Oakland County is facing challenges in providing adequate medical care for children who remain in their homes after experiencing abuse, as they often lack timely evaluations compared to those in foster care. This project aims to improve care delivery by establishing a...
To support youth in the juvenile justice system and those aging out of foster care, the Flint Institute of Music (FIM) will expand its Board-Certified Music Therapy Program. The project will serve youth involved in the juvenile justice system and foster and adopted...
MCNCA has experienced a surge in Child Advocacy Centers (CACs) directors resigning due to burnout and organizational challenges, prompting an initiative to enhance leadership capacity and wellbeing for CAC directors. This multifaceted approach will address burnout...
With the aim to empower youth transitioning out of foster care with the ability to advocate for their own health and mental health needs, this planning project focuses on recommending tools to measure appropriate health literacy, developing a curriculum plan, and...
The project will support the training of Child and Family Service of Northwest Michigan staff and community providers in the evidence-based Family Time Coaching model, Nurturing Parenting, Trauma-Informed Parenting, and Protective Factors Framework programs to focus...
The Enhanced Child Welfare Access and Training Initiative will increase comprehensive behavioral health access for youth and their families in the foster care and child welfare system by first hiring a specialized behavioral health navigator who will assure youth and...
This project will support a community assessment of the Greater Grand Rapids area to identify the most vulnerable youth at-risk for, or in foster care, or who have been adopted, who do not have access to integrated behavioral and primary healthcare. The assessment...
This project will address housing and homelessness as risk-factors for child abuse and neglect through data-driven identification practices, establishing prioritization for more intensive services, housing, and care coordination.
Through this grant, Child and Family Charities (CFC) will be trained in the evidence-based Trust-Based Relational Intervention (TBRI) as a tool to help foster/adoptive and biological parents learn to connect to their child through a trauma-informed strength-based...
