Growing Your Rural Collaborative of Care; An Example…The Colorado Experience

Growing Your Rural Collaborative of Care; An Example…The Colorado Experience

04/22/23 Colorado Department of Human Services 1

‘Safe Places-Continuum of Care’ A Rural Collaborative for Homeless Youth and Families

Facilitator/s Contact Information

Bob Coulson MPA, MA. MDiv 303-866-4706, [email protected]

Arlene Reilly-Sandoval, MSW, LCSW, (PHD Candidate)719-549-2905, [email protected]

Today’s Train Destinations

INTRODUCTIONS: Who’s Who? (Names, Roles, and Needs)

THEMES: How Do You Grow…• Program Planning & Development; Best Practice-Replication?• Positive Youth Development; Older/Unaccompanied Youth?• Collaboration-Programs-Services; Child Welfare Youth?• Legislation and Policy; Homeless Youth Concerns?

OBJECTIVES: How Do You…• Develop a Rural Network?• Implement the Plan?• Create Collaboration?• Conduct Outreach in Rural Areas?• Manage Rural Area and Partnerships Diversity?


Recognizing Our Partners• Family and Youth Services Bureau (FYSB); Federal Agency Partner• Colorado Dept of Human Services (CDHS); Divisions of Child Welfare (DCW), Supportive

Services and Housing Programs (SHHP), and Colorado Works (TANF); State Agency Partners• Colorado Dept of Public Health & Environment (State-wide PYD)• Advisory Committee on Homeless Youth (ACHY) • United Way (Denver)-Bridging the Gap (BTG); PYD Partner• YES! Academy (YES!) & State Youth Leadership Team (YLT); Safety Net• Rural Collaborative Youth Leadership Team (RCYLT)• The Rural Collaborative for Homeless Youth (RCHY): Alamosa, Huerfano, Garfield, Moffat,

Montezuma, and Montrose Partners• Urban Peak Denver (UPD); Unaccompanied Youth Services• Family Tree Inc. (FT); Youth in Families and Domestic Violence Services• Lutheran Family Services (LFS); faith-based Youth Crisis Services• National Safe Place; Rural, Bi-lingual, and Family Pilot Project Partner• Center for Systems Integration (CSI); Integrated Planning-Programming


Cool Partner Logos


Rural Collaborative for Homeless Youth Video


Partner Locations…Bridging Colorado

From Start-Up…

To Sustainment…

Our Transformative Story…

RHY Youth

CDHSCSI

RCHY

7 Principles of Collaborative-Strengthening•Focus on Shared Values…”Helping Kids”•Target Real not Perceived Needs•CO-OPerate not Compete for Resources•Day 1…Shape Sustainability not Grant-Chasing•Stress a Small Steps-Successes Approach•Build Integrated Services not New Silos•Embrace Creative Tension not Challenges

Start-Up

$2. 5 Mil SSRHY SSUF 1

SSUF2BCP

KEY Strategy: The Center for Systems Integration (CSI)integrates the two rails of funding and programming to provide a seamless track for services delivery.

Sustainment

Planning-Development-Replication

THEME 1: How Do You Grow…

• Best Practices for Replication? -Monthly E-Newsletters http://www.cdhs.state.co.us/childwelfare/SSRHY.htm

-Survey Monkey http://www.surveymonkey.com/

-The NING http://www.ning.com/

• Program Planning and Development? - The Proverbial ‘Getting on the Same Page’ Checklist (Please see next slide)


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Data?

Needs?

Stakeholders?

Interests?

Populations?

Programs?

Funding?

Sustainability?

Collaborative?

Vision?


Grid: “Colorado Safe Places-Continuum of Care” Providing Integrated, Sustainable Runaway and Homeless Youth Prevention and Intervention Funding & Services

to Improve Youth Safety, Permanency, and Wellbeing; a Public Systems Diversion Collaborative.

Key Outcomes

BCP Grant

SSRHY Grant

SSUF 1 Grant

SSUF 2 Grant

Total Amounts

Funds Source: Grant Amount: Period: Eligibility: Services Length: Lead Agency: Fiscal Agency: TA Consultant: Svcs Coordinator: -------------------------------- Site $ Allocation:

Pool $ Allocation: PYD $ Allocation:

o FYSB o $119,000/yr o 10/1/09-9/30/10 o RHY 12-17 years o Up to 21 days o LFS o LFS o CSI (Kiran) o LFS (Heidi) ----------------------------- o N/A

o $56,875 o N/A

o FYSB o $200,000/yr o 10/1/08-9/30/13 o RHY 16-21 yrs o Up to 18 Months o CDHS/DCW-SHHP o CSI/CDHS Acctng o CSI (Kiran) o UPD (Kendall) ----------------------------------- o $15,000

o N/A o PYD-YLT $1,000/yr

o CDHS/TANF o $460,000/14mos o 5/1/09 -6/30/10 o RHY 12-24 yrs o TBD o SLVCMHC o SLVCMHC o CSI (Kiran) o SLVCMHC (Judy) -------------------------------- o $46,000 (includes

$1,500 per community for youth stipends)

o N/A o Trust for Rural Youth:

$2,363

o CDHS/TANF o $958,367/24mos o 9/1/09-6/30/2011 o RHY 12-24 & families o TBD o Huerfano County DSS o Huerfano County DSS o CSI (Kiran) o Family Tree (Nicole) o National Safe Place --------------------------------- o $98,099 (includes

$4,400 per community for youth and family stipends)

o N/A o $31,903 (includes PYD

& Trust (Youth and Families)

o $159,099

o TBD o $34,266

Key Goals: o Key Deliverables:

Crisis Bed o LFS TA to Sites o Training of Site staff o BCP Policy and Procedures Manual o 6 licensed Rural Foster/Host Homes o Designation of Support Services Providers

Mini-TLP (RHH?) o Community Plan o Year 2 Services Plan o Community Green Light

Project (Awareness) o RHY Summit (Nov) o PYD YLT/Interns

Expanded RHY Svcs o Marketing and

Outreach Plan o Evaluation Plan o Summit (See SSRHY)

Expanded RHY and Families Services

o National Safe Place

Rural Pilot Plan (Community Outreach)

o Integration and Evaluation

o Sustainability Plan

BCP (FYSB)10.1.09-9.30.12

service pop: 12-17 years

SSRHY (FYSB)9.30.08-9.30.13

service pop: 16-21 years

SSUF#1 (CO TANF)

5.1.09-6.30.10service pop:12-24 years

SSUF#2 (CO TANF)

9.1.09-6.30.11service pop:

Youth/Families

Total Projected

Leveraged Amounts

Alamosa-SLV

Mental Health Center

Garfield County

DHS

Huerfano County

DSS

Moffat Co. Youth Svcs Department

Montezuma County

Partners

Montrose Health & Human

Services

Site Totals

Site Coord/Case Mgmt -$ -$ -$ 300,000$ 300,000$ 50,000$ 50,000$ 50,000$ 50,000$ 50,000$ 50,000$ 300,000$ Travel: Out-of-State -$ 13,245$ -$ -$ 13,245$ -$ -$ -$ -$ -$ -$ -$ Supplies 7,500$ 1,002$ -$ -$ 8,502$ -$ -$ -$ -$ -$ -$ -$ Contractual Services

RHY Site Services 170,625$ 360,000$ 267,000$ 262,195$ 1,059,820$ 176,637$ 176,637$ 176,637$ 176,637$ 176,637$ 176,637$ 1,059,820$ SSRHY Coordinator -$ 259,937$ -$ -$ 259,937$ -$ -$ -$ -$ -$ -$ -$ SSUF2 Coordinator -$ -$ -$ 33,963$ 33,963$ -$ -$ -$ -$ -$ -$ -$ BCP Coordinator 71,475$ -$ -$ -$ 71,475$ -$ -$ -$ -$ -$ -$ -$ BCP Evaluator 22,500$ -$ -$ -$ 22,500$ -$ -$ -$ -$ -$ -$ -$ PYD Leadership Academy -$ -$ 3,000$ -$ 3,000$ -$ -$ -$ -$ -$ -$ -$ PYD-Family Academy -$ -$ -$ 25,000$ 25,000$ -$ -$ -$ -$ -$ -$ -$ Nat'l Safe Place Trg -$ -$ -$ 22,519$ 22,519$ -$ -$ -$ -$ -$ -$ -$

Other ExpensesProject Dir.-CMS -$ 125,000$ -$ -$ 125,000$ -$ -$ -$ -$ -$ -$ -$ Integration Svcs-CSI 2,000$ 76,554$ 117,984$ 166,973$ 363,511$ -$ -$ -$ -$ -$ -$ -$ Youth/Intern/YLT Stipends -$ 95,000$ 9,000$ 30,800$ 134,800$ 22,467$ 22,467$ 22,467$ 22,467$ 22,467$ 22,467$ 134,800$ Trust (Youth/Families) -$ -$ 2,363$ 6,903$ 9,266$ 1,544$ 1,544$ 1,544$ 1,544$ 1,544$ 1,544$ 9,266$ RC Mtgs/Summit/In-State Travel 39,600$ 12,955$ 18,835$ 22,890$ 94,280$ 15,713$ 15,713$ 15,713$ 15,713$ 15,713$ 15,713$ 94,280$ Tele/Web-Conferencing Svcs 3,000$ 6,307$ -$ -$ 9,307$ -$ -$ -$ -$ -$ -$ -$

Accounting ServicesLead/Fiscal Agent 36,300$ 10,000$ 41,818$ 87,124$ 175,242$ 41,818$ -$ 87,124$ -$ -$ -$ 128,942$

Financial Mgmt-CSI -$ 40,000$ -$ -$ 40,000$ -$ -$ -$ -$ -$ -$ -$ Community Investment Match

Local Sites 32,166$ 98,414$ 250,000$ 197,010$ 577,590$ 120,902$ 90,902$ 100,912$ 95,902$ 90,902$ 90,902$ 590,424$ Urban Peak Denver -$ 12,697$ -$ -$ 12,697$ Lutheran Family Svcs 7,500$ -$ -$ -$ 7,500$ Nat'l Safe Place -$ -$ -$ 3,000$ 3,000$ Other Leveraged Funds -$ -$ -$ -$ -$ -$

Grant Total 353,000$ 1,000,000$ 460,000$ 958,367$ 2,771,367$ 308,179$ 266,361$ 353,485$ 266,361$ 266,361$ 266,361$ 1,727,108$

Community Match Total 39,666$ 111,111$ 250,000$ 200,010$ 600,787$ 120,902$ 90,902$ 100,912$ 95,902$ 90,902$ 90,902$ 590,424$

Total Investment Amounts 392,666$ 1,111,111$ 710,000$ 1,158,377$ 3,372,154$ 429,081$ 357,263$ 454,397$ 362,263$ 357,263$ 357,263$ 2,317,532$

Support Allocations Site Services Allocations

Funding Grid: "Colorado Safe Places-Continuum of Care"Integrated Funding Streams—Mutually Leveraged for Sustainability

October 22, 2009


Positive Youth Development (PYD)


• Positive Youth Development for Older Youth and Unaccompanied Youth?

PANEL MEMBERS…Experiences:

• Montezuma County Partners; Rural Youth Mentoring Program

• Huerfano County Family Resource Center; Youth Leadership Team’s RHY CD

• Urban Peak-Denver; PYD Programming with Transitional RHY Youth


Collaboratives; Programs and Services


• Collaborative Programs and Services for Child Welfare Youth?

PANEL MEMBERS…Experiences: • Garfield County Department of Human Services; The Role of an IOG

• Moffat County Youth Services; Media and Social Marketing Relations

• Montrose Department of Human Services; Community Connections

• San Luis Valley Community Mental Health Center; Community Connections


Legislation and Public Policy


• Legislation and Public Policy for Homeless Youth Concerns?

PANEL MEMBERS…Experiences:

• Division of Supportive Housing and Homeless Programs (SHHP) -State Homeless Coordinator (Statute) -Statewide Homeless Youth Strategic Plan -Statewide Advisory Committee for Homeless Youth (ACHY)

• State Youth Leadership Team and Bridging the Gap Youth Leadership Team -Youth ‘Voice and Choice’ Tools and Successes: --Surveys, Trainings, and Testimony; Legislation, State Board, & CFSR Team


Nuts and Bolts (CSI)

OBJECTIVES: How Do You…

• Develop a Rural Network? -Community Readiness Assessments (Scaling Readiness)• Implement the Plan? -Community Action Plans, TRY, and Master Collaborative Services Plan• Create Collaboration? -Integrated Frameworks; PYD, Expanding Populations, Shared Outcomes• Conduct Outreach in Rural Areas? -Standardize Branding; Green Light Project, National Safe Place, Local• Manage Rural Area and Partnerships Diversity? -Monthly/Ad Hoc Project Management Group and TA Tele-Conferences -Social Network Analysis



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