County of __________

1. County of __________ • Welcome to our System Improvement Planning Process! • Facilitated by:

2. Introductions: • Please tell us your name and why you are here today.

3. Agenda • Welcome and Introductions • Overview of the Child Welfare Outcomes and Accountability System • Overview of Child Abuse Prevention • Why are you here? • What is the process? • What is the anticipated outcome? • Questions and Answers • Next Steps

4. Vision for Children in California Every child in California lives in a safe, stable, permanent home, nurtured by healthy families and strong communities. CWS Redesign: The Future of California’s Child Welfare Services. Final Report September 2003, page 3.

5. California – Child and Family Services Review County Self-Assessment Improved OUTCOMES: Safety Permanency Child Well Being Family Well Being System Improvement Plan Peer Quality Case Review

6. Overview of Child Welfare Outcomes and Accountability System • Quarterly data reports • Peer Quality Case Review (PQCR) • County Self Assessment (CSA) • System Improvement Plan (SIP)

7. Guiding Principles The entire community is responsible for child, youth and family welfare. To be effective, the child welfare system must embrace the entire continuum of prevention, intervention and services. Engagement with consumers and the community is vital to promoting safety, permanence and well-being.

8. Guiding Principles (continued) • Arrange fiscal strategies so that services reflect the needs of all children and families. • Transforming the child welfare system is a process that involves removing traditional barriers within our system, and other systems.

9. California’s Outcomes and Accountability System • Includes 17 federal outcome measures and several state measures addressing Safety, Permanence & Stability, and Well-Being • Strengthens the accountability system to monitor and assess the quality of services • Encourages continuous quality improvement, interagency partnerships, community involvement and public reporting of program outcomes • Provides technical assistance to counties

11. County Self-Assessment Changes Merges the California Outcomes and Accountability System (COAS) with the Office of Child Abuse Prevention (OCAP) 3-year planning process Expands the number of partners Streamlines duplicative processes Increases partnerships and communications Coordinates OCAP planning with the County System Improvement Plan (SIP)

12. Overview of Prevention Funding streams and prevention programs • Child Abuse Prevention Intervention and Treatment (CAPIT) • Community Based Child Abuse Prevention (CBCAP) • Promoting Safe & Stable Families (PSSF)

13. PQCR Focus Area • List your focus area here for Probation and Child Welfare

14. County Self Assessment • Describe your CSA process here.

15. System Improvement Plan • Three year promise to the State to improve outcomes in selected areas • County is measured on 17 Federal (Safety/Permanence) and 8 State (Well-Being) outcomes. • County required only to select a portion of the above outcomes (2-4 to be addressed in the SIP)

16. System Improvement Plan – 3 components • Narrative Section • Part I - CWS/Probation • Part II - CBCAP/CAPIT/PSSF

17. The SIP is approved by the BOS. The SIP is sent to CDSS. The SIP is a public document. The C-CFSR is a transparent process for continuous quality improvement.

18. Why are you here? We need your expertise to develop a plan to improve outcomes for children, youth and families across the entire continuum of prevention, intervention, agency services and after care.

19. SIP Team Members Community partners Cross disciplinary subject matter experts Law enforcement Native American representatives Parents/Consumers Youth Child Abuse Prevention stakeholders County staff (CWS and Probation)

20. Membership • Core Membership • Subject Matter experts invited for specific outcome discussions.

21. What is the process? • List meeting schedule or process the county has decided to use here.

22. Tasks • Select 2-4 Outcomes • For each Outcome select 1-4 Improvement Goals • For each Improvement Goal select 2-4 Strategies • Each Strategy has a Rationale, Milestones and Timeframes

23. Choosing outcomes • Counties will focus on three to four outcomes or systemic factors. • Priority will be given to Safety and Permanency, followed by Well-Being and Systemic factors.

24. Choosing Improvement Goals • The Composite Planner is designed to assist counties with outcome improvement planning for those measures which involve a composite. • It allows for adjustments to be made to the previous quarter’s numerators, denominators, and performance percentages to establish new targets. • Visit the Center for Social Services research at http://cssr.berkeley.edu for further information.

25. Choosing Strategies • During the CSA process the outcomes were thoroughly assessed. • Outcomes in which the county is struggling were reviewed in terms of • Data entry issues • Evidence Based Practice (what does the research tell us about this outcome area in terms of successful practice?) • Existing programs that are targeted to improve the outcome area • Other pertinent points

26. Choosing Strategies (continued) • SIP Planning team needs to brain storm strategies that can improve the outcomes • Prioritize which strategies will have the most impact (maximum 2-4 per each improvement goal) • When there is no current program in the county to address the need, the use of a Logic Model will assist the SIP planning team in developing a method to clarify thinking about programs and services.

27. Composite Planner Example Needell, B., Webster, D., Armijo, M., Lee, S., Dawson, W., Magruder, J., Exel, M., Glasser, T., Williams, D., Zimmerman, K., Simon, V., Putnam-Hornstein, E., Frerer, K., Cuccaro-Alamin, S., Winn, A., Lou, C., & Peng, C. (2009). Child Welfare Services Reports for California. Retrieved April 14, 2009 from University of California at Berkeley Center for Social Services Research website. URL: http://cssr.berkeley.edu/ucb_childwelfare

28. Needell, B., Webster, D., Armijo, M., Lee, S., Dawson, W., Magruder, J., Exel, M., Glasser, T., Williams, D., Zimmerman, K., Simon, V., Putnam-Hornstein, E., Frerer, K., Cuccaro-Alamin, S., Winn, A., Lou, C., & Peng, C. (2009). Child Welfare Services Reports for California. Retrieved April 14, 2009 from University of California at Berkeley Center for Social Services Research website. URL: http://cssr.berkeley.edu/ucb_childwelfare

29. Logic Model • Step by step process to construct programs to meet identified needs by defining key program components such as • Program vision • Population served • Population needs • Associated services • Required resources • Related assumptions • Measurement tools

30. Retrieved on March 30, 2009 from http://toolkit.childwelfare.gov/toolkit/

31. Retrieved on March 30, 2009 from http://toolkit.childwelfare.gov/toolkit/

32. Logic Model Visit the Child Welfare Information Gateway logic model builder at http://toolkit.childwelfare.gov/toolkit/home.do - or - http://www.freindsnrc.org/outcome/toolkit/evalplan/logic

33. Strategy Rationale • The Strategy Rationale explains why a particular strategy was chosen and how this strategy will help reach the improvement goal for a specific outcome. • Logic models and research (literature reviews) can help determine both the strategy and strategy rationale.

34. Milestones • Milestones are the steps that lead to he completion of the strategy. They break the strategy into smaller, more easily attainable intermediate goals. This can include • Further data pulls • Data clean ups • Policy review • Policy development • Training • Pilot implementation • Evaluation • System wide implementation

35. Time Frames • Develop attainable and realistic time frames • Remember to allow for staggered implementation of new practices across all strategies!

36. Today’s Meeting • List what you are working on today

37. Thank you for your participation!Your presence will help change the life of a family in __________ County!