Strengthening Families and CBCAP in Kansas

February 19, 2009

Kansas Children’s Cabinet & Trust Fund

Kansas Strengthening Families Plan

• Initiated and led by the Children’s Cabinet • Managed by the University of Kansas • Over 80 stakeholders, including a 14-member

Leadership Team• Plan materials: strategic plan, folder, and

website• Support for community planning

Advantages

• Capitalizing on the Children’s Cabinet’s role as a neutral convener

• Reframing child abuse and neglect prevention efforts

• Integrating the KSF Plan into existing systems and programs

• Engaging “unlikely” partners

Challenges

• Time– To develop new partnerships– To guide and direct Plan progress– To integrate across projects– To stay ahead of what communities are doing

• Evaluation--Documenting change at the pace it is happening

--Systems-level vs. program level

Questions?Rebecca Gillam, LMSWUniversity of Kansas, Institute for Educational Research

and Public Service(785) 864-7123rgillam@ku.edu

James Redmon, MSW, MPHKansas Children’s Cabinet and Trust Fund(785) 368-7044James.redmon@srs.ks.gov