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Prevention

Focus Area and Project:

Co-Leads:

Paul Bonfanti – Families Forward
Michael Arnot – Children’s Cause Orange County

Howard Booker – In-N-Out Foundation

Valerie Brauks – Children and Families Coalition of Orange County

Jill Bright – County of Orange Social Services Agency

Nellie Chico – County of Orange Social Services Agency

Karen Christensen – County Counsel

Cheryll Dahlin – Charitable Ventures

Wendy Dallin – Network Anaheim

Kerri Dunkelberger – Olive Crest

Brian Hoang – State Council on Developmental Disabilities

Claudia Juarez – County of Orange Social Services Agency

Lee Lombardo – YMCA of Orange County

Daniel Mages – County of Orange Social Services Agency

Dr. Sara Marchese – County of Orange Social Services Agency

Kathleen McFarlin – Comfort Connection Family Resources Center, Regional Center of Orange County

Arlene Miranda – County of Orange Social Services Agency

Sandra  Morgan – Vanguard University

Deanna Parga – Help Me Grow Orange County

Jannell Violi – Orange County Department of Education

Scarlett von Thenen – State Council on Developmental Disabilities

Martine Wehr – Foster and Kinship Care Education Program, Saddleback College

Produced three resources — the Child Care Toolkit, Trifold Road Map to Family Safety, and Family Resource Guide — and coordinated dissemination of them to a broad set of stakeholders.

Began developing a pilot program to better educate and engage community organizations that support families on the importance of prevention.

Developed a reference document (Referral Platform List) that provides an overview of existing referral platforms for providers to better understand the purpose and function of each platform.

Created and piloted the Prevent and Protect program that supports faith based congregations with tools to support their families and prevent child abuse.

For information about this task force, contact Daniel Mages at (714) 435-7656 or Daniel.Mages@ssa.ocgov.com.

Contact the WE CAN Coalition at wecan@ssa.ocgov.com to join our coalition or to find out more.