, now the <A HREF="http://www.hms-nm.org/family-support.html" TARGET="_top" TITLE="http://www.hms-nm.org/family-support.htm"><U>HMS Family Support Centers</U></A> </div> <bR> <bR> <div> In 2007, the community joined together for a day of planning for change. The following strategies were selected and activities drafted to strenthen Family Resiliency in Grant County.</div> <bR> <div> <B>Family Resiliency Plan FY07</B></div> <bR> <DIV ALIGN="LEFT"></DIV> <div> <B>AIM</B></div> <div> Increase number of families engaging community resources in a preventive manner</div> <bR> <bR> <div> <B>Strategy 1: </B>Support families to access services</div> <bR> <div> <B>Indicator: </B>Increase the number of families accessing services</div> <bR> <div> <B>Activities:</B></div> <bR> <div> <IMG BORDER="0" SRC="Symb075c00b700dc00000000.png" HEIGHT="15" WIDTH="24" ALIGN="bottom" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0">Support families to access services</div> <div> <IMG BORDER="0" SRC="Symb075c00b700dc00000000.png" HEIGHT="15" WIDTH="24" ALIGN="bottom" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0">School and public education system of support and interaction for families</div> <div> <IMG BORDER="0" SRC="Symb075c00b700dc00000000.png" HEIGHT="15" WIDTH="24" ALIGN="bottom" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0">Substance abuse---promote dangers associated with substance abuse </div> <div> <IMG BORDER="0" SRC="Symb075c00b700dc00000000.png" HEIGHT="15" WIDTH="24" ALIGN="bottom" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0">Promote Risk Factors associated with substance abuse</div> <bR> <div> <B>Strategy 2</B>: Encourage families to play together</div> <bR> <div> <B>Indicator: </B>Sampling of programs and family participants will show in numbers</div> <bR> <div> <B>Activities:</B></div> <bR> <div> <IMG BORDER="0" SRC="Symb075c00b700dc00000000.png" HEIGHT="15" WIDTH="24" ALIGN="bottom" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0">Children's event in conjunction with community events </div> <div> <IMG BORDER="0" SRC="Symb075c00b700dc00000000.png" HEIGHT="15" WIDTH="24" ALIGN="bottom" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0">Four Season of Fun</div> <div> <IMG BORDER="0" SRC="Symb075c00b700dc00000000.png" HEIGHT="15" WIDTH="24" ALIGN="bottom" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0">Farmers Market</div> <div> <IMG BORDER="0" SRC="Symb075c00b700dc00000000.png" HEIGHT="15" WIDTH="24" ALIGN="bottom" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0">Filioplay that promote bonding at an early age with children and parents</div> <div> <IMG BORDER="0" SRC="Symb075c00b700dc00000000.png" HEIGHT="15" WIDTH="24" ALIGN="bottom" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0">Children/family events</div> <div> <IMG BORDER="0" SRC="Symb075c00b700dc00000000.png" HEIGHT="15" WIDTH="24" ALIGN="bottom" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0">Community gardening</div> <bR> <div> <B>Strategy 3:</B> Teach Parents About Pre-crisis Warning Signs</div> <bR> <div> <B>Indicator: </B>Parents report in survey that their understanding of pre-crisis warning signs has increased</div> <bR> <div> <B>Activities:</B></div> <bR> <div> <IMG BORDER="0" SRC="Symb075c00b700dc00000000.png" HEIGHT="15" WIDTH="24" ALIGN="bottom" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0">Marketing and outreach to inform on pre-crisis warning signs</div> <div> <IMG BORDER="0" SRC="Symb075c00b700dc00000000.png" HEIGHT="15" WIDTH="24" ALIGN="bottom" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0">August dinner with your family month</div> <div> <IMG BORDER="0" SRC="Symb075c00b700dc00000000.png" HEIGHT="15" WIDTH="24" ALIGN="bottom" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0">Promote services available</div> <div> <IMG BORDER="0" SRC="Symb075c00b700dc00000000.png" HEIGHT="15" WIDTH="24" ALIGN="bottom" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0">Assessment of services and what media reaches them</div> <div> <IMG BORDER="0" SRC="Symb075c00b700dc00000000.png" HEIGHT="15" WIDTH="24" ALIGN="bottom" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0">Civic Activism -volunteer time for kids instead of just hanging out</div> <bR> <bR> <div> <B>Strategy 4:</B> ID and remove barriers to resiliency</div> <bR> <div> <B>Indicator:  </B>Data on prevention referrals</div> <bR> <div> <B>Activities:</B></div> <bR> <div> <IMG BORDER="0" SRC="Symb075c00b700dc00000000.png" HEIGHT="15" WIDTH="24" ALIGN="bottom" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0">Assessment why pride/guilt</div> <div> <IMG BORDER="0" SRC="Symb075c00b700dc00000000.png" HEIGHT="15" WIDTH="24" ALIGN="bottom" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0">`Families in trouble' is negative do something positive maybe “Who I am makes a difference”</div> <div> <IMG BORDER="0" SRC="Symb075c00b700dc00000000.png" HEIGHT="15" WIDTH="24" ALIGN="bottom" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0">Community theater </div> <div> <IMG BORDER="0" SRC="Symb075c00b700dc00000000.png" HEIGHT="15" WIDTH="24" ALIGN="bottom" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0">Educative activities for kids after school </div> <bR> <bR> <div> <B>Strategy 5:</B> Assessment of impact/effect of suicide on families and their associated needs</div> <bR> <div> <B>Indicator:  </B>Suicide prevention taskforce established for Grant County</div> <bR> <div> <B>Activities:</B></div> <bR> <div> <IMG BORDER="0" SRC="Symb075c00b700dc00000000.png" HEIGHT="15" WIDTH="24" ALIGN="bottom" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0">Service list for those affect by suicide</div> <div> <IMG BORDER="0" SRC="Symb075c00b700dc00000000.png" HEIGHT="15" WIDTH="24" ALIGN="bottom" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0">Support and assist in formation of suicide prevention task force</div> <div> <IMG BORDER="0" SRC="Symb075c00b700dc00000000.png" HEIGHT="15" WIDTH="24" ALIGN="bottom" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0">Qualified staff and mental health that are for children (counselors, psychologists and such)</div> <div> <IMG BORDER="0" SRC="Symb075c00b700dc00000000.png" HEIGHT="15" WIDTH="24" ALIGN="bottom" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0">Qualified early childhood , children mental health personal</div> <div> <IMG BORDER="0" SRC="Symb075c00b700dc00000000.png" HEIGHT="15" WIDTH="24" ALIGN="bottom" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0">Develop strategy for providing mental health</div> <div> <IMG BORDER="0" SRC="Symb075c00b700dc00000000.png" HEIGHT="15" WIDTH="24" ALIGN="bottom" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0">Mental health on a family unit scale instead of individual (wrap around services)</div> <div> <IMG BORDER="0" SRC="Symb075c00b700dc00000000.png" HEIGHT="15" WIDTH="24" ALIGN="bottom" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0">Develop on the network</div> <div> <IMG BORDER="0" SRC="Symb075c00b700dc00000000.png" HEIGHT="15" WIDTH="24" ALIGN="bottom" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0">Increase availability of mental health services/staffing</div> <div> <IMG BORDER="0" SRC="Symb075c00b700dc00000000.png" HEIGHT="15" WIDTH="24" ALIGN="bottom" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0">Support group for parents dealing with mental health or discipline issues</div> <bR> <bR> </td> </tr></table></body>