Partners and Family Development Inc Amount awarded $20,752.00 Program Benchmarks/Targets 24/7 Dad A.M.

. and 24/7 Dad P.M. group parent education 2 -12 week classes = 24 sessions Prenatal Education Becoming a Mom group parent education 2 - 6 week classes = 12 sessions Parent education community service sessions; resource and referral; outreach 5 misc group parent education classes; 100 expected to be served in the resource center

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FY2014 Semi Annual DCCAC Report (Time frame July 1, 2013 through December 30, 2013)
$9,218.34 or 44 % total funds expended year to date 41 - 24/7 Dads Program sessions provided year to date 12 - 24/7 Dads Program participants year to date 6 Prenatal Education sessions provided year to date 8 Prenatal Education participants year to date 2 miscellaneous parent education sessions provided year to date 13 miscellaneous parent education participants year to date 45 participants served in the resource center year to date Comments regarding meeting benchmarks/targets One 24/7 Dad (12 week) session has been completed, as well as, 22 individual coaching sessions. There have been 7 fathers who have completed the 12 week 24/7 Dad group and 5 fathers who have attended individual sessions to complete the 24/7 Dad program. Program participants participated in the 4th of July parade in Perry providing outreach and visibility to the program. The Resource Center is open by individual appointment every Tuesday of the month and for walk-ins once a month. Marketing materials have been developed in English and Spanish to inform Dallas County parents of the services available at the Resource Center. One six-week, prenatal class has been completed. Eight expectant parents attended and six parents completed all sessions. Ages of the participants ranged from 17 to 43 years of age. The Parents as Teachers program holds its parenting education sessions in the Resource Center and those programs are open to non-PAT participants. These took the place of the misc community parent education opportunities. However, the participant numbers are counted for the PAT program and not the ICAPP program. Comments regarding successes and challenges Venus Family Planning Services and Proteus stopped services in Perry in November and the Resource Center lost two valuable partners. However, we were able to collaborate with Child Care Resource and Referral to co-locate in the Resource Center. We have gained another partner and provide access to a new service in the Resource Center. We continue to partner with Catholic Charities to provide space for their individual and family mental health services on a monthly basis.

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I.S.U. Extension & Outreach Dallas County Amount awarded $1,508 for Great Beginnings Amount awarded $5,981 for Strengthening Families Program Benchmarks/Targets Great Beginnings group parent education 2 - 5 week classes = 10 sessions; 22 adults to be served Strengthening Families group parent education 3 - 7 week classes = 21 sessions; 36 adults and 39 youth to be served

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$0.00 or 0% total funds expended year to date for Great Beginnings $3,013.28 or 50% total funds expended year to date for Strengthening Families 0 Great Beginnings parent education sessions year to date 0 adults served year to date 7 of Strengthening Families parent education sessions year to date 23 of adults served year to date 17 of youth served year to date Comments regarding meeting benchmarks/targets We feel we are on target to meet our benchmarks/targets for number of adults and youth served. Even though for the Perry and Dallas Center sessions of Strengthening Families we expect fewer participants, we do expect to reach the 36 adults and 39 youth targeted for FY2014. For Great Beginnings in Perry we currently have 9 registered and we are still heavily recruiting for Great Beginnings in Waukee. Furthermore we expect to complete all our programs by the end of the 3rd quarter unless re-scheduling is necessary due to low enrollment numbers. Comments regarding successes and challenges We were extremely excited about our full class (12 families) for the Waukee session of Strengthening Families in the fall of 2013. Additionally, all the families except one had two parents attending and 8 families had perfect attendance. The pre/post program survey indicates that parents had dramatic increases in the percentage of time they tried to see things from their youths point of view, work together with their youth to understand what the family and house rules are, to follow through with consequences, and telling their child how they feel when he/she misbehaves. The youth pre/post survey indicates a significant increase in the number of family meetings they held to discuss plans, schedules, & rules, doing things to help them feel better when they are under stress, and if a friend suggests that they do something that can get them in trouble, they are able to get out of doing it. We are currently recruiting for the Strengthening Families class in Dallas Center and Perry along with the Great Beginnings classes in Perry and Waukee. It continues to take a great deal of time and effort to recruit families for the programs because of the extensive time commitment. We are partnering with Waukee Community Education with the Waukee Great Beginnings Program in hopes of increasing enrollment. We are happy to report that we have 8 families signed up for the Dallas Center Strengthening Families Program that begins on January 19.

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Crisis Intervention and Advocacy Center Amount awarded $7,827 Program Benchmarks/Targets Talking About Touching 10 - 6 week classes = 60 sessions; 300 children to be served

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$2,874.82 or 37% total funds expended year to date 0 Talking About Touching sessions year to date 0 children served year to date Comments regarding meeting benchmarks/targets CIAC staff time has been used for curriculum training and development, as well as meeting with school administrators. These meetings consisted of discussions of the new curriculum, addressing concerns regarding the new curriculum and making changes to lesson plans to make sure the program is tailored specifically to each learning environment. These changes were made with the help and input of classroom teachers and administration. The remainder of the year will be used for program implementation in the classroom with preschool and elementary aged youth. Schools that will be reached include Adel, Waukee and Perry Head Start, and St. Patricks preschool in Perry where we will reach approximately 125 youth as well as their parents/guardians. Discussions are ongoing and we are hopeful to schedule programming dates soon with Kids Korner Child Care in Dallas Center, Kids Korner II in Adel, Perry Elementary School and Dallas Center Elementary School. Comments regarding successes and challenges: CIAC has been successful in collaborating with schools where we have not worked in the past. CIAC staff met with teachers and administration from both Perry Elementary School and Dallas Center Elementary school. CIAC encountered a challenge last year when working with the Perry Head Start. When using the Care for Kids curriculum, there were concerns from one of the classroom teachers about the curriculum not being age appropriate. As a result of that concern, we were able to have a meeting with all teachers after the fact and discuss our plans to purchase the Talking About Touching curriculum for the following school year. The family advocates from Adel/Waukee Head Start and Perry Head Start have been helpful in connecting us with classroom teachers to determine what is best for each classroom to ensure we do not run into the same conflicts as we did last year with a different curriculum. Additionally, CIAC struggled to schedule programming during the first part of the school year with some of the larger school districts, however, the At-Risk coordinator at Perry Elementary as well as the counselor and principal at Dallas Center Elementary have invited us back for multiple meetings throughout the first semester of the school year to discuss the program. When programming begins in the 3rd quarter, evaluations will be given out at a parent meeting held prior to curriculum implementation, and again once programming is completed. Evaluations will also be handed out at all community presentations given in Dallas County.

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Fiscal Accountability (July through December) The following payment vouchers were submitted and reviewed by DCCAC officers. Partners in Family Development 6 payment vouchers submitted 3 payment vouchers that required corrections 50% of payment vouchers were completed correctly Dallas County ISU Extension 4 payment vouchers submitted 0 payment vouchers that required corrections 100% of payment vouchers were completed correctly Crisis Intervention & Advocacy 4 payment vouchers submitted 2 payment vouchers that required corrections 50% of payment vouchers were completed correctly Reporting Accountability (July through December) The following monthly reports were reviewed by DCCAC officers. Partners in Family Development 6 monthly reports submitted 3 monthly reports submitted that required corrections 6 monthly reports submitted on time Dallas County ISU 6 monthly reports 0 monthly reports 6 monthly reports Extension submitted submitted that required corrections submitted on time

Crisis Intervention & Advocacy 6 monthly reports submitted 2 monthly reports submitted that required corrections NOTE: one report is due to CIAC reporting combined figures from all the counties they are contracted with. After discussing the PCA Iowa, reports moving forward will just represent Dallas figures. 5 monthly reports submitted on time