Team 2

CONVENERS

• Joanne Higashi, Department of Health
  Joanne.Higashi@doh.hawaii.gov

• Cathy Sorensen, Department of Health
  Catherine.Sorensen@doh.hawaii.gov 

• Malia Taum-Deenik, Department of Human Services
  MTaum-Deenik@dhs.hawaii.gov

TEAM-SPECIFIC GOALS AND STRATEGIES

Goals

·       Reduce family violence in homes with young children

·       Strengthen early childhood providers’ capacities to support families and refer families at-risk

·       Educate the general public about the prevalence of family violence and its impact on young children 

·       Strengthen our systems of support for families

Strategies

1. Map family strengthening supports and services statewide

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2. Develop family strengthening core competencies and trainings for early childhood practitioners

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3. Develop a Safe and Nurturing Family Framework to reduce intimate partner violence, sexual violence and child abuse and neglect

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4. Create a parenting support system that connects families to support programs from prenatal through early childhood

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OUR MEETINGS

We meet on the 1st Mondays of each month
1:00pm -3:30pm in the Action Strategy office at 700 Bishop St. Suite 1701, Honolulu
We support neighbor-island travel.  Please contact Kerrie Urosevich at kerrie@ecashawaii.org for more information.