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March 1st, 2010 Advisory Meeting
The following materials were presented and/or discussed at the meeting of the Advisory Committee on Legal and Practice Issues held March 1st, 2010:
This draft document contains the principles and values used to determine core services. This document is a work in progress.
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A list of Evidence Based/Promising Programs from CA, as well as a document defining evidence-based programs. Click here to the Evidence-Based Clearinghouse site, which was used as a resource for the documents.
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A contract example provided by Mary Armstrong that shows how core services are specified in an actual performance-based contract.
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This document shows the type of relationship links a master contractor should have in order to provide services in four categories: (1) family support to keep children safe at home, (2) placement, reunification, and permanency; (3) treatment settings, and (4) transitional services for older adolescents.
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This spreadsheet summarizes the Legal and Practice Advisory Committee's initial core services recommendations. The services recommendations are split among three different service categories: Services to prevent out-of-home placement; Services to promote reunification; and, Services for Adolescents and Youth Transitioning out of Foster Care. Some service recommendations apply only to one category of care and others apply to multiple categories.
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CA created this draft document of initial service array planning to organize the discussion of master contracts. It identifies and defines four service categories: (1) family support to keep children safe at home, (2) placement, reunification, and permanency; (3) treatment settings, and (4) transitional services for older adolescents. No decision has been made about the number of service categories to be implemented.
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