October 10, 2014 This webinar was funded by the Mental Health Services Oversight and Accountability Commission (MHSOAC). Audio portion will begin shortly

Introductions o Tim Croisdale, PhD, CSUS o Kate Cordell, MPH o Thomas Weitzel

List Serve MHSOAC will now maintain a list serve with information relevant to counties My announcement list has been migrated over to the new list serve If you are already part of my list, you are automatically part of this new MHSOAC list serve If you are not part of my list, and if you would like to receive announcements, go to MHSOAC home page to sign up:

DCR User Resources o Other Resources:  User Manuals  Data Dictionary  Partner Level Reporting Tool (Microsoft Access)  Data Analysis Resources  Self Guided Training Videos o Available via Resources Link on

EPLD Templates Project  The MHSOAC is hosting a project to provide further enhancements to the EPLD Templates Microsoft Access tool used to analyze FSP CSV file exports from the DCR.  The focus of this project is to add new reports and functionality to the EPLD templates in order to further support county evaluation of: 1) programs, 2) providers, and 3) partnership service coordinators.  This webinar provides training on the new functionality of the templates.  Trainings on previous functionality are available at  A comprehensive User Manual for all functionality is available at

EPLD Project Goals Empower counties, providers, programs and PSCs to evaluate FSPs:  Provide summary to clinicians of each partnership’s progress/outcomes  Improve data quality  Help identify the effectiveness of the services  Help improve or extend effective services Create uniform indicators across counties, programs and providers  Encourage communication with a common language  Promote sharing of successful approaches

Beta Testing Feedback A special thank you to our beta testing counties who provided valuable feedback on this version: Humboldt County Nevada County Solano County Stanislaus County Tuolumne County

FSP EPLD Templates V 3.0 Changes this Version o Partner Information Tab: Partner Info Form – displays current and original provider, program, PSC Partner Report– displays current and original provider, program, PSC Search for Partners – uses current provider, program and PSC for search Search for Partners by ID – now has form to enter parameters Find partners by service period added Added ability to sort by Days in Partnership

FSP EPLD Templates V 3.0 Changes this Version (Cont.) o Partner Alert Reports: Added a missing or incomplete 3M report o Divide Dataset Functionality: Divide Dataset tab added Exports CSV files for subset of partners belonging to current program, provider and/or PSC OR cleanses database of all partners not belonging to current program, provider and/or PSC

FSP EPLD Templates V 3.0 Changes this Version (Cont.) o New Summary Reports: Education report for child partners’ attendance and grades Employment report Residential report for years 3 & 4 Checkbox option to leave report criteria window open after running the report Discharge Report has updated color scheme in some graphs o Enhanced Error Handling

Getting Started 1. Download from:   EPLD_TemplatesV3_Access.zip EPLD_TemplatesV3_Access.zip 2. Copy out of compressed (zipped folder) onto local or network drive 3. Double click to open 4. Enable content 5. Hide Navigation pane, if needed

Comprehensive User Manual

Partner Information Tab

Partner Alerts

Divide Dataset

Divide Dataset – Pick Location

Divide Dataset – CSV Files Created

Divide Dataset

Option to Leave Form Open

Residential Report for Year 3 & 4

Education Report

Employment Report

Possible Hiccups 1. Loading the Data and Forgetting to Select the “Update Data” button  Results in no visible data 2. Forgetting to enter required query criteria  Results in an error message and/or no query results 3. Forgetting to close a report for a domain while trying to run a new report for the same domain  Results in an error message notifying you a report is open 4. Selecting to leave the query form open and then accidentally closing it or losing it because it was in the way  Results in need to re-enter query criteria for next query OR  Results in an inability to find the filled query form  Should select to minimize the form, and then can call it back with query criteria still filled by using the button on the front page

Coming Soon! EPLD Template V4.0 o Automated Data Import o Link to CSI tool o Data Quality Metrics Between Specific Dates? o Missing 3Ms Between Specific Dates? Available in Early 2015

Thank You! Data Tools Questions: DCR Questions: