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Fresno County Linkages Project Working Together to Reduce Poverty & Strengthen Families When CalWORKs/WTW and CWS work together, children and families can benefit in the following ways: The need for services can be identified which can

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Fresno County Linkages Project

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Working Together to Reduce Poverty & Strengthen Families

When CalWORKs/WTW and CWS work together, children and families can benefit in the following ways:

The need for services can be identified which can lead to a reduction in the number of required CWS referrals

Staff can assist families, provide a safe environment for their children, and gain economic self-sufficiency by coordinating services and eliminating contradictory expectations for success

Families in court-ordered or Voluntary Family Maintenance may be eligible for additional support, including economic assistance such as cash payments, Employment Services, Medi-Cal or Diversion Services

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Families in the CWS Family Reunification program, where their children have been removed, CalWORKs/WTW can provide a variety of non-cash services (AB 429) to help the family reunify and gain economic self- sufficiency

After children return home, CalWORKs/WTW can provide post- reunification services, including child care and other safety plan services to decrease the likelihood of abuse reoccurrence

Transition-age youth (18-24) can routinely be assessed for and linked to services to promote permanency and self-sufficiency

Working Together to Reduce Poverty & Strengthen Families continued

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Linkages in Fresno County

Linkages began in 2005 in Fresno

Focus was on eligible CalWORKs/WTW clients involved with the child welfare Voluntary Family Maintenance program

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Mission

Fresno County will link and coordinate realistic services for multi-system families to achieve success

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Vision

Children are entitled to live in a safe and healthy environment with parents that are nurturing, stable, and self-sufficient

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Guiding Principles

Fresno County will use a comprehensive team

approach to coordinate services based on common ground that:

Respects client choice and family goals

Collaborates with families and multi-systems

Supports simplified processes that reduce duplication of services

Provide effective and efficient services

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Philosophy

 Family Focused  Needs Driven  Community Connected  Strength Based

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 Focus on expanding to include Differential

Response

Linkages in Fresno County (future)

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Central Services Desk

Provides direct services to children and families…

Links families in the child-welfare system to resources & services for Mental Health, Substance Abuse, Domestic Violence, Parenting, Immigration, Emergency Housing…

Provides support to Social Work staff, i.e., staffings & case consultations with SAS, transitional housing…

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Provides resources for Child-Welfare staff and their families by connecting them to additional support services …

Oversees & monitors expenditures from other funding streams STOP, SCIAP, Kinship, etc.

Administers payment of invoices from service providers…

Central Services Desk continued

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Direct Services & Referrals Provided by Central Services Desk:

Alcohol Severity Index (Adult ASI Lites)

Inpatient/Out Patient Substance Abuse Treatment

Aftercare Substance Abuse Treatment

Mental Health Assessments

Domestic Violence Index Assessments

Anger Management Services

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Batterer’s Treatment / Child Abuse Batterer’s / Victims Group

Drug testing services

Staffing associated with Substance Abuse

Departmental Liaison to Inpatient Treatment Providers

Emergency /Transitional Housing

Immigration Services

Direct Services & Referrals Provided by Central Services Desk continued

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The handbook addresses resources, systems and funding for various services which clients may need such as the following:

  • Drug treatment assessments
  • Domestic violence assessments
  • Anger management assessments
  • Parenting education
  • Transportation
  • Housing and moving costs
  • Medical/dental costs

An Integrated Handbook to Serve DSS Families

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Benefits of Handbook

Provides necessary information to DSS staff

Centralized location of services for families

Maximizes use of Fed/State Funds and minimizes the use of County Funds

Promotes access to community resources

Enhances Safety, Permanency, Self-Sufficiency, and Well Being of Children & Families Served

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Resource Specialist

Central Desk

Community Resource Database Domestic Violence Services

Assessment

Monitored Treatment Victims Group Batter's Treatment Service Reports for Court

Emergency Housing

ILP Resource Base

Funding/programs for youth Multiple Media -

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Multiple Languages Special Interests

Determine Service Linkages via Eligibility Worker

Service Reports for Court Monitored Testing Global

Assessment

Monitored Treatment Inpatient Monitored Treatment Outpatient

  • Intensive
  • Less Intensive
  • Education

SUBSTANCE ABUSE SERVICES

Immigration & Human Trafficking

Specialized Family Support Funding Services

Traditional funding: STOP, Sciap, etc .

Foster Parents Resources Source Community Resource Specialist No File Cases - children returned to parents Voluntary Family Maintenance (VFM) 10 Day Response Cases Tier 1 Referrals & Referred Out Petition Filed Children Detained (Assess relative placement)

Mental Health Connections

Entrance into Child Welfare

Non-Child Welfare Intervention

Community Collaboratives and Connections. (Community Resource Specia list )

REACH Team AB 429 REACH Team Differential Response

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Central Services Desk / Linkages Flow Chart

Determine Linkages or other services via Eligibility Worker

FAMILIES ENTERING FAMILY MAINTENANCE

OR

EXITING THE CHILD WELFARE SYSTEM

Housing

  • Emergency
  • Transitional
  • Move-in

funding

Specialized Family Support Funding Services

Short Term & stop gap funding for transition

Guardianship Assistance & preservation

CENTRAL DESK

Community Resource Database

Transitional Tools & Resources for Youth 24 hour access via web Additional Federal,

  • State. Local

Programs Relapse Prevention Neighborhood Resources

RESOURCES FOR PREVENTION ,

STABILIZATION AND PRESERVATION SERVICES

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Role of the Eligibility Worker Assigned to Linkages/AB429

Data Sheet

Linkages/AB429 Intake EW Completes for Each Scheduled TDM, a Data Sheet that Provides a Snapshot

  • f the Families History and Status of Public Assistance Including WTW

It is Used to Identify Families who aren't Receiving Assistance that May be Eligible. The Data Sheet is also be Used to Identify Families that may be Eligible for AB429 Services. ADDITIONALLY; EW’s Perform the Following Direct Services Linkages/AB429 Intake EW takes the Families Application for Any Programs Warranted Linkages/AB429 Intake EW, takes the Families Application for Any Programs Warranted

*Medical Only applications are processed by the Outreach Unit

Linkages/AB429 On-going EW, Requests the Case be Reassigned from the Current EW. They are responsible for case maintenance and eligibility redeterminations If, there is Court Involvement &, the Family is already receiving Public Assistance If, there is Court Involvement and, the Family Needs to Apply for Public Assistance If, there is no Court Involvement but a Need for Public Assistance is Determined:

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AB 429 Targeted Population

 Parent(s):

Whose child(ren) have been temporarily removed from the home,

Who have a CWS case plan and/or a court-ordered plan for Family Reunification, and

Were receiving CalWORKs/WTW at the time the child was removed

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Collaboration

 Staff will work in collaboration with Central

Services Desk to identify AB 429 parent(s) and address clients needs

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Employment Services

 Coordinated Case Plan Development  Assist with Supportive Services i.e.

Transportation

 Good Cause may be granted

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Services Provided by AB 429

Mental Health

Substance Abuse

Transportation

Ancillary-(WTW related activities only)

Domestic Violence (Battered victims)

Anger Management

Parenting

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DATA Objectives

Initiative Objective: The initial objective of the Data Committee was to establish a means of providing harder+companycomparison sample data on the outcomes achieved thru the provision of Linked CalWORKs/WTW and Child Welfare services. This was accomplished in April 2011. Ongoing Objective The Data Committee then reconvened and determined that the information provided to Harder+company was valuable and the need to sustain Linkages thru accountability was so important that a Linkages Quarterly Data Report was needed. The report will utilize information gathered on an on-going basis from both Child Welfare and Eligibility/Job Specialists.

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DATA Objectives continued

Date Between AB429 & LINKAGES Good Cause Determined = Y / N CWS Outcome Positive/Negative 6 MO Coordinated Case Plan Review Date CWS Closure Date Date Coordinated Case Plan signed CWS Services Termination Date Linkages = L SWS Dist # AB429 = A SW Dist # Sanction Reoccurrence = Y / N CWS Services Component Employment Status CWS ID # WTW STATUS Client First Name Linkage JS Dist # Client Last Name CalWORKs Active = Yes / No Detention Hearing Date CalWIN ID # TEAM DECISION MAKING (TDM) Date SPECIFIC ITEMS TRACKED:

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REACH Team

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REACH Team Goals

Assist participants in addressing the barriers of

  • btaining a job, keeping the job and transitioning off aid

Provides a rapid response to reduce barriers at various entry points into CalWORKs/WTW, as well as reduce the risk of abuse/neglect of children

Link families to resources and services so that the family unit can move toward self-sufficiency

Provide services that are family focused, strength based, needs driven, and community oriented

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How the REACH Team Works

The Job Specialist, Eligibility Worker, and/or SW, refers clients to the REACH Team

The referral is triaged the following morning to connect the appropriate discipline (s) to the client need (s)

The assigned REACH team member is expected to contact the client and arrange to meet with them either in their home or the office

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The REACH Team member will then link the client and family to the appropriate resources and monitor progress

The REACH Team makes itself available to the client, staff and contracted providers for staffings and or Team Decision Making Meetings as needed

How the REACH Team Works cont..

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Linkages Outcomes

 Ability to identify and provide additional services to

clients

 Increased communication between DSS staff  Reduce the risk of abuse/neglect of children and

increasing a parents ability to be self-sufficient

 Increased maximization of DSS funding

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Questions & Answers