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Partnershipping

Partnershipping. What is Together Georgia?. Support statewide currently over 150 programs Training Information Sharing (state and national) Networking/Collaborating Lobbying/Advocating Consultation An alliance of service providers representing all sectors of child and family services

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Partnershipping

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  1. Partnershipping

  2. What is Together Georgia? • Support statewide currently over 150 programs • Training • Information Sharing (state and national) • Networking/Collaborating • Lobbying/Advocating • Consultation • An alliance of service providers representing all sectors of child and family services • Congregate Care (Group Homes, PRTFs…) • Child Placement Agencies (Foster Homes) • Family Preservation/Support Services

  3. My Journey • BSW from GSU and MSW from UGA • Seven years at Elks Aidmore (CCI) in Conyers • 23 years at Inner Harbour (PRTF, CCI, After School Services, Wilderness Camp…) in Douglasville • Three years with DFCS (19 mths. as Director) • Three years at Together Georgia • 35+ years working in Georgia’s

  4. Private – Public Collaboration • Strongly share the common vision of offering the best possible services to Georgia’s children and families: “Becoming the Best Child Welfare System in the World” – Dir. Cagle • Providers and DHS have a long history of working together through good and challenging times!

  5. Working Together - Initiatives • Co-host Kinship Summits with DFCS and FFTA • Sponsor for the Home in 5 Partnership • Serve on DFCS’s Child Welfare Training Collaborative Advisory Board • Blue Print for Change Road Shows – Host the Providers’ Town Hall meetings • Support DHS’s Faith-Based Initiative work • Serve on DFCS’s Practice Model (SBC) Advisory Board

  6. Working Together – Recent Work Groups • CPA and CCI Rate Analysis • HR 1723 – How surveys and inspections can be more coordinated (ORC, DFCS, DJJ and providers) • Contract reviews and improvements ad hoc committee • Transitional age youth • DFCS Connect By 21 Initiative • Offer stakeholder feedback on federal plans (i.e., CFSR and PIPs)  • DFCS Common Referral Forms • Served on the Prudent Parenting Task Force

  7. Working Together - DFCS/Provider Collaborative Meetings • Co-facilitate DFCS/Provider Leadership meeting • Serve on Practice Matters and Service Matters planning committee

  8. Working Together - Broader Collaboratives • Inter-Agency Directors Team (IDT) • System of Care (SOC) • Members serve on the Child Welfare Reform Council • Georgia Youth Opportunity Initiative (GYOI) • ILP Workshop Advisory Board • VOICES for Children: GA-CAN & Just Georgia

  9. Working Together – Misc. • Monthly chapter meetings with a variety of sub-workgroups and interactions • Share with providers all DHS-DFCS communications (i.e., GaScore) • Georgia Conference on Children and Families (GCCF) – Nov. 2-4 in Augusta • Coordinate the Quarterly New Provider Orientation with ORC, DFCS, DJJ and Empowerment • Annual executive retreat – Commissioner attended • Connecting DHS staff and community providers as needed • Always a resource for problem-solving best solutions!

  10. Comments or Questions?

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