Transcript Foster Care Redesign Single Source Continuum Contractor (SSCC)

Foster Care Redesign: Region 3b
Gretchen Fehrm, TDFPS
Bill Lund, Covenant Kids
Gary Buff, Our Community Our Kids/ACH
Wayne Carson, Our Community Our Kids/ACH
Palo Pinto
Parker
Tarrant
Hood
Johnson
Erath
Somervell
Region 3b
The network.
Foster Care Redesign
• Single Source Continuum Contractor (SSCC)
• Performance Based Contract
• Greater flexibility and local decision-making
• Greater financial risk to SSCC
• First Urban Implementation in Texas
Foster Care Redesign
Selected Contract Details:
• SSCC takes custody within 4 hours
• Placement within 50 miles of home
• No more than 2 moves per placement
• Siblings placed together
• 2,400 youth annually (system capacity about 1,400)
• No eject/No reject referrals
our research
KANSAS
FLORIDA
NEBRASKA
Our approach.
• Strong
Network Of Providers
• Engaged
• Focus
• Data
Partnership With DFPS
On Contract Outcomes
Driven Decisions And Accountability
• Strong
Financial Management
• Adaptability
• Community
• Robust
Engagement
Information Technology Systems
CANS Assessment
Plan
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ofservice
servicereview
created
Child
Child
istakes
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removed
placed
with
frombest
home.
match
SSCC
custody
of
child.
Reunification,
adoption
or
SIL
Trauma Informed Care initial assessment
Data entered in to ECAP
4
HRS
21
90
Our case timeline.
Utilization Management
What’s Different?
Every Child A Priority
ECAP
Our technology.
Quality Parenting initiative.
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System change model
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Improves quality of foster homes
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Proven results
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Leadership engaged
Quality Committee
MEMBERSHIP
• Operations
• Outcomes
• Influence
Decisions
LIKELY TOPICS
• Intake/Matching
• Quality
Parenting Initiative
• Contract
• Assist
Monitoring
with Quality Improvement
processes
Community Engagement.
Community Engagement-presentations
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323rd District Court
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Alliance for Children
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Children’s Alliance Center of Palo Pinto
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Cook Children’s doctors and staff
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DFW Alliance for Foster Care
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Johnson County CASA
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Johnson Co. Children’s Advocacy Center
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Mental Health Connection of Tarrant Co
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National Council for Adoption (NCFA)
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Palo Pinto and Parker CASA
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Paluxy River Children’s Advocacy Center
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Tarrant County CASA
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TDFPS program directors
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Johnson County Judges
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Parker County Judges
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Palo Pinto County Judge
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Children’s Medical Rees Jones clinic
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All Region 3b State Representatives and Senators
The network: development
Contract Timelines
CONTRACT TERM
• 3 years with additional 2 year renewal
START DATE
• January 1, 2014
LEGACY TRANSFER
• Began July 1, 2014
• Complete by Q1, 2015
NEW REFERRALS
• Began September 1, 2014
100 Day Milestones
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44 providers have signed contracts
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1,200 foster homes in ECAP
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550+ Legacy youth transferred
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150+ new admissions
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Disruption mitigation groups active
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Quality Parenting Initiative phase 1
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Information Exchange is live
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CANS Training completed
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Over 80% of sibling groups placed together
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11 adoptions completed
Challenges
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Everything is new and different
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Capacity
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Data integrity
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Funding
More on Funding-PCG Report
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DFPS and SSCC’s have different understandings of what
should be included in the resource transfer. (pg. 12)
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Several tasks required of a SSCC were not funded. (pg. 13)
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Some resources for required tasks were not transferred to
the SSCC’s or funded by DFPS (pg. 14)
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Additional financial resources are necessary to build and
maintain operations of a SSCC (pg. 28)
Opportunities
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Coordinated Care
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Innovation
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Accountability
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Leveraged Resources
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Local Decisions
=
Improved Outcomes for Children
Our Vision
• First placement best placement
• Faster permanency/shorter lengths of
stay
• Collaborative focus on outcomes
• Payment focused on services, not
behaviors
• Training and support needed for foster
parents to deliver quality care
• Greater support for success in families
The Future of Foster Care
QUESTIONS?
www.OurCommunity-OurKids.org