Mental Health Training Attendance
Why we track this indicator
Mental health trainings for social service workers helps emphasize the protective power of human connection in healing, recovery, and prevention of ACEs.
Mental Health Training Attendance Data Breakdown
Status: Green
Definition: Total number of staff from 12 Elkhart County based youth-serving organizations, associated with Partnership for Children (PFC), that receive monthly mental health trainings. Each quarter this total is compared to the previous quarter to obtain a trend. This information is obtained through a collaborating partner.
Source: Partnerships for Children (PFC)
Last Updated: January 2025
Mitigating Factors: None noted
Methodology
Methodology: Total number of staff receiving mental health trainings is compared to previous quarter. The difference between quarterly totals is used to determine the percent change the indicator experienced.
Goal: To observe an increase in staff mental health trainings.
Traffic Light:
Green: at least 1% increase in staff receiving mental health trainings
Gray: within +/- 1% of previous quarter
Red: at least 1% decrease in staff receiving mental health trainings
Supporting Research
Preventing Child Abuse and Neglect: A Technical Package for Policy, Norm, and Programmatic Activities
CDC guidance on Preventing Child Abuse and Neglect.
Key Ingredients for Successful Trauma-Informed Care Implementation
Exposure to abuse, neglect, discrimination, violence, and other adverse experiences increase a person’s lifelong potential for serious health problems and engaging in health-risk behaviors, as documented by the landmark Adverse Childhood Experiences (ACE) study.
A Community’s Response to Adverse Childhood Experiences (ACEs): Building a Resilient, Trauma-Informed Community
More than two decades of research has shown that ACEs are a significant predictor of lifelong health, mental health, and substance abuse problems.
Trauma-Informed Communities Project
Trauma-Informed Communities (TIC) Project provides a unique opportunity for North Carolina communities to develop a comprehensive, trauma-informed community response for children and families.
How Trauma-Informed Schools Help Every Student Succeed
Trauma-informed schools have become essential to successfully addressing the broadening spectrum of adverse childhood experiences.
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Partnerships for Children
The Partnership for Children is a collaboration among youth-serving agencies in Elkhart County that helps identify youth with emotional or behavioral health issues earlier, gets them help faster and improves outcomes for children and families.
Indicators in Action
The ‘Data Action Mini Grant’ program will provide low barrier grants to collaborating partners which will help increase cross-system collaboration and facilitate the community response to needs and/or gaps identified through the Elkhart County Child Dashboard. Applicants may request up to $2,000. Two or more applicants can collaborate for collaborative action based upon one or more data indicators and increase the grant request. By leveraging the ‘Data Action Mini Grant’ program partners can have a platform that helps to inform community goals and creates a stronger sustainability platform for their programs.
For a copy of the 1-page proposal template click here or email David Wiegner.