Partners in Resiliency Collaborating with Child Welfare Services An Integrated & Relationship-Based Service Delivery Model

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Partners in Resiliency – Collaborating

with Child Welfare Services

An Integrated & Relationship-Based

Service Delivery Model

CHSA CONFERENCE

February 4, 2013

Neighborhood House Association Early Head Start & Head Start Programs

San Diego, California

Stephanie A. Tesch, MSW, FCP Coordinator

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Introductions

Stephanie A. Tesch, MSW

Family and Community Partnership Coordinator Neighborhood House Association

stesch@neighborhoodhouse.org

Lily Cosico-Berge, PsyD

Director of Program Support

Neighborhood House Association

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• Recognize the importance of Head Start/Child Welfare

Services collaboration.

• Have strategies for developing an effective collaboration with

your local Child Welfare Services’ agency.

• Have a basic understanding of the CSEFEL Pyramid Model.

• Know how to utilize an integrated approach to service delivery

to successfully support children and families involved with Child Welfare Services.

By the end of the next 90 minutes,

you will . . .

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Children from birth to five are the age group most likely to experience abuse and/or neglect.1

1_{U.S. Department of Health and Human Services, Administration for Children and Families, Administration on Children, Youth and Families,}

Children’s Bureau. (2012). Child Maltreatment 2011. Available from http://www.acf.hhs.gov/programs/cb/research-data-technology/statistics-research/child-maltreatment. <1-2 years 27.1% 15-17 years 10.3% 12-14 years 12.9% 9 -11 years

13.7 % 6-8 years

16.4%

3-5 years 19.6%

Head Start and Child Welfare Services:

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Abuse and/or neglect have a negative and sometimes lasting impact on a child’s development, health, and mental health2.

2_{U.S. Department of Health and Human Services, Administration for Children and Families, Administration on Children, Youth and Families, Children’s}

Bureau. (2008). Long-Term Consequences of Child Abuse and Neglect. Available from

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High-quality early care and education has been shown to have strong, positive, and enduring effects for children growing up in high-risk environments.3

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Head Start and Child Welfare Services have similar purposes:

– Enhance the safety, permanency, and well-being of children

– Strengthen the community and families through partnerships and

engagement

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Important Recommendations

Important Recommendations for

CWS/HS Collaboration

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Strategies for Collaboration

• Determine scope of collaboration

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Will you include delegates and vendors?

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Are you working with multiple CWS agencies?

• Identify who at Head Start should initiate the

collaboration

• Identify who you need to speak with at Child

Welfare Services

• Schedule a meeting

Taking the first steps towards

collaboration. . .

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• Introductions

• Explanations of each agency’s

programs and services

• Discussion of history of

collaboration between CWS and HS

• Discussion of community-specific trends

• Identification of joint goals

• Development of strategies to reach goals

• Create a work plan and assign tasks

The first joint meeting between Head

Start/Child Welfare Services

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Goals for NHA’s HS/CWS Collaboration:

1:

Increase application and enrollment of CWS

involved families in EHS/HS

2:

Enhance CWS staff’s knowledge of EHS/HS

programs and services

3:

Enhance EHS/HS staff’s understanding of CWS

4:

Enhance HS comprehensive support services to

CWS involved families

NHA’s Head Start/Child Welfare Services

Goals

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Goal #1: Increase application and enrollment of CWS involved families in EHS/HS

• Established a streamlined referral process for CWS-involved families – one

point of contact for all families referred by CWS

• Developed a letter (04-99) for CWS-involved families which provides

information about HS/EHS, including listings of EHS/HS locations, and instructions for accessing the streamlined referral system

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• Updated ERSEA plan to include prioritization for CWS families

• Developed a CWS Letter of Support (04-100), which is documentation of

the CWS referral and allows for assignment of prioritization points

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• Sent a “Special Notice” to all CWS staff to inform them of collaboration

and streamlined referral process

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Goal #4: Enhance EHS/HS comprehensive support

services to CWS involved families

• Implementation of the Comprehensive, Tiered-Base

& Interconnected System of Care (Based on CSEFEL

Pyramid Model)

– Care Coordination

• Identification of need: all contents

• Assigning roles: Care Coordinator, additional staff • Plan development

• Implementation

• Monitoring and Tracking

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Content Service Areas

Early Childhood

Education Child Health and Development

Family and Community Partnerships

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CSEFEL Pyramid Model:

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Comprehensive Services

HS/EHS Model

Child and Family Early Care and Education

Family Support and Parent Engagement Child Welfare Services System of Care Comprehensive services:

Health, Dental, Nutrition, Mental Health, Special Education Support, Social

Services

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Pyramid Model of Intervention

Intensive Individualized

Interventions

Targeted Supports

High Quality Supportive Environments

Nurturing and Responsive Relationships

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Child & Family Child Welfare Services System of Care Family Support Parent Engagement

Early Care and Early Education Comprehensive Services: Health, Dental, Nutrition, Mental Health, Special Education Support, Social Services Comprehensive, Tiered-Base & Interconnected System of Care

(CSW-NHA HS/EHS Service Delivery Model in Building Protective Factors)

Intensive Individualized Interventions Targeted Supports High Quality Supportive Environments

Nurturing & Responsive Relationships

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Comprehensive, Tiered-Base &

Interconnected System of Care

Early Care and Early Education Family Support Parent Engagement Child Welfare Services System of

Care Comprehensive Multi-Disciplinary Services: Health, Dental, Nutrition, Mental Health, Special Education Support, Social Services Child and Family Intensive Individualized Interventions Targeted Supports Comprehensive Services: High Quality Supportive Environments Nurturing & Responsive Relationships lcosico-berge 2012

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• Internal “Service Request” submitted for

all CWS involved families

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• Program Specialists communicate with

HS staff, family, and CWS 3

• Development and implementation of

support and interventions (as needed) 4

• Care Coordination meetings with the

trans-disciplinary team (on-going)

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Next Steps. . .

• Quarterly Meetings between CWS/HS to evaluate

collaboration, discuss challenges, and make adjustments as needed

• Expansion of CWS/HS collaboration to other HS grantees in

San Diego County

• Ongoing training for EHS/HS staff on the impact of

abuse/neglect on children and how to effectively develop relationships with and support CWS-involved families

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THANK YOU!

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