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.
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