CWS STAKEHOLDERS SUMMIT

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CWS STAKEHOLDERS SUMMIT
MAY 16, 2002 ANAHEIM, CALIFORNIA
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The Stakeholders Group Vision
Every Child in California Will

• Live in a safe, stable permanent home
• Nurtured by healthy families and strong
  communities

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Looking At the Redesigned System
Child Welfare Services Stakeholders Group
Working to Improve Childrens Lives
Keynote address delivered by Sylvia Pizzini
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Journey from DRAFT
Redesign
to
FINISH
Shared Understanding Jointly Developed Goals
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Role of the State Office

• Goal To nurture and support counties through
  developmental activities related to redesign

• Process parallels social workers strength-based
  role with families

Our working together in a meaningful partnership
will include our negotiating mutual roles and
accountability. This summit is one of many
opportunities for your voice to be heard.
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Highlights of the Redesign

• Shared Responsibility
• Less adversarial
• Relationship-oriented
• Permanency for every child

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CWS System Changes

• State Models Partnership
• New Intake System
• Statewide Safety Approach
• Accountability for Outcomes

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The SHG Mission
To Create Sustain
COMMUNITIES FAMILIES
A Flexible Infrastructure
To Ensurethe well-beingof EVERYchild!
That provides a comprehensive system of support
for
comprised ofPublic PrivatePartnerships
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While the VALUES
Is the pathway or means of achieving the VISION
of SHG
Serve as a compass to guide how the vision will
be attained!
TheMISSION
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Relationships Our Core Technology
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NOTHING is impossible

• as long as you dont
• have to do it
• by yourself

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Key CWS Issues and Trends

• Narrowing the scope of child maltreatment
• Non-allegation and dual track approaches
• States response to lawsuits and decrees
• New federal standards

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Exploration of Assumption Beliefs
-The platform upon whichRedesign Strategies
and Practice Decisions are based
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Component 1
REDESIGN MATRIX
Component 3
Component 4
Component 5
Unique Infrastructure Issues
Overarching System Themes
System Infrastructure Components Prevention
Community Partnerships CWS Early Intervention
Differential Response Safety, Change
Maintenance Interventions Out of Home Care
Permanency
Year 1 Foundational Work Assumptions
Beliefs Objective Key Characteristics Implica
tions of Year 1 work Emerging Strategies Year
2 Work

• Fairness Equity
• Accountability Outcomes
• Comprehensive System of Support
• Flexible Infrastructure of Public
  Private Agencies
• Clarification of Roles Responsibilities
  Partnership
• Strengthening Families with Quality
  Practices
• Encourage children through ? Practice
• Assessment

Component 2
Resource Policy Considerations

• HR
• FUNDING
• LEG. REG.

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CWS Redesign Waves of the Future
CWS Early Intervention Differential Response
Strategies
Safety Change Maintenance Interventions
Prevention Community Partnerships
Out of Home Care Permanency
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Infrastructure Workgroups Overview
CWS Early Intervention Differential Response
Safety Change Maintenance Interventions
Out of Home Care Permanency
Prevention Community Partnerships
Will assist children and families to exit CWS
through early reunification when possible, or
urgency in achieving alternative permanency
Ensures that customized, substantive response is
provided to families as soon as they are
identified to CWS
Centers on ensuring that child safety is the
priority and determines how families will be
served once they enter the CWS System
Focused on partnering with the community to
strengthen and support families before they come
to the attention of CWS
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Resource Policy Considerations
LEGISLATIVE REGULATORY
HUMAN RESOURCES
FUNDING


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Overarching Themes

• Accountability Outcomes
• Comprehensive Support System
• Clarification of Roles/ Responsibilities/
  Partnerships

• Strengthening Families through
• -Quality Practice
• -Practice Development
• Assessment
• Fairness Equity

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STAKEHOLDERS GROUP PLAN

• Foundational
• Relationship Building
• Education
• Assumptions

• Redesign Plan
• - Framework
• - Strategies

• Implementation Planning
• -Design Detail

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Year Three
Develop Refine Strategies

• Expanded Partnerships
• Practice Framework

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All metamorphosed and no place to go.
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CHANGE IS HARD!
CWS System in Balance
New Organization /-
More Change
Risk
Risk
Risk
Risk
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Sylvias Challenge
Name Our Effort
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CWS STAKEHOLDERS SUMMIT
MAY 16, 2002 ANAHEIM, CALIFORNIA