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San Luis Obispo County Linkages

San Luis Obispo County Linkages. Welcome. Belinda Benassi Child Welfare Services Program Manager CalWORKs and Child Welfare Services Linkages Coordinator Julie Lemen Information Technology Team Senior Software Engineer. Agenda. San Luis Obispo County Demographics

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San Luis Obispo County Linkages

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  1. San Luis Obispo County Linkages

  2. Welcome Belinda Benassi Child Welfare Services Program Manager CalWORKs and Child Welfare Services Linkages Coordinator Julie Lemen Information Technology Team Senior Software Engineer

  3. Agenda • San Luis Obispo County • Demographics • Linkages in SLO County • One Door Model • Data Collection Systems • Co-Case Management Tool • Linkages Database • CalWORKs/Emergency Response Linkages Referral Notice • Demonstration • Questions

  4. San Luis Obispo County

  5. Demographics • We are a smaller, largely rural county with a total population of 269,637 residents . • The medium household income is: $55,638(2009) • California: $58,925 • The poverty rate in SLO: 13.2% (2009) • California: 14.2% (2009) • Current unemployment: 9% (May 2011) • Expensive place to live • Median home price: $513,460 (Jan 2011) • Average 2 bedroom apartment: $1,081/month • Section 8 waiting list: 1988 on the waiting list as of January 2011. The list is currently closed. Sources: 2010 US Census, 2011 SLO Economic Profile, ca.gov, CA Association of Realtors and SLO County Housing Authority

  6. Department of Social ServicesFive Regional Offices

  7. Regional Manager Employment Services Supervisors Social Worker Supervisors Adult Services Supervisors Employment Resource Specialists/IVs Social Workers Social Workers Regional Offices: Integrated Approach

  8. Participant Services and Child Welfare Services • Participant Services Components: • CalWORKs/Welfare-to-Work/CalFresh/Medi-Cal • Foster Care/CalFresh/Medi-cal • General Assistance/CalFresh/Medi-cal • Child Welfare Service Components: • Hotline/Intake • Emergency Response • Dependency Investigations • Family Maintenance/Family Reunification/Permanent Placement • Licensing • Adoptions • Participant Services and Child Welfare Services staff are co-located in each office and Linkages is emphasized in our departmental structure.

  9. Linkages: One Door Model

  10. Community Partnership and Resources • Domestic Violence services • Mental Health services • Drug & Alcohol services • Parent Connection • Father Involvement groups • Parent Mentors • Employment Opportunities • Housing services • Supportive Services • Family Advocates • Youth support • Transportation • Food Bank • In-Home care • Counseling services • Child & Adult care By coordinating CalWORKs & CWS, we enhance the family’s ability to access other resources earlier, such as:

  11. Data Collection Process CalWin ( CW & WTW) (daily process) CalWORKs SDM (weekly process) Linkages (daily process) County receives updates from the state to the CIS database County receives updates from CRC every Monday CalWIN CWS/CMS SMART Linkages Database DSS Net Database Server Co-Case Management Tool

  12. Co-Case Management Tool

  13. Data Collection Demonstration

  14. Questions ??

  15. Thank You Belinda Benassi 805-781-1841 Julie Lemen 805-781-1613

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