Data Needs Identified on June 18, 2008 Meeting- Programs and Resources
Program/Resource Definition Resources
CPYP California Youth Permanency Project California Youth Permanency Project:
http://www.cpyp.org/index.html
Project Vision:
No youth leaves the California child welfare system without a
permanent lifelong connection to a caring adult.
The California Permanency for Youth Project (CPYP) is a project
of the Public Health Institute, started in January 2003 as a result of
a five-year grant awarded by the Stuart Foundation. This grant has
since been extended through 2009
1. To increase awareness among the child welfare agencies
and staff, legislators, and judicial officers in the state of
the urgent need that older children and youth have for
permanency
2. To influence public policy and administrative practices so
that they promote permanency
3. To assist interested California county child welfare
agencies and their community partners implement
effective practices to achieve permanency for older
children and youth
Project activities include:
Providing technical assistance to courts;
A Permanency for Youth Task Force;
Emancipated Youth Connections Project;
National Convenings to explore issues of permanency for youth.
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Program/Resources Definition Resources
Points of Points of Engagement aims to assist families at the front-end of a http://lacdcfs.org/TitleIVE/documents/LA%20County%20Waiver%
Engagement (POE) dependency case. 205%20year%20plan-Final%201-23-07.doc
This program includes key elements such as increased family and
community engagement; up-front assessment of critical issues
facing families (including substance abuse, domestic violence and
mental health issues); use of family team decision-making
conferences early in DCFS’ involvement with families and
quicker linkage and provision of identified services by the
Department and community providers.
Information provided by David Green Adoption
Social Worker LA Dept of Children and Family Services
Permanency Permanency Partner’s Program (P3) aims to find permanency http://www.urban.org/uploadedpdf/411254_foster_care_adoption.pdf
Partner’s Program options for foster youth ages 12 to 18 in Los Angles County. http://cpyp.org/Files/ModelProgramsUpdate.pdf
(P3) http://www.dss.cahwnet.gov/pdf/11_County_eval_phase1.pdf
Role of the P3 CSW
P3 focuses on youth between the ages of 12 and 18, who are in
Planned Permanent Living Arrangements, formerly known as
“Long Term Foster Care.” P3 also services case siblings of the
above population, regardless of age, as well as a number of youth
that have been Court ordered for P3 Services. P3 assigns a youth
to a P3 CSW, who then seeks to locate meaningful connections
from the youth’s past/present, with the ultimate goal of achieving
life long permanence, possibly through reunification with a parent,
or through adoption or guardianship. P3 also seeks to identify and
locate adult connections with whom the youth can develop lasting
relationships, hopefully throughout the youth’s life.
Information from P3 fact sheet provided by
Tiffany Collins
Los Angeles County
Dept. of Children and Family Services
P3 Project Manager
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National Resource Center for Foster Care and Permanency Planning
TDM (Team TDM shares nearly identical underlying values with FGC such as (NRCFCPP) at the Hunter College School of Social Work
Decision Making) family empowerment, inclusivity of participants, and a www.hunter.cuny.edu/socwork/nrcfcpp/about-us.html
strength/needs focus. It differs primarily in purpose— to make a
placement-related decision and in timing— it must occur before Team Decisionmaking: Involving the Family and Community in
the placement decision, or in the case of emergencies, before the Child Welfare Decisions- Building Community Partnerships in Child
court hearing where placement is determined. TDM, as used in Welfare, Part Two DeMuro, Paul; Rideout, Patricia
Family to Family models, suggests the group is convened for the Annie E. Casey Foundation
specific purpose of making an immediate placement-related http://www.aecf.org/KnowledgeCenter/Publications.aspx?pubguid={
decision. 78CB436F-4D2C-4C5E-9581-6D35AA6EE9EE}
Child Welfare Information Gateway website lists a number of
TDM meetings are led by a skilled, immediately accessible, available resources in this area:
internal facilitator, who is not a case-carrying social worker or line http://www.childwelfare.gov/systemwide/assessment/approaches/fa
supervisor. The goal is to involve birth families and community mily.cfm
members, along with resource families, services providers and
agency staff, in all placement decisions, to ensure a network or Annie E. Casey Foundation Family to Family Initiative:
support for the child and adults who care for them. http://www.f2f.ca.gov/res/FAQsaboutTDM.pdf)
http://www.aecf.org/Home/MajorInitiatives/Family%20to%20Famil
y.aspx
Wraparound Wraparound is a team based planning process intended to provide National Wraparound Initiative, "Wraparound: Key Information,
individualized, coordinated, family-driven care to meet the Evidence and Endorsements,2007
complex needs of children who are involved with several child- http://www.rtc.pdx.edu/nwi/
and family-serving systems (e.g. mental health, child welfare,
juvenile justice, special education), who are at risk of placement in California Evidence Based Clearinghouse for Child Welfare.
institutional settings, and who experience emotional, behavioral, Relevant Research on the Wraparound Process.
or mental health difficulties. The wraparound process requires http://www.emq.org/press/docs/CA_EB_clearinghouse_researchWra
that families, providers, and key members of the family’s social paround.pdf
support network collaborate to build a creative plan and continue
to meet regularly to monitor progress and make adjustments to the Manuals for Implementing wraparound interventions:
plan as necessary. The team continues its work until members Eber, L. (2003). The art and science of wraparound.
reach a consensus that a formal wraparound process is no longer Bloomington: Forum on Education at Indiana
needed. University.
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o Grealish,M. (2000). The wraparound process
Wraparound has been described as an approach that “implements curriculum. McMurray, PA: Community Partners.
individualized, comprehensive services within a system of care for o VanDenBerg, J., & Rast, J. (2003). Wraparound
youth with complicated multidimensional problems” (Burns & coaching and supervision toolkit. Englewood, CO:
Goldman, 1999). It is a family focused and strength-based, Vroon VanDenBerg.
emphasizing individualized services and to provide these services
in the least restrictive setting appropriate to meet the child’s needs
(Burchard & Clarke, 1990). An important component of the
wraparound process is using the family as the decision making
participants or active participants and to enhance family strengths.
Another important aspect of the wraparound process is to view the
approach as process oriented intervention rather than a service
(Buchard, Bruns, & Buchard, 2002). In fact families are to be
involved at all levels of the decision-making process, assisting in
the formulating of the child’s’ treatment plan, the design and the
implementation (Grundle, 2002).
11 County Pilot In 2003, CDSS identified 11 California counties to develop and An extensive evaluation using both qualitative and quantitative data
test the implementation of three key redesign strategies to improve is available at:
outcomes for and families served by the child welfare system. http://www.cwda.org/downloads/11CountyPilot2008.pdf
Pilot counties: Contra Costa, Glenn, Humboldt, Los Angeles,
Placer, Sacramento, San Luis Obispo, San Mateo, Stanislaus,
Tehama, Trinity selected from those that applied based on
demonstrated capacity and desire for reform. The three strategies
selected were: Standardized Safety Assessment; Differential
Response; and Permanency and Youth Transition. These
strategies were selected because they had achieved positive results
in other states and in some California counties. The outcomes
targeted by these strategies are: Safety; Permanency; Well-being
and System Improvement. The overall conclusion in the
evaluation of the 11county redesign pilot is that the pilot strategies
are effective in achieving permanency for children-primarily
through family reunification or adoption-while maintaining their
safety and well-being. Also, the Chile Welfare System is being
changed fundamentally, with significant improvement reported by
families, child welfare services staff, and other agencies.
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MAT Multi-Disciplinary Assessment Teams (MAT) is a comprehensive http://lacdcfs.org/TitleIVE/documents/LA%20County%20Waiver%
Multi-Disciplinary Assessment process for children entering foster 205%20year%20plan-Final%201-23-07.doc
care. MAT provides assessment of medical, dental, education and
developmental needs; builds on family strengths; engages the
family in the process of identifying the most appropriate
placement and caregiver capabilities; and offers child-specific
treatment options with follow-up to ensure participation in
identified services.
EMQ EMQ’s Family Finding program helps reconnect children with http://www.emq.org/about/services/family_finding.html
safe, healthy families. Using internet search technology, EMQ is
able to find biological family members for children in the system.
Once family members are identified, EMQ works to reestablish
relationships and explore ways to find a permanent family
placement for the child.
EMQ’s Family Partnership Institute provides training on how to
do Family Finding. For more information, review Family Search
& Engagement: Calling the Children Home. Also available for
download is the comprehensive Family Search & Engagement
Practice Guide.
Kevin Campbell is Vice President of Strategic Planning and
Service Innovation for the agency.
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