HomeMy WebLinkAbout20072511.tiff RESOLUTION
RE: APPROVE FISCAL YEAR 2006-2007 ANNUAL REPORT FROM FAMILY
PRESERVATION PROGRAM COMMISSION AND AUTHORIZE CHAIR TO SIGN
WHEREAS, the Board of County Commissioners of Weld County, Colorado, pursuant to
Colorado statute and the Weld County Home Rule Charter, is vested with the authority of
administering the affairs of Weld County, Colorado, and
WHEREAS, the Board has been presented with the Fiscal Year 2006-2007 Annual Report
from the Family Preservation Program Commission for the time period of June 1, 2006, through
May 31, 2007, with further terms and conditions being as stated in said Annual Report, and
WHEREAS, after review, the Board deems it advisable to approve said Annual Report, a
copy of which is attached hereto and incorporated herein by reference.
NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED by the Board of County Commissioners of Weld
County, Colorado, ex-officio Board of Social Services, that the Fiscal Year 2006-2007 Annual
Report from the Family Preservation Program Commission be, and hereby is, approved.
BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED by the Board that the Chair be, and hereby is, authorized to
sign said Annual Report.
The above and foregoing Resolution was, on motion duly made and seconded, adopted by
the following vote on the 8th day of August, A.D., 2007.
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Website: www.co.weld.co.us
Administration and Public Assistance(970)352-1551
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MEMORANDUM
TO: David E. Long, Chair Date: August 6, 2007
Board of County Commissioners
FR: Judy A. Griego, Director, Social Services _toa I or
RE: Family Preservation Program Commission 2006-
2007 Annual Report
Enclosed for Board approval is the Family Preservation Program Commission FY2006-2007
(June 1, 2006 through May 31, 2007)Annual Report. This report is an annual requirement of the
Colorado Department of Human Services. The report was reviewed at the Board's work session
of August 6, 2007.
The Weld County Family, Youth, and Children(FYC)Commission has reviewed and
recommends approval of the report. The report consists of a description of programs and services
funded through Core Services funding and system outcomes.
If you have any questions, please telephone me at extension 6510.
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CORE SERVICES COMMISSION REPORT ELEMENTS AND FORMAT I
FOR WELD COUNTY
FAMILY PRESERVATION PROGRAM COMMISSION
FY 2006-2007 ANNUAL REPORT
List all Core Services programs available in the county in FY 2006-2007:
*Funding source (Core or CWAdmin) is identified in parentheses.
Home Based Intervention
Lutheran Family Services (Core)
Reflections for Youth, Inc.(Core)
Youth Emancipation Services (Core)
Intensive Family Therapy (Mediation and Facilitation)
Julie Box (Core)
Troy Hause, Attorney (Core)
Lifeskills
Child Advocacy Resource & Education-Parent Advocate (Core)
Child Advocacy Resource & Education-Visitation (Core)
Colorado Family Services-Alpine Christian Services (Core)
Dr. Victor Cordero, Psychologist (Core)
Jubilee Retreat Center (Lori Kochevar) LLC (Core)
Lutheran Family Services-Home Based Parent Coach (Core)
Reflections for Youth (Core)
Transitions Psychology Group (Core)
Weld County Department of Social Services (Core)
Youth Emancipation Services (Core)
Day Treatment
Reflections for Youth, Inc.(Core)
Turning Point Center for Youth & Family Development, Inc.(Core)
Sex Abuse Treatment
Ackerman & Associates, Inc.(Core)
Adolescent & Individual Development (Core)
Turning Point Center for Youth & Family Development, Inc. (Core)
Mental Health Services
Victor Cordero, Psy.D. (Core)
Jack Gardner, Psy.D. (Core)
Individual & Group Therapy Services (anger management/DV) (CWAdmin)
Island Grove Regional Treatment Center (anger management/DV) (CW Admin)
Barry Lindstrom, Psy.D. (Core)
North Range Behavioral Health (Core)
Transitions Psychology Group, LLC (Core)
Youth Emancipation & Services (anger management) (CWAdmin)
Substance Abuse
Arapahoe House, Inc. (Core)
Compliance Administrative Services (monitoring only) (CWAdmin)
Signal Behavioral Health Network (Island Grove Regional Treatment Center) (Core)
Southern Corrections/The Villa (Avalon) (monitoring only) (CWAdmin)
Rocky Mountain Offender Management Systems (RMOMS) (monitoring only) (CW
Admin)
Youth Emancipation & Services (Core)
County Design
Julie Box, Foster Parent Consultation (Core)
John Gray, Foster Parent Consultation (Core)
Lori Kochevar, Foster Parent Consultation (Core)
Special Economic Assistance
Various providers (Core)
Home Studies/Relinquishment Counseling
Ackerman & Associates (CWAdmin)
Julie Box (CWAdmin)
Transitions Psychology Group (CW Admin)
Foster Parent Training
Julie Box
Lori Kochevar (Jubilee)
T.LG.HT. (Reconnecting Youth)
Youth Emancipation Services/Employment Services of Weld County (Core-Expansion)
MST(Multi-Systemic Therapy)
North Range Behavioral Health (Core-Expansion)
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2. Recommendations for change:
a. Does the menu of Core Services in your county address the needs of children who
are at imminent risk of placement?
Yes, the menu of core Services in Weld County addresses the needs of children
who are at imminent risk of placement
Please explain.
Weld County has over 50 contracts with service providers to address the needs
of children who are at imminent risk of placement which are funded with Core
dollars. These include county-design programs such as MST, T.LG.H.T. and
MYAT which are specifically designed to address the needs of children who
remain with their families while receiving services.
The County's contract process for providers specifically requests agencies
requesting contracts to identify ways they will address PIP issues and how they
will work toward keeping children with their families when children are at risk
of placement The new Core review processes will insure that providers are
addressing these issues.
b. Are there wait lists for services or are services immediately available?
No, wait lists do not exist Services are available immediately.
If yes, explain the reason(s) for the waiting list and if the issues identified have
been resolved.
3. If your county believes the number of children served as reported in Trails differs from
self-reported data, please provide additional information as to why.
The number of children reported in Trails may differ this year due to data entry
procedural changes for service authorizations. All service authorizations had been
entered under all children in the household regardless of type of service. After
discussion with Melinda Cox regarding proper entry of service authorizations this
practice was changed immediately to align with Agency Letter CW-05-09-A per
instruction of the State.
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4. Please list any Commissions Report Recommended Changes from your counties
Commission.
The Families, Youth and Children Commission made the following recommendations
in fiscal year 2006-2007:
Providers will be encouraged to further pursue bilingual
interpreters/translators and staff in order to better serve bilingual and
monolingual clients.
Foster Parent Consultation will be directed toward behavior modification with
hands-on work with the child and foster parent.
Additionally, WCDSS continually seeks to improve our contract and provider
recruitment processes to ensure a wide variety of appropriate services and have
providers that are available to meet the needs of our clients.
5. Anecdotal information (successes or failures). Also, please report on any innovative
services, cooperative programming or other unusual approach to Core Services within the
county.
The County's Utilization Review team and Core Services Review team are becoming an
integral part of ongoing case planning. They are assisting caseworkers in developing
appropriate treatment plans utilizing a team approach which is assisting in getting the
most appropriate services in place for families as quickly as possible. The Service
Utilization Mental Health professionals are reviewing all referrals for intensive
evaluations and services to insure that core funding is correctly utilized through
appropriate service referrals. Additionally, this has provided a forum for expanded
communication between the Department and providers to insure that continued
services are appropriate to meet the needs of clients.
6. What is your county doing to collaborate with other state/county/local initiatives to serve
your community? Is your county a Family to Family site? Do you have Promoting Safe
and Stable Families funding for services? Does your county collaborate through HB-
1451? How? How has these collaborative efforts made a difference?
WCDSS is part of the Interagency Oversight Group in our County and provides
significant amounts of in-kind services to this process. The County's Utilization Review
Team includes members from North Range Behavioral Health, Probation, Catholic
Charities, Employment Services, school districts and employees of the Department to
review and make recommendations regarding appropriate placement of the County's
youth. Department staff has worked closely with the TOG director to develop
collaborative processes to serve families.
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WCDSS is working toward a Family to Family plan and staff members are regularly
participating in state conferences at this time. Staff has also received authorization to
begin training for Team Decision Making (TDM)facilitation, and TDM protocol will
be implemented in our county in the next year.
WCDSS has a non-financial agreement with Catholic Charities in which that agency
provides services to clients through Promoting Safe and Stable Families funding.
These collaborative efforts have broadened the communication between the
Department and community agencies. This communication assists all providers in
meeting the needs of clients at the least intrusive levels, with the most appropriate
continuum of care available. We believe this approach is improving the way in which
the community is meeting the needs of families.
7. Has your county seen a reduction in out-of-home placements? If yes, what do you
attribute this reduction to? If no, please explain.
The County has seen an 8.25% reduction in out of home placements over the past two
fiscal years. This can be attributed to the increase in referrals to programs being
utilized such as the County's Multi-Disciplinary Youth Assessment team, as well as the
MST and T.I.G.II.T which are funded with core expansion dollars. Additionally, we
have utilized core funding to increase referrals to other in-home service programs to
work with families to reduce placements. In addition, the oversight of regular reviews
with the Utilization Review unit has assisted in preventing out-of-home.
8. Has your county seen a reduction of length of stay in children places out-of-home? If
yes, what do you attribute the reduction to? If no, please explain?
Weld County has seen a 43% reduction in the length of stay of children in out-of-home
placement over the past two fiscal years. This reduction can be attributed to the
addition of several core services, including MST, T.LG.H.T. and MYAT which all
receive funding through Core expansion dollars. Through our Utilization Review
team, the County has also been able to better track and prevent extended out-of-home
placements for children by advocating more for appropriate in-home services.
Additionally, the County has worked with several Core service providers to offer a
continuum of care which allows children to transition back home faster, and with
a higher success rate. These include programs which provide agency based supervised
and/or therapeutic visitation and parenting education, in-home visitation and intensive
in-home services after children are returned home. All of these services are often
provided by the same clinician or parent educator to provide continuity.
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9. Does your county use other funding sources to enhance your Core Services Program? If
yes, what are they and how much? If no, please explain?
WCDSS utilizes a portion of its Child Welfare administration funding to provide
services that cannot be paid for with Core funding. Those services funding source and
amount are listed below, as well as a breakdown by provider:
Anger Management/Domestic Violence, CWAdmin, Total: $14,314.00 (06-07)
- Youth Emancipation Services ($2,444.00)
- Individual& Group Therapy Services ($11,870.00)
Foster Parent Training, CWAdmin, Total: $45,038.88 (06-07)
- Julie Box ($18,000.00)
- Lori Kochevar ($27,038.88)
Home Studies/Relinquishment Counseling, CWAdmin, Total: $96,250.65 (06-07)
- Ackerman &Associates (3,435.00)
- Julie Box ($55,566.52)
- Transitions Psychology Group (37,249.13)
Monitored Sobriety (monitoring only), CWAdmin, Total: $43,635.50 (06-07)
- Compliance Administrative Services ($30,636.00)
- Rocky Mountain Offender Management Systems (RMOMS) ($10,409.50)
- Southern Corrections/The Villa (Avalon) ($2,590.00)
10. If your county could change and/or modify the Core Services Program, what would you
recommend?
Weld County would recommend that the State provide comprehensive training for Core
Service Coordinators which would address specific issues and expectations the State
has regarding the delivery of and reporting about Core programs. Additionally,
providers would benefit from state trainings regarding PIP issues, state expectation of
how Core programs are administered and outcome expectations.
Also, the current Trails database has limited functions available to pull outcome
data at this time. Weld County would recommend that the state develop processes so
that the counties can obtain this information so that management can utilize the
information when making decisions about the appropriateness of services.
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An ongoing concern has been the limited bilingual/bicultural service providers in Weld
County. This population is fast growing in Weld County. To the County's benefit, it
would be ideal if more professionals could be identified and more readily available to
serve this population.
11. Has the Core Services funding affected your county's Performance Improvement Plan
(PIP) scores for stability in placement? If yes, please explain.
WCDSS PIP scores dropped by 3.2% over the past two fiscal years. In an effort to
address this the County has received authorization to increase direct service staff to
manage county foster homes. Additionally, the County is developing several programs
with outside agencies to provide a higher level of training and consultation to our
foster homes. The County has certified three additional group homes, an increase
from two, to provide more intensive services for higher needs youth in an attempt to
maintain placements more successfully.
While there is no question that some children are not stable in placement due to
circumstances that are not related to their case (ie.foster home closure or licensing
changes) some children's placement moves are believed by the County to be in the
child's best interest to accomplish their permanency goal, even though this is not taken
into account at foster care review. Additionally, this PIP score is often negatively
impacted by the youth's issues, such as engaging in running away and assaultive
behaviors, which may require placement change.
The County is currently in the process of restructuring our foster care unit. The
County will have more foster home managers available to provide more direct and
consistent contact with foster homes. This will assist in better tracking the medical and
dental obligations offoster children.
The County will be more active in conducting face to face staffing's with foster home
managers, caseworkers and other essential personnel to better exchange information
and better address the needs of the children and the foster parents. This process will
assist in eliminating unnecessary moves for children.
The Utilization Review Team staff every child in out of home placement to be in line
with case planning as it will be documented as to how the move is in the child's best
interest. The staffing will also insure that services are being provided for the children
and to continually evaluate any future services that may be needed to move the child
toward his/her permanency goaL
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Membership of the Family Preservation Commission (Families, Youth and
Children Commission):
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