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ADDITION TO THE COMCARE STAFFING TABLE FOR TWO SENIOR SOCIAL WORKERS RANGE 22, ONE CASE MANAGER II RANGE 18, AND TWO PART-TIME ATTENDANT CARE WORKER POSITIONS.
Presented by: Marilyn Cook, LSCSW, Executive Director, COMCARE.
RECOMMENDED ACTION: Approve the addition to the COMCARE staffing table.
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Background: This project is one that is funded through United Health Ministeries and will provide an avenue for COMCARE to collaborate with other community providers to best serve young children and their families and ensure resources are maximized and duplication of services is minimized. COMCARE will work closely with community partners to identify young children who need to be screened for social and emotional developmental concerns. If concerns are identified, staff will then work with the family to develop an action plan and refer them to services within COMCARE and throughout the community. Conscious Discipline, an evidence-based model, will be the foundation for the education and therapy provided through this project. Parenting classes will be offered based on this model as will training for early childhood educators. Community clinicians who work with young children will also receive continuing education to improve their ability to assess and treat young children.
Increasing the number of young children screened for social and emotional problems, enhancing coordination of referrals and providing consistent and effective early interventions will benefit children, families, and society for years to come. Through community partnerships, COMCARE has identified ways to address each of these areas.
The grant would provide funding for COMCARE to begin screening young children in the community for social and emotional developmental concerns. Staff will then work with the family to develop an action plan and refer them to services within COMCARE and throughout the community.
In addition, COMCARE will establish a fourth Proud of Me (POM) program site in Sed...
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