HomeMy WebLinkAboutAgreement A-12-108-3 Child Welfare Initiative.pdfAGT. # 12-108-3
CFP# FY12-0198.03
THIRD AMENDMENT
CASEY FAMILY PROGRAMS
AND
THE COUNTY OF FRESNO
CHILD WELFARE INITIATIVE AGREEMENT
Pursuant to Section 2.3 of their January 1, 2012 Child Welfare Initiative Agreement, as amended,
(Agreement), Casey Family Programs (CFP) and the County of Fresno Department of Social Services
enter into this Third Amendment to the Agreement, effective January 1, 2015 (Third Amendment). The
Parties agree as follows:
1. 2015 Strategy Plan. In 2015, the Parties shall undertake the Strategies in the 2015 Strategy Plan
detailed in Attachment 4, which is hereby incorporated to the Agreement. Throughout the Term of
the Agreement, the Initiative Leads shall document the Work Efforts and Initiative Strategies in the
Work Plan. On a quarterly basis, the Parties shall evaluate and document the progress and impact
of the Initiative Strategies and Work Efforts according to the reporting schedule in Attachment 4.
2. Agreement otherwise in full force and effect. Except as specifically set forth herein, all other
terms and conditions of the Agreement remain in full force and effect.
IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the parties have executed this Third Amendment as of the Effective Date.
CASEY FAMILY PROGRAMS
By: __ ~--------
David Sanders
Executive Vice President, Systems
Improvement
THE COUNTY OF FRESNO
By: _____________ _
(County of Fresno Signatures on following
page)
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IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the parties hereto have executed this Third Amendment as of the day and
year first hereinabove written.
ATTEST:
BERNICE E. SEIDEL, Clerk
Board of Supervisors
APPROVED AS TO LEGAL FORM:
DANIEL C. CEDERBORG, COUNTY COUNSEL
ED AND RECOMMENDED FOR APPROVAL:
Fund/Subclass: 0001/10000
Organization: 56107001
COUNTY OF FRESNO
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CASEY FAMILY PROGRAMS AND THE COUNTY OF FRESNO CFP# FY12-0198.03 CHILD WELFARE INITIATIVE AGREEMENT Strategy Strategy Description Strategy Budget Enhance use of Increase exits to $0.00 kinship care and permanency by use of promotion of assistance subsidized that fund kinship and guardianship subsidized guardianship. Outcome Encourage utilization of Increase family finding and other percent of exits practices that promote to permanency, relative placement. and increase in number and percent of exits to relatives and guardians CFP-County of Fresno Child Welfare Initiative Agreement-Third Amendment ATTACHMENT 4 2015 STRATEGY PLAN Project Kinship care services and best practices Detail • Cultural Broker Family Advocate Program Description Promote best practices using kinship care and subsidized guardianship as a permanency option, such as legal guardianship, kinship navigator programs, adoption, or other specialized training and supports for kinship families. Increase services and supports to relative caregivers/guardians. Support engagement of kinship caregivers and I informal community supports to develop safety plans. Utilize best practices to prevent children of I incarcerated parents from entering the foster care system, such as considering family finding and 1 other kinship care-giving options. Promote pre-and . post-guardianship supports. Page 3 of6
CFP# FY12-0198.03 Strategy Strategy Description Strategy Project Description Budget Strengthen Support long term $0.00 Implement Continuous Quality Improvement (CQI), system capacity systemic goals that Continuous Quality the process of identifying and analyzing system to address full enable child serving Improvement strengths and problems, and then testing, spectrum of systems to address the implementing, learning from, and revising solutions system of care child welfare system Detail reforms end to end. Outcome • CQI/QA Process Decrease number of children in foster care I Support comprehensive planning efforts to identify 1 Strategic Planning and advance organizational strategic goals. I I Detail • Strategic Plan Implementation Support --CFP-County of Fresno Child Welfare lnrtiative Agreement-Third Amendment Page 4 of6
CFP# FY12-0198.03 Strategy Strategy Description Strategy project Description Budget Strengthen Support long-term $0.00 Invest resources, including staff, to address system capacity systemic goals that Permanency planning for permanency planning for long-staying youth (in to support enable child welfare long-staying youth care longer than 12 months). Engage in ongoing timely systems to provide supervision and monitoring of permanency planning permanency services that are Detail efforts. responsive, adaptive, Outcome family centered and • California Partners for Increase efficient in safely Permanency (CAPP) timely increasing exits to permanency permanency. within 12 Emphasize expedited months (and planning by supporting I within 24 concurrent permanency months); options and targeted Increase exits exit programs. Provide to permanency resources, training and for children in implementation care 2 years or practices including case longer (CFSR reviews to directly measures), promote permanency decrease options for long staying percentage of youth. emancipations Total $0.00 --------~ -~ -CFP-County of Fresno Child Initiative Agreement-Third Amendment Page 5 of 6
CFP# FY12-0198.03 Quarterly Reports and CFP Funds. CFP shall not pay any CFP Funds in 2015. Quarterly reports shall be submitted to CFP according to the following schedule: Reporting Period Report Due January 1 -March 31, 2015 April15, 2015 April1 -June 30, 2015 July 15, 2015 July 1 -September 30, 2015 October 15, 2015 i October 1-December 31, 2015 January 15, 2016 I I CFP-County of Fresno Child Welfare Initiative Agreement-Third Amendment Page 6 of6