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Hibiscus Children' s Center Crisis Nursery Program Children ' s Services Advisory Network Indian River County In alignment with best practice models, services are provided within the child ' s home and are intended to enable the family to stay together, to keep the child living in the child' s home and community, reducing the risk of future crisis and abuse/neglect for children. 4. List staffing needed for your program, including required experience and estimated hours per week in program for each staff member and/or volunteers (this section should conform with the information in the Position Listing on the Budget Narrative Worksheet). • Program Director ( 1 ) oversees program functioning. A minimum, of 12 hours per week is designated toward the oversight of this program. The Program Director is required to have or be working toward the completion of a master' s degree in social services or a related field and requires a minimum of 3 years related experience. • Program Manager ( 1 ) provides a high level of supervision to staff members and maintains a small caseload. This is a 40+ hours per week position requiring a degree in social services or a related field and three years of related experience. • Family Advocates (3) provide the bulk of direct service provision. These are para. professional positions that require a high school diploma or GED. Two years of related experience is preferred and these positions are full time (40+ hours per week) positions. • ChildCare Workers and ChildCare Supervisors (4.4) provide direct supervision to the children placed in the Shelter for Respite. When children are in respite, awake supervision is provided 24 hours per day. As defined in the budget narrative, we estimate that this equates to the equivalent of 4 .4 staff members working 40 hours per week throughout the year. A high school diploma or GED is required and 2 years of experience for Supervisors. 5. How will the target population be made aware of the program ? In addition to enjoying statewide and national recognition, the Crisis Nursery Program is well established on the Treasure Coast and has been highlighted in the media, including newsprint and television coverage. The primary referral source for the past five years has been self. referral, which demonstrates the widespread community awareness, acceptance, and need of these valuable services. In addition, Hibiscus Children's Center utilizes an extensive marketing . plan to build awareness for all of its programs . Public Service Announcements are aired across a wide variety of local cable stations and staff participates in TV interviews, newspaper articles, and presentations to church and civic groups . Most of the clients who utilize this service hear about it from a friend or family member who has been helped by the program, 6. How will the program be accessible to target population (i. e., location , transportation, hours of operation) ? This program is available 24 hours a day, seven days a week. Services are provided in the homes of families or at mutually determined locations. The program is readily available through an on- call system that puts program services in the hands of families in need around the clock. Transportation'services are also provided to overcome the obstacles to services many families n face due to' , lackbf "ublie transportation, es ecially after hours 'and on weekends. I PP cc h'. A ' '2 P n.F , s' T ' r"" , yy, > Yi q•* is -c ?s< xg