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ServicesTitle IV-E California Well-Being Project

and Strategic Plan

June 3, 2015

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• Enhanced the array of current programs and services while:– Increasing safety;– Improving timelines to permanency;– Improving child and family well-being; and– Improving the array of services and engagement

of families with a more individualized approach to serving children.

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• Outcomes– Decreased Number of children in out-of-home

care by 25.3%.– Increased the number of children able to receive

services in own home by 35.2%.– Decreased group home population by 36.8%.– Decreased average length of stay in care by 38.5%

(311 days).

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• Lessons Learned– Improve rate of re-entry;– Improve timeliness to permanence;– Increase the access and quality of mental health

services; – Lower caseloads;– Decrease workload; and– Better technology.

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• Goals– Improve array of services and supports;– Engage families through more individualized

casework;– Increase safety without an over-reliance on out-of-

home care;– Improve permanency outcomes and timelines;

and– Improve child and family well-being

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• Interventions– Core Practice Model;– Enhance Prevention and Aftercare; and– Partnership for Families.

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• Core Practice Model– Target population is all children and families with

open DCFS case and implemented countywide– Short term outcomes:• Deepen understanding about trauma;• Improved relationships with community;• Only serve families who need intervention;• Work collaboratively; and• Develop awareness of the impact of DCFS

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• Enhance Prevention and Aftercare– Target population is families in LA County that are

high risk of child abuse or neglect– Short term outcome: • Build families’ strengths in areas related to Protective

Factors

– Long-term outcome:• Reduce the number of families that need child welfare

services in LA County

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• Partnership for Families– Evidence-based, short-term, family centered intervention– Target population has high to very high risk factor and

closed referral disposition of inclusive– Emphasis is on children five years of age or younger; and– Community referred pregnant women who have risk

factor for child maltreatment– Short term outcome:

• Build families’ strengths in areas related to Protective Factors

– Long-term outcome:• Reduce subsequent involvement with DCFS

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