SUBJECT:
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Children and Family Services/Juvenile Probation Joint System Improvement Plan (SIP), including Children’s Collaborative Action Team (CCAT) designation as Children’s Trust Fund Commission and Child Abuse Prevention Coordinating Council, and designation of CCAT Steering Committee as Promoting Safe and Stable Families (PSSF) Collaborative.
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The implementation of California State Assembly Bill 636 in January, 2004, heralded a new Child Welfare Services Outcome and Accountability System for California, known as the California Child and Family Services Review (C-CFSR). The System Improvement Plan is one component of the C-CFSR. The other elements of the C-CFSR include Quarterly Data Reports, the Peer Quality Case Review (PQCR) and the County Self Assessment (CSA).
The triennial SIP is part of a collaborative effort between the Human Services Agency (HSA) and Juvenile Probation, and serves as the operational Agreement between the County and State on how the County will work toward improving outcomes for children, youth and families. The SIP is a commitment by the County to address specific, measurable improvements in performance outcomes to be achieved within a designated timeframe, and must be approved by the Board of Supervisors and California Department of Social Services (CDSS). In FY 2007-08, the County’s three year combined Child Abuse Prevention, Intervention and Treatment (CAPIT), Community-based Child Abuse Prevention (CBCAP), and Promoting Safe and Stable Families (PSSF) SIP was approved. This SIP will fulfill the County’s obligation of ensuring the SIP is updated every three years.
In addition to approving the SIP, the County is responsible for designating an entity to serve as the Children’s Trust Fund Commission and Child Abuse Prevention Coordinating Council, as well as the PSSF Collaborative. The CCAT Committee was approved by the Board of Supervisors to fill this capacity in FY 2010-11, and must be reappointed to extend its term to FY 2012-13.
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For FY 2010-11 through FY 2012-13 term CDSS has required that Counties merge both the SIP and Office of Child Abuse Prevention (OCAP) three year plans to a single SIP. This combined SIP has been approved by all participating parties, and addresses the County’s plan to improve upon several C-CFSR measures within the three priority areas:
• Safety
o No recurrence of maltreatment
• Permanence
o Re-entry following reunification
o Exits to permanency
o Placement stability
• Well Being
o Rate of timely health & dental exams
As required of the C-CFSR process, San Mateo County is also responsible for appointing the entity that will serve as the Children’s Trust Fund Commission and Child Abuse Prevention Coordinating Council. This Resolution will extend CCAT’s designation as the Children’s Trust Fund Commission an additional year through 2012-13, to coincide with the end term of the SIP. Finally, this Resolution designates the CCAT Steering Committee as the PSSF Collaborative.
It is in the County’s best interest to approve this Resolution so as to maintain compliance with the CDSS mandated C-CFSR triennial review process. County Counsel has approved this plan and Resolution as to form.
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