Toward a DCFS Protective Timelinefor Strengthening

Families

Protective Factors

Quality Child Welfare Services

Practice strategies

for: • Reunification

• Permanency

• Child protection with intact families

• Etc.

? To Be Determined ?

Family Supportive Child Welfare Services

Prevention of childabuse & neglect

Promotion of well-being, safety, & permanency,

Social and EmotionalCompetence of Children

Concrete Supports in Times of Need

Knowledge of Parenting& Child Development

Parental Resilience

Social Connections

Healthy Parent-Child Relationship

Strategic Goals for Strengthening Families1. Embed the Protective Factors in all child welfare practices

and initiatives

2. Ensure children 3–5 in child welfare system are enrolled in

quality early care and education

3. Ensure collaboration at the community level among early

childhood programs and agencies

• Advance developmentally appropriate and trauma-

informed child welfare practice

• Work with public and private agencies to embed Protective

Factors in child- and family-serving systems.

Common Framework: Protective Timeline

Streng

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Early Learning

Community Approaches

Safety Planning

Serving Intact

Families

Comprehensive Front-End

Assessment

Concurrent Planning

Early Permanency

Trauma-Informed Practice

Ensuring Child Safety

Ensuring Permanency

Older Wards Aging Out

Community Follow-Up

Child

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Levers for making the Protective Factors paradigm shift

• Tools, assessments,

checklists

• Provider database

• Training

• Performance contracting

quality assurance tools

• Performance evaluation

• Case reviews

• Service planning

• Courts

• Communications

• Funding streams

• Policies

TANF

ReceivablesCollected

Children’sAccounts

AppropriationTOS Table

Age RateTable

TOSTable

Misc.Categorical

Grants

Tables

FCS

TANF/EASystem

ReceivablesRecognized

TFEDS

TANF/EAOutput

Title XIXMedicaid

DHS

FCSOutput

File

Payroll

Adjustments

DCFSRMS

POSRMS

SACWIS

ProviderBillings

Title IV-B II

ETVChafee

Title IV-B I

CCDF

WaiverSavings

Title XX

MARS CYCIS

Title IV-E45.0%

$568,900,217$285,175,740

Title XIX4.0%

$50,968,505$0

$25,484,232

TANF/EA17.1%

$215,679,922$68,800,000

$146,879,922

Title XX1.3%

$16,402,802$0

$16,402,802

Title IV-B I1.2%

$15,124,977$11,343,733

Title IV-B II1.7%

$20,981,000$15,735,750

SSI1.2%

$15,632,363$2,632,363$13,000,000

Chafee4.7%

$59,180,966$5,015,701

ETV0.2%

$2,924,154$1,719,931

CCDF1.8%

$22,407,670$0

Misc. Grants0.3%

$4,042,226$3,746,089

Unclaimed21.5%

$272,214,280

       

  TEXT KEY

 

       

   Amount Applied (Federal, State, MOE)

 

   Federal Reimbursement to DCFS

 

   Federal Reimbursement to GRF

 

   DCFS Expenditures not applied to any Federal Program

 

       

Goal 1:Embed protective factors across all child welfare

practice and initiatives

• In assessment tools like: •Child and Adolescent Needs and Strengths

(CANS)•Parental Readiness for Permanency and

Reunification Worksheet

•Through training …

Common Language

“We Know You Love Your Kids … ”

Protective Factor Common Language

Parental Resilience Be strong and flexible

Social Connections Parents need friends

Knowledge of Parenting and Child Development

Being a great parent is part natural and part learned

Concrete Support in Times of Need

We all need help sometimes

Social and Emotional Competence of Children

Parents need to help their children communicate

Healthy Parent-Child Relationship

Give your children the love and respect they need

Goal 1: Why embed the Protective Factors across all DCFS domains?

DCFS should not be in the

business of raising children,

it should be in the business

of strengthening families.

Goal 2:Ensure that children 3–5 years of age in the child

welfare system are enrolled in early care and

education settings—mandatory for wards, voluntary

for intact and post-adoption families

Goal 2: What has been done to enroll DCFS kids in early childhood education?

Rule 314 and POS contracts have been

changed to require enrollment in early

learning, and training, materials, and research

are taking place to ensure implementation

and follow-up.

Goal 3:Ensure collaboration at the community level among

Head Starts, Pre-Ks, childcare centers, families and

caseworkers

Goal 3: What has been done to ensure collaboration at the community level?• School Minder – Rotational intake• Statewide provider database• Collaborative agreements with Head Start grantee

agencies• SFI Learning Networks statewide where DCFS

caseworkers and ECE providers plan services for wards

together• Early childhood / child welfare liaisons: 7 new staff

positions• Partnership with child welfare agencies that also run

child care centers

Goal 4:Advance developmentally appropriate and trauma-

informed child welfare practice

Goal 4: What has been done to advance developmentally appropriate & trauma-informed child welfare practice?

Integrated Assessment (plans to extend to intact

family cases); Trauma curriculum training for

caseworkers and caregivers; Trauma treatment

with developmentally appropriate, evidence-

based clinical interventions; Moving trauma-

based treatment approaches to all children in

traditional or relative foster care

Goal 5: Work with public and private agencies to embed

Protective Factors in child- and family-serving

systems.

Goal 5: Objectives, FY 2009

1. Create incentives for SFI training / capacity building:

ECE center licensing requirement

2. Create plan for engaging cities

3. Embed Strengthening Families ideas and practices in

Preschool for All (DCFS representation on all

committees & co-chair Special Populations

Committee)

4. Collaborative work with ISBE and DHS

“Primary responsibility for the development

and well-being of children lies within the

family, and all segments of society must

support families as they rear their

children.”

--Family Resource Coalition,

1996