Transcript DEPENDENCY AND NEGLECT SYSTEM REFORM PROGRAM [DANSR] Colorado Dependency & Neglect Judicial Institute July 27, 2015 Sarah Felsen, Esq. [email protected] 720-625-5968

DEPENDENCY AND NEGLECT
SYSTEM REFORM PROGRAM
[DANSR]
Colorado Dependency & Neglect Judicial Institute
July 27, 2015
Sarah Felsen, Esq.
[email protected]
720-625-5968
DANSR
Breaking Barriers. Using Best Practices to Do What
Works for All Colorado Families.
What is DANSR?
The U.S. Office of Juvenile Justice and Delinquency
Prevention’s Statewide System Reform Program supports
DANSR. Colorado’s Department of Human Services and
the Judicial Department were jointly-awarded the funding
for this program in October 2014. Colorado’s goal is to
integrate effective family drug court practices into our
dependency and neglect cases across the state.
OUR MISSION:
Using cross-system collaboration, we
infuse family drug court practices –
practices we have learned work for all
families in dependency court – into all
of Colorado’s dependency cases
statewide.
Judicial
Department
6 Key Practices
1. Each jurisdiction
will adopt a
protocol to
promptly identify a
family’s treatment
needs.
2. Families are
promptly placed in
accessible,
appropriate
treatment.
3. Families are given access
to a continuum of evidencebased alcohol, drug, and
mental health services.
4. Increase judicial oversight
6. Cross-system
teams coordinate
strategy at the caselevel and participate
in collaborative
training.
5. Encourage institutional datasharing to effectively measure
the achievement of treatment
goals and gauge effectiveness
Dependency and Neglect System Reform [DANSR]
Organizational Chart
Executive Oversight
Committee
Core Planners
Court
Improvement
Program
Work Groups
Financial
Sustainability
Data
Training
Needs
Treatment
(Access &
Quality)
Child Well
Being
Executive Oversight Committee
Hon. Brian Boatright, Justice, Colorado Supreme Court
Hon. Karen Ashby, Judge, Colorado Court of Appeals
Hon. Pattie Swift, Chief Judge, 12th Judicial District
Linda Weinerman, Executive Director of the Office of the Child’s Representative
Patrick Fox, Chief Medical Officer, Deputy Director of Clinical Services, CDHS Office of
Behavioral Health
Sherry Stwalley, Director of Court Services, State Court Administrator’s Office
Ann Rosales, Director of Child Welfare, CDHS Office of Children, Youth and Families
TBD, Director or Director’s designee, Office of Respondent Parent Counsel
Core Planning Team
Hon. Ann Gail Meinster, Presiding Juvenile Judge, 1st Judicial District
Hon. Pattie P. Swift, Chief Judge, 12th Judicial District
Karen Mooney, Manager, Women’s Substance Use Disorder Programs, CDHS - Office of
Behavioral Health
Claudia Zundel, Director, Child, Adolescent &Family Services, CDHS - Office of Behavioral
Health
Andrew Johnson, Youth Services Unit Manager, CDHS – Office of Children, Youth and Families
Gretchen Russo, Permanency Unit Manager, CDHS – Office of Children, Youth and Families
Paige Rosemond, Assoc. Director of Programs, CDHS – Office of Children, Youth and Families
Bill DeLisio, Family Law Program Manager, State Court Administrator’s Office
Brenidy Rice, State Problem Solving Court Coordinator, State Court Administrator’s Office
Sarah Felsen, DANSR Liaison
Strategic Plan
Spring – Winter 2015
Preparing for
Implementation
Phase
Application
Publicizing
•
Initiative
introduction via
website, updates
on listservs,
presentations at
committee
meetings and
conferences //
begin to seek
volunteers for
pilots (January
2015 – ongoing)
•
Contract with
National Center
for State Courts
for performance
measure
definitions and
data audit
(March 2015)
Determining
Pilot
Jurisdictions
Developing
Pilot Infusion
Strategy
•
Conduct baseline
data analysis
(March-April
2015)
•
Gather baseline
data from pilots
(May – July
2015)
•
Implement
required survey
through BPCT
Convening
(March 2015)
and get analysis
at Convening
(April 2015)
•
Observe fullyintegrated
model court for
ideas for infusion
plan (August
2015)
•
Considering
volunteer
jurisdictions,
data analysis,
and required
survey, select
pilots (May
2015)
Testing within
Pilots
•
Make
recommended
change and
monitor
outcome
(beginning fallwinter 2015)
DANSR Pilot Counties
We asked:
Give an educated guess about how many
D&Ns in your county involve parental
substance abuse?
Average of all responses: 83%
Pilot Site Data Profiles
Huerfano
Montezuma
Fremont
Jefferson
# of families in child welfare system
(open cases)
4
7
51
770
# of substantiated child welfare
system referrals
30
37
51
403
Type of maltreatment in
substantiated cases
68*
(injurious
environment)
Left blank
“Not able
to collect
this data
without
hand
count”
50%
environmental
neglect/SA
22
19
16
8
8
1 (7 still in
tx)
96
93
28
359
217
101
# child welfare system referrals who
were:
• Assessed
• Admitted to tx
• Completed tx
Any Questions? Comments?
Sarah Felsen
[email protected]
720-625-5968