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Family Support Services
Home Visit
Education – Goals are established to nurture a
supportive family attitude focused on the individual
family needs. There were 113 home visit contacts made in
2003.
Family
Activities – CAFE presents many activities
including Family Movie, Cookin’ with Kids, Christmas
Crafts, Petting Zoo, Summer Fest Children’s Village,
Family Fun Day, and Mardi Gras Children’s Costume
Contest. In 2003 a total of 398 people attended these
activities.
Community Services
Referrals – CAFE works with hundreds of families
to provide referrals to community programs and services
or answer parenting questions.
Car Seat Safety
CAFE is recognized by Michigan SAFE KIDS
as a permanent fitting station which provides guidelines
for hosting monthly car seats check events. We also hold
car seat check events in coordination with Family Fun
Day and WCFX, National Night Out, and the Volunteer
Center’s Day of Caring at Heritage Auto Mall.
Our six certified technicians have been
busy in 2003 with:
- Monthly presentations at the hospital
preview night
- A total of 336 seats checked
- 848 Corrections Made (and possible
serious injury or death prevented)
- 162 New Seats
Provided
For guidelines about our Car Seat Safety
Check program, click here.
Our statistics show that 93% of the car
seats currently used in Isabella County are being used
incorrectly
Child Abuse and Neglect
Child Abuse Assessment Team Forensic
interviews and medical exams are provided for victims of
sexual abuse and physical abuse.
The Child Abuse Assessment Team consists
of members from:
- Child Protective
Service
- Mt. Pleasant Police
- Isabella County Sheriff
- Michigan State Police
- Central Michigan Community Hospital
- Community Mental Health for Central
Michigan
- Isabella County
Prosecutor
Child Abuse Identification
Training – Training sessions are held for interested
groups and persons identified as mandated reporters to
help them recognize signs of abuse and understand how to
make a report. In 2003 thirteen sessions were conducted
to train 634
individuals.
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