Strategy 1: Provide education and public awareness focused on the family
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Conduct judicial outreach to at least 50% of the Juvenile Domestic Relations District Court judges on the Virginia Children’s Services Practice Model, implementation of child welfare practice profiles and trauma-informed practice.
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Prepare and present information at two judicial conferences.
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Judicial: CIP Executive: Virginia DSS
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Convene a joint briefing for members of the Virginia General Assembly on adverse childhood experiences, trauma, child safety and family well-being.
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Consider the joint briefing to the Virginia General Assembly on adverse childhood experiences, trauma, child safety and family well-being.
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Executive: Virginia DSS Legislative
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Strategy 2: Evaluate opportunities to apply Medicaid and other financial resources to support primary prevention strategies.
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Explore opportunities to expand home visiting programs through Medicaid and enhance collaboration with managed care organizations (MCOs).
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Obtain outcome data on home visiting programs funded by Medicaid and MCOs.
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Virginia DMAS
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Obtain quarterly reports from the Pay for Success Council regarding the status of home visiting programs throughout the state.
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Public sector: Prevent Child Abuse Virginia
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Plan data briefings for the Virginia General Assembly on the progress of home visiting programs.
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Executive: Virginia DSS
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Propose budget amendment to implement the Nurse-Family Partnership model as a Medicaid service.
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Legislative
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Explore initiating a safe sleep campaign to educate communities and reduce the risks of unsafe sleep-related fatalities
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Research existing safe sleep campaigns, with a focus on programs that provide sleeping spaces (Baby Boxes, Pack n’ Plays, cribs, etc.).
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Executive: Virginia DSS
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Convene a work group of three-branch initiative members and community stakeholders to develop implementation and evaluation proposal for a safe sleep campaign and pilot program
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Executive: Virginia DSS
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Present and finalize a safe sleep campaign and pilot program proposal to the expanded implementation team.
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Executive: Virginia DSS
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Analyze data from the pilot program to identify trends and recommend further research, expansion and possible legislative and budget recommendations
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Executive: Virginia DSS
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