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2106 Accountability in Child Welfare

Resource Materials

Meeting Guidelines

The following materials are used at each and every meeting.

TDC Suggested Guiding Principles

At the June Meeting, Secretary Dreyfus requested the committee's suggestions for principles that could guide the Department of Social and Human Services in converting to performance-based contracts. The Committee commented on and added additional thoughts.

Guiding Principles

TDC Ground Rules

The Ground Rules, that were presented at the June 30th, 2009 meeting, were adopted by Committee Members.

Ground Rules

TDC Advisory Committee Ground Rules

Ground rules for the advisory committees were reviewed. Members are to review the rules in preparation for voting to adopt them at the next meeting. The advisory committees are to use the attached guidelines until they are amended and adopted.

Ground Rules for Advisory Committees

Suggested Advisory Committees

The TDC determined, at its June 30 meeting, that advisory committees would be needed. The following are the Committee co-chairs' recommendations regarding the specific Advisory committees to be formed and the responsibilities/tasks to be addressed by those Advisory Committees. Each Advisory Committee will be adding questions to be answered as it progresses.

TDC Suggested Advisory Committees

Washington State Tribal Policy, DCS Tribal Relations, and DSHS Administrative Policy 7.01

The history and content of the Indian Child Welfare Act, Centennial Accord, the Millennium Agreement, and DSHS Administrative Policy 7.01 were presented to committee members. The Tribal-State Agreement was also discussed.

http://www.dshs.wa.gov/dcs/tribal/statepolicy.asp

Presentations

The following are presentations used at various committee meetings.

Committee Meeting: September 16 and 17, 2009

Day 1: September 16th, 2009

Introduction to Child Welfare Law in Washington. Audio (mp3)

Dependency Process Graphic. (No Audio)

Overview of Children's Administration Audio (mp3)

The Children in Washington's Child Welfare System Audio (mp3)

Outcomes for Child Welfare Audio (mp3)

Services Needed by Families Served by DSHS/CA Audio (mp3)

Looking Ahead: What Role for Performance-Based Contracting Audio (mp3)

Program & Fiscal Design Issues & Models Audio (mp3)

Lessons Learned from Other System Reforms Audio (mp3)

Day 2: September 17th, 2009

2106 Timeline Audio (mp3)

Advisory Committee Discussion (Audio Only) Part 1 (mp3) Part 2 (mp3)

Closing Remarks (Audio Only) Audio (mp3)

Background

Below are materials to be read as background.

Office of the Assistant Secretary for Planning and Evaluation, U.S. Department of Health and Human Services Issue Papers

Charlotte McCullough, TDC Committee member, suggested the committee read a series of six issue papers prepared by Planning and Learning Technologies, Inc. in partnership with The Urban Institute for the Office of the Assistant Secretary for Planning and Evaluation, U.S. Department of Health and Human Services.