Program Purpose |
The primary purpose of the Emergency Child Care Bridge Program for Foster Children (Bridge Program) is to provide resource and referral services, trauma-informed training for child care providers, and a voucher payment system for child care services for the Bridge Program. |
Program Information |
Foster Care children (age 0-12), Foster Care children with exceptional needs and/or severely disabled children (age 0-21) and families referred by Child Welfare Services staff.
Priority will be given to the following populations:
- Severely disabled children ages 0-21 not receiving Foster Care payments but expected to complete the Resource Family Approval (RFA) process within 60 days;
- Children with exceptional needs ages 0-21 not receiving Foster Care payments but expected to complete the RFA process within 60 days;
- Children ages 0-5 years in need of emergency foster care placement, and;
- Children ages 0-5 years with current caregivers in need of child care that promotes placement stability
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PM1: How much did we do? |
1.1 |
How many families received voucher assistance? How many children birth to five (5) years? Six (6) years to twelve (12) years? Thirteen (13) years to Twenty-one (21) years? |
1.2 |
How many new child care providers were enrolled? |
1.3 |
How many children gained stable placement due to receiving voucher assistance? |
1.4 |
How many families were assisted with obtaining permanent child care? |
1.5 |
How many children were placed in permanent child care? |
1.6 |
How many child care providers received trauma-informed care training? |
1.7 |
How many children received child care from a licensed Child Care Center? Licensed Family Child Care Home? Licensed-exempt Child Care Provider(s)/Program(s)? License-exempt non-relative providers? License exempt relative provider? |
1.8 |
Number of trauma-informed care trainings held? |
1.9 |
Number of coaching sessions held? |
1.10 |
Number of referrals received by Child Care Navigator? |
PM2: How well did we do it? |
2.1 |
How many child care providers were enrolled into the voucher program within 30 days? 60 days? 90 days? |
2.2 |
How many children were enrolled into the voucher program within 30 days? 60 day? |
2.3 |
How many care providers found an emergency child care provider within 30 days? 60 days? |
2.4 |
How many children received permanent child care with in three (3) months? Six (6) months? Nine (9) months? Twelve (12) months? |
2.5 |
Length of time to transition from Bridge to non-Bridge child care? |
2.6 |
Number and average duration of vouchers disbursed? |
2.7 |
Length of time (or number of months) child received the voucher? |
PM3: Is anyone better off? |
3.1 |
The number and percent of children receiving the voucher? |
3.2 |
The number and percent of children placed in a home-based family care setting? |
3.3 |
The number and percent of children that gained placement stability? |
3.4 |
The number and percent of child care providers that agreed to remain on the child care provider list for Foster Care Children placement? |
3.5 |
The number and percent of child care providers that participated in Trauma-Informed Care training? |
3.6 |
The number and percent of child care providers that state that the ongoing coaching of trauma-informed care increases their capacity to support CWS children? |
3.7 |
The number and percent of children enrolled in Bridge subsidized care? |
3.8 |
The number and percent of children enrolled in Bridge non-subsidized care? |
3.9 |
The number and percent of children eligible but not enrolled into Bridge subsidized or non-subsidized care? |
3.10 |
The number and percent of children transitioning from Bridge to non-Bridge subsidized or non-subsidized care? |