Evidence based practices

• Continue to invest in proven early childhood programming: HOPES, Nurse Family Partnership (NFP), Parents as Teachers (PAT), Home Instruction for Parents of Preschool Youngsters (HIPPY), Early Head Start, Early Childhood Intervention (ECI) Services, AVANCE
• Increase employment opportunities or wages for low-to-moderate income families through education, training, and placement
• Child Protective Services/Prevention and Early Intervention
• Focus on strengthening father involvement in young children's lives through EFFECT (AVANCE Fatherhood program)

Promising practices

• Conduct public awareness campaigns
• Use mobile units to spread the word about prevention and provide community education in hard to reach places (colonias)
• Engage Promotoras to raise awareness with children, adults and families about child abuse and neglect
• Conduct parenting classes to strengthen parents and adults' understanding about child abuse and neglect

No Cost/Low Cost solutions

• Strengthen collaboration amongst agencies at various levels (local, state, federal)
• Align the contributions of MTFFC coalition partners, including public agencies

Outside the Box solutions

• Create an App that puts information about child abuse and neglect directly into the hands of parents
• Create a "Neighborhood Watch" network that focuses on abuse
• Create a Resource Information Exchange so that cross-agency and cross-partner referrals can be made more effectively

• Align the contributions of MTFFC coalition partners, including public agencies
• Conduct parenting classes to strengthen parents and adults' understanding about child abuse and neglect
• Conduct public awareness campaigns
• Continue to invest in proven early childhood programming: HOPES, NFP, PAT, HIPPY, Early Head Start, Early Childhood Intervention (ECI) Services, AVANCE
• Create an App that puts information about child abuse and neglect directly into the hands of parents
• Create a "Neighborhood Watch" network that focuses on abuse
• Create a Resource Information Exchange so that cross-agency and cross-partner referrals can be made more effectively
• Engage Promotoras to raise awareness with children, adults and families about child abuse and neglect
• Focus on strengthening father involvement in young children's lives through EFFECT (AVANCE Fatherhood program)
• Increase employment opportunities or wages for low-to-moderate income families through education, training, and placement
• Strengthen collaboration amongst agencies at various levels (local, state, federal)
• Use mobile units to spread word about prevention and provide community education in isolated places (colonias)

Prioritized Strategy:  Align the contributions of MTFFC coalition partners, including partner agencies

Prioritized Strategy: Conduct public awareness campaigns that increase community understanding about child abuse and neglect

Prioritized Strategy: To reduce stress levels of parents or caregivers, increase employment opportunities or wages for low-to-moderate income families through education, training and placement