Click for Babies:

• A chance for the community to get involved with child abuse prevention by knitting newborn sized purple caps. Caps serve as a visual reminder to never shake a baby. Delivered to the Mercy Family Birthplace in November.

 

Community Resource Baskets:

• Baskets full of community resources that include counseling, domestic violence support, child abuse prevention, sexual assault hotlines, parenting classes and family support are placed in multiple medical offices and businesses around Douglas County.

 

Medical Screenings:

Domestic Violence/Child Abuse Screening Questions for Electronic Medical Records System (EMR):

 

Youth Media Project:

• A peer to peer video awareness project spreading the message of child abuse and violence prevention using social media.

 

Community Awareness:

• Multiple efforts using local television, radio and print ads to raise awareness and promote child abuse prevention efforts.

 

Supporting Families Committee:

 

Family Support Project:

• Linking high risk families to individualized prevention services that will increase the families protective factors.

 

Database:

• We have created a database that will allow agencies to share information on how to best serve families individual needs while reducing the incidence of service duplication.

 

Opioid Task Force:

 

• Efforts to place a medication drop box in all local pharmacies and health care clinics

• Education to all patients being discharged from our local hospital on where medication drop points are located.

• Multiple annual ‘Medication Take Back’ events throughout the year

• Provide rural fire departments and EMT’s with life saving anti-drug kits for overdose cases

 

 

Human Trafficking Task Force:

 

• Training to UCC Truck Driving School Students using the Truckers Against Trafficking curriculum

• Education for UCC Nursing, Dental Assistant and Paramedic students on risk factors and signs of human trafficking

• Trainings for law enforcement officers, security officers and advocates on signs of human trafficking and resources

• Community awareness events