The Cleveland ModelLisa Bottoms

Director, Human Services & Child/Youth Development – The Cleveland Foundation

Michael WalkerExecutive Director – Partnership for a Safer Cleveland

Grantmakers for Children, Youth & Families Transforming Communities

Pre-Conference Institute – October 14, 2104

The Cleveland Way:A True Partnership

Foundations

City and County

Government

Community

Community Partners

• Beech Brook• Case Western Reserve University • Cleveland and CMHA Police• Community-based Organizations• FrontLine • Neighborhood Leadership Institute • Residents• Young people and their families

http://www.cmsdnet.net/

Wellness Framework

Intensive intervention

Early intervention

Prevention

Why We Must Address Trauma

• Exposure To Violence Can Have Long Term Effects on Youth– The more exposure a child has to violence, the

higher the likelihood that he/she will engage in risky behavior

Children/Adolescents

• Hypervigilance

• Emotional problems

• Alcohol and drug use

• Problems with trust

• Problems with concentration

• Difficulties with emotional regulation and impulse control

Self Care

• Need for self-care for those who work with trauma- inflicted families

We matter

• More than the building or the program. Young people come for the content, but the context matters and helps them success or bounce back.

• They watch adult behaviors closely and how we model adaptive strategies to stress matters.

STANCE: PAR Process & Goals

CMHAPD

Frontline

Referral to 24/7

Hotline

Contact & Screening

≤72hrs

STANCE: PAR Process & Goals

Frontline

Crisis Services

On-going Services

Referral

Beech Brook

Connection to Community

Activities

Beech Brook

STANCE: PAR Process & Goals

School Engagement

Monitor Engagement

Juvenile Justice System

• Increased Hope• Decreased Trauma SymptomsG

oals

Home visits

Violence interruption

Mentoring

Connect to other services

Peacemakers Alliance

Multiple systems/fund

ers

1000’s of youth and

familiesYouth Development System PlayersMyCom

Promise Ambassadors