Child Wellbeing

Goal Statement: All families have what they need to be healthy and thrive in our community, including high quality child care, parenting education and support, and trauma informed care and services.

“Discussion group participants reported concerns about the effects of parental stress, poverty and substance misuse on the health and welfare of children in the community including effects of childhood trauma on health and wellbeing later in life.”
—MAHHC CHNA

Child Wellbeing

How is this problem affecting our community?

1-in-5 people under 18 live in poverty in Windsor county

Childcare costs are 29 percent of median income in Windsor county

46 percent of young children ages 3 and 4 are not in school

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What are we doing to address this problem in our community?

Collaboration and Service Improvement

Collaboration and Service Improvement

  • Facilitate Child Wellbeing Summit to review results of Early Childhood Mental Wellbeing System Assessment (completed October 2022) and identify action items.
  • Continue convening Circle of Security program facilitators across the region to sustain and grow program reach.
  • Increase social connectedness of caregivers and promote facilitated playgroups.

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Education

Education

  • Continue to provide professional development in evidence-based programs aimed at improving social-emotional development and children.

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Advocacy

Advocacy

  • Host Bi-State Legislative Breakfast every two years to engage state policy makers in discussion of local health priorities.
  • Advocate for funding and other supports to maintain and grow capacity within family resource centers.

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Equity

Equity

  • Conduct qualitative needs assessments with the support of members of marginalized groups to identify health disparities and opportunities to address them.
  • Increase capacity of grassroots and small organizations representing people with lived experience of health inequities to address the concerns of their communities independently through grantmaking and technical assistance.

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Key Partner List

  • Dartmouth Trauma Interventions Research Center (DTIRC) Project Launch
  • Ascutney Hospital and Health Center (MAHHC) Strengthening Families Workgroup
  • Ascutney Hospital and Health Center (MAHHHC)
  • Dartmouth Hitchcock (OB, Moms in Recovery, Peds)
  • Family Resource Centers (FRCs)
  • Vermont Department of Health (VDH)
  • Woman, Infants, and Children (WIC)
  • Public Health Council (PHC)
  • Young Child Wellness Council Partners
  • Upper Valley Equity Anti-Racism (UVEAR) Leadership Team
  • Upper Valley Community Health Equity Partnership (UVCHEP) Steering Committee