Child Welfare Services (CWS) 2 Profile of CWS in El Dorado County 2012 2013 2014 442 426 417 167 or 38% 157 or 37% 130 or 31% 268 253 211 New CWS Cases 0-5 137 or 51% 121 or 48% 85 or 40% CWS Investigations 2488 2692 2446 Children in Care Children in Care 0-5 New CWS Cases 3 CWS Division Systemic Factors 2013 55%* 2014 15%* Social Worker Caseloads Low 30s Low 20s Social Worker Vacancy Rate 30.3% 12.3% Social Worker Turnover Rate * Rates are Approximate 4 Federal Child and Family Services Review (CFSR) and State Performance Indicators • CFSR – Federal standards developed by the Administration of Children and Families (ACF) to evaluate the performance of child welfare services nationally. • State Performance Indicators –These include the CFSR measures and additional performance indicators developed by the State. • The California Child Welfare Indicators Project (CCWIP) –A collaborative venture between the University of California at Berkeley (UCB) and the California Department of Social Services (CDSS). 5 HHSA – CWS Meets or Exceeds the National and State Standards in the following Measures: • No Maltreatment in Foster Care • No Recurrence of Maltreatment in Foster Care • Reentry into Foster Care Following Reunification • In the past year, this measure has improved from 23.1 % to 8.8% • Adoption Within 12 Months (17 Months In Care) • Exits to Permanency (24 Months in Care) • Exits to Permanency (Permanency Established prior to Age 18) • In Care Three Years or Longer (Permanency Established prior to Age 18) • Referrals by Time to Investigation (Immediate) • In the past year, this measure has improved from 94.1 % to 98.0% • Social Worker Contacts (Monthly Face-to-Face Visits with Children in Care) • Health and Education Passport 6 HHSA – CWS Falls Below the National and State Standards in the Following Measures: In the measures where we are not exceeding the national standard, we are seeing overall positive trends year to date and when compared to 2013/14 data. • Reunification Within 12 Months (Exit Cohort) • Reunification Within 12 Months (Entry Cohort) Both of these measures are affected by the Rate of Reentry measure, where HHSA exceeds the national standard. • • • • • Adoption Within 24 Months (Exit Cohort) Legally Free Within Six Months (17 Months In Care) Adoption Within 12 Months (Legally Free) Placement Stability (Eight Days to 12 Months in Care) Placement Stability (12 Months to 24 Months In Care) HHSA is just below the national standard in both of the above measures, and we have seen significant improvement in Placement Stability (12 Months to 24 Months In Care) over the last year. • Placement Stability (Over 24 Months In Care) This is a difficult measure systemically to child welfare, and the State average in this measure is below the national standard. • Referrals by Time to Investigation (10-day) HHSA has seen significant improvement in this area over the last year, and we are on target to meet the State’s goal in this measure within this calendar year. 7 The Federal CSFR Measures Have Changed! New Federal CWS Performance Measures for CFSR Round 3: • Permanency in 12 months for children entering foster care • Permanency in 12 months for children in care 12-23 months • Permanency in 12 months for children in care 24 months or • • • • more Re-entry to foster care in 12 months Recurrence of maltreatment Placement stability Maltreatment in foster care 8 County System Improvement Plan • Under California’s CWS accountability system, all 58 counties receive quarterly data reports on their outcomes in the areas of safety, permanency and well-being of children and families who come into contact with the child welfare system. The baseline performance data is gathered for each county and also made available to the public. • The current SIP is a five-year plan that began in 2012 and runs through October of 2017 • The county will engage in a new self-assessment process in 2016 9 CAPIT What is CAPIT? • CAPIT is the Child Abuse Prevention, Intervention and Treatment Program designed to fund the prevention, intervention and treatment of child abuse in California. Priority for services shall be given to: • Children who are at high risk, including: • Children being served by county welfare departments for abuse and neglect. • Children referred for services by legal, medical, or social service agencies. • Minority populations • Projects and services related to the needs of children, especially children under 14 years of age. 10 CAPIT Priority shall be given to prevention programs through: • Nonprofit agencies, including where appropriate, programs that identify and provide services to: • Isolated families, particularly those with children five years of age or younger; • High quality home visiting programs based on research-based models of best practice; • Services to child victims of crime. Services may include, but not be limited to: Parent education and support programs Services provided through home visiting programs Mental health services Transportation Respite services Individual, group, and family counseling Domestic violence services Disability services Early developmental screening and assessment Day care 11 PSSF The primary goals of the Promoting Safe and Stable Families (PSSF) Program are to prevent the unnecessary separation of children from their families, improve the quality of care and services to children and their families, and ensure permanency for children by reuniting them with their parents, by adoption, or by another permanent living arrangement. The PSSF funding is used to support services to strengthen parental relationships and promote healthy marriages, to improve parenting skills and increase relationship skills within the family to prevent child abuse and neglect, while also promoting timely family reunification when children must be separated from their parents for their own safety. 12 PSSF Services may include, but not be limited to: Parent education and support programs Individual, group, and family counseling Substance abuse treatment services Domestic violence services Mental health services Services to afford children a safe, stable, and supportive family environment Community‐based services to promote the Early developmental screening and safety and well‐being of children and assessment families Pre‐ and post‐adoptive services Programs to increase the strength and stability of families 13 CAPIT and PSSF Allocations • The CAPIT program was realigned in 2011 and is part of the annual CWS allocation $81,308 for FY 2014/15 • PSSF programs are federally funded through annual allocation $96,708 for FY 2014/15 • CAPIT and PSSF funds are designated to programs outlined in the County’s SIP through 2017. 14 CWS: Promising Practices HHSA is engaged in a variety of continuous quality improvement efforts working to meet and exceed the CSFR goals and improve the delivery of services to children and families being served by CWS. CSFR • HHSA will continue to utilize Structured Decision Making (SDM) and Safety Organized Practice (SOP). • All CPS supervisors have been trained in SafeMeasures® and have incorporated SafeMeasures® into their unit supervision. • HHSA will continue to collaborate with the CDSS Office of Outcomes and Accountability to develop strategies to improve in all CSFR measures. CWS Programs FYHT Task Force Katie A. Implementation Multidisciplinary Death Review Team (MDRT) Foster Family Task Force Community Based Organizations (CBO) Collaboration Meetings Foster Family Agency (FFA) Collaboration Meetings Family Unification Program (Housing) CFSR Quality Analysis Program Voluntary Family Maintenance Program Pilot Programs: Linkages, CFSR Quality Assurance Initiative, CSEC/PACT Grant, the Joint Jurisdictional Court (Miwok Tribe), and the Dual Status Youth Program – Models for Change
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