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From a Child In Need of Services (CHINS)
to
Families and Children Engaged in Services (FACES)
1/28/2013 Children’s League
A Snapshot of EOHHS activities related to
An Act Regarding Families and Children
Engaged in Services (FACES)
Chapter 240 of the Acts of 2012
Glenn Daly
Director Office of Youth Development
MA Executive Office of Health and Human Services
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1. The New Law
• Title
An Act Regarding Families and Children Engaged in
Services; Chapter 240 of the Acts of 2012
• Effective Date
November 5, 2012
Children no longer referred to as “CHINS” cases.
Now…
Families and Children Engaged in Services “FACES”
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2. Key Components of The New Law
1. Requires the EOHHS secretary to establish a network of
child & family service programs, and family resource
centers throughout the Commonwealth
2. Mandates significant changes to the court process
3. Establishes a Family and Children Requiring Assistance
Advisory Board
4. Some provisions effective immediately, others subject to a
3 year timeline
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3. Three Year Timeline
11/5/12 (90 days) Effective date: Court treats all CHINS proceedings as
FACES proceedings; court begins referral process to EOHHS
12/5/12 (Within 30 days): Appointments to Advisory Board
1/4/13 (Within 60 days): First meeting of Advisory Board
1/30/13 (& each year thereafter on this date): Board report
on recommendations for funding/implementation
Y1
11/5/13 (within 12 months):
•The Secretary of EOHHS shall design a pilot program for the delivery of
community-based services in each county
•The Board shall submit recommendations to the governor and
house/senate committees on W & M for funding/implementation
11/5/14 (within 24 months): the secretary of EOHHS shall implement the
pilot program in each county
Y2
11/5/15 (within 36 months): the secretary of EOHHS shall establish a
statewide network of child and family service programs and family
resource centers
Y3
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4. The Secretary Shall
Subject to appropriation or third party reimbursement:
(1) establish a network of child and family
service programs and family resource centers
(2) develop guidelines and standards
(3) promote efficiency by including in the
network:
• CBHI organizations
• local schools;
• other local public/private organizations; and
• local medical, behavioral or mental health
care providers
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4a. The Secretary Shall
4) coordinate the services including
outreach, intake, screening, assessment
and referral
(5) encourage cooperation among local
providers
(6) monitor and provide technical
assistance
(7) require the use of standard intake,
screening and assessment tools
(8) create a data collection system
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4b. The Secretary Shall
• The secretary of EOHHS, the
commissioner of ESE, the commissioner of
probation and the chief justice of the
juvenile court shall provide to the advisory
board periodic data reports
• Within one year: Design the pilot
• Within 2 years: Implement the pilot
program in each county and analyze the
effectiveness of the pilot sites
• Subject to appropriation, …create a pilot
program to address the unique needs of girls
who run away”.
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4c. The Secretary Shall
• “…provide a mechanism for the clerk of
the juvenile court to obtain information and
make referrals to family resource centers or
community-based services programs, if
available, and any other entity available to
provide services to children or families.”
•Addtionally the secretary:
Designates, for use by the the court clerk,
a family resource center, community-based
services program or other entity that can
provide community-based services in the
juvenile court district where the child
resides
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5. Family and Children Requiring Assistance
Advisory Board
• The law establishes a Family and Children
Requiring Assistance Advisory Board
to assist and advise the Secretary
on the development and implementation
of the community-based service
network and to monitor the progress.
• The board is within, but not subject to the
control of EOHHS.
• The Governor and the Chief Justice of the
Juvenile Court designate 1 board member each to
serve as co-chairs of the board. (Board consists of
approximately 20 members.)
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5a. Family and Children Requiring Assistance
Advisory Board (cont.)
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Commissioners DCF, DYS, DMH, DPH, DESE
Director Office of Medicaid
Child Advocate
DCF Adolescent Social Worker
DMH Case Manager
Juvenile Judge and Probation Officer
Chair of CPCS (public defender) Board
5 members appointed by Governor:
– DA, independent education advocate, private provider of
children’s behavioral health services, parent who is not a
Commonwealth employee, member municipal police
1 member appointed by Speaker of House
1 member appointed by Senate President
1 member appointed by minority leader of House
1 member appointed by minority leader of Senate
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6. The Advisory Board Shall
(1) advise the secretary …in designing
and implementing a community-based
service network and family resource center
pilot program … including methods to
collect …data on clients served
(2) monitor the progress being made by
EOHHS
(3) keep informed concerning the progress
being made by the probation department
in developing a system to collect data
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6a. The Advisory Board Shall (cont.)
(4) provide a mechanism for the clerk… to
obtain information and make referrals
(5) provide advice and make
recommendations with respect to the
adequacy of resources and support to
expand the pilot program
(6) coordinate with the department of
probation to obtain …information from the
juvenile court
(7) keep informed concerning the
effectiveness of the juvenile court in
providing assistance to children and families
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6a. The Advisory Board Shall (cont.)
Within 12 months of the effective date
of this act…submit recommendations to
the governor and the house and senate
committees on ways and means for
funding and implementation activities
based on the review of such data
submitted.
(b) The advisory board shall review the
pilot program design and make
recommendations to the secretary as
to whether sufficient information,
workforce and funding is available to
prepare and implement a pilot program.
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6b. The Advisory Board Shall (cont.)
“ …or before January 30 of each year, report in
writing to the governor, the child advocate, the house
and senate committees on ways and means, the joint
committee on children and families and persons with
disabilities and on the joint committee on the judiciary
on the progress made relative to the
implementation…”
The report shall include the design plans for the pilot program and any
progress made toward its implementation, including a recommended
budget for the activities to be undertaken and any necessary legislative
changes.
Each annual report thereafter shall report its expectation of progress
toward the goals … which will be achieved in the following year. Once the
pilot program has been established, the report shall include a detailed
account of the program’s successes and obstacles as well as any
recommendations to alter the program design or establish new pilot centers.
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7. Information and Referral Services
“The secretary shall provide
a mechanism for the clerk ..
to obtain information and
make referrals to family
resource centers or
community-based services
programs… and any other
entity available ”
(b) The advisory board
shall…provide a
mechanism for the
clerk …to obtain
information and make
referrals to ... the pilot
program”
Information and Referral RFR: issued January 7, 2013
Bids due: January 30, 2013
Expected Contract start date: February 15, 2013
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7a. Information and Referral Services (cont.)
EOHHS RFR:
Expand upon and maintain a Commonwealth-wide call
center that provides 24/7 telephonic information and referral
services to all families and individuals requiring assistance,
including but not limited to families with children who are
involved with the Commonwealth’s FACES (Chapter 240)
program and other interested parties; Database includes, but
is not limited to, information re:
• Behavioral, medical & mental
health services
• Family and parent support
• Remedial education services
• Assistance with insurance issues
• Mentoring
• Civic engagement/community service
• After school and out-of-school time
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Residential programs
Crisis management
Case management
Disability services
Special education services;
Financial assistance
information
• Contact information for
programs and services.
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7b. Information and Referral Services (cont.)
• Conduct outreach and marketing
activities statewide, to ensure that the
call center is utilized by families and
interested parties who serve families.
• For the purpose of the FACES program
under Chapter 240, the selected
Contractor shall develop a minimum of
10,000 brochures for distribution to
schools, human services agencies, law
enforcement, the court system, and
faith-based organizations.
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7c. Information and Referral Services (cont.)
• With permission from the caller, provide
follow-up services to callers who have
requested services, to ensure the client has
connected to such service to which the
Contractor referred the caller.
• Provide multi-lingual phone line services to
callers and offer interpretation services for nonEnglish speaking callers.
• Monitor call activity, track call data and
submit aggregate data reports to EOHHS,
including but not limited to those related to
types of services and calls to understand trends
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8. FY 2014 Budget
• EHS Line item 4000-0051:
$1.53M total
Includes funding for Family
Access Centers and
web/telephonic information &
resource system
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