Representatives from YouthHaven felt that including parents and caregivers in work with youth was an important element of developing programs to help youth, families and communities prevent and respond to gun violence. They cited the important role parents and caregivers play in their children’s lives, but also noted that parents may not always be equipped to help their children avoid and respond to violence. Therefore, better understanding of what parents, caregivers, and communities do have and what they need will yield better programs for families and youth. on Next Page) 6) Support social cohesion and leaders in neighborhoods (DOMAIN: Family) (continued) OBJECTIVES ACTIONS KEY PERSONS/ INDICATORS MEASURES and TIMETABLE MOBILIZING (OUTCOMES) DATA SOURCE(S) ORGANIZATIONS Increase Map relationships in Increased CARE Mothers and For DataHaven Justice Oct 1, 2015 opportunities for communities and participation of community MOMs Partnership survey ‘actions families to create of between people neighborhood results Community Foundation relationships and residents in for Greater trust within Support and expand the neighborhood Attendance United Way records at communities community resiliency activities/Management Management Social and Learning Team model Teams meetings Adventures Through Identify activities Map of social Results Educations of Community (SLATE) Jan 2015 aimed at youth that Parenting partners/mentor connections within a Resilience Non-profits Surveys around the parents- use engaged table- when working with engage parents as community or well parents to reach out to neighborhood or city clients/constituents, other parents and foster have then bring a friend Better understand List of parental and Use of Youth Map Sept 2015 additional involvement to the events existing resources in youth-engaged (e.g. Gang of Dads) Community for Research neighborhoods activities and Education (CARE)
Representatives from YouthHaven felt that including parents and caregivers in work with youth was an important element of developing programs to help youth, families and communities prevent and respond to gun violence. They cited the important role parents and caregivers play in their children’s lives, but also noted that parents may not always be equipped to help their children avoid and respond to violence. Therefore, better understanding of what parents, caregivers, and communities do have and what they need will yield better programs for families and youth. on Next Page) 6) Support social cohesion and leaders in neighborhoods (DOMAIN: Family) (continued) OBJECTIVES ACTIONS KEY PERSONS/ MOBILIZING ORGANIZATIONS INDICATORS (OUTCOMES) MEASURES and DATA SOURCE(S) TIMETABLE Increase opportunities for families to create relationships and trust within communities Map relationships in communities and ‘actions of between people Support and expand the community resiliency model Parenting partners/mentor parents- use engaged parents to reach out to other parents and foster additional involvement (e.g. Gang of Dads) Mothers For Justice MOMs Partnership Community Foundation for Greater United Way Social and Learning Adventures Through Educations (SLATE) Non-profits around the table- when working with clients/constituents, have then bring a friend to the events Community for Research and Education (CARE) Increased participation of neighborhood residents in neighborhood activities/Management Teams CARE and DataHaven community survey results Attendance records at Management Team meetings Oct 1, 2015 Identify activities aimed at youth that engage parents as well Map of social connections within a community or neighborhood or city Results of Community Resilience Surveys Jan 2015 Better understand existing resources in neighborhoods List of parental and youth-engaged activities Use of Youth Map Sept 2015
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