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Foster Care Redesign: Region 3b Gretchen Fehrm , TDFPS Bill Lund, Covenant Kids

Foster Care Redesign: Region 3b Gretchen Fehrm , TDFPS Bill Lund, Covenant Kids Gary Buff, Our Community Our Kids/ACH Wayne Carson, Our Community Our Kids/ACH. Parker. Tarrant. Palo Pinto. Hood. Johnson. Erath. Somervell. Region 3b. The network. Foster Care Redesign.

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Foster Care Redesign: Region 3b Gretchen Fehrm , TDFPS Bill Lund, Covenant Kids

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  1. Foster Care Redesign: Region 3b • Gretchen Fehrm, TDFPS • Bill Lund, Covenant Kids • Gary Buff, Our Community Our Kids/ACH • Wayne Carson, Our Community Our Kids/ACH

  2. Parker Tarrant Palo Pinto Hood Johnson Erath Somervell Region 3b The network.

  3. Foster Care Redesign • Single Source Continuum Contractor (SSCC) • Performance Based Contract • Greater flexibility and local decision-making • Greater financial risk to SSCC • First Urban Implementation in Texas

  4. Foster Care Redesign • Selected Contract Details: • SSCC takes custody within 4 hours • Placement within 50 miles of home • No more than 2 moves per placement • Siblings placed together • 2,400 youth annually (system capacity about 1,400) • No eject/No reject referrals

  5. our research NEBRASKA FLORIDA KANSAS

  6. Ourapproach.

  7. Strong Network Of Providers • Engaged Partnership With DFPS • Focus On Contract Outcomes • Data Driven Decisions And Accountability • Strong Financial Management • Adaptability • Community Engagement • Robust Information Technology Systems

  8. CANS Assessment Plan of service review Plan of service created Child is removed from home. Child is placed with best match SSCC takes custody of child. Reunification, adoption or SIL Trauma Informed Care initial assessment Data entered in to ECAP 21 90 Our case timeline. Utilization Management 4 HRS

  9. What’s Different?

  10. Every Child A Priority ECAP Our technology.

  11. Quality Parenting initiative. • System change model • Improves quality of foster homes • Proven results • Leadership engaged

  12. MEMBERSHIP • Operations • Outcomes • Influence Decisions • LIKELY TOPICS • Intake/Matching • Quality Parenting Initiative • Contract Monitoring • Assist with Quality Improvement • processes Quality Committee

  13. Community Engagement.

  14. 323rd District Court • Alliance for Children • Children’s Alliance Center of Palo Pinto • Cook Children’s doctors and staff • DFW Alliance for Foster Care • Johnson County CASA • Johnson Co. Children’s Advocacy Center • Mental Health Connection of Tarrant Co • National Council for Adoption (NCFA) • Palo Pinto and Parker CASA • Paluxy River Children’s Advocacy Center • Tarrant County CASA • TDFPS program directors • Johnson County Judges • Parker County Judges • Palo Pinto County Judge • Children’s Medical Rees Jones clinic • All Region 3b State Representatives and Senators Community Engagement-presentations The network: development

  15. CONTRACT TERM • 3 years with additional 2 year renewal • START DATE • January 1, 2014 • LEGACY TRANSFER • Began July 1, 2014 • Complete by Q1, 2015 • NEW REFERRALS • Began September 1, 2014 Contract Timelines

  16. 44 providers have signed contracts • 1,200 foster homes in ECAP • 550+ Legacy youth transferred • 150+ new admissions • Disruption mitigation groups active • Quality Parenting Initiative phase 1 • Information Exchange is live • CANS Training completed • Over 80% of sibling groups placed together • 11 adoptions completed 100 Day Milestones

  17. Challenges • Everything is new and different • Capacity • Data integrity • Funding

  18. More on Funding-PCG Report • DFPS and SSCC’s have different understandings of what should be included in the resource transfer. (pg. 12) • Several tasks required of a SSCC were not funded. (pg. 13) • Some resources for required tasks were not transferred to the SSCC’s or funded by DFPS (pg. 14) • Additional financial resources are necessary to build and maintain operations of a SSCC (pg. 28)

  19. Coordinated Care • Innovation • Accountability • Leveraged Resources • Local Decisions • = • Improved Outcomes for Children Opportunities

  20. First placement best placement • Faster permanency/shorter lengths of stay • Collaborative focus on outcomes • Payment focused on services, not behaviors • Training and support needed for foster parents to deliver quality care • Greater support for success in families Our Vision The Future of Foster Care

  21. QUESTIONS?

  22. WELL ADJUSTED SUCCESSFUL HAPPY STRONG STABLE www.OurCommunity-OurKids.org

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