WASHTENAW AREA COUNCIL FOR CHILDREN
Programs and results
What we aim to solve
Our programs
What are the organization's current programs, how do they measure success, and who do the programs serve?
Cyber Safety Program
Based on the belief that teens listen to teens, our Internet Safety Program uses a peer-to-peer mentoring approach with area middle and high school students to instruct about the potential risks of the Internet and using it safely. Presentations are also provided at parent/community sessions to help caregivers encourage safe and positive behaviors as kids connect to the online world. WACC also has a Cyberbullying and Bullying prevention program which is offered to schools as part of the Cyber Safety program.
Safe Baby
Each year, more infants die as the result of unsafe sleep environments than any other preventable cause. Our public awareness/education campaign gives parents, caregivers and those who work with infants and families the life-saving information needed to eliminate this preventable loss from our communities.Shaken Baby Syndrome Awareness is also part of the Safe Baby program. All babies cry, but when it is constant it can lead to feelings of
immense stress, frustration and inadequacy in caregivers. This can lead
to the physical response of shaking a baby. Our prevention classes at
high schools and babysitting classes offer effective education on the
risks of shaken baby syndrome as well as constructive methods for
calming babies.
Body Safety Training
To prevent child sexual abuse, children need basic knowledge about appropriate and inappropriate touching at an early age. Through an age-appropriate and evidence-based curriculum we work closely with area preschools to educate children about personal safety and provide skills for them to prevent and report abuse.
Stewards of Children
This is a child sexual awareness program that is designed to train adults. This is an evidence based nationally recognized program started by Darkness to Light. It teaches adults what is child sexual abuse, how to recognize the signs and what to do.
CyberBullying/Bullying Prevention
This program is presented as a stand alone or with the CyberSafety workshops. Participants are taught how to recognize, react and take action to prevent CyberBullying and Bullying.
Where we work
External reviews
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Our results
How does this organization measure their results? It's a hard question but an important one.
Number of clients served
This metric is no longer tracked.Totals By Year
Population(s) Served
Adults, Children and youth
Type of Metric
Output - describing our activities and reach
Direction of Success
Increasing
Context Notes
In 2020-2021, our ability to serve the community was severely diminished due to the effects of COVID-19. Staff were furloughed and let go during this period as well which impacted this number.
Goals & Strategy
Reports and documents
Download strategic planLearn about the organization's key goals, strategies, capabilities, and progress.
Charting impact
Four powerful questions that require reflection about what really matters - results.
What is the organization aiming to accomplish?
The Board engaged in a rigorous assessment and planning process to create a Strategic Plan in 2020 that will be up dated annually. In 2021 all goals and strategies were kept. The following Goals include:
1. Program Focus - All programs will provide services that are at capacity and assess needs
and gaps annually.
2. Marketing - We will establish and implement a comprehensive brand strategy.
3. Growth and Sustainability - We will continually strengthen and cultivate the agency to fully meet the needs of the community.
4. Diversity and Equitability - We will continually strengthen and enhance the culture of our agency.
What are the organization's key strategies for making this happen?
1.1 Conduct environmental scan of child abuse related programs available in Washtenaw County.
1.2 Collect data and evaluate total potential population to be served.
1.3 Evaluate community partnerships - schools, agencies, donors, volunteers
1.4 Establish annual growth goals for current programs
2.1 Conduct inventory of current marketing plans and strategies
2.2 Establish a brand strategy which will include brand consistency (Awareness/Favorability/Loyalty), Social Media engagement, Donor expansion, and strategic partnerships
3.1 Capacity: Define, revise and set formula for staff and program capacity annually - Ensure accountability to Agency staff and Board. Include in individual program goals annually. Program Dashboard presented quarterly.
3.2 Financial: Annually the Executive Committee will assess and establish financial goals for growth. Assess and plan for diversification in funding.
3.3 Collaborative/Partners: Establish within our marketing plan and program focus an annual assessment and deliverables for partnerships
4.1 Provide diversity education to all staff and board members annually.
4.2 Diversify methods for program delivery.
4.3 Recruitment: Be intentional in all our efforts for staff, board, and volunteer recruitment, and program implementation that is inclusive and equitable.
What are the organization's capabilities for doing this?
Internal: Staff responsible: Executive Director; Marketing & Development Coordinator; Program Director
External: Relationships with Board members;
WACC is also an integral part of several community collaboratives - Success by Six Collaborative; Washtenaw Alliance for Children and Youth; Resilience Washtenaw; Washtenaw ALIVE; Human Trafficking Alliance; and is the lead for the Washtenaw County Infant Mortality Coalition and the Washtenaw County Safe Sleep Task Force.
What have they accomplished so far and what's next?
1. Engaged Board, staff, interns, and volunteers who participate in all committees - Executive, Program, Evaluation, Outreach, Events, and newly formed Diversity and Inclusion (2021)
2. Engage in several modes of social media and marketing techniques to establish and expand brand.
3. Produce and release at least 1 newsletter per month to keep community connected to purpose.
4. Strong partnership with NAMI and Washtenaw ALIVE (Suicide Prevention)
5. Executive Director is on Leadership committee for Success by Six and Washtenaw Alliance for Children and youth
6. WACC Chairs the Washtenaw County Safe Sleep Task Force
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WASHTENAW AREA COUNCIL FOR CHILDREN
Board of directorsas of 02/22/2022
Mr. Chad Allee
Transformational Choices
Term: 2020 - 2023
Suzi Coghlan
Parent/Co-Founder SRSLY
Deborah Jones
Bank of Ann Arbor
Elizabeth Spring
CSTS
Deborah Shaw
Washtenaw County Trial Court
Det. Thomas Boivin
Washtenaw County Sheriff's Office
Sharon Stemple
Translume
Pai Meng
Washtenaw Medicine of Saline
Chad Allee
Wayne State University
April Carlston
DHS
Jane Nickert
Washtenaw County Public Health
Sherri Goff
St. Joseph Mercy Health System
Martha Kerr
University of Michigan Child Protection Services
Nancy Krzesicki
By Design Interiors
Thomas Atkins
Child & Adolescent Psychiatry
Kristen McCurry
Transformational Choices Holistic Therapy
Brian Mackie
Washtenaw County
Alan Oman
Washtenaw Intermediate School District
Angela Johnson
University of Michigan Health System
Robert O'Reilly
Conlin, McKenny & Philbrick
Susie Catherman
Community Leader
Board leadership practices
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Board orientation and education
Does the board conduct a formal orientation for new board members and require all board members to sign a written agreement regarding their roles, responsibilities, and expectations? Yes -
CEO oversight
Has the board conducted a formal, written assessment of the chief executive within the past year ? Yes -
Ethics and transparency
Have the board and senior staff reviewed the conflict-of-interest policy and completed and signed disclosure statements in the past year? Yes -
Board composition
Does the board ensure an inclusive board member recruitment process that results in diversity of thought and leadership? Yes -
Board performance
Has the board conducted a formal, written self-assessment of its performance within the past three years? Yes
Organizational demographics
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Leadership
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Equity strategies
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- We review compensation data across the organization (and by staff levels) to identify disparities by race.
- We ask team members to identify racial disparities in their programs and / or portfolios.
- We analyze disaggregated data and root causes of race disparities that impact the organization's programs, portfolios, and the populations served.
- We disaggregate data to adjust programming goals to keep pace with changing needs of the communities we support.
- We disaggregate data by demographics, including race, in every policy and program measured.
- We have a promotion process that anticipates and mitigates implicit and explicit biases about people of color serving in leadership positions.
- We seek individuals from various race backgrounds for board and executive director/CEO positions within our organization.
- We have community representation at the board level, either on the board itself or through a community advisory board.
- We help senior leadership understand how to be inclusive leaders with learning approaches that emphasize reflection, iteration, and adaptability.
- We engage everyone, from the board to staff levels of the organization, in race equity work and ensure that individuals understand their roles in creating culture such that one’s race identity has no influence on how they fare within the organization.