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Commission on Improving the Status of Children
M E E T I N G
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Agenda1. Welcome and Introductions
2. Approval of Minutes from meeting on April 18, 2018
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Agenda3. Strategic Priority: Child Safety and Services
a. Child Welfare Policy and Practice Group: Summary of Findings from DCS Assessment
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Evaluation of the
Indiana Department of Child Services
The Child Welfare Policy and Practice GroupJune 18, 2018
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Review Methodology
• Interviews with over 590 internal and external DCS stakeholders
• Review of organization structure and capacity
• Identification of resource availability and needs
• Information, data and trend analysis
• Review of policy and procedures
• Review of federal child welfare review findings
• Review of plans reports and processes
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Review Methodology
• Review of a random sample of DCS case files
• Review of Indiana child welfare statutes
• Staffing assessment
• Review of prior evaluation reports
• Assessment of culture and management
• Placement resource assessment
• Review of quality assurance/improvement data
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Indiana Key Data Findings
• Twice as many court involved cases nationally
• Nearly highest state in rate of abuse/neglect referrals
• Accepts more reports that national average
• Third highest rate of cases accepted nationally
• Substantiates less than 15% of assessments
• The rate of abuse and neglect reports grew by almost 63% from SFY 13 to SFY 17
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Indiana Key Data Findings
• 55% of removals due of parental substance abuse
• Barely misses the federal standard for repeat maltreatment
• More than double the national average rate of children in care
• More than double the national average rate of children entering care
• 45% of family case managers have caseloads above the state standard
• Supervision: National standard 1/5, DCS standard 1/7
• 530 children in care on the wait list for child care
• 5 times more spent on drug testing than drug treatment
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Indiana Key Data Findings
• 530 children in care on the wait list for child care
• 5 times more spent on drug testing than drug treatment
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System Strengths
• Support of the review by DCS and the Governor’s office
• State initiatives on opioids and other drugs
• DCS attention to child safety
• High percentage of placement with relatives
• Exceeds the national average in discharging (mostly older) children to permanency and family-based settings
• Well crafted practice model
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System Strengths
• Child and family team planning meetings are an expected part of practice
• Strong relationships with many partners
• Accessible policy
• Providers want a more collaborative relationship with DCS
• Well-structured staff training section
• Workforce is eager to see positive change
• Long-standing attorney vacancies being filled
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System Challenges
• High system frequency of intervention in families
• Disproportionately high number of children in care
• High investment in determining maltreatment/low investment in strengthening families
• Uneven to poor family involvement in decision-making
• Dispirited staff in in many offices
• Approximately 40% of FCM’s have caseloads over standards
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System Challenges
• Supervisors have a high supervisor/case manager ratio
• Perceived over-centralization of central office decision-making
• High staff turnover
• Foster parent turnover
• Day care eligibility and waiting lists for foster parents and kinship providers
• Not enough drug treatment services
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System Challenges
• Prior evaluation reports unused
• Data system has limited capacity
• Limited capacity to perform data analysis
• Eliminated practice quality assessments process
• High attorney workloads, inexperience
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Recommendations
• Entire community must expand addiction resources
• Review statutes to prioritize scope of DCS responsibility for maltreatment
• Lengthen response time for selected maltreatment cases
• Extend the time frame for family assessment
• Engage more families voluntarily
• Re-launch the practice model
• Pilot delivery of cohort training regionally
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Recommendations
• Consider offering children in care the option of receiving support through age 23
• Strengthen the FCM case management role
• Establish a caseload standard of 17 families for in-home and 15 children for out-of-home
• Reduce the supervisor to case manager ratio to closer to 1/5
• Seek to create a safe learning environment for staff
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Recommendations
• Give priority to recruiting staff who have a BSW and MSW
• Create a workgroup to decentralize central office decision-making
• Create a data analysis capacity
• Resume using the QSR process
• Improve data reporting and analytic capacity
• Secure a Medicaid expert
• Develop a closer partnership with providers
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Agenda3. Strategic Priority: Child Safety and Services
b. Victoria Szczechowski: Child Services Oversight Committee update
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Agenda3. Strategic Priority: Child Safety and Services
c. Dr. Leslie Hulvershorn: Child Safety and Services Task Force update
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Agenda3. Strategic Priority: Child Safety and Services
Dr. Zachary Adams, Trauma and Resilience Subcommittee
Feedback requested: Trauma Web Site Concept
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Agenda4. Strategic Priority: Juvenile Justice and Cross-System Youth
a. Angela Reid-Brown: Juvenile Justice/Cross System Task Force update
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Agenda5. Strategic Priority: Mental Health & Substance Abuse
a. Sirrilla Blackmon and Senator Randy Head: Mental Health and Substance Abuse Task Force update
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Agenda5. Strategic Priority: Mental Health & Substance Abuse
b. Elizabeth Darby, Indiana Criminal Justice Institute
Action requested: approval of letter of support for CJI’sapplication for an OJJDP grant on opioid affected youth
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Eric Holcomb, GovernorDave Murtaugh, Executive Director
Opioid Affected Youth InitiativeFunding Opportunity
Commission on Improving the Status of ChildrenJune 20, 2018
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About ICJI
▪ Approximately 50 employees
▪ Executive Director appointed by Governor
▪ Priorities set by 18-member Board of Trustees
▪ Six Divisions: Drug & Crime, Research, Substance Abuse, Traffic Safety, Victim Services and Youth
▪ Criminal justice policy, planning, research and analysis
▪ Administers $75 million in annual state, USDOJ and USDOT grants
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Opioid Affected Youth Initiative
▪ Proposal Deadline: July 2, 2018
▪ 6 Projects and 1 Technical Assistance Provider
▪ $1M per project over 3 years
▪ Project Timeframe: October 2018 - September 2021
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Project Goals
1. Strategically respond to the opioid epidemic and it’s impact on kids
2. Develop data-driven responses that address the abuse of opioids
3. Improve service coordination for training, intervention, prevention, and diversion programs for kids and families
4. Implement coordinated services model and programs
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Project Phases
Planning Phase (Year 1)
▪ Convene taskforce, develop data sharing agreements, identify unique needs and focus areas, and develop strategic plan
Implementation Phase (Years 2 & 3)
▪ Develop and implement coordinated responses and services, ensure ongoing data analysis and data-driven decision making, identify funding resources to ensure sustainability
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ICJI’s Role
▪ Site Coordinator – Elizabeth Crist Darby
▪ Data & research coordination
▪ Leverage Title II subgrants to fund local programs
▪ Local Coordinating Council technical assistance
▪ Performance management and reporting
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Partner Roles
▪ Task force participation
▪ Cross-system planning
▪ Data sharing
▪ Coordination and implementation of prevention, intervention, diversion and treatment services
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Next Steps & Questions
▪ Gather letters of support
▪ Finalize proposal, logic model and budget
▪ Questions
Contact Info
Elizabeth Crist Darby
ICJI Youth Division Director
C: 317-426-9552 / O: 317-232-1251
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Agenda6. Strategic Priority: Educational Outcomes
b. Cathy Danyluk and Melaina Gant: Educational Outcomes Task Force update
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Agenda7. Committee Updates
a. Tyler Brown: Data Sharing and Mapping Committee update
Action Recommended: approval of proposed MOU for update of
information-sharing guide
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INFORMATION SHARING GUIDE
ANALYTICS – JUNE 1, 2018
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New Users Since May 1st
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Returning Users Since May 1st
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Interactions Since May 1st
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All Time New Users
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All Time Interactions
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New Users
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Returning Users
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User Activity
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Agenda7. Committee Updates
b. Kathryn Dolan: Communications Committee update
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Agenda8. Executive Director Update
a. Recent Presentations
b. Work with Clarus Consulting
c. Updated legislative summary
d. Strategic plan tracker
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Agenda9. Discussion: Future Meeting Topics or other items from Commission members
10. Next Meeting: August 15, 2018
Indiana Government Center South, Conference Room C
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Contact [email protected]; 317-232-1945; www.in.gov/children