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Permanency Committee Report: The Family Finding and Engagement (FFE) Toolkit

Permanency Committee Report: The Family Finding and Engagement (FFE) Toolkit. Child Welfare Council June 11 th , 2014 Barrett Johnson, LCSW | Sevuaghn Banks, Ph.D. Today’s Conversation. A very brief primer on CalSWEC Context – Implementing effectively in child welfare

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Permanency Committee Report: The Family Finding and Engagement (FFE) Toolkit

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  1. Permanency Committee Report: The Family Finding and Engagement (FFE) Toolkit Child Welfare Council June 11th, 2014 Barrett Johnson, LCSW | Sevuaghn Banks, Ph.D.

  2. Today’s Conversation • A very brief primer on CalSWEC • Context – Implementing effectively in child welfare • Background – Family Finding and Engagement (FFE) • History – The development of the FFE Toolkit • Demonstration - A tour of the toolkit • Questions/discussion

  3. CalSWEC in two slides. . . • Partnership between 22 schools of social work, CDSS, DHCS, counties (CWDA, CMHDA), Nat’l Assoc. of Social Wkrs, philanthropy, Regional Training Academies (RTAs) • Hosted by the UC Berkeley Social Welfare • Dedicated to developing a professional social service workforce to effectively serve California's diverse population. • Programs in Child Welfare, Aging, Mental Health

  4. CalSWEC in two slides (cont.) Child Welfare Programs • Title IV-E Stipend Program • Provides stipends and specialized curricula MSW and BSW students in exchange for a work obligation • RTA Coordination Project • Coordinates the Statewide Child Welfare training system, including development and evaluation of the Common Core Curricula. • Evaluation and Research • Supports practice innovation and implementation, and evaluation and research on workforce development and practice improvement.

  5. Context: Implementation and spread of effective or promising practices • We often develop programs that seem to produce good results, but we can’t tell exactly what made them work. • Replication of the good results/outcomes requires us to be specific about exactly what we are doing (i.e. what exactly is the intervention) • This is difficult to do in the exploratory stage, especially with highly innovative practices that don’t yet have an evidence base.

  6. Context: Implementation Issues, Cont. • We must BUILD evidence even as we innovate. • Implementation Science is a young field, and has largely focused on implementing practices that already have an evidence base.

  7. First steps to building evidence: Defining our practice • Manualizing and precisely defining our practices presents opportunities: • We can know better what works, and assess our performance more precisely. • We can spread and disseminate practices with more confidence that other people and organizations will do it right, and avoid unintended consequences.

  8. CalSWEC’s method for standardizing and disseminating Implementation Toolkits • Online collections of materials on specific practices with a standard set of components • Definitional Tools • Communication Tools • Training and Coaching Tools • Evaluation Tools • Policy Tools

  9. Background: Family Finding and Engagement What is it? • The practice of rigorously searching for and engaging extended family members and other supportive adults to establish an enduring support network for children(FFE Collaborative Team)

  10. Background: Family Finding and Engagement Why does it matter? • Promising practice to reduce and prevent out-of-home care. • Offers children already in care an opportunity to reconnect with extended family and other important people from whom they have become disconnected • Can foster permanency for children in long term care

  11. Background: Family Finding and Engagement Is it effective? • Preliminary studies show it to improve outcomes and reduce costs • We need to build evidence by conducting further studies.

  12. History: The Permanency Committee and the FFE Toolkit • Permanency Committee has been examining all types of statewide engagement practice models

  13. History: The Permanency Committee and the FFE Toolkit • FFE is integrated into many of the major reform efforts and initiatives currently underway

  14. History: The Permanency Committee and the FFE Toolkit • CWC adopted 2008 Permanency Committee Recommendations on FFE • RFP was issued to develop toolkit • Toolkit advisory group was formed, and the toolkit was developed by the winning bidder, American Humane Association (AHA) • Some delays due to contracting issues and reorganization at AHA

  15. Finally. . .the tour

  16. Finally. . . The Tour

  17. How to find it: URL: http://calswec.berkeley.edu/toolkits/family-finding-and-engagement-ffe-toolkit Search: FFE Toolkit CalSWEC

  18. Acknowledgements • Robin Allen • Sevaughn Banks • Leah Wilson • Crystal Lufberry • MarymichaelMiatovich • Bob Friend • Kathy Watkins • Pat Reynolds Harris Thanks to the following for assisting with the development of the toolkit:

  19. Questions?

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