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EYES INC—CCEP Yearly Report for 2019-2020 — Version 0.3 June 22, 2020
As a further adaptation to the ever-changing COVID-19 situation, CCEP is transitioning toward social media outreach, as we are not able to recruit through more traditional means.
10 Improvements in Process for Year 2 and Beyond 10.1 Increased Housing Capacity
In conjunction with greatly increased recruitment capacity, a growing network, and procurement of appropriately trained personnel, CCEP worked with Isaiah House during fall and winter of 2019 to procure nearby properties (houses) thereby increasing the ability of the CCEP to house 14 additional mothers and their children concurrently. This added capacity, in addition to the existing capacity already possessed by Isaiah House, expands the number of participants that can be housed concurrently to 14. All of these factors considered, we believe that, despite the low number of clients completing in Year 1, the program will be back on pace by the end of Year 2 or the start of Year 3.
10.2 Better understanding of the client population
Although no data are available to corroborate this claim, experience with the client population has proven to be invaluable. CCEP staff and leadership learned rather immediately that the client population was less stable than was originally anticipated. The clients who found themselves within the CCEP program were involved in legal proceedings to the extent that their availability to participate fully in the intervention was limited. Many clients were required to spend multiple hours per week attending court proceedings (Criminal and Child Protection), meeting with parole officers and other legal authorities. Many participants also required extensive arrangements to travel to all of their commitments.
Further, the availability of many of the clients was absorbed by familial concerns. Many were required to make multiple visits to the Department of Child Protection and Permanency (DCP&P) to meet with case workers, while some were mobilized to attend visitation of children not in the client’s custody. A significant amount of one mother’s time was spent visiting her newborn who was in NICU.
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