1. Partnering For The Children And Youth 1

2. Joint Service Planning = 1 CPOS  Coordinate service planning meetings between Residential Providers and CPS  One service planning meeting attended by all parties  Attach the provider’s plan to the CPS IMPACT Child Plan of Service

3. Concept Developed by Field Staff in Partnership with CPA Network in Regions 02 and 09 Following Foster Care Redesign 3

4. State Workgroup Subcommittees  Training and Curriculum  Contract/Legal/Minimum Standards  Documentation/Policy Workgroup consists of CPS Regional and State Office Representation, CPA’s, CASA, Parent Advocate, Licensing, Contracts, and Legal. 4

5. Vision  See the Family as one Unit  More services available to the Parents  Parents should have input on visitation plans  Increased transparency  Increased communication  Improved relationships between Providers and Families 5

6. Benefits to Developing “One Service Plan" Benefits to the Child ○ The Child will sense the partnership and get consistent answers from everyone on the team. ○ Caregiver knows all medical history ○ Personality traits – Caregiver can learn routines from Parents ○ Caregiver understands Child’s triggers & what comforts the Child ○ What the Child calls Parents & Caregivers? Who is the Child close to? Pets? Friends? ○ Who is Family? Defined by the Child ○ Better normalcy for the Child (sports, activities) ○ Time to sustain bond (depending on Child’s age) ○ Pictures for the Child ○ Child needs to hear Parent says it’s ok you are here ○ More communication – Child – Parents, Caregiver, Worker ○ More contact 6

7. Benefits to Developing “One Service Plan" Benefits to Parents ○ More communication with Child ○ More communication with Provider/Caregiver ○ Hope and motivation ○ Ability to be more involved with Child’s care Benefit to Foster Parent/ CPA ○ Raise the respect for everyone all around. ○ Less meetings/ better coordination ○ Useful tool ○ Less of a scavenger hunt ○ Elevation of Best Practices  Better Information sharing and coordination of time and resources for all- CPS, CASA, Family, Agency 7

8. Challenges  Collection of evidence on the Parent  Geographic distance of the placement – distance between Parents and Child  Myth busting about Parents are “bad” or Foster Parents are “bad”  Support to Parents that they have to sit in a meeting with all these people who may judge them  If Children move between Providers  If Caseworker changes  Violence – ensuring safety  Pre-service training for Foster Parents is very focused on the Child – how do we include the needs of the Parent as well.  Transition of services and goals; service types when there is placement changes. Goals remain the same but the strategies will be updated.  IMPACT  Legal plan review timelines versus Minimum Standards  Attorneys agreeing for their clients to participate in the meeting (especially if there are criminal charges)  Who is at the table? Multiple Providers for Parents/Children  Author of the plan/Owner of the plan  Confidentiality – HIPPA concerns over using Skype  What is the format of the combined plan?  Length of time to review  Logistics of the meeting Willing to look at what kind of waivers necessary to have meeting in the Foster Parent home – Minimum Standards related to this  Need for buy in from 300+ Providers  Technology / data bases used by the Providers 8