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As part of its Community Assessments, Children’s Service Council (CSC) annually updates a zip code report that examines 11 indicators in Palm Beach County. The indicators are primarily based on CSC’s focus areas – increasing healthy births, reducing child abuse and neglect, and increasing the number of children ready for school. CSC continues to offer this report to strengthen community planning and action. Contact: Elizabeth Clark elizabeth.clark@cscpbc.org for inquiries and/or to provide information on the report’s application in the community.

At least 63 children with autism have drowned in Florida since 2021 with 10 of those drownings happening in Palm Beach County, according to a report by Children’s Services Council of Palm Beach County. The study- believed to be the largest of its kind in the United States related to autism and drownings- identified 109 drownings in Florida involving children with autism since 2012. Download the report below. If you would like Appendix A and B, please e-mail Jon Burstein at jon.burstein@cscpbc.org or call him at 561-374-7616.

This report examines the extent to which Child First reduces child maltreatment, and improves child and parent outcomes, compared to other clinical programs as well as a comparison group. The report was conducted by the National Survey of Child and Adolescent Well-Being (NSCAW II). Children’s Services Council of Palm Beach County adopted this program to reduce child maltreatment, improve child and parent outcomes, and prevent families from entering child protective services.

This brief discusses findings relevant to the safety of children who participated in the Child First program. Children’s Services Council of Palm Beach County adopted this program to reduce child maltreatment, improve child and parent outcomes, and prevent families from entering child protective services. An evaluation study found that children who participate in Child First were less likely to be reported to the state’s child protective services than comparison children.

To request the Healthy Start Community Assessment Executive Summary in Spanish or Creole or to get a copy of the full report, please call 561-740-7000.

This evaluation provides an overview and analysis of the Strong Minds Network, Palm Beach County’s early childhood quality improvement system, from 2015 to 2019. For more information about the report, please contact Kim Lu, Evaluation Officer at kim.lu@cscpbc.org.