1. Reduce the emotional impacts of child abuse and neglect

17.00

2. Parents learn positive approaches to parenting

16.60

3. Families become free of alcohol and drug abuse

15.27

4. Parents better equipped to handle stress

14.20

5. Reduce teenage pregnancy.

12.67

6. Fathers become more involved in nurturing and caring for their children.

12.33

7. Reduce family isolation

11.93

Program Outcome (1):

Reduce the emotional impacts of child abuse and neglect

Strategy Allocation

%

Strategies:

1)      Expand affordable counseling services in different times and locations

39.67

2)      Connect abused/neglected children and adults with social groups and supportive community networks

26.33

3)      Expand education about child abuse in elementary and secondary schools

20.67

4)      Public awareness campaign regarding child abuse

13.33

TOTAL

100%

Program Outcome (2):

Parents learn positive approaches to parenting

Strategy Allocation

%

Strategies:

1)      Mental health services for parents with needs

13.73

2)      Offer family and personal life skills education classes – focusing on goal setting, budgeting, family planning, etc.

13.67

3)      Offer parenting classes focusing on parent-child relationship issues

12.60

4)      Change the values of people with poor parenting skills by involving in social life of community

10.33

5)      Encourage and facilitate parent involvement in school functions and relationships

9.13

6)      Establish and expand parent self-help support groups

7.80

7)      Public awareness campaign urging parental respect for children

7.73

8)      Counseling services for blended families

6.80

9)      Emphasize parents respecting children as part of parenting education classes

6.33

10)   Efforts to strengthen the bonds among all family members

6.13

11)   Co-parenting classes for families where one parent is absent

5.73

TOTAL

100%

Program Outcome (3):

Families become free of alcohol and drug abuse

Strategy Allocation

%

Strategies:

1)      Expand counseling and treatment services for abuse/neglect victims and perpetrators

22.14

2)      Develop and support community value that discourages alcohol and drug use

16.21

3)      Expand  family support groups for people with alcohol and drug problems

16.50

4)      Provide child care for families in need of substance abuse services

13.79

5)      Make families aware of available services

11.64

6)      Expand opportunities to improve self-esteem

10.71

7)      Transportation assistance to get to needed services

10.00

TOTAL

100%

Program Outcome (4):

Parents better able to handle stress

Strategy Allocation

%

Strategies:

1)      Expand and make affordable counseling services

15.67

2)      Family and personal life skills education classes – focusing on goal setting, budgeting, family planning, etc.

14.40

3)      Increase family supports through churches, neighbors, social groups

13.87

4)      Parenting classes focusing on parent-child relationships

13.00

5)      Respite child care services for stressed parents

12.33

6)      Classes on stress management

12.27

7)      Employers to become more family friendly and supportive of parenting needs

10.87

8)      Increase number of family recreational activities

7.60

TOTAL

100%

Program Outcome (5):

Reduce teenage pregnancy

Strategy Allocation

%

Strategies:

1)      Increase after-school supervised programming for all youth

16.43

2)      Mentoring programs for all youth

16.43

3)      Establishing career, education and life goals

13.93

4)      Involving teens in community

13.93

5)      Increasing self-esteem in children/youth

12.14

6)      Early sex education programs

11.07

7)      Family planning services

8.93

8)      Public awareness campaign regarding risk factors for teen pregnancy

7.14

TOTAL

100%

Program Outcome (6):

Fathers become more involved in nurturing and caring for their children

Strategy Allocation

%

Strategies:

1)      Stricter penalties for deadbeat fathers

25.33

2)      Parenting classes directed at fathers at different times and locations

22.00

3)      Public awareness campaign to emphasize the responsibility of fatherhood and the value of both parents involved in child rearing

20.33

4)      Change the values of people with poor parenting skills by involving in social life of community

18.67

5)      Assisting non-custodial fathers with legal issues regarding parenting

13.67

TOTAL

100%

Program Outcome (7):

Reduce family isolation

Strategy Allocation

%

Strategies:

1)      Increase neighborhood and church outreach efforts to involve people in activities

30.67

2)      Increase child care opportunities for people wanting to be involved in community

22.33

3)      Structured support groups offered in a variety of settings with easy access

19.67

4)      Identify people’s interests and connect them with appropriate social groups

13.80

5)      Foster and support the formation of a variety of social group arrangements

13.53

TOTAL

100%