Tag Archives: children

Services to Children & Families of Prisoners

August 14, 2012CA&N Resourceschildren, families, Foster Care, Incarcerated ParentsMiPSAC

Parental incarceration and the disruption of family relationships can produce negative outcomes for children, including poverty, poor academic performance, aggression, depression, delinquency, and substance abuse. Incarcerated mothers and fathers are unable to work on parenting skills that may be necessary for reunification, and separation interferes with the ability of parent and child to form or maintain a strong attachment.

Family-centered services for incarcerated parents, their children, and families focus on parenting programs, family strengthening activities, nurturing of family relationships, community supports for families during incarceration and following release, and gender-specific interventions. Link to Child Welfare Information Gateway Resource Page on Incarcerated Parents

Substance Abuse and Child Welfare: Models of Hope and Recovery

August 14, 2012CA&N Resourceschild welfare, children, collaboration, courts, families, mental health, NCSACW, SAMHSA, substance abuse, treatment, youthMiPSAC

The National Center on Substance Abuse and Child Welfare (NCSACW) produced a DVD to help States, Tribes, and communities strengthen linkages among child welfare, mental health, substance abuse treatment, and court systems. The DVD features the NCSACW’s 10-Element Framework: Elements of System Linkages and demonstrates strategies for increased multidisciplinary collaboration to better serve children, youth, and families across systems.

The 30-minute video begins with an introduction from H. Westley Clark, Director of the Center for Substance Abuse Treatment at the Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration, who discusses the importance of cross-sector collaboration. The framework is demonstrated through programs in Miami, Dade County, FL, and Sacramento County, CA, both of which have experienced positive outcomes. The video features interviews with service recipients, program directors, child protection professionals, dependency court coordinators, and more .

Bringing Families Together: Models of Hope and Recovery is available for desktop or mobile download on the NCSACW website:

http://www.ncsacw.samhsa.gov/improving/improving-video.aspx

National Survey of Child and Adolescent Well-Being: NSCAW II Wave 2 Report

August 8, 2012CA&N ResourcesAdaptive Behavior Skills, Adolescents, behavioral problems, child welfare, children, cognitive development, delinquency, depression, developmental problems, evaluation, health, language, neurodevelopmental delay, NSCAW, pregnancy, research, school achievement, social emotional development, social skills, substance abuse, Trauma, young childrenMiPSAC

2012: US Department of Health and Human Services. Administration for Children and Families. Office of Planning, Research and Evaluation. The second National Survey of Child and Adolescent Well-Being (NSCAW II) is a longitudinal study intended to answer a range of fundamental questions about the functioning, service needs, and service use of children who come in contact with the child welfare system. Wave 2 is a follow-up of children and families approximately 18 months after the close of the NSCAW I index investigation. Data collection for the second wave of the study began in October 2009 and was completed in January 2011.
Link to pdf Report

Michigan Title IV-E Waiver Child Welfare Demonstration Project

August 8, 2012CA&N Resourcesabuse, children, demonstration, family preservation, Foster Care, neglect, Prevention, safety, Title IV-E, waiver, wellbeingMiPSAC

Submitted to: Department of Health and Human Services Administration for Children and Families, July 2012

Goals and Hypothesis: Michigan’s waiver demonstration will test the hypothesis that an array of intensive and innovative home-based preservation services tailored to the needs of individual families will prevent child abuse and neglect and decrease entry of children into foster care, and increase positive outcomes for children and families in their homes and communities and improve the safety and wellbeing of children. Over the life of the waiver, we expect a reduction in foster care maintenance expenditures and a commensurate increase in spending for services to safely maintain children in their own homes. Link to Waiver proposal

Child Exposure to Domestic Violence (CEDV) Scale

August 8, 2012CA&N Resourceschildren, domestic violence, measureMiPSAC

Minnesota Center Against Violence and Abuse: We are making the CEDV tool freely accessible through the MINCAVA website. The purpose of the tool is to provide practicing professionals and researchers with a standard method to measure the level of exposure to domestic violence that a child may have experienced, allowing for recognition of a continuum of child experiences and the need for corresponding continuum of interventions and practice techniques. It is designed to be self-administered by 10 to 16 year old children. Link to CEDV Web Site

The Michigan Department of Human Services (MDHS) Health Oversight and Coordination Plan

August 8, 2012CA&N Resourceschildren, CHIP, dental, Department of Human Services, Foster Care, Foster Care Public Health Nurses, health, Health Liaison Officers, Health Screenings, Medicaid, medical, Mental Health Services, monitoring, preventive care, psychiatric, youthMiPSAC

December 7, 2011: In Michigan, the modified settlement agreement, Dwayne B. v. Rick Snyder et al. emphasizes the importance of MDHS monitoring the provision of health services to foster children to determine whether they are of appropriate quality and are having the intended effect. This MDHS Health Oversight and Coordination Plan is developed to establish continuity of health care for children in foster care and to ensure a comprehensive and coordinated treatment approach by all professionals involved in their care.

MDHS is committed to improving the delivery of health care services to children. The Health Oversight and Coordination Plan ensures forward movement to improved health care delivery while an infrastructure is put in place to sustain these efforts and yield an improved health care delivery system that meets the physical and mental health needs of every child in foster care. MDHS will continue to monitor best practices and propose changes to the MDHS health plan when new strategies provide promising outcomes. Link to pdf Plan