FY23 Annual Plan
Family Connection Camden
Camden County
FY23 Annual Plan
July 01, 2022 – June 30, 2023
Governance Type: Meet and confer
Collaborative Functional Type: Partner Engagement
Collaborative Description and Activities to Strengthen Effectiveness:
Family Connection Camden (FCC) and community partners will work together to provide education, awareness and provide activities, programs, and services to promote healthy lifestyles and ensure school success with young adults to improve family wellbeing. To strengthen the effectiveness of the Collaborative, we will participate in several GAFCP provided trainings, continue to communicate the purpose and work of the collaborative throughout the community, and continue to implement a community needs assessment to support future decision-making.
Desired Outcome: Improve Family Wellbeing
Strategy: Family Connection Camden and community partners will work together to provide education, awareness and provide activities, programs, and services to promote healthy lifestyles and ensure school success with young adults to improve family wellbeing.
Child and Family Indicators:
| Indicator | Result Area | Data Source | Specify if Other |
| Children, birth through 4, enrolled in the WIC program [HC3] | Healthy Children | KIDS Count Website | |
| Children enrolled in Medicaid or PeachCare [HC2] | Healthy Children | KIDS Count Website | |
| Teens not in school and not working, ages 16-19 [CS7] | Children Succeeding in School | KIDS Count Website | |
| Children whose parents lack secure employment [SF4] | Stable, Self-Sufficient and Productive Families | KIDS Count Website | |
| Children living in poverty [SC3] | Thriving Communities | KIDS Count Website | |
| Families, with children, with annual incomes less than 150% of the federal poverty threshold [SC5] | Thriving Communities | KIDS Count Website | |
| Childhood obesity [LD4] countyhealthrankings.org | Healthy Children | countyhealthrankings.org |
Activities:
| Activity Type | Activity Name | Description | Target Group |
| Systems Change | Handle with Care | Work with law enforcement and schools’ staff to establish a Handle with Care project so that youth who have experienced traumatic events get additional supports during school hours | Law enforcement and schools’ staff |
| Collaborative Development | Resource Map | The Youth Leadership Committee will lead the development of a resource map to better understand available resources | Community |
| Collaborative Development | Collaborative Partners Development | Work with GAFCP to provide Making Meetings Work, Let’s Talk Collaboration Trainings, Let’s Talk Capacity Mapping, Strategy Development, and Facilitating Progress Trainings |
Collaborative partners |
| Collaborative Development | Strategy Team Development | The strategy team will work to create a collaborative work plan and engage additional partners in further developing and implementing this strategy to include team responsibilities, establish timelines, and track results to strengthen this strategy and inform future work | Collaborative partners |
| Family Engagement | Family and Youth Representatives | Engage family representatives and a couple of youth representatives from the target populations to support the strategy team and/or subcommittees to inform, advise, and support the work | Community family and youth members |
| Family Engagement | Youth Leadership Committee | Establish a youth committee to help inform and develop a plan that will increase opportunities to address obesity and hunger that will include greater access to neighborhood and school gardens, opportunities for biking and walking, cooking education, and farmers markets that offer affordable local nutritious foods, recruit and train the youth leadership on roles and rules, provide direction and assistance | Community family and youth members |
| Results Accountability | Community Needs Assesssment | Continue to work with GAFCP to conduct a community needs assessment with a focus on family well-being indicators and determine areas in the county where these indicators are more concentrated to better develop a strong strategy for FY24 | Collaborative partners |
| Communications | Communications Campaign | Further develop a communications plan targeting the general public, with a variety of activities to educate the community about FCC (Press Release, PSA, etc.), as well as build brand recognition of FCC as part of the statewide network of Family Connection collaboratives | Community |
| Communications | Website and Social Media Development | Continue to better establish and promote the FCC website, utilizing the GaFCP sponsored platform to include its resource directory component. Further develop the social media platform(s) and collaborative newsletter to establish presence within the community |
Collaborative partners |
| Communications | Healthy Lifestyles Communications Campaign | Partner with the DPH to develop a plan to Increase knowledge and use of WIC fruit and vegetable vouchers, access to healthy fruit and vegetable choices, and nutrition education to help inform food choices | Community |
Programs & Services:
| Program/Service Name | Description | Target Group | Lead Implementing Partner | Collaborative Responsibility |
| Health and Wellness Resource Fair | Host a Health and Wellness Fair to include vendors, agencies, and organizations associated with Health and Wellness to promote and improve healthy lifestyles |
300 community members from underserved communities | FCC | Facilitate coordination, secure space, communicate event to the public |
| Collaborative Field Day | Host and coordinate a collaborative meeting/event outdoors with a focus on Health and Wellness to improve healthy lifestyles |
100 Collaborative partners and families | FCC | Facilitate coordination, secure space, communicate event to the public |
| WIC Assistance Event | Events hosted throughout the county by FCC and various community partners to assist the residents with enrolling in WIC to provide easier access to services | 300 community members from underserved communities | Department of Public Health | Coordinate and assist with facilitation of the WIC event |
| Job Resource Fair | Host a Job Fair for employers and potential employees to support securing meaningful employment |
200 unemployed and underemployed residents in Camden County | FCC | Facilitate coordination, secure space, communicate event to the public |
| Resume Writing Workshop | Host a resume writing workshop for community members to support securing employment. |
50 to 75 families in Camden County | Work Source Coastal | Facilitate coordination, secure space, communicate event to the public |
| Community Resilience Model Training | Host three levels of Community Resilience Model Trainings for community members who want to become trauma informed so that we move toward being a trauma informed community | 30 Community partners 1st level 15 Community partners 2nd level 1 Community partner 3rd level | FCC | Coordinate the trainings with CGIC/CRM Trainer and host using virtual platform |
To Document and Monitor Progress:
| What is being measured? | What is the data source? | Who will be responsible? | How often will the data be collected? | How will you communicate these results? |
| Partner engagement, participation, trainings received changes in knowledge and behavior | Collaborative meeting records/sign in sheets | FCC Coordinator | All collaborative meetings | Annually via the Partner Engagement Matrix |
| Partner responsibilities, establish timelines and track implementation results for this strategy | FCC Work Plan | FCC Leadership Team/ Collaborative | Monthly | Monthly discussion during collaborative meetings. |
| Collaborative functionality and effectiveness | Collaborative Vitality Survey | FCC Coordinator | Annually | Review the survey results in a collaborative meeting. |
| Partner engagement, membership development, and plan implementation | Self-Assessment | FCC Leadership Team | Annually | Review assessment results in a collaborative meeting |
| Family wellbeing assessment outcomes | Community Needs Assessment Results | FCC Leadership Team/ Collaborative | Monthly | Monthly discussion during collaborative meetings. |
| General knowledge of community members on suicide prevention, childhood trauma | Pre and Post Surveys | FCC Leadership Team and Collaborative | Monthly | All ACES or QPR trainings |
| Youth Leadership Development Commitee meetings | Sign-In sheets | FCC Leadership Team and Collaborative | Bi-weekly | Youth Leadership Team |
| Number of new community members enrolled in WIC | The number of new WIC receivers… | FCC Leadership Team and Collaborative | Monthly | DPH representative will update collaborative, |
| The reach of the Health and Wellness campaign | Media used | FCC Leadership Team and Collaborative | Monthly | FCC collaborative meetings a |
| Leveraged funds | Leveraged funds workbook | FCC Coordinator | Quarterly | Review assessment results in a collaborative meeting |
| Number of attendees at Field Day, Job Fair, and workshops | Sign-In Sheets | FCC Coordinator | Quarterly | FCC collaborative meetings |
| Number of vendors and partners at Wellness fair | Sign-In Sheets | FCC Coordinator | Quarterly | FCC collaborative meetings |
| Number of attendees at Wellness fair | Sign-In Sheets | FCC Coordinator | Quarterly | FCC collaborative meetings |
| Number of program participants applying for and receiving new jobs | Survey of workshop participants and resource fair attendees | FCC Coordinator and Collaborative | Quarterly | FCC collaborative meetings |