Priority: Family Resiliency

Family Resiliency Community Action Team (FICCS) meets the third Wednesday of each month at 11:30 a.m. to 1p.m. in the Health Council offices, 3202 N. Ridge Loop.

ATTENTION: Family Resiliency Community Action Team will not meet in Dec. 2006.

Minutes 2006

January	February	March	April	May	June
July	August	September	October	November	December

Family Resiliency Plan FY07

AIM

Increase number of families engaging community resources in a preventive manner

Strategy 1: Support families to access services

Indicator: Increase the number of families accessing services

Activities:

Support families to access services

School and public education system of support and interaction for families

Substance abuse---promote dangers associated with substance abuse

Promote Risk Factors associated with substance abuse

Strategy 2: Encourage families to play together

Indicator: Sampling of programs and family participants will show in numbers

Activities:

Children's event in conjunction with community events

Four Season of Fun

Farmers Market

Filioplay that promote bonding at an early age with children and parents

Children/family events

Community gardening

Strategy 3: Teach Parents About Pre-crisis Warning Signs

Indicator: Parents report in survey that their understanding of pre-crisis warning signs has increased

Activities:

Marketing and outreach to inform on pre-crisis warning signs

August dinner with your family month

Promote services available

Assessment of services and what media reaches them

Civic Activism -volunteer time for kids instead of just hanging out

Strategy 4: ID and remove barriers to resiliency

Indicator: Data on prevention referrals

Activities:

Assessment why pride/guilt

`Families in trouble' is negative do something positive maybe “Who I am makes a difference”

Community theater

Educative activities for kids after school

Strategy 5: Assessment of impact/effect of suicide on families and their associated needs

Indicator: Suicide prevention taskforce established for Grant County

Activities:

Service list for those affect by suicide

Support and assist in formation of suicide prevention task force

Qualified staff and mental health that are for children (counselors, psychologists and such)

Qualified early childhood , children mental health personal

Develop strategy for providing mental health

Mental health on a family unit scale instead of individual (wrap around services)

Develop on the network

Increase availability of mental health services/staffing

Support group for parents dealing with mental health or discipline issues

Family Resiliency

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