ABOUT CHILDREN'S

Areas of Focus

While all aspects of our work are being examined, we will not change things that are working well. Skill building will be an important focus of the design. The practice model team is examining seven areas:

• Intake - Information collected, risk tags, wizards to help with decision-making for response time, screening, and alternative intervention.
• Assessment, investigation, and case planning - Safety and risk assessment, safety plans, early engagement in services, standards for investigations, placement decision-making.
• Front-loading service delivery - Engaging families, interventions, and motivational interviewing, evidence-based programs, case planning, community partnerships.
• Permanency planning - Concurrent planning, reunification assessment, transition and safety planning, working with courts, parents, attorneys, CASAs, placement transitions.
• Adolescents - FRS population definition, service array, safety and risk assessments, education and well-being issues.
• Placement resources - Relative search, assessment, and support, foster care licensing and training, group care and treatment foster care, promising programs and models, recruitment and retention.
• Human resources and infrastructure - Staff and supervisor roles, skills and abilities, training, allotment methodology and budget building.