Nurture the Next (formerly Prevent Child Abuse Tennessee)
Programs
Budget
$150,000.00
Description
Parent leadership embraces the belief that in order to best serve the interests of children and enhance community protective factors, organizations must engage parents as partners and collaborators rather than as end users of education tools, resources, and services provided by and through agencies. We help parents statewide develop leadership skills, giving them the tools and confidence they need to advocate for their own children and to be "the voice" to speak on behalf of other families at local, regional and state levels. We annually train and support up to 25 volunteer Parent Leaders working statewide to infuse local policy and programs with family and parent perspectives and experiences.
Beneficiaries
Families
Program Areas Served
Statewide
$150,000.00
Description
Parent leadership embraces the belief that in order to best serve the interests of children and enhance community protective factors, organizations must engage parents as partners and collaborators rather than as end users of education tools, resources, and services provided by and through agencies. We help parents statewide develop leadership skills, giving them the tools and confidence they need to advocate for their own children and to be "the voice" to speak on behalf of other families at local, regional and state levels. We annually train and support up to 25 volunteer Parent Leaders working statewide to infuse local policy and programs with family and parent perspectives and experiences.
Beneficiaries
Families
Program Areas Served
Statewide
Budget
$170,000.00
Description
Nurture the Next provides prevention education and support to communities statewide to prevent injury or death or death in infants, children, and teens. We offer a nationally recognized child sexual abuse prevention program, Stewards of Children, and a longstanding initiative that trains parents, healthcare providers, and nonprofits to prevent Abusive Head Trauma including Shaken Baby Syndrome. We also host community-supported prevention initiatives throughout the year, culminating in a series of family-friendly events that celebrate safe children and strong families in April, during National Child Abuse Prevention Month.
Nurture the Next's leadership, board members, and Parent Leaders conduct local and state administrative and legislative advocacy year-round to increase primary and secondary child abuse prevention and state investment in evidence-based home visiting. We work collaboratively in these efforts with community partners.
Beneficiaries
Families
Program Areas Served
Statewide
$170,000.00
Description
Nurture the Next provides prevention education and support to communities statewide to prevent injury or death or death in infants, children, and teens. We offer a nationally recognized child sexual abuse prevention program, Stewards of Children, and a longstanding initiative that trains parents, healthcare providers, and nonprofits to prevent Abusive Head Trauma including Shaken Baby Syndrome. We also host community-supported prevention initiatives throughout the year, culminating in a series of family-friendly events that celebrate safe children and strong families in April, during National Child Abuse Prevention Month.
Nurture the Next's leadership, board members, and Parent Leaders conduct local and state administrative and legislative advocacy year-round to increase primary and secondary child abuse prevention and state investment in evidence-based home visiting. We work collaboratively in these efforts with community partners.
Beneficiaries
Families
Program Areas Served
Statewide
Budget
$176,942.00
Description
Nurturing Parenting is a short term, voluntary, evidence-based home visiting program that teaches parents to replace harmful childrearing practices with healthy ones. The overall goal of Nurturing Parenting is to help parents achieve a level of knowledge, skills, and competence that creates a home environment that is safe and nurturing. Over the course of 8-12 weeks our home visiting practitioners provide education, coaching, and support to impact parent expectations of children's behavior; increase understanding and empathy toward children's needs; extinguish use of corporal punishment; create healthy parent-child family roles; and increase parent understanding of healthy child development. The Nurturing Parenting curriculum can be individualized to each participant, building on strengths, and targeting vulnerabilities. We annually enroll up to 50 Davidson County parents in Nurturing Parenting.
Program Successes
70% of caregivers demonstrate a decrease in two of the five risk factors specific to parenting including: expectations of children, parental empathy toward children's needs, use of corporal punishment, parent-child family roles, and children's power and independence.
100 % of caregivers that complete eight two-hour sessions have knowledge of available community-based resources specific to their individual family needs and the skills and confidence to successfully access additional resources when needed.
Beneficiaries
Families
At-Risk Populations
Program Areas Served
Middle TN and TN Valley
$176,942.00
Description
Nurturing Parenting is a short term, voluntary, evidence-based home visiting program that teaches parents to replace harmful childrearing practices with healthy ones. The overall goal of Nurturing Parenting is to help parents achieve a level of knowledge, skills, and competence that creates a home environment that is safe and nurturing. Over the course of 8-12 weeks our home visiting practitioners provide education, coaching, and support to impact parent expectations of children's behavior; increase understanding and empathy toward children's needs; extinguish use of corporal punishment; create healthy parent-child family roles; and increase parent understanding of healthy child development. The Nurturing Parenting curriculum can be individualized to each participant, building on strengths, and targeting vulnerabilities. We annually enroll up to 50 Davidson County parents in Nurturing Parenting.
Program Successes
70% of caregivers demonstrate a decrease in two of the five risk factors specific to parenting including: expectations of children, parental empathy toward children's needs, use of corporal punishment, parent-child family roles, and children's power and independence.
100 % of caregivers that complete eight two-hour sessions have knowledge of available community-based resources specific to their individual family needs and the skills and confidence to successfully access additional resources when needed.
Beneficiaries
Families
At-Risk Populations
Program Areas Served
Middle TN and TN Valley
Budget
$2,500,000.00
Description
Healthy Families is a voluntary, evidence-based, home visiting program that provides parenting education, coaching, and support through weekly home visits with vulnerable families residing in 20 at-risk Tennessee counties. Healthy Families is a 'two-generation' approach to strengthening families proven in Tennessee and nationally to improve maternal and child health; decrease child maltreatment; support the cognitive, emotional, and social skills needed for school success in children, and increase family self-sufficiency. The majority of families enrolled in our Healthy Families program are vulnerable to child abuse, neglect, poor maternal or child health, developmental delays in children and/or infant mortality because of the physical, emotional, educational and social/environmental conditions correlated with poverty as a social determinate of health.
Beneficiaries
Infants and Toddlers
Families
At-Risk Populations
Long-term Success
95% of families are free of child abuse and neglect
90% of families are connected with a medical home, reducing ER visits
90% of children are up to date on immunizations
90% of children meet standard milestones for gross motor, communication, fine motor, problem solving and social skills development at 6-month intervals
95% of children not meeting milestones were connected to community resources for follow up
and intervention
80% of mothers who indicate post-partum depression are connected with medical and mental
health services
75% of parents meet their annual goals for education, employment, and/or increased financial security
Program Areas Served
Middle TN, East TN and TN Valley
$2,500,000.00
Description
Healthy Families is a voluntary, evidence-based, home visiting program that provides parenting education, coaching, and support through weekly home visits with vulnerable families residing in 20 at-risk Tennessee counties. Healthy Families is a 'two-generation' approach to strengthening families proven in Tennessee and nationally to improve maternal and child health; decrease child maltreatment; support the cognitive, emotional, and social skills needed for school success in children, and increase family self-sufficiency. The majority of families enrolled in our Healthy Families program are vulnerable to child abuse, neglect, poor maternal or child health, developmental delays in children and/or infant mortality because of the physical, emotional, educational and social/environmental conditions correlated with poverty as a social determinate of health.
Beneficiaries
Infants and Toddlers
Families
At-Risk Populations
Long-term Success
95% of families are free of child abuse and neglect
90% of families are connected with a medical home, reducing ER visits
90% of children are up to date on immunizations
90% of children meet standard milestones for gross motor, communication, fine motor, problem solving and social skills development at 6-month intervals
95% of children not meeting milestones were connected to community resources for follow up
and intervention
80% of mothers who indicate post-partum depression are connected with medical and mental
health services
75% of parents meet their annual goals for education, employment, and/or increased financial security
Program Areas Served
Middle TN, East TN and TN Valley
CEO/Executive Director/Board Comments
| Nurture the Next's goal across all of our programs is to provide parents and caregivers with the knowledge and skills they need to raise children who feel safe and loved. While Nurture the Next positively impacts the lives of children and youth of all ages in Tennessee, our most intensive efforts are focused on families with children between the ages of birth and 5 years of age, when brain development is most rapid. Healthy brain development is essential for later learning, health and prosperity. Crucial to achieving our program goals and objectives is the work of our primary team members - the parents, caregivers, and communities across the state preventing child abuse and neglect by ensuring that children and youth are growing up in safe, stable and nurturing environments. Nurture the Next's staff, volunteers, and donors support their efforts through evidenced-based home visiting for vulnerable parents who voluntarily receive services. We manage several other programs that improve the lives of thousands of children annually, including leading a statewide parent leadership initiative that infuses organizations with parent voices in program and policy decisions, and statewide training for adults to prevent childhood physical, sexual, and emotional abuse. In the past five years, we have also intentionally engaged in federal and state advocacy in support of primary prevention programs highlighted by the CDC as fundamental to any community seeking to prevent and mitigate Adverse Childhood Experiences (ACEs). |
