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Time Set # 30.
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| Board of Supervisors |
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| Subject |
| Conduct workshop to provide an understanding of California's Child Welfare Services system and the performance of Yolo County's Child Welfare Services Division. (General fund impact $4,800) (Stuart Oppenheim, Danna Fabella, Child & Family Policy Institute of California) |
| Recommended Action |
| Conduct workshop to provide an understanding of California's Child Welfare Services system and the performance of Yolo County's Child Welfare Services Division. |
| Strategic Plan Goal(s) |
Thriving Residents
Safe Communities |
| Reason for Recommended Action/Background |
In response to the Board of Supervisors' desire to deepen its knowledge of California's Child Welfare Services system, to ensure improved outcomes for families and individuals that come in contact with Yolo County's Child Welfare Services program, and in support of the 2016-2019 Strategic Plan focus on "expanding best practices in programs benefiting children", the County has engaged the services of the Child & Family Policy Institute of California to provide a series of educational workshops that will offer an opportunity to understand: 1) the statutes and regulations that govern the state's Child Welfare Services system; 2) the Yolo County operationalization of that system; 3) the quantitative and qualitative data that reflect the County's performance; and 4) the specialized practices and partnerships that support that performance. These educational workshops, along with an evaluation assessment of Yolo County's program will culminate with an opportunity to formulate recommendations for improvements to the performance of Yolo County's Child Welfare Services Division. The workshops and evaluation assessment have been scheduled as follows:
| July 26, 2016 |
Board Workshop #1
- CWS Overview/CWS Workflow (State and Federal requirements)
- Legal System
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| August 2016 |
Evaluation & Assessment of Yolo County's Child Welfare Services program
- Coordination with UC Berkeley Data System
- Max. 20 Key Informant interviews
- 4 Focus Groups
- Social Workers
- Social Work Supervisors
- Resource Families
- Stakeholders, Parents, Youth
- Resource Family Survey
- Analysis of Data
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| September 27, 2016 |
Board Workshop #2
- Presentation of Quantitative and Qualitative Data
- Yolo Data in comparison to State and Federal data measures
- Results of August Evaluation & Assessment
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| October 11, 2016 |
Board Workshop #3
- Structured Decision Making
- Other Best Practices
- County Partnership
- Staff Training - Core Curriculum & Specialized Training
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| October 25, 2016 |
Board Workshop #4
- SWOT (Strengths/Weaknesses/Opportunities/Treats) analysis based on what has been learned in each workshop, including the responses to questions raised at each session
- Identification of next steps that would be formed into an action plan
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| Collaborations (including Board advisory groups and external partner agencies) |
| Child Welfare Services Ad Hoc Subcommittee |
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