COASTAL COALITION FOR CHILDREN INC
Engaging Families. Building Strengths.
Programs and results
What we aim to solve
Prevention of adverse childhood experiences.
Our programs
What are the organization's current programs, how do they measure success, and who do the programs serve?
First Steps
First Steps program offers valuable information for expectant and new parents concerning the critical first months of a newborn’s life. Families receive free information about resources in their community as well as the opportunity to get support from our home visiting program, Healthy Families.
Healthy Families®
This program is a nationally credentialed, evidenced-based, prevention program based on an in-home visitation model. Healthy Families focuses on providing support for at-risk families with children aged 0 to 5. We engage these families prenatally or within the first two years of a child's life using the Healthy Families "Growing Great Kids” curriculum. A Family Support Worker visits the home weekly and models appropriate mother/child behavior, promotes proper nutrition, breastfeeding, bonding, safe sleep, literacy and teaches families healthy growth and development.
Grandparent Connection
This program is for grandparents, legal guardians and kinship placements who are raising their grandchildren or other minor chidlren. We use an evidence-based curriculum (Triple P) in both a support group setting as well as a home visiting program. We help these families navigate the legalities associated with custody and/or adoption; tutoring for children who are behind grade level and counseling for both the caregiver and the child as appropriate.
Where we work
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Goals & Strategy
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Charting impact
Four powerful questions that require reflection about what really matters - results.
What is the organization aiming to accomplish?
Engaging Families. Building Strengths. Serving children birth to five years by equipping and empowering parents and grandparents with the skills needed to provide safe, secure, and nourishing homes. Investing in the health and wellness and quality of life of young children by training parents and grandparents and giving them the tools to build successful families and children in the community. Reducing child abuse and reducing children in the foster care system through purposeful and preventive programs that benefit the child, the family, and the community.
What are the organization's key strategies for making this happen?
First Steps - at birth, being involved with helping mother and baby through home visits and training and connecting with other organizations and resources in the community to meet their SDoH needs.
Healthy Families - program Growing Great Kids - in-home training program for the first five years, equipping parents and grandparents in the community to build strong families - this affects their home, work, and involvement in the community. Making better healthier communities as these families make better choices.
Grandparent Connection - Training grandparents that are raising young children is benefiting the children and the older members of the community - creating positive intergenerational community involvement.
Individuals, families, and organizations in the community have the opportunity to partner and collaborate with Coastal Coalition for Children to build a better community overall.
What are the organization's capabilities for doing this?
First Steps
Healthy Families America home visiting program utilizing the Growing Great Kids Curriculum.
Grandparent Connection - home visiting program utilizing the Triple P model.
A team of Family Specialists trained and continuing education for new parents and Grandparents raising grandchildren.
Partnership with national, state, and local organizations (United Way, Georgia Coastal Coalition)
Interprofessional collaboration
What have they accomplished so far and what's next?
Building safe, secure, and nurturing homes with families of children birth to five years in 6 Georgia counties. We want to increase the awareness of Coastal Coalition for Children by 20% each year for the next four years in Coastal
Georgia. Expanding our partnerships and donor base to have an increased reach, impact, and outcome in the Coastal Georgia area by 25% each year - that we will have the capacity to serve every parent and grandparent that needs equipping and empowerment to build a safe, secure, and nurturing home.
How we listen
Seeking feedback from people served makes programs more responsive and effective. Here’s how this organization is listening.
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How is your organization using feedback from the people you serve?
To identify and remedy poor client service experiences, To identify bright spots and enhance positive service experiences, To make fundamental changes to our programs and/or operations, To identify where we are less inclusive or equitable across demographic groups, To strengthen relationships with the people we serve, To understand people's needs and how we can help them achieve their goals
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Which of the following feedback practices does your organization routinely carry out?
We collect feedback from the people we serve at least annually, We take steps to get feedback from marginalized or under-represented people, We aim to collect feedback from as many people we serve as possible, We take steps to ensure people feel comfortable being honest with us, We look for patterns in feedback based on demographics (e.g., race, age, gender, etc.), We look for patterns in feedback based on people’s interactions with us (e.g., site, frequency of service, etc.), We engage the people who provide feedback in looking for ways we can improve in response, We act on the feedback we receive, We tell the people who gave us feedback how we acted on their feedback, We ask the people who gave us feedback how well they think we responded
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What challenges does the organization face when collecting feedback?
We don't have any major challenges to collecting feedback
Financials
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Operations
The people, governance practices, and partners that make the organization tick.
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COASTAL COALITION FOR CHILDREN INC
Board of directorsas of 05/11/2023
Marjorie Mathieu
Retired
Term: 2019 - 2025
Michael Kaufman
Kaufman Development Group
Term: 2018 - 2024
Brian Corry
McQuigg, Smith & Corry, Attorney's at Law
Ken Jacobsen
Retired
Marjorie Mathieu
Retired
Michael Kaufman
Kaufman Development Group
Patrick Jones
Edward Jones
Chris Templeton
Templeton Insurance
Charles Woodroof
PrimeSouth Bank
Dionne Lovett
Coastal Regional Commission
Chris Griner
Glynn County BOE
Kendra Rolle
City of Brunswick Commissioner
Patrick Jones
Edward Jones
Danny York
CEO Caliber Car Wash
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
Who works and leads organizations that serve our diverse communities? Candid partnered with CHANGE Philanthropy on this demographic section.
Leadership
The organization's leader identifies as:
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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 employ non-traditional ways of gathering feedback on programs and trainings, which may include interviews, roundtables, and external reviews with/by community stakeholders.
- We disaggregate data by demographics, including race, in every policy and program measured.
- We have long-term strategic plans and measurable goals for creating a culture such that one’s race identity has no influence on how they fare within the organization.
- 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 measure and then disaggregate job satisfaction and retention data by race, function, level, and/or team.
- 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.