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Strategic Planning Collaborative With The Casey Family Program

Strategic Planning Collaborative With The Casey Family Program. Diana J. English PhD Casey Family Programs. CFP 2020 Goals – Reduction and Reinvestment. Safely reduce the number of children in foster care by 50 percent by the year 2020

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Strategic Planning Collaborative With The Casey Family Program

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  1. Strategic Planning Collaborative With The Casey Family Program Diana J. English PhD Casey Family Programs

  2. CFP 2020 Goals – Reduction and Reinvestment • Safely reduce the number of children in foster care by 50 percent by the year 2020 • Reinvest savings to strengthen families and improve the child welfare system • Improve the path to self-sufficiency for youth in foster care through a focus on well-being–specifically education, employment, and mental health

  3. DHS/CFP Colloboration • September 2007 – Casey/DHS developed strategic planning relationship • Extension and follow-up of CWLA/DHS work related to placement of children with relative/kin – Hawaii Placement Decision Review Study. • Integration of study findings and CFP 20/20 goals

  4. DHS/Casey Collaboration • Strategic Planning • Multi-year investment • Planning/oversight committee – line, supervisory, management staff and community members • Staff/community input • Collaboration with community partners • Staged strategies to address recommendations • Review, evaluation, adjustment to plans

  5. Hawaii DHS Strategic Planning - Background • Training on Kinship Care • Recommendation for systematic review of children in foster care – Hawaii Placement Decision Review Study • 100% review – • Age and race/ethnicity • Caregiver and child risk issues, service need, service availability, caregiver engagement, likely resolution • Type, reason for placement, reason not with kin, service need • Family connectivity, kin involvement in decision-making • Sensitivity of care giving (kin and general license foster care) • Court issues

  6. Strategic Plan –Selected Findings • Disproportionate placement NH and part-NH children • Key risk factors (substance abuse, parenting skills, mental health/emotional functioning, domestic violence, motivation, recognition) • Low engagement in services, low likelihood of risk resolution, same factors present in previous case • Low placement of siblings together, weekly visits • Variations in basic needs met by age group for children/youth in relative/kin and licensed foster care, need for support services for relative/kin • Adolescent issues related to mental health problems, aggressive and delinquent behaviors, sexually reactive/aggressive and other emotional/behavior

  7. Summary Recommendations • Address disproportionate placements (entry, exits, re-entry) • Examine factors related to staff turnover and develop retention strategies • Improve assessment, case planning and client engagement • Celebrate successes and address factors related to sibling placement • Increase visitation for children/families who do not have regular contact

  8. Summary Recommendations • Increase recruitment and placement of children in Native Hawaiian homes • Improve match between risk/need and services for families as well as relative/kin and licensed foster care providers. • Improve Independent Living services for youth preparing for independence • Develop performance based contracts • Develop practice model • Increase placement stability • Evaluate differential response

  9. Summary Recommendations • System review to promote cross-section and cross-Island consistency in practice • Incorporate findings with other action plans currently in process in DHS and monitor implementation

  10. Work in Process • Develop Practice Model to reflect collaborative model of practice • Improve assessments – rapid assessment pilot projects • Improve collaboration with Native Hawaiian community – keeping children connected with their community – community meetings • Analysis of current practice to decrease number of children entering DHS services, increase number of children remaining with families, and decrease re-entries for those children removed from home.

  11. Work in Process • Analysis of match between risk/need and services available • Improve youth and family engagement strategies – obtain youth, family, provider, community input • Review of Independent Living Program, staff assessment of youth needs and case planning for independence • Technical assistance related to performance/outcome based contracts

  12. Ongoing Work • Integration of strategic planning work with CFSR • Collaboration on development of accountability strategies and continuous, sustainable improvements • Development of ongoing strategies to partner with the youth, families, community and other government and community agencies serving children and families in Hawaii • Develop strategies to address other Strategic Plan recommendations

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