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Travis County Collaborative For Children

Travis County Collaborative For Children. Travis County Collaborative for Children An intensive, multi-year, multi-partner, multi-million-dollar initiative aimed at transforming the model of care for foster children and dramatically improving their lives and outcomes. Key Objectives

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Travis County Collaborative For Children

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  1. Travis County Collaborative For Children

  2. Travis County Collaborative for Children • An intensive, multi-year, multi-partner, multi-million-dollar initiative aimed at transforming the model of care for foster children and dramatically improving their lives and outcomes • Key Objectives • Equip a network of individuals in the Travis County foster care system, with TBRI® principles and practices. • Establish an effective, ongoing, support system for this network of caregivers, volunteers and professionals. • Recruit new foster families and support existing foster families who implement TBRI® as part of a trauma-informed nurturing approach to foster care. • Promote changes in public policy and court practice that support the infusion of TBRI®-informed principles and practices into child placement and related decisions.

  3. Why Travis County? • Strong relationships by TCU Institute of Child Development (ICD) with key CPS, court, and nonprofit child welfare leaders • In the shadow of the state capitol where a successful initiative will garnerpolicy-maker attention • 3,029 children in Austin were in substitute care as of August 31, 2013* • For children in the Austin area who were adopted from the child welfare system, the average time in foster care was 30.6 months* • Children who were adopted by non-relatives had an average of 3 different placements prior to adoption* • Children who stayed in foster care until they aged out had an average of 7.5 different placements prior to being emancipated * *Source: 2013 DFPS Databook

  4. A Common Vision and Goals Travis County Collaborative for Children Our Vision: Children in foster care in Travis County will achieve dramatic healing and will find truly permanent, nurturing families more quickly than the stateaverage. Our Goals: • Reduce total time in care for children in the system; reduce total number of placements; raise up more healing foster families • Create a collaborative, supportive network of care based on proven TBRI® caregiving principles and practices • Enhance advocacy efforts to change policies and practices in CPS and across the system based on new research data acquired during the project and through convening relevant stakeholders.

  5. Project Leadership and Coordination • TCU Institute of Child Development (overall project leadership and sponsorship) • Greenlights for Nonprofit Success (project coordination) • Advisory Council • Gail Biro, DePelchin Children's Center • Ann Bradford, Center for Children and Families • Judge Byrne, Travis County District Court • Cathy Cockerham, Texas CASA • Moe Dozier, Methodist Children's Home • Richard LaVallo, Disability Rights Texas • Jorge Gonzalez, STAR Health • Estela Medina, Travis County Juvenile Court • Karen Rogers, Cenpatico • Pam Sigman, Travis County Court Appointed Family Advocates • Noemi Smithroat, STAR Health • Mia Sneed, Travis County Office of Parental Representation • Randy Spencer, Presbyterian Children's Homes and Services • Ann Stanley, Casey Family Programs • Steering Committee • Nichole Aston, Michael & Susan Dell Foundation • Daniel Capouch, Department of Family & Protective Services • Mike Foster, Pathways • Judge Hathaway, Travis County District Court • Ted Keyser, Helping Hand Home for Children • Julie Kouri, Church & Community Equipping • Sarah Mercado, Caring Family Network/DePelchin Children's Center • Ingrid Vogel, Child Protective Services Region 7 • Laura Wolf, CASA of Travis County • Our Leadership Teams

  6. Core Partners • Child Protective Services • CASA of Travis County • A World for Children • Austin Children's Shelter • Caring Family Network (Depelchin Chldren's Center) • Helping Hand Home for Children • STARRY, Inc. • The Settlement Home for Children • Our Partners • Supporting Partners • 35 additional organizations, representing clinicians, child placing agencies, residential treatment centers advocates, attorneys, schools and other

  7. Mutually Reinforcing Services Training& Equipping Collaboration Building Support & Advocacy Caregiving & Healing Influence the building of an improved system of caregiving (clinical, educational, faith-based, and otherwise) for kids Influence changes in public policy,child welfare and court practices Improve recruiting, equipping, and supporting ofhigh-quality foster families Kids in Care Achieve dramatic healing and truly permanent, nurturing families more quickly than the stateaverage.

  8. Collaborative Activities to Date Fall 2013 Winter 2013/14 Spring 2014 Summer 2014 and beyond

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