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MERCED COUNTY LINKAGES

MERCED COUNTY LINKAGES. Ana Pagan, Director Merced County Human Services Agency. Presented by: Brenda Castillo & Marta Echevarria. VISION~ “We Fight Poverty & Abuse”. Established early Source of all decisions and actions Simple Powerful Aggressive Clear. PHILOSOPHY~.

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MERCED COUNTY LINKAGES

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  1. MERCED COUNTY LINKAGES Ana Pagan, Director Merced County Human Services Agency Presented by: Brenda Castillo & Marta Echevarria

  2. VISION~“We Fight Poverty & Abuse” • Established early • Source of all decisions and actions • Simple • Powerful • Aggressive • Clear

  3. PHILOSOPHY~ • Holistic Approach to Families • Innovative • Collaborative • Integrated • Empower Self-sufficiency • Best Practice “Give a man a fish and he will eat for a day. Teach a man to fish and he will eat for a lifetime.” --Chinese Proverb

  4. Engage early and often No boundaries Holistic approach Empowerment Encourage innovation COORDINATED CASE PLAN MODEL Effective people are not problem-minded; they're opportunity-minded. They feed opportunities and starve problems. --Stephen Covey

  5. COORDINATED CASE PLAN MODEL • Co-location • Coordinated Case Plans • Home visits • All CWS referrals screened • Confidentiality Live out of your imagination, not your history --Stephen Covey

  6. LINKAGES TEAMS~ • Co-located in Child Welfare • Outstations • 1 Employment & Training Worker & 1 Eligibility Worker plus SWs, HVs, DR • Smaller Caseloads • Weekly Staffings • Training

  7. CASE STUDY: CHRISTINA • Age: 32 • Status: Single White Female • Children: 1 daughter – 3 yrs old • Issues: • Methamphetamines • Domestic Violence • Gangs • Drug lab • Welfare abuse

  8. CASE STUDY: CHRISTINA • Arrested in 10/2005 – Drugs • Child removed & placed in foster care • Released from jail in 12/2005 • Non-compliant • Services required – Child Welfare • AOD • Domestic Violence • Parenting

  9. CASE STUDY: CHRISTINA • Prior to Linkages: • No hope • Did not want to participate • Did not want to reunify • Living with previous associations

  10. ENGAGED THROUGH LINKAGES • Handholding concept • Changed perspective • Personal attention • Cheerleading • – 1-on-1 motivation • Transportation • Communication • Coordinated services • Homeless Assistance • Reunified within 11 months • Completed CWS requirements • Completed Welfare to Work requirements • Completed Employment Assessment • Vocational Training

  11. WHAT DOES SUCCESS LOOK LIKE? • Hope • Reunification & preservation of families • Training, Education & Employment • Improved Work Participation Rates (WPR) • Self-sufficiency • Support systems in the community • NO reentry to CWS • HSA viewed as community partner • Integrated services throughout agency—no wrong door

  12. QUESTIONS OR COMMENTS? “Be creative. Use unconventional thinking. And have the guts to carry it out.” --Lee Iacocca

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