Multiple Adverse Childhood Experiences

Programme 2014 - 2020 INTERREG V-A United Kingdom-Ireland (Ireland-Northern Ireland-Scotland)

Date of latest update: 2021-04-06

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Description (EN):

1. Proposed Project: The Multiple Adverse Childhood Experiences (MACE) – Breaking the Cycle Project aims to transform the lives of vulnerable children/families who are most at risk from multiple adversities in their lives, by identifying, intervening early and providing nurturing and support within their own homes and communities. It will be led by the CAWT Partnership and TULSA, the Child and Family Agency in RoI. Collectively they possess the right experience and expertise to ensure the project’s success. The Partnership has developed a number of objectives to achieve the output indicators 4.116 and 4.117 as detailed within the Interreg VA 4.1 call for applications. This will involve developing two new assessment tools and the establishment of cross border community networks which will allow the delivery of tailored interventions to 5,000 vulnerable families. Key components of the successful delivery of this project will be partnerships developed with the Community and Voluntary sector and the building of resilient self-sustaining communities. 2. Strategic Context: This Project complements and adds value to existing early intervention and family support provision. It is aligned to EU and also current national/regional health and social care priorities and strategies. 3. Need and Demand for the Proposed Programme: The number of children in both jurisdictions living in poverty and on the Child Protection register or equivalent continues to increase. For those living in the border region this is exacerbated for a number of reasons as listed in Section 3. The Partnership are satisfied that the demand for the products of this project exists within the areas identified. The Project will utilise existing resources and infrastructure already established within each jurisdiction. The need for the approach proposed is evidenced in a number of academic papers relating to the MACE approach. 4. Project Options and Preferred Option: Prior to finalising the proposed model the Partnership considered a number of alternatives. The Partnership is satisfied that the proposed model will deliver the required outputs most effectively but have also provided an option of a scaled back version with a shorted time period, reduced budget and beneficiaries. 5. Budget and Financial Projections: The total budget applied for to achieve all of the required outputs is €8m over a period of five years with various assumptions noted. 6. Risk Analysis: The Partnership collectively identified a number of risks associated with the proposed Project. A risk register incorporating mitigation strategies to minimise such potential risks has been developed by the Partnership and this will continue to be monitored during the lifetime of the Project. 7. Sustainable Development/Equality of Opportunity: As the Project is about identifying vulnerable families and intervening early, the Project will have positive impacts on equality of opportunity. It also supports Sustainable Development as its focus is using existing community assets and infrastructure more productively and intensively to benefit local communities. 8. Management and Partnership: The Partnership has co-developed a comprehensive delivery plan and supporting work plans to ensure that the result and output indicators 4.116 and 4.117 are delivered within the required timescales. The Project will be managed by a Project Board with delegated authority to a Project Manager who will be supported by a team of six staff (5 project workers and 1 administrator). The Project has been developed on an entirely cross border partnership basis and includes a robust governance structure. 9. Communications: The Partnership has developed a detailed communications strategy highlighting the added benefit that CAWT brings due to its ability to engage with all Partners effectively and efficiently. 10. Evaluation and Monitoring: A detailed evaluation approach has been developed incorporating the measurement and gathering of qualitative and quantitative data. The proposed system for monitoring of targets and communicating this information through CAWT structures has also been laid out. 11. Exit Strategy: Through experience and track record on previous Programmes the Partnership is aware of the need for the Project to demonstrate its impact and effectiveness as a means to secure sustainability into the future or alternatively to leave a lasting legacy that will continue long after the project is ended.

Website: https://www.seupb.eu/iva-overview

Expected Results (EN): 4.1.A The number of episodes of health, community and social care delivered on a cross-border basis.

Expected Outputs (EN):

The project will contribute to an increase in the number of ‘episodes of health, community and social care’ delivered on a cross border basis. The baseline value for 2014 is 470 per annum. The target value for 2023 is 9000 per annum. The application contributes to the anticipated results insofar as it demonstrates that the project proposal will deliver all of the Output Indicators 4.116 and 4.117. Both the AM and RST frameworks will be developed parallel to each other. Once developed these tools will be applied through health professionals to identify the level of risk in the target age groups, 0-3 and 11-13. After the risk has been identified the project proposes to deliver 5000 appropriate interventions either targeted, universal or specialist. The Cooperation Programme identifies under 5 year olds as the focus of the call. The applicant clarified that the Strategy Group strongly recommended the inclusion of 11-13 year olds also. This was based on the research evidence that highlights the profound and dramatic changes that occur during the teenage years. The brain of the adolescent goes through a new phase of plasticity in which environmental factors can have major, lasting effects on cortical circuitry. This opens up new opportunities for education and appropriate interventions which can be delivered through this project. DHSSPS has stated that the activity specifically targeted at 11-13 year olds will be of particular benefit, as there are limited activities currently aimed at this age group. The proposal also considered a reduced cost option which will result in interventions delivered to a reduced number of beneficiaries in the target groups 0-3 and 11-13. This option is discussed in more detail under criteria 2, however it will still contribute to the results in that 2 frameworks will be developed and 3,125 interventions will be delivered to families.

Thematic information

Health and social services Social inclusion and equal opportunities

Specific Objective: Through collaboration on a cross-border basis, to improve the health and well-being of people living in the region by enabling them to access quality health and social care services in the most appropriate setting to their needs

Thematic Objective: (09) promoting social inclusion, combating poverty and any discrimination, by:

Investment Priority:

(09a) investing in health and social infrastructure which contributes to national, regional and local development, reducing inequalities in terms of health status, promoting social inclusion through improved access to social, cultural and recreational services and the transition from institutional to community-based services

Partners (6)

Lead Partner: Health Service Executive

Department: North/South Health Unit

Address: HSE, F91 E1HF ManorHamilton, Co. Leitrim, Ireland

Legal status: public

Total budget: EUR 153 839.81

Health and Social Care Board

Name: Health and Social Care Board

Address: Linenhall Street, BT2 8BS Belfast, United Kingdom

Legal status: public

The Child and Family Agency

Name: The Child and Family Agency

Address: Heuston South Quarter, D08 XO1F Dublin 8, Ireland

Legal status: public

Total budget: EUR 2 227 973.90

Public Health Agency

Name: Public Health Agency

Address: LinenHall Street, bt2 8bs Belfast, United Kingdom

Legal status: public

Southern Health and Social Care Trust

Name: Southern Health and Social Care Trust

Department: Craigavon Area Hospital, College of Nursing

Address: Lurgan Road, BT63 5QQ PORTADOWN, United Kingdom

Legal status: public

Website: www.southerntrust.hscni.net

Total budget: EUR 1 175 486.65

Western Health and Social Care Trust

Name: Western Health and Social Care Trust

Department: MDEC Altnagelvin

Address: Glenshane Road, bt47 6sb Derry/Londonderry, United Kingdom

Legal status: public

Total budget: EUR 1 452 939.75

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Summary

Project name (EN): Multiple Adverse Childhood Experiences

Project acronym: MACE

Project start date: 2017-01-01

Project end date: 2020-12-31

Project status: closed

Total budget/expenditure: EUR 5 010 240.11

Total EU funding (amount): EUR 4 258 704.09

Co-financing sources:

ERDF: Amount, .

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2014 - 2020 INTERREG V-A United Kingdom-Ireland (Ireland-Northern Ireland-Scotland)

Last month that data in keep.eu was retrieved from the Programme's website or received from the Programme

2022-11-16

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33 / 33 (100%)

No. of project partnerships in keep.eu / Total no. of project partnerships (% of project partnerships in keep.eu)

175 / 175 (100%)

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Information provided by the Programme. Data of four projects (FASTER, ISIMPATHY, Sea Monitor, ONSIDE and SWELL_2) was retrieved by Interact from the programme´s website on the 2021-09-15 and 2022-11-15. Specific objectives were derived from Thematic objectives. Regarding partners data only main partners is available. Achievements were retrieved by Interact from the Programme website (https://www.seupb.eu/iva-overview), or a website directly linked from it, on 2021-11-17, 2023-02-01 and 2024 03 20.

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Multiple Adverse Childhood Experiences

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