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Promising Results – Safeguarding Children
Report to Olmsted County Community p y ySocial Services Advisory Board
February 2009
Olmsted County Child & Family Services
Partnership Based Collaborative Practice in Child Protection: Overview
Rob Sawyer, MSW, LICSWDirector Child & Family ServicesOlmsted County Community Services2116 Campus Drive SEpRochester, MN 55904Phone: (507) 328-6351 Email: [email protected]
Suzanne Lohrbach, MS, LICSWSupervisor Child & Family ServicesOlmsted County Community Services2116 Campus Drive SE2116 Campus Drive SERochester, MN 55904Phone: (507) 328-6399Email: [email protected]
How Are The Children?
— Isn’t safeguarding children a communityIsn t safeguarding children a community responsibility…..
— A public-private collaboration supports hild d f ilichildren and families
What We Value
— Safety focused interventionSafety focused intervention— Partnership with families
Collaboration with professionals— Collaboration with professionals— Respecting differences— Research to practice— Innovationo a o
Measure:Priority:
Build The CommunityAssure a Safe & Healthy Community
Favorable outcome results on child services indicator
Priority:Perspective:
Positive Results In Child Protection
F i ti ti— Fewer investigations— Less repeat child maltreatment— Less court involvement— Less children in placementLess children in placement— More family involvement
M hild d— More children served
Run The Business Operational ExcellencePositive Outcomes
Measure:Priority:Perspective:
Rethinking Child Protection
fPurpose:
1. 1. Child Safety
22 Child W ll B i
Protect children from harm
Improve child functioning2. 2. Child Well-Being
33 Family Well-Being
Improve child functioning
Strengthen families3. 3. Family Well Being
4. 4. Permanency
Strengthen families
Timely permanent home and y y pfamily
Measure:Priority:
Build The CommunityAssure a Safe & Healthy Community
Favorable outcome results on child services indicator
Priority:Perspective:
Differential Response in Child Protective ServicesProtective Services
A change in how we work “supported by research”g pp y
— Child safety ‘uncompromised’Child safety uncompromised— Fewer new child maltreatment reports
L tl i l t— Less costly in longer term— Families liked the approach— Social workers supported the approach
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‘Community’Olmsted County Child & Family Services
Differential Response for
Community Services
T t d E lScreen Intake
RED
pSafeguarding Children Targeted Early
Intervention
Family SupportREDTeam
Family Support Response
High &
Services
Domestic
ExitExit
High & Intensive Risk
CPS
Moderate Risk CPS
Domestic Violence
CPS
ExitClose
Practice Model
1. Constructive engagement2. Inclusion of family, extended family &
communityy3. Collaborative engagement4 Utilization of research4. Utilization of research
Practice Model
5 Safety organized5. Safety organized6. Responsible use of authority7 C h i f i k7. Comprehensive assessment of risk
including protective capacity
Comprehensive Risk Assessment
Family KnowledgeNetwork and Culture
Danger SafetyBalanced
Assessmentof Risk
Professional KnowledgeNetwork and Authority
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D /H
Consultation and Information Sharing Framework
Danger/HarmSafety
Detail re: incident(s)Bringing the family to the attention of the
GENOGRAM/ECOMAP
Strengths demonstrated as protection over time
P /h f
(Gray Area)
Risk Statements Current Ranking
Strengths/Protective Factors
Next Stepsagency.
Pattern/history
Pattern/history of exceptions
m g(Immediate Progress)
Safety/Protection Required
12Risk to child(ren)
Context of risk
Assets, resources, capacities within family, individual/community
Presence of research based protective factors
3
Purpose/Focus of Consultation
Complicating Factors
456
C diti /b h i
Development of next steps relevant to risk context
What
based protective factors
Consultation789
What is the worker/team looking for in this consult?
Condition/behaviors that contribute to greater difficulty for the family
Presence of research
Who
When
Etc.
Partnering: Action w/family in their position: willingness, confidence, capacity
Enough safety to close10
consult?Presence of research based risk factors
Child & Family Services/(Lohrbach)
Child Protection Assessments/Investigations 1999 – 2008
802 834789
740 748800
900
—38% decrease in child protection
703740 748
656 672
574
470500
600
700child protection investigations or assessments between 1999
136176
470
200
300
400between 1999 (703) and 2008 (470)I i 53
101136
19992000
20012002
20032004
20052006
20072008
0
100—Increase in targeted family support for
Assessments/InvestigationsTargeted Family Support
children and families at-risk
Run The Business Operational ExcellencePriority:Perspective: Favorable outcome results on
child services indicators
Measure:
Children With A New Finding Of Abuse And/Or NeglectAnd/Or Neglect
Of all children who were victims of substantiated child abuse and/or neglect during the year, what percentage had another substantiated report within a 6 month period
Significant reduction in
hild ith14 3%15 0%
20.0%
children with a new finding of abuse and/or
14.3%
11.5% 10.8%10.0%
15.0%
neglect6.3%
3.8%2 1%
5.0%Federal Benchmark 5.7%
2.1%0.0% 0.0%
2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 20080.0%
P t S b t i t d R tPercent Substaniated Reports
Less than 5.7% federal benchmark Run The Business Operational Excellence
Priority:Perspective:Measure:
Child Protection and Child Mental Health Children In Out of Home Care 1996 - 2008
284300Significant
reduction of239
261 259
237230
250
reduction of 53% in placement
212
191200
placement outside the family home
140 141129 134 135
150
Run The BusinessPerspective:
19961997
19981999
20002001
20022003
20042005
20062007
2008100
Run The Business
Operational Excellence
Priority:
Children In Out Of Home CareFavorable outcome results on child services indicators
Measure:
Court Cases Open In Quarter(average for year)( g y )
1999 - 200850% reduction in average
140
in average number of child protective
133
120
130
services cases in the court process
106
98
113 112
100
110
process 98
8683
8080
90
Perspective:
75
67
1999 2001 2003 2005 200760
70Run The Business
Operational Excellence
Priority:
19992000
20012002
20032004
20052006
20072008
Average Court Cases Open In CP
Operational ExcellenceMeasure:Favorable outcome results on child services indicators
Olmsted County Child & Family ServicesChild Protection & Adoption Foster CarePlacements on the Last Day of the YearPlacements on the Last Day of the Year
æ Children in Care on 60
7062 61
6870
80
Last Day of the Year 3242 40
53
42
63
4642 41
51 48
60
51
6156
40
50
60
Year
æ A Change 9 8 8 9 7
16 1927
3240
24
10
20
30
æ A Change In Practice
2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 20080
Foster Care Placements - NonRelative/Kinship Careoste Ca e ace e ts oInstitutionalNon Relative Foster Care
e at e/ s p Ca e
Olmsted County Child & Family Services
25
ADOPTION& THE 18
22
20
CHANGINGROLE OF 13
12 12
15
n A
dopt
ed
FAMILY6
5
10
Chi
ldre
n
4 4
0
5
2006 2007 2008 2009 *
Kinship Adoption Non-Kinship Adoption
Child Protection and Child Mental Health Children ServedHealth Children Served
Significant 2 677
3,000
Significant increase in children
i i 2 094 2,157
2,677
2,500
receiving child welfare services
1,769
2,0942,006
2,082
1,892
, 5
2,000
between 1999 and 2007
1,120
1,3811,500
20071999 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007
1,000
Children Served
Run The Business Operational ExcellencePriority:Perspective:
Favorable outcome results on child services indicators
Measure:
Early Intervention To Prevent Child Abuse & NeglectAbuse & Neglect
Families Served by Crisis Nursery
— 65% increase in 820
846
800
900
children
— 62%642
691727
600
700
800
62% increase in families assisted 215
246294
326 344 367 371
420
510
400
500
assisted142
215
297
200
300
2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007
families children
Family Involvement Strategies2000 - 20082000 2008
— Increased partnership with
586665 693
600
700
800partnership with families
— Increased
400
500
600collaboration with
f i l
127 112159
277
200
300professionals
Perspective:
69 78127 112
2000 2002 2004 2006 20080
100Run The Business
Operational Excellence
Priority:
2001 2003 2005 2007
Meetings
Operational ExcellenceMeasure:Favorable outcome results on child services indicators
Olmsted County Child & Family ServicesTEMPORAL CORRELATION
(Sawyer, Lohrbach 2008)
Foster Care
Investigations
Court Use
Recidivism
20052000 2001 2002 2003 2004 2006 2007
Run The Business Operational ExcellencePriority:Perspective:
Favorable outcome results on child services indicators
Measure:
What Makes A Difference?
— Differential Response— Increased family involvement— Increased court settlements— Increased early intervention — Group consultation & supervisionp p— Matching risk and resources— County Board and Administration supportCounty Board and Administration support
Measure:Priority:
Build The CommunityAssure a Safe & Healthy Community
Favorable outcome results on child services indicator
Priority:Perspective:
Getting Positive Attention
— Time Magazine – May 2006Time Magazine May 2006— Promising Practices – US DHHS
Children’s BureauChildren s Bureau— Blue Ribbon County – Minnesota Stop
Child AbChild Abuse — Visitors –Colorado, Ohio, Vermont,
Washington, Canada, England, Ireland & New Zealand
Community Support of Children y ppand Families Makes a Difference!
Th k YThank You
