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December 2012 Coordinator Meeting - Webinar. December 5, 2012 8:30-12:00 Presenters: Diane Alexander , Doug Bowman, Marcia Boswell-Carney, Kelly Jorgensen, Peggy Miksch, Sarah Walters, Connie Zienkewicz. Welcome!. - PowerPoint PPT Presentation
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December 2012 Coordinator Meeting - Webinar
December 5, 2012
8:30-12:00
Presenters: Diane Alexander, Doug Bowman, Marcia Boswell-Carney, Kelly Jorgensen, Peggy Miksch, Sarah Walters, Connie Zienkewicz
Welcome!
"A snowflake is one of God's most fragile creations, but look what they can do when they stick together!"
Agenda
Families Together Outreach Database Update OWS Information Break Legislative Update KDHE Updates
Objectives:
Participants will:
Learn about services offered through Families Together
Hear about updates regarding Kansas Infant Toddler Services
Be introduced to the Electronic Referral System for Part BReferrals
Get a report about legislative updates
Learn about a new resource being developed for New Coordinators in Kansas
"Encouraging, Educating & Empowering"Assisting Kansas parents and their sons and daughters who have disabilities.
Connie Zienkewicz
Outreach to the NICUs and PICUs in Wichita
New grant funding
to Families Together
from the Lattner Family Foundation
Families Together ServicesSince 1982Regional OfficesPTI, F2F, KS-IT, PSN, etc. all serve IT populationsStaff are parents Work with IT to train Child AdvocatesParent to Parent
History of work with NICUs Family to Family Staff contacts with
ViaChristi Request from Wesley Hospital Weekly consultations available upon
request CareING notebooks
(Care Individual Needs Guide)
Content of Visits Info posted at Entrances to PICU/NICU Nurses take requests from Families who
would like to visit with a Families Together staff member.
Parent – to – Parent matches
offered Notebooks Referrals to services
Community
Families from towns in rural
communities
Community connections to
support and services
Confidential help from a
family member of a child
with special health care needs
New GrantLattner Family Foundation – one year support Families Together will hire a bi-lingual staff
member for .5 FTE More time to spend at hospitals More time to help families
by phone or in person after
discharge Money for printing needed
materials
Database Update
Marking Database Ready SAR Changes Compliance Actions for 2012 APR Indicators for FFY 2011 (7/1/2011 to 6/30/2012) Electronic Referral System for LEA/SEA Web-based Reminder
Marking Database Ready
SAR Changes
Updated to reflect changes in Regulations
Read through these changes before writing the SAR
Don’t just repeat the same information / cut and paste each reporting period.
Use new form – Old forms will NOT be accepted
Electronic Referral System for LEA/SEA
New Requirement to make referral to SEA
MUST enter data within 2 weeks for the action occurring
This system will be used for measuring compliance
Remember!
The Desktop system for the ITS database will go away at the end of the day on December 31, 2012!
Exiting a Child from the OWS System
OWS – Not OWLS When you lose
contact with a child/family
Summer birthdays.
KITS – Overview of ECO Resources
Kansas Early Childhood Outcomes Information
http://www.kskits.org/ta/ECOOutcomes/Index.shtml
Break
See you in 15 minutes!
Good to Know!
In the past 12 months, 8,483 children, birth through age two, received developmental screening and services through Part C Infant Toddler Services. This is an 11.4% increase over the previous 12 months.
2012Doug Bowman
Legislative Update
Kansas ITS Fall 2012 Compliance Actions
Actions were taken generally on Federal Compliance Indicators 1, 7, 8 (parts b and c), and 14.
Finding and Release letters 12 (11 sent in 2011)
Corrective Action Plan letters 3 (9 sent in 2011)
Mixed Letters 6 (15 sent in 2011)
(Finding and Release on one Indicator, Corrective Action Plan on another)
Congratulatory letter (no findings) 16 (2 sent in 2011)
KDHE Updates New Coordinator
Training
Technology Stipend
Yearly Audits
APR
Procedure Manual
State Regulations
IFSPalooza
New Coordinator Training
Technology Stipend
$55,000 to put toward Stipends
Decision Making Process Completeness /Quality
Removed items that were consumables (wifi, ink, flash drives etc…)
Looked at the a % of the number of children served by individual programs compared to those who asked for funding.
Funded a minimum of $2,500 or what was asked for, whichever was less.
Technology Stipend
Letter Outlining: Allowable uses of
the funds Information about
providing inventory to KDHE
Yearly Audits
Annual Performance Report to OSEP
Due February, 2013
Lots of improvement over last year
Review by SICC
If you would like to review contact Marcia
Meaningful and Measurable Improvement in APR indicators
FFY 2011 FFY 2010 Current Deviation Improvement/
Indicator Performance Performance Target from Target Regression
1 100.00% 100.00% 100.00% 0.00% 0.00%
2 99.70% 99.50% 95.00% 4.70% 0.20%
3 A1 65.44% 58.77% 57.63% 7.81% 6.67%
A2 55.99% 53.92% 56.43% -0.44% 2.07%
B1 68.06% 64.12% 61.24% 6.82% 3.94%
B2 49.67% 48.18% 47.54% 2.13% 1.49%
C1 71.45% 66.36% 67.09% 4.36% 5.09%
C2 63.44% 61.64% 63.54% -0.10% 1.80%
4 a 99.50% 99.50% 95.00% 4.50% 0.00%
b 95.50% 97.00% 98.00% -2.50% -1.50%
c 96.10% 97.30% 98.00% -1.90% -1.20%
5 1.56% 1.47% 1.35% 0.21% 0.09%
6 3.42% 3.20% 2.90% 0.52% 0.22%
7 99.70% 99.60% 100.00% -0.30% 0.10%
8 a 100.00% 100.00% 100.00% 0.00% 0.00%
b 99.00% 98.60% 100.00% -1.00% 0.40%
c 99.00% 42.30% 100.00% -1.00% 56.70%
9 100.00% 100.00% 100.00% 0.00% 0.00%
10 N/A N/A 100.00% N/A N/A
11 N/A N/A 100.00% N/A N/A
12 N/A N/A N/A N/A N/A
13 N/A N/A N/A N/A N/A
14 100.00% 100.00% 100.00% 0.00% 0.00%
Kansas ITS Fall 2012 Compliance Actions
Actions were taken generally on Federal Compliance Indicators 1, 7, 8 (parts b and c), and 14.
Finding and Release letters 12 (11 sent in 2011)
Corrective Action Plan letters 3 (9 sent in 2011)
Mixed Letters 6 (15 sent in 2011)
(Finding and Release on one Indicator, Corrective Action Plan on another)
Congratulatory letter (no findings) 16 (2 sent in 2011)
Procedure ManualState Regulations
Coming Soon!
Palooza:an all-out crazy party; partying at one place with a ton of people like there's no tomorrow
GET READY TO PARTY ON DOWN AT THE IFSPALOOZA!
February 27, 2013
Wichita Marriott
Good Bye
The achievements of an organization are the results of the combined effort of each individual.
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