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Relationship Building with Local Partners Veronica Munoz Program Specialist, Kern DCSS

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Overview Where to find them and how to build relationships Preparation Lessons Learned Success Stories

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Definition Relationship 1 : The way in which two or more people, groups, countries, etc., talk to, behave towards, and deal with each other 1 Mirriam-Webster.com

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Where do I find relationships? Collaborative Networks Councils Boards Coalitions Your staff

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Preparation You: Know who you are Know what you do Know how you do it Them: Know who they are Know what they do Know how they do it

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Next Step Contact: How can we work together? What we can and cant do? Respect: Their time Realistic Honest Understand their program Funding source Grant limitations

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Lessons Learned Know your limits Meet with your management team and business office Expectations Legal Budget

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Lessons Learned continued Not everyone is going to buy what you are selling Dont take it personally Their personal experience may have negatively impacted them Take the time to educate Dont give up

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Success Stories Incarcerated Parent Program VITA Community Resource Program

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Incarcerated Parents Project

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Kern County United Way Vita Project

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Community Resource Program Mission Community development seeks to empower individuals and groups of people by providing them with the skills they need to effect change in their own communities.

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Community Resource Presentations

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Veronica Munoz vmunoz@co.kern.ca.us 661-868-8538 Tell me about your success!!

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Building a Meaningful Partnership Kelley Cote Director, Lassen DCSS

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Why is it important

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How it began January 2013 Kickoff May 22, 2013 Return August 26, 2013

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Turn Out Prison Culture and What we Found

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The Work Staffing and Budget Getting the Work done

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Results Total cases with inmates released prior to information exchanged with 2 nd session4 Total cases with Inmates that had closed cases, yet attended both sessions17 Total cases with Inmates still incarcerated with $0.00 Orders and no arrears owed20 Total cases with Inmates still incarcerated with $0.00 Orders and arrears owed8 Total cases with Inmate incarcerated and made first payment from prison5 cases on one inmate for total of $10.00 paid in February 2015 Total cases with released inmates with $0.00 orders, no arrears, and cases closed6 Total cases with released inmates who are now employed and paying child support10 Total cases with released inmates who are employed and cases are open for medical enforcement only 4 Total cases in which LCSAs were able to close those cases due to verified incarcerated information 15 for total of $377,733.53 Total cases with released inmates that applied for COAP and were approved6 for total of $155,495.56 reduced COAP breakdown2 cases closed with lump sum payment 4 cases still opening and released inmate is paying Total cases with a released inmate that has not paid1

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Next Steps Next steps in the project

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cote.kelley@lassen.cse.ca.gov Our lives begin to end the day we become silent about things that matter. ~Martin Luther King, Jr.

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