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Family Team MeetingsFamily Team Meetings
Andy Kogerma
Family Connection Partnership
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Family Meetings: ModelsFamily Meetings: Models
• Family Group Conference (New Zealand)
• Family Unity Meeting (Oregon)
• Family Decision Meeting
• Team Decision Meeting (Family to Family)
• Family Team Conference (1st Placement/Best Placement)
• Family Team Meeting (CPPC)
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CPPCCPPC
• Community Partnerships for Protecting Children
• Initiative begun in 1995 by Clark
• Four National sites
• Georgia began implementation in 2002
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CPPC: PhilosophyCPPC: Philosophy
• Based on the idea that people and places in neighborhoods are primary resources for families in crisis
• Formal and informal resources need to work together
• Protecting children is everyone’s business
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CPPC: Broad GoalsCPPC: Broad Goals
• Change the CPS response to families, moving away from a “one size fits all”response
• Develop and expand neighborhood-based resources to help families keep children safe and ensure support before problems become crises
• Involve broad spectrum of community services
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CPPC: Core BeliefsCPPC: Core Beliefs
• Child Focused: every child is valued
• Family focused: respect for families’ capacity/skill in caring for their children
• Results Accountability (define results, design/implement results-based strategies for implementation, evaluate results)
• Outcomes based: “What difference are we making?”
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Core Beliefs (cont)Core Beliefs (cont)
• Strengths Based: “What is right with this family?”
• Shared Leadership:Promotes the involvement of all parties
• Cultural Differences Valued/Respected
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CPPC in GeorgiaCPPC in Georgia
• DFCS Sponsored initiative
• Family Connection Partnership a primary partner
• Other Partners include:Prevent Child Abuse Georgia, UGA-CVIOG, Casey
• Operates through the leadership of local FC Collaboratives with local DFCS assuming key leadership role
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CPPC in GeorgiaCPPC in Georgia
• Nine counties selected for participation: Brantley, Catoosa, Clarke, Cobb, DeKalb, Fulton, Jenkins, Muscogee and Peach
• Each county receives seed money and one assigned DFCS CPPC position
• Each county must implement four key strategies . . .
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CPPC: Four Key StrategiesCPPC: Four Key Strategies
#1: CPS Policy/Practice Change#2: Use of Family Team
Meetings/Individualized Courses of Action (“FTM’s”, “ICA’s”) to facilitate change
#3: Develop Network of Community Supports and Resources for families in need
#4: Shared decision making between all parties
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Strategy #1: Strategy #1: Individualized Courses of Individualized Courses of
ActionActionDevelop family centered, Individualized Courses of Action (“ICA’s”) for vulnerable families/children
Use strengths-based Family Team Meetings (FTMs”) to generate plan for change
Values Informal support (neighborhood, family)
Involves DFCS/Community agencies
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Family Team Meetings Family Team Meetings
• Core Strategy of CPPC
• Involves meeting of family members, facilitators, family support, service providers . . .
• Purpose: to help family identify strengths/needs and generate a plan for change
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Family Team MeetingFamily Team Meeting
• Based on core conditions of respect, empathy, genuineness
• Uses active listening skills
• Strengths based: “What is right with this family?”
• Is solution focused
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Family Team Meeting: Family Team Meeting: PreparationPreparation
• Must hold face to face preparation interview with family
• May interview others by phone
• Describes purpose of FTM, stages of FTM, what to expect
• Family identifies who they want to attend
• Identifies any potential sources of conflict
• Crucial to successful meeting
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Family Team Meeting:StepsFamily Team Meeting:Steps
• Welcome and Introductions
• Purpose
• Outcomes
• Non-negotiables/confidentiality
• Ground Rules
• Family Story
• Strengths to Achieve Outcomes
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FTM: Steps (cont)FTM: Steps (cont)
• Identification of Individual and Family Needs
• Brainstorm How to Meet Needs
• Develop Agreement for Plan (who will do what, when, where, etc)
• Assessing what can go wrong
• Next Steps and Closing
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CPS and CPPC in GeorgiaCPS and CPPC in Georgia
• Implementing CPPC means changes to CPS policy/practice in nine counties
• In-depth Family Assessment replaces Strengths/Needs Assessment
• Family Team Meeting basis for case planning
• Case Plan written during FTM: “with, not for, families”
• 6 Month time frame for case plan
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““Dual Track Response”Dual Track Response”
• Community• Prevention based• Low-risk/self-
identified families• “Hub” conducts
FTM/facilitators may be community members
• Generates Family Support Plan
• DFCS• Intervention Based• Moderate-high risk
families identified through DFCS
• Uses intensive family assessment and FTM
• Conducted by DFCS• Generates 6 month
case plan