TOUCHPOINTS PROJECT IN RACINE COUNTY, WI
The purpose of the Touchpoint Project in Racine County, WI is to strengthen parent-child relationships by connecting with families before and during predictable, difficult periods of disorganization (touchpoints) by:
- Increasing knowledge of child development (behavioral and emotional) and community resources through multiple channels.
- Improving relationships among families and family resource providers by using guiding principles and assumptions.
- Improving linkages among providers and services on behalf of families.
Touchpoints Comes to Racine (article - PDF)
Ten Year Project Summary
Logic Model (PDF)
Workshops
Newsletters
Children's Health Passport
- distributed to families of newborns through Wheaton Franciscan Health Care - All Saints
Funding - The Touchpoints Project is supported by United Way of Racine County in partnership with Racine County and UW-Extension and many local partners.
ABC Project Pilot – Burlington
Apple Seeds - A family-school-community network resulting from a combination of community expertise, systems planning
and the research-base on the 14 foundational experiences needed by all young children during early childhood for later school success. The pilot project focuses on the Burlington area, where a group of community volunteers and organizations designed Apple Seeds in support of families and young children.
STAFF
If you have any questions regarding the Touchpoints Project
in Racine County, please contact:
Racine County - UW Extension
14200 Washington Avenue
Sturtevant, WI 53177-1295
Phone: 262-886-8460
Fax: 262-886-8489
Relay: 711
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