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California Child Welfare Co-Investment PartnershipChildren’s Conference
Monterey, California
May 29, 2008
Co-Investment PartnershipChildren’s Conference AGENDA
Welcome and Introductions Purpose of Focus Group Discussion Partnership Overview Next Steps
Co-Investment Partnership Children’s Conference
Purpose of Focus Group
New organization Identity development What is the perception
Co-Investment Partnership Children’s Conference Partnership Purpose To ensure a coordinated, collaborative approach to
the investments needed to improve the child welfare outcomes.
Champions key investments: collaborate on statewide investments to improve child welfare outcomes
Promotes strategic approaches: identify promising ideas, monitor outcomes, document results and advocate to sustain and spread proven strategies.
Educates policymakers: provide key leaders with information to ensure that public policies support promising practices and improve child welfare outcomes.
Co-Investment Partnership Children’s Conference Partnership Structure
Investing Partners Identify Priorities Based on Advisory Committee Recommendations
Advisory Committee Proposes Strategies and Activities
Strategies are Defined, Workgroups Formed and Research and Other Activities Conducted
Co-Investment Partnership Children’s Conference 2008 Partnership Priorities Older Youth Permanency
Supporting family connections by sustaining training that promotes permanency
Sustain Youth Permanency Training Transition & Evaluation Plan
Foster Youth Education coordinating approaches to education supports for foster
youth Integrate existing collaborative efforts
Co-Investment Partnership Children’s Conference 2008 Partnership Priorities Resource Family Recruitment Development &
Support coordinating improvements for those who care for foster
children Older Youth Permanency Support the Implementation of AB 340 – the Melding Pilot
Mental Health Developing collaborative connections between child
welfare and mental health agencies Convening Workgroup to develop recommendations
Co-Investment Partnership Children’s Conference 2008 Partnership Priorities - still in
development Kinship Support
Educate state and local policy makers about benefit of federal program proposals
Youth & Family Engagement Promote Expansion of TDM
Co-Investment Partnership Children’s Conference
The Workforce and Leadership Development workgroup will complete activities and achieve objectives currently in process by June 2008.
An Ad Hoc Workgroup on Sustaining Youth Permanency Training and Technical Assistance - Begin May 2008
The Practice Development and Evaluation workgroup will complete activities and achieve objectives currently in process and complete their work by April 2008.
An Ad Hoc Workgroup on the Landscape Decision Making Tool/Schematic will begin April 2008 – September 2008
Co-Investment Partnership Children’s Conference Work Group Transition Plan (Cont’d)
The Shared Responsibility and Accountability workgroup will transition into two separate workgroups
An Ad Hoc Workgroup on Mental Health and Child Welfare - Begin February 2008
An Ad Hoc Workgroup on Education Integration - Begin June 2008
An Ad Hoc Workgroup on Melding Pilot AB 340 Begin - TBD
Co-Investment Partnership Children’s Conference Work Group Transition Plan (Cont’d)
The Supportive Policy and Fiscal Environment Workgroup
Develop a process for educating policy members about Co-Investment priorities and the importance of sustaining improvements to date.
Co-Investment Partnership Children’s Conference Public Education and Outreach
Overview - 2008 Goals Update and align strategic plan to address current
political and fiscal environment, leverage existing opportunities and ensure continued progress.
Continue Advisory Committee’s work to build and support an infrastructure that will ensure coordinated, collaborative and consistent implementation of key strategies and promising practices.
Continue Public Education and Outreach to improve understanding of California’s child welfare system, current improvement efforts and the need to support proven approaches.
Co-Investment Partnership Children’s Conference Policy Priority Areas in 2008 include:
supporting family connections by sustaining training that promotes permanency
coordinating approaches to education supports for foster youth
developing collaborative connections between child welfare and mental health agencies
coordinating improvements for those who care for foster children