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Georgia foster care: IV-E Waivers and The Fiscal Picture

Georgia foster care: IV-E Waivers and The Fiscal Picture. November 25, 2013. The IV-E Waiver and Georgia Foster Care Financing. The IV -E Waiver Opportunity Requirements Timing IV-E Waiver and Georgia It’s possible, and has benefits DFCS Out-of-Home Care financing

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Georgia foster care: IV-E Waivers and The Fiscal Picture

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  1. Georgia foster care:IV-E Waivers and The Fiscal Picture November 25, 2013

  2. The IV-E Waiver and Georgia Foster Care Financing • The IV-E Waiver Opportunity • Requirements • Timing • IV-E Waiver and Georgia • It’s possible, and has benefits • DFCS Out-of-Home Care financing • Loss of state funds of $50M • $70 million problem • Questionable sustainability • Loss of dollars leads to less contracting possibilities that support great outcomes

  3. DFCS Foster Care Financing We’re in a financial thunderstorm, with a chance of hail.

  4. Foster Care (aka Out of Home Care) Budgets 2008-CurrentLoss of state funds by year compared to the children in foster care A drop in state funds, another loss in IV-E and the hole filled with TANF There were 7,695 children under the age of 18 in foster care as of 10/31/2013; 414 over the age of 18 who had signed themselves back into care. As state funds decrease, IV-E funds decrease, and corresponding with the number of IV-E eligible children – approx. 41%.

  5. Buying Outcomes with New Resources • How We Can Get the Outcomes We Expect • Reinvest the lost funding and leverage federal IV-E • Listen Well, Design Well, Make it Georgia-specific • Are there benefits to privatized systems? • Yes • Examples to learn from and apply to Georgia • IV-E waivers help, but are not required

  6. How Can It Be Done? • Public/Private Partnership Group • Listening sessions and a system design workgroup • Outlines the Contracts Design and Accountability • Objective: Measure outcomes, not process and activities, and “buy well” • Fund the Plan • With a comprehensive plan developed, new investment is then needed. State and IV-E supports the plan, with TANF funds for early intervention and aftercare • When • New Contracts could go live July 2015

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