Utah Department of Human Services

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Presented by Utah Department of Human
Services Utah Department of Workforce Services
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Transforming Utahs Independent Living Services
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Introduction

• Transition to Adult Living Process and
  Accomplishments
• Critical Success Factors
• Current Challenges

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Overview of TAL Initiative

• Getting Started
• Summits- Youth and Community Partners
• Governor Involvement
• Outcome Data
• Implementation Team
• National Governors Association Policy Academy

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Implementation Team

• Division of Child and Family Services
• Department of Workforce Services
• Public and Higher Education
• Department of Health
• Community and Economic Development
• Foster Youth and Caregivers
• Governors Office

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Vision

• Youth who age out of foster care will live
  successfully as adults.

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Goals

• Education Attainment and Stable Employment
• Health Care Access
• Safe, Stable, and Affordable Housing
• Supportive and Enduing Relationships
• Positive Sense of Self

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Task Groups

• Employment, Training, Education
• Housing
• Transition Planning
• Website
• Evaluation
• Aftercare
• Marketing
• Training

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Implementation Team Structure

• Chartered Task Groups with
• Goals
• Objectives
• Deadlines
• Reported monthly to Implementation Team

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Administrative Accomplishments

• Partnerships
• Department of Human Services
• Housing
• Education
• Department of Health
• Community Groups

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Administrative Accomplishments

• Partnerships
• Department of Workforce Services
• Access to Workforce Investment Act funding and
  resources
• Priority for Service
• Development of Local Pathways
• Participation on Local and State Councils
• Education and Training Vouchers
• Marketing and Training
• Reduction of Administrative Duplication

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Administrative Accomplishments

• Training
• Phase I Introduction to TAL
• Phase II Local Orientation
• Phase III Skills Based Training
• Phase IV Annual Institute

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Administrative Accomplishments

• Evaluation
• Data Warehouse
• Health, Public Safety, Workforce Services,
  Education
• Baseline
• Process
• Outcome

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Accomplishments Impacting Youth

• Youth Have A Voice
• In Everything

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www.justforyouth.utah.gov
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Accomplishments Impacting Youth

• Drivers License
• Employment/Training
• Health Care Coverage
• Mentoring
• Housing
• Flexible Funding
• Ansell Casey Assessment
• Direct Mail Campaign
• Youth Councils, Summits

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Critical Success Factors

• Develop a Compelling Story
• Data Collected on youth who transition from
  foster care in the last 5 years
• Human Services
• Workforce Services
• Public Safety
• Health

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Critical Success Factors

• Data Elements
• Wages
• Criminal Activity
• Public Assistance
• Child Bearing

• Death Rate
• Child Support
• Follow-up Services
• Drivers License

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Critical Success Factors

• Listen Closely
• Conduct Focus Groups and Interviews
• Seek Feedback and Participation at all Levels
• Implementation Team
• Task Groups
• Summits

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Critical Success Factors

• Do It Now
• Jump Starts the process
• Unites the Team
• Counters Inertia and Denial
• Sustains Momentum

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Critical Success Factors

• Do It Now
• Create Tangible Changes Quickly
• Manage Long Term System Change
• Establish Aggressive Timelines

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Critical Success Factors

• Create a Client Focused Vision
• Focus on Client Success
• Strategies Should Lead to Client Outcomes

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Critical SuccessFactors

• Transform Services
• State/Countywide vs. Individual Program
  Improvement
• Learn From Prior Collaborative Efforts

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Critical Success Factors

• Create the Team
• Top Level Political Support
• Cooperation and Commitment of Agency Leadership
• Personal Relationships
• Nagging Worker Bees

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Critical Success Factors

• Tell Your Story
• Spread the Message
• Share the Data
• Marketing Campaign
• Provide Training

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Critical Success Factors

• Direct mail to youth and caregivers

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Not Just About More Resources
Critical Success Factors
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Critical Success Factors

• Partnerships meets needs of agency
• Workforce services required to serve Foster Youth
  as a part of Department of Labor Youth Vision
• Ten Elements of WIA are very similar to the
  services outlined in TAL
• Outcomes enhanced by partnership

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Critical Success Factors

• Create Local Structure
• Partnerships
• Pathways
• Local Responsibility

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Critical Success Factors

• Share Administrative Functions
• Payment System
• Training/Curriculum Development
• Marketing

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Critical Success Factors

• Look at the Forest
• Report on Accomplishments
• Move in the Right Direction
• Conduct Retreat Style Meetings
• Evaluation

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Current Challenges

• Transitioning the Transition to Adult Living
• Prioritize the Strategies Based on Resources
• Maintain Momentum and Commitment

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What Now?

• 1. What can you do in your state or county?
• 2. Who are the leaders who could be involved?
• 3. What changes could be implemented quickly?
• 4. What do you want to achieve for youth?

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Mike RichardsonDepartment of Workforce
Services801-536-4377mikerichardson_at_utah.govPam
ela Russell Division of Child and Family
Services801-538-4308pkrussel_at_utah.govAmanda
SingerDepartment of Human Services801-538-4017a
singer_at_utah.gov