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6/15/2010 Welcome! AGENDA • Opening Remarks • Opening Remarks • Introductions • Synthesis of Cross System Values and Principles: A National Perspective • Mission and Underlying Values • How do the Dynamics of Addiction, Treatment and Relapse Impact Values? • Bringing it all Together: How do we work together to resolve the “Hot Button” issues? • Panel Discussion: Lessons Learned 3 Introductions • Nancy Young, PhD, MSW Director Children and Family Futures Director, Children and Family Futures • Phil Breitenbucher, MSW Program Director, Children and Family Futures • Theresa Lemus, RN, MBA Program Associate, Children and Family Futures • Honorable Nicolette Pach Honorable Nicolette Pach Consultant, Children and Family Futures • John Passalacqua, JD Children and Parent’s Counsel 4 2

6/15/2010 Overview of Learning Academy Module Format • Polling Questions • Live Questions & Discussion • Webinar Evaluations 5 How do I ask questions? For your convenience, there are two ways to ask questions during this ways to ask questions during this webinar presentation: 1. Type and send your questions through the Question and Answer log located on the bottom half on your panel/dashboard. 2 2. There will also be time at the end There will also be time at the end of the webinar for you to ask questions via the conference line. 6 3

6/15/2010 Polling Question #1 How did you hear about this webinar? • I’m an OJJDP FDC grantee • I’m a RPG grantee • IDTA program • At the NADCP conference • Other 7 Synthesis of Cross System Values and Principles: A National Perspective Nancy Young, PhD 8 4

6/15/2010 Background • Statement on shared values and principles to develop collaborative solutions for cross develop collaborative solutions for cross- system issues • Intent: Capture a set of ideal practices that can guide and inform collaborative practice 9 Background Six NCSACW Consortium Organizations: • American Public Human Services Association • American Public Human Services Association • Child Welfare League of America • Children and Family Futures • National Association of State Alcohol and Drug Abuse Directors • National Council of Juvenile and Family Court Judges • National Indian Child Welfare Association 10 5

6/15/2010 Shared Values and Guiding Principles 1. Joint Accountability and Shared Outcomes 2. Principles of Daily Practice 2 P i i l f D il P ti 3. Information and Data Sharing 4. Training and Staff Development 5. Budgeting and Sustainability 6. Working with Related Agencies g g 7. Working with Community and Families 11 Mission and Underlying Values Nancy Young, PhD 12 6

6/15/2010 What is a mission statement? A concise statement - built by consensus - of what is to be achieved f h t i t b hi d Sometimes includes how it will be reached Example from CFF: Example from CFF: To improve the lives of children and families, particularly those affected by substance use disorders 13 Polling Question #2 Together, our team has developed a mission statement. i i t t t • Yes, we developed a mission statement that our FDC team believes in. • No, we have a mission statement but it No we have a mission statement but it was not developed collaboratively with our team members. 14 7

6/15/2010 What do values have to do with our mission? A values inventory reveals important differences in beliefs about: diff i b li f b t • Parenting and substance use and abuse • Treatment efficacy • Daily practice issues: screening, Daily practice issues: screening assessment, client engagement and services to families 15 The “Hot Buttons” Barriers to A Shared Mission: Policy Issues • Difference in perceptions of the primary client: Difference in perceptions of the primary client: the parent, the child • Difference in perception of the target population • Different “clocks” among service systems • Incompatible information systems I tibl i f ti t • Perceptions of confidentiality regulations • Missing data • Categorical funding streams 16 8

6/15/2010 The “Hot Buttons” Barriers to A Shared Mission: Practice Issues • Knowledge gaps among staff working in the Knowledge gaps among staff working in the systems • Lack of effective communication 17 What is a Mission Statement? Components of a Mission Statement: • Understanding each other’s values • Shared principles • Shared outcomes to measure whether the mission is achieved • Client outcomes • Priority groups of parents and children • Cost savings 18 9

6/15/2010 But we’ve already done this! Mission statements developed in the early stages of a project may benefit from being revisited, p j y g , since: • Staff turnover happens • Fiscal changes affect staffing • The grant writer may have been removed from some operational issues from some operational issues • Fundamental values issues may have been overlooked • Initial mission statements are sometimes set forth in vague and abstract language 19 The Five Clocks Temporary Assistance for Needy Families (TANF) • 24 months work participation 24 months work participation • 60 month lifetime Adoption and Safe Families Act (ASFA) • 12 months permanency plan • 15 of 22 months in out-of-home care must petition for Termination of Parental Rights (TPR) Recovery • One day at a time for the rest of your life Child Development • Clock doesn’t stop • Moves at the fastest rate from prenatal to age 5 20 10

6/15/2010 The Most Important Clock • The 5 th Clock: The one that’s ticking on us • How long do we have to act if H l d h t t if our families have • 24 months to work and • 12 months to reunify? • Taking this clock seriously means • Taking this clock seriously means that we take aggressive action to reconcile the clocks on children and families 21 Polling Question #3 What steps has your team taken to reconcile the clocks? il th l k ? • Established an advisory board • Developed a shared mission and principles • Developed a policy or memorandum of understanding • Cross-system training • All of the above 22 11

6/15/2010 Builds Cross Establishes Individual and Identifies Front-Line System Cross System Roles and Collaborative Collaboration Responsibilities Practice GOVERNANCE CWS UNDERSTANDS CWS, SUDS and CS Have Collaborative Policies, � Oversight Committee � Basics of substance use & how use affects child Procedures and Tools development � Steering Committee to: � How to screen for substance use � Subcommittees � Treatment system & how to help people stay in � Treatment system & how to help people stay in TASKS � Screen for substance use treatment � Mission & Principles and child maltreatment � Implications of tensions between Treatment Staff � Shared Understanding on and CW timelines Language & Processes � Assess for substance use ALCOHOL & DRUG SYSTEMS UNDERSTANDS and child maltreatment � Goals, Timetables, � How substance use puts children at risk & how Products CWS must respond � Training � Develop and implement � Child maltreatment reporting requirements Curricula/Strategy collaborative case plans � How to screen for child safety MONITORING COURT SYSTEM UNDERSTANDS � Monitor progress and M it d � Baseline Data � Basics of substance use & child maltreatment evaluate results � Progress Reports � Its role in requiring assessments � Outcome Data � The authority to prompt/require collaboration COLLABORATIVELY ALL 3 SYSTEMS � Establish joint policies/procedures to share information � Establish case plans � Develop shared indicators of progress 23 � Monitor progress and evaluate outcomes How do the dynamics of addiction relapse How do the dynamics of addiction, relapse and recovery impact the groups mission and underlying values? Theresa Lemus, RN, MBA 24 12

6/15/2010 The “Hot Buttons” Barriers to Understanding Values: Policy Issues • Difference in perception of ability to succeed Difference in perception of ability to succeed in treatment • Difference in understanding the addiction spectrum in the context of child safety 25 The “Hot Buttons” Barriers to Understanding Values: Practice Issues • • Lack of consensus in monitoring progress and Lack of consensus in monitoring progress and evaluating results 26 13