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Pinellas Safe Start
Pinellas County, FL
Lead Agency:The Juvenile
Welfare Board of Pinellas County
More than thirty organizations participated in the collaborative application
for this award. More than eighty organizations have been involved so far
in the planning process.
Safe Start Staff:
- Judith Simpson, Safe Start Project Manager
- Browning Spence, Director of Strategic and Community Planning,
- Veronica Ettel, Safe Start Community Involvement Specialist
- Carol Tryon, Safe Start Secretary
- Darrell Collins, Community Involvement and Training Coordinator
- Sandra Ortega, Principal Investigator - Ounce
of Prevention Fund
For more information, please visit the Pinellas Safe Start website at
www.pinellassafestart.org.
Project Purpose:
The Pinellas Safe Start Initiative will develop a comprehensive and integrated
community response to address the needs of young children who have been
exposed to violence or are at risk of exposure to violence.
A Core Strategic Planning Group consisting of representatives from key
public and private agencies, community coalitions and community residents
will coordinate the development of a community-driven strategic plan for
this diverse urban county. A broad range of community agencies, institutions
and organizations are represented in several focus groups focused in different
components of the community plan.
Project Goals:
- Reduction of children's exposure to violence
- Identification of children who have been exposed to violence
- Timely and effective response
The community planning body will mobilize a community effort to build
on strengths in the current system by:
- identifying the multiple entry points for victims;
- assessing current responses;
- designing a coordinated referral system;
- creating a coordinated data base;
- expanding/redesigning effective prevention, early intervention, intervention
and support services.
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