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RFA Jeopardy! - Enhancing Resource Family Awareness

Engage in an interactive Jeopardy session to learn about resource family requirements, laws, practices, and impacts on children in care. Enhance your understanding for better youth support!

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RFA Jeopardy! - Enhancing Resource Family Awareness

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  1. RFA Jeopardy!

  2. RFA Jeopardy! • GO TO FINAL OUTCOMES JEOPARDY!

  3. Tick-Tock for 10 • January 1, 2017

  4. Tick-Tock for 20 • December 31, 2019

  5. Tick-Tock for 30 • 90 days

  6. Tick-Tock for 40 • No longer that one year

  7. Before and After for 10 • Chaptered on October 11, 2015; Chapter 773, Statutes • of 2015 and expanded on requirements of RFA.

  8. Before and After for 20 • Statute requiring the California Department of Social Services (CDSS), in consultation with county child welfare agencies, including Juvenile Probation, foster parent associations, and other interested community parties to implement RFA.

  9. Before and After for 30 • Mandates to follow for Resource Families approved by Counties and have the same force and effect as regulations.

  10. Before and After for 40 • Ensure staff have appropriate education and experience • Approve and Deny Resource Family applications • Rescind Resource Family approvals • Monitor Resource Families on a continual basis

  11. It’s the Law for 10 • Application, Home Environment Assessment, Permanency Assessment

  12. It’s the Law for 20 • Pre-approval training, Psychosocial assessment, “Other” activities

  13. It’s the Law for 30 • AAP, ARC, QPI, and RPPS

  14. It’s the Law for 40 • A person under 18 placed with or who is being considered for placement with a Resource Family by a placement agency with or without a court order.

  15. Practice Paradise for 10 • Intended to provide all children/youth in care with a “normal” life experience, empower the resource family to encourage youth to engage in extracurricular activities that promote child well-being, and allow for parenting decisions to be made by the resource family

  16. Practice Paradise for 20 • Exposure to multiple or prolonged traumatic events • Impact of this exposure on development • Begins in early childhood and occurs within the primary caregiving system.

  17. Practice Paradise for 30 • Can be used to facilitate conversations and guide decisions to better support children and families.

  18. Practice Paradise for 40 • Increase self-awareness of personal biases and perceptions and engage in a life-long self-reflective process about how to put these biases aside and learn from others

  19. What it’s All About!! • Final RFA Jeopardy!

  20. What It’s All About!Final RFA Jeopardy! • By providing this, resource families will be better able to meet the needs of the youth in care and get to permanence quicker through more purposeful placements.

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