Upload
ronli
View
52
Download
0
Tags:
Embed Size (px)
DESCRIPTION
Midwest Child Welfare Implementation Center. MCWIC Purpose Our purpose is to facilitate the implementation of systemic change to improve outcomes for children and families. Midwest Child Welfare Implementation Center. Our approach Multidisciplinary staff and consultant expertise - PowerPoint PPT Presentation
Citation preview
Midwest Child Welfare Implementation Center
MCWIC Purpose
Our purpose is to facilitate the implementation of systemic change to improve outcomes for children and families
Midwest Child Welfare Implementation Center
Our approach• Multidisciplinary staff and consultant expertise
http://ccfl.unl.edu/about/faculty-staff
Midwest Child Welfare Implementation Center
Our approach• Multidisciplinary staff and consultant expertise
Major Activities and Accomplishments
• Identification and hiring of core staff
• Locating, securing and equipping office space
• Designing and publishing MCWIC’s website
Midwest Child Welfare Implementation Center
Major Activities and Accomplishments
Forming and strengthening relationships with our FPO, Regional Office staff in ACF Regions V & VII, members of the T/TA Network, and
CB Central Office staff and leadership
Midwest Child Welfare Implementation Center
Major Activities and Accomplishments
Outreach to States and Tribes teleconferences, e-mail, on-site focused on Tribal outreach
went to ICWA Coalition meetings in Minnesota Wisconsin Nebraska
Midwest Child Welfare Implementation Center
First Tribal Gathering
Midwest Child Welfare Implementation Center
Creating Connections to Enhance Tribal Child Welfare Systems
March 19, 2009
Lac du Flambeau, Wisconsin
First Tribal Gathering Goals
Midwest Child Welfare Implementation Center
• Begin to establish relationships
• Build and reinforce peer connections
• Develop participants’ knowledge & skill
• Provide RFA process guidance & support
First Tribal Gathering
Midwest Child Welfare Implementation Center
Plenary Session: Challenges in Raising Healthy Native American Children from a
Child Welfare PerspectivePriscilla Day, Professor of Social Work,
University of Minnesota-Duluth
First Tribal Gathering
Midwest Child Welfare Implementation Center
Work Groups
• Challenges in Tribal Child Welfare• Needs: what would help?• Strengths and resources in our community• Building coalitions• Report out: sharing approaches & ideas
First Tribal Gathering
Midwest Child Welfare Implementation Center
Feedback Keynote presentation provided useful information – 81% agree or strongly agree. 96% made at least one new peer contact.
First Tribal Gathering
Midwest Child Welfare Implementation Center
Feedback
92% interested in attending another Gathering event.
85% feel comfortable contacting MCWIC
staff.
First Tribal Gathering
Midwest Child Welfare Implementation Center
Feedback
Satisfied with opportunities to discuss networking – 95% agree or strongly agree.
Better informed about opportunities for
Implementation Projects with MCWIC – 73% agree or strongly agree.
Regional Forum Goals
Midwest Child Welfare Implementation Center
• Build and reinforce participants’ connections
• Identify participants’ needs for peer connections
• Build participants’ knowledge and skill
• Provide project application guidance and support
First Regional Forum
Midwest Child Welfare Implementation Center
Attendance
• Eight of ten states • twelve of twenty-nine tribes• Eighty-six participants:
• 27 from state agencies • 29 from tribal agencies• Representatives from
• T/TA Network• Regional Offices • Children’s Bureau Central Office
First Regional Forum
Midwest Child Welfare Implementation Center
• 93% of participants said they would benefit from additional peer to peer
networking • 82% of participants said they understood
the purpose of MCWIC
First Regional Forum
Midwest Child Welfare Implementation Center
• 52% of participants were using a multidisciplinary problem solving approach
• 73% indicated the approach was one they would try and use more
First Regional Forum
Midwest Child Welfare Implementation Center
• 84% of participants understood the purpose of and eligibility criteria for
implementation projects
• 87% of participants understood MCWIC’s RFA process
First Regional Forum
Midwest Child Welfare Implementation Center
• 92% of participants indicated they had an increased understanding of the theory and
practice involved in implementing change in child welfare systems because of the
information presented by Tony Hemmelgarn and Peter Watson
First Regional Forum
Midwest Child Welfare Implementation Center
• 92% of our participants said they had an increased understanding of the importance and
role of leadership in child welfare system change based on Judge James Payne’s
presentation on Leadership of Child Welfare System Change
First Regional Forum
Midwest Child Welfare Implementation Center
• 78% of participants rated the organization and format of the forum very good or
excellent
• several participants thought the one and one half day conference was too short a time
period and several suggested at least two days would be helpful
Request for Application Process
Midwest Child Welfare Implementation Center
Application Review Process
review by • MCWIC • MCWIC’s External Consultants • T/TA Network • Children’s Bureau
• Central Office• Regional Office• CFSR Unit
Midwest Child Welfare Implementation Center
MCWIC Selected Site
* five additional project applications currently under review
Midwest Child Welfare Implementation Center
Iowa Department of Human Services
Partnering with Parents for System Change
MCWIC Selected SiteState / Agency Project
Iowa Department of Human Services
Parents with prior system involvement will mentor parents with children in care to support the completion of case plan goals, and educate parents regarding available services. This project will also build a cadre of parents actively engaged in all levels of child welfare practice and policy development in Iowa.
Midwest Child Welfare Implementation Center
MCWIC Approved Project
* five additional project applications currently under review
Midwest Child Welfare Implementation Center
Indiana Department of Child Services
Statewide Implementation of a Centralized Intake Unit
MCWIC Approved Project
State / Agency Project Indiana Department of Child Services
The Indiana DCS is developing a centralized intake unit with specially trained and centrally located staff. This centralized system will replace the current system of approximately 210 different phone numbers staffed by case managers, supervisors and contract employees located throughout the 92 counties in Indiana.
Midwest Child Welfare Implementation Center
Second Tribal Gathering
Midwest Child Welfare Implementation Center
Looking Back, Moving Forward: Building the Future on Traditional Values
August 27-28, 2009
Meskwaki Bingo Casino Hotel Tama, IA
Second Tribal Gathering
Midwest Child Welfare Implementation Center
• Strategic Planning and Tribal Practice Models
• State/Tribal/County Partnerships
• Tribal Child Welfare Data & Technology Considerations
• Keynote: When our children are old, will they know we fought for them?
Second Tribal Gathering
Midwest Child Welfare Implementation Center
50 participants
11 different tribes represented
Regions V & VII Office Representatives
3 state ICWA specialists
Midwest Child Welfare Implementation Center
Peer Networkinghttp://connect.mcwic.org
MCWIC’s Connect will provide the advantages of internet community sites in a controlled environment without distracting advertising and will provide features that
meet the unique needs of state, county, and tribal child welfare workers.
Midwest Child Welfare Implementation Center
Peer Networking
Midwest Child Welfare Implementation Center
Peer Networking
MCWIC Implementation Project Evaluation Plan Process
• Outcomes & methods developed cooperatively
• Project evaluations conducted by MCWIC in cooperation with State/Tribe
Midwest Child Welfare Implementation Center
MCWIC Implementation Project Evaluation Plan Process
• Outcomes focused on– Formative implementation process– Child Welfare System Improvement– Direct Project Outcomes– Child and Family Outcomes
Midwest Child Welfare Implementation Center
Questions?
Midwest Child Welfare Implementation Center