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NDTAC Topical Workgroup: Fostering Relationships Between Education and Justice Introductory Call – October 31, 2012. Agenda. Quick Introductions Quick Review of “Collaboration” and General Barriers Review, Add-To, and Discuss Participants’ Issues

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  1. NDTAC Topical Workgroup: Fostering Relationships Between Education and JusticeIntroductory Call – October 31, 2012

  2. Agenda • Quick Introductions • Quick Review of “Collaboration” and General Barriers • Review, Add-To, and Discuss Participants’ Issues • Begin to Plan Immediate and Short/Medium/Long-Term Next Steps • Scheduling the Next Call

  3. Traditional Service Delivery Approach

  4. Traditional Accountability Model

  5. So Why Is Collaboration Important?

  6. How Part D Operates Title I, Part D

  7. What Is Collaboration? • Two or more entities • Working in tandem via informal and formal agreements • Common goal(s) • Agreed upon outcome(s)

  8. Stages of Collaboration

  9. The Importance of Collaborative Practices “The success of children and youth who are neglected, delinquent, or at risk relies on effective systems.”Leone, Quinn, and Osher, 2002

  10. Benefits of Collaboration • Families and youth have: • Improved access to services • Less disruption and fragmentation of services • Increased information sharing between providers • Program sustainability is strengthened • System relationships improve • Community ownership of youth increases

  11. Key Outcomes of Collaborative Programs for System-Involved Youth • Increased opportunities and avenues for positive use of time • Increased likelihood that a youth will complete an education program • Increased opportunities for positive self-expression • Continually strengthened future programming for youth and strengthened community through resource sharing, relationships, partnering, and networking • Better results for youth at a lower cost to agencies

  12. Barriers to Collaboration

  13. Common Issues • Getting technology into the classroom/facility • Use of internet/online learning • Shortened/cancelled school days • Students removed from class/instruction • Security and treatment priorities • Delay in approval (from Corrections) for educational expenditures • Use of educational funds for security • Oversight of/control over teachers (negotiations with teachers’ unions) • Delay or refusal in transferring student records • What else?

  14. NDTAC Practice Guide: Interagency Communication and Collaboration

  15. Practices and Strategies

  16. Collaboration Strategy Guide: Practices and Strategies • Engage in Collaborative Decisionmaking • Memoranda of Understanding To Share Information • Consolidated/Single Case Management and a “No Wrong Door” Approach • Align Relevant Policies and Corresponding Practices of Child-Serving Agencies • Share Resources and Expertise • Co-Location of Staff • Share Databases • Cross-Agency Training

  17. Collaboration Strategy Guide: Practices and Strategies (cont.) • Target Services To Meet the Needs of Children, Youth, Parents, and Caregivers • Engage Youth and Family as Key Decisionmakers and Assets in Determining Needed Supports and Services • Implement Evidence-Based and Best Practice Programming That Supports Individual Students’ Success in School and Life

  18. Memorandum of Understanding to Share Information • Arizona’s System of Care MOUhttp://www.tapartnership.org/docs/arizonaSOCMOU.doc (MS Word). • Arizona Multi-Agency Child/Youth Coordination of Care Authorization for Release of Informationhttp://www.tapartnership.org/docs/arizonaAuthorizationForReleaseOfInformation.doc (MS Word) • Children and Youth Planning Board Memorandum of Understanding for Juvenile Justice information Sharing Jefferson Parish, Louisianahttp://www.jeffparish.net/downloads/6488/6883-JSInforSharingMOU2011.pdf (PDF) • Business Associate/Qualified Service Organization Agreement, South Carolina Department of Mental Health (SCDMH)http://www.tapartnership.org/docs/southCarolinaDataSharingAgreement.doc (MS Word)

  19. Legislation Mandating Information Sharing Louisiana enacted legislation to, among other collaborative efforts, facilitate interagency information sharing: • Act 1225 of the 2003 Louisiana Legislative Regular Session, pages 10–13, Chapter 14. Interagency Agreements for Information Sharing Concerning Juvenileshttp://www.legis.state.la.us/leg_docs/03RS/CVT10/OUT/0000KTKP.pdf (PDF) • Article 543 of Louisiana’s Children’s Cabinet, Interagency information sharing; interagency agreementshttp://www.legis.state.la.us/lss/newWin.asp?doc=321979

  20. Planning Next Steps • Prioritize which subgrantee(s)/facility(ies) • Prioritize which issues: • Choose your battles • Laying the ground work for collaboration • Give and take/”what’s in it for me” • Plan 3-4 next steps AND discuss with subgrantee/facility • Plan to revisit efforts regularly to assess progress • Don’t be afraid to take a step or steps backward • We’re here to help!

  21. Our Next Call • Proposal:Wednesday, January 30, 20133-4:00 p.m. ET (12 PT, 1 MT, 2 CT) • Options: Periodic one-on-one check-ins? Small group calls (based on issues)?

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