Building Child Welfare and Mental Health Partnerships to Improve Well-Being

1. Katie A. Learning CollaborativeFor Audio, please call:1-888-398-2342Participant code: 708638Please mute your phone Building Child Welfare and Mental Health Partnerships to Improve Well-Being

2. Objectives for today’s webinar • Overview of the learning collaborative objectives and process • Review the structure and timelines of the learning collaborative • Discuss preparation for the October 28th meeting • Questions and answers

3. Vision and Mission of the Core Practice Model when implemented • Improve the safety, stability, well-being, and permanency of our children, youth, and families • Application of the Core Practice Model will create a process by which communication is strength-based, culturally competent, collaborative, empowering, and goal-focused. This model will result in the use of timely, effective services in the most natural setting possible in order to achieve each child, youth, and family’s individualized goals. • Increase collaboration between the child welfare and mental health systems.

4. Katie A. Settlement Agreement • Requires timely access to mental health services in all California counties for children in the child welfare system. • Calls for a redesign of the interface between child welfare and mental health agencies, and identification of supports that are needed to implement the Core Practice Model -- in a sustainable manner -- across the state.

5. What will we accomplish through the learning collaborative? • Articulate state–level priorities for implementation of the CPM, including Intensive Care Coordination (ICC)and Intensive Home-Based Services (IHBS) • Learn from implementation, including identification of barriers and solutions that can be disseminated to the rest of the state • Share regional perspectives with the state • Identify needed resources and supports for training and implementation across the state

6. What will the learning collaborative accomplish, continued? • Develop training and implementation tools to assist with statewide implementation • Establish a communication strategy that coordinates statewide and county-level training & implementation • Establish the collection of data to track outcomes consistent with the vision of the implementation of the CPM

7. The Learning Collaborative will focus on the following areas of the CPM, as well as other county-specified areas FOUNDATIONS OF THE CORE PRACTICE MODEL • Cross-system Collaboration • Teaming • Trauma-Informed Practice

8. The Learning Collaborative will focus on the following areas of the CPM (Cont.) CORE PRACTICE MODEL COMPONENTS • Family Engagement and how we can engage families in the process • Screening and Assessment • Service Planning and Implementation • Monitoring • Transition SERVICE ARRAY/RECONFIGURATION

9. Principles • Commitment to collaboration across the child welfare and mental health systems • Good communication between the state and the counties • Peer to peer sharing across regions and the state • An inclusive process that mirrors collaborative child welfare and mental health practice

10. Who participates and for how long? • Regional cohorts, and the LC, lasts approximately 18 months bringing together representatives from the fields of mental health, child welfare, stakeholders from among parent, youth, community and Tribal partners, and subject matter experts. Subject Matter Experts • Provide technical assistance to help design, implement, and track innovative solutions. • Provide technical assistance in person at learning sessions and between sessions via conference calls, email, and web interaction.

11. Initial county cohort by region

12. Statewide Leadership TeamState & County Leaders in Child Welfare & Mental Health;State-level Stakeholders; Training Partners; Subject Experts • Articulate state-level priorities for the LC • Plan the LC process • Share regional perspectives with the state • Identify common barriers to implementation around the state

13. Statewide Leadership Team • Identify needed resources and supports for training and implementation across the state • Identify training and implementation tools to assist with statewide implementation • Establish a communication plan that coordinates statewide and county-level training implementation • Establish a plan for data collection

14. Roles of the Initial Cohort Counties • Form a Leadership Team to guide statewide implementation and participate in the Statewide Leadership Team • Participate in Regional Learning Sessions to guide regional implementation • Form a county-level Implementation Team to guide local implementation • directs and monitors training and implementation efforts • comprised of a broad – based membership from the child welfare and mental health fields, training and facilitation partners, stakeholders (such as parents, youth, and Tribal representatives) subject matter experts, fiscal and legal consultants and specialists in implementation science

15. County Implementation Team • It is recommended that each county identify “core” team members who are responsible and accountable for day– to–day implementation tasks and “extended” team members who provide additional recommendations, consultation, and other forms of support.

16. Sequencing of the LC process • 1st Statewide Leadership Team Oct 28th, 2013 • Regional Learning sessions occur Dec 2013 – February 2014 • Regional Learning sessions occur March 2014 – June 2014 • 2nd Statewide Leadership Team July, 2014 • Regional Learning sessions occur Oct 2014 – Feb 2015 • 3rd Statewide Leadership Team between Feb – April 2015

17. Preparation for the first Statewide Leadership Team • Who Should Attend from Each County? • Space is limited; counties will have an opportunity for broader involvement of their staff in the regional learning collaborative process. Participation in this event should therefore be limited to child welfare and mental health leadership who are most familiar with your county’s plans to meet the requirements of the Katie A. Settlement Agreement. • A maximum of four (4) attendees for each of the 17 counties may attend.

18. Objectives of the first Statewide Leadership Team • Learn about common themes that counties identified as part of their Katie A. Readiness Assessments and Service Delivery Plans; • Review and provide feedback on tools that will assist you in your county implementation, and identify what additional tools would be helpful; • Engage in, and assist in, planning for the upcoming regional and statewide learning collaborative process.

19. Draft AGENDA For October 28th, 2013 LC • Welcome – CDSS, DHCS, CalSWEC and CFPIC • Keynote speaker – Dr. John Stirling • Overview of the LC process and what we have learned through the Readiness Assessments and Service Delivery Plans – Chadwick Center • Regional breakout groups • Discussion in affinity groups and/or topical groups • Closure and next steps