In 1998, Ohio was
one of the five states chosen to participate in the Office of
Juvenile Justice and Delinquency Prevention’s (OJJDP) Comprehensive
Strategy for Serious, Violent, and Chronic Juvenile Offenders
Initiative.
The early successes of the Ohio Comprehensive
Strategy counties led state leaders to invest in the development of
a new generation model, Partnerships for Success (PfS).
County Family & Children First (FCF)
Councils participating in PfS:
• Mobilize communities around issues related to families and
children and engage them in action;
• Reduce duplication of effort between and among state and local
agencies;
• Make better decisions that lead to better investments on public
dollars;
• Evaluate the impact of these investments with an eye toward
accountability; and
• Provide for long-term sustainability of effective programs and
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PfS Core Team Members
Chad Hibbs,
Director
Jean Stevens, Council Chair
Kelly Lynch, Guernsey County Children Services Board
Tim Welch, Guernsey County Public Information Officer
Kellie Brown, Guernsey County MR/DD
Vickie Hare, Thompkins Child & Adolescent Service Inc.
Brenda Caldwell, Council Family Representative
PfS Committee Chairs
Needs
Assessment: Troy McCollister, Guernsey County DJFS
Resource Assessment: Kelly Lynch, Guernsey County CSB
Strategic Action Identification: TBD
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 Partnerships
for Success is a holistic and strategic approach to building a
community’s capacity to prevent and respond effectively to child and
adolescent problem behaviors while promoting positive youth development.
Partnerships for Success Guiding Principles:
1. Involving and Engaging the Entire Community:
Partnerships for Success is concerned with facilitating change at the
county level. PfS leaders must strive to ensure that all of the local
constituencies are represented in PfS activities in order to lead to
community investment in sustainable solutions to significant community
problems involving youth.
2. Balancing a Holistic Continuum of Approaches:
A continuum of services includes primary prevention, early intervention
and systems of care. Primary prevention includes programs available to
the entire community BEFORE youth problem behaviors occur. Early
intervention programs are provided for youth who show some risk factors,
but before those problems become entrenched. Systems of care are
provided to youth with serious and chronic problem behaviors.
3. Making Data-Informed Decisions:
Data is assembled to help PfS determine how the programs are working.
Data is used in four ways: (1) to determine the magnitude of problem
behaviors in the community; (2) to identify levels of risk, protection
and assets that exist within the community; (3) to determine best
practices related to implementation decisions; and (4) to continually
evaluate the progress of the PfS initiative.
According to the 2004-2005 Progress Report from the Partnership for
Success Academy, in 2004-2005, FCF Councils who are no longer receiving
PfS funding leveraged $35,615,179 that they are investing in
evidence-based and promising practices to impact their highest
priorities for children and families. The addition of Guernsey County
brings the total number of PfS counties in Ohio to thirty-nine. |
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