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2007 NASAP Annual Working Meeting “Enhancing Permanency for Youth”

2007 NASAP Annual Working Meeting “Enhancing Permanency for Youth”. Wednesday, October 24, 2007 8:30 a.m. – 9:30 a.m., Arlington, Virginia. The Mission of the NRC-CWDT.

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2007 NASAP Annual Working Meeting “Enhancing Permanency for Youth”

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  1. 2007 NASAP Annual Working Meeting “Enhancing Permanency for Youth” Wednesday, October 24, 2007 8:30 a.m. – 9:30 a.m., Arlington, Virginia

  2. The Mission of the NRC-CWDT The mission of the National Resource Center for Child Welfare Data and Technology is to assist States, Courts and Tribes with their use of data and technology to improve outcomes for children and families.

  3. Services Provided by the NRC-CWDT • The NRC-CWDT Provides On-site Technical Assistance, for Example: • Detailed AFCARS Data Analysis • Detailed Analysis of the State Data Profile • Analysis of existing state reports • Facilitation of meetings with State Program Staff to develop local solutions • Detailed TA of Child Welfare programs to extract meaningful data for program improvement

  4. Products/Tools Provided by the NRC-CWDT • The NRC-CWDT Provides a Wide Range of Products/Tools • for Example: • State Data Profile Guide to the Elements • CFSR Introductory PowerPoint Presentations for Stakeholders, Program Staff and Technical Staff • AFCARS Fact Sheets • Tips Tools and Trends • NRC-CWDT Website

  5. Keys to Tracking Permanency • Agency’s Working Relationship with the Court • Agency’s Definition of the TPR Dates vs. Federal definitions vs. the Courts • Automated Information System’s Ability to Track Critical Data Elements, such as, TPR Dates • How is TPR Date Defined and Understood by Agency Staff • Other Data Issues

  6. Keys to Tracking Permanency Timeliness of entering critical data Capturing Critical Permanency Data Using Data to Measure Time to Permanency Using Data to Measure Time to Adoption

  7. CFSR OutcomeTimeliness and Permanency of Reunification • Timeliness of reunification • Percentage of exits in less than 12 months • Median length of stay • Percentage of entry cohort reunified in 12 months • Permanency of reunification • Percentage of exits to reunification that re-enter in 12 months

  8. CFSR OutcomeTimeliness of Adoptions • Timeliness of adoptions of children discharged from foster care • % exiting to adoption in less than 24 months • Exits to adoption, median length of stay • Progress toward adoption for children in foster care for 17 months or longer • % in care 17+ months, adopted by the end of the year • % in care 17+ months legally freed within 6 months • Progress toward adoption of children legally free for adoption • Children legally freed for adoption and adopted in less than 12 months

  9. CFSR OutcomeAchieving Permanency for Children in Foster Care for Long Periods of Time • Achieving Permanency for Children in Foster Care for Long Periods of Time • Achieving Permanency for Children Growing up in Foster Care

  10. How can the NATIONAL RESOURCE CENTER for CHILD WELFARE DATA AND TECHNOLOGY help Adoption Managers?

  11. By assisting States in identifying and correcting data related to the number of finalized adoptions in relation to Adoption Incentives. • By assisting States to identify errors in AFCARS that may affect data used in the Child and Family Services Reviews, including calculations of the states comparison with the national standards.

  12. By assisting in developing additional measures the State may want to track. • By assisting States in analyzing data trends.

  13. By assisting in the development of reports that will give information needed--for the agency to determine the outcomes for children being served--to you for planning and monitoring your program--and to the field in order to manage and monitor their work. • By assisting in identifying management units—supervisory groups, counties, districts, or regions that are performing well or that may have challenges and need help.

  14. The NRC-CWDT can help you and/or your agency in analyzing data in areas such as: • Permanency: Who is achieving permanency? When? What kind of permanency are they achieving? • Is it lasting? • Permanency goals: Are permanency goals being achieved timely and accurately? • If not, why?

  15. Recruitment and Retention of Adoptive/Foster Homes: Looking at such factors as the location of kids coming into care; the demographics of kids coming into care and the needs of kids in care so that you can recruit foster/adoptive homes that will meet these children’s needs. • Better matching of children and foster homes will also improve retention of foster homes.

  16. Questions or Comments? Please submit questions for the Q&A Follow-up to: spauldingwebcast@gmail.com Click on the link located lower right to start.

  17. Gene Thompson (405) 604-9762 gthompson@cwla.org Contact Information For more resources and tools, please visit www.nrccwdt.org

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