REVIEW SUBCOMMITTEE NUMBER THREE
AND HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES
ARE WELCOME EVERYONE HERE TODAY.
WE DO HAVE A. FAIRLY YOU HAVE A
LOT OF ISSUES.
TODAY SO PRIDE BE A BIT OF A
LONG HEARING.
BASICALLY IT'S IN TWO PARTS SO.
PART A OF THE HEARING IS GOING
TO DEAL WITH. ESSENTIALLY.
DEPARTMENT FOR CHILD SUPPORT
SERVICES. AND CHILD WELFARE
SERVICES AND THE DEPARTMENT OF
SOCIAL SERVICES AND I THINK THE
SECTION ON PCS. SELVES ACTUALLY
A LOT OF OUR FOSTER CARE AND.
CHILD WELFARE ISSUES AND THEN WE
WILL THEN WE HAVE A PART B.
TODAY. WHICH ESSENTIALLY
ADDRESSES MENTAL HEALTH THOUGH
SO WE HAVE. THE FARM HEALTHCARE
SERVICES THE MENTAL HEALTH
SERVICES OVERSIGHT COUNT BILLY
COMMISSION THE PARCHMENT STATE
HOSPITALS. AS WELL SO THOSE ARE
THE TWO PARTS.
WHAT WE WILL ALSO JUST TO
REMIND PEOPLE?
WE'LL DO IS WE'LL BE HEARING
FROM THE AGENCY L. AO AND
APARTMENT FINANCE.
WE MAY AT CERTAIN SECTIONS HAVE
ADVOCACY PROPOSALS THAT WE HAVE.
AGENDA EYES WHICH WILL BE
PRESENTED AND AND WILL HAVE
PUBLIC COMMENT. I AM GONNA
GROUPS SOME ITEMS TOGETHER SO
INDICATE TO YOU SO BASICALLY.
AS WE DO PART A WILL HEAR THE
OVERVIEW AND APARTMENT CHILLED
IF SOMEONE'S RACE SAID WHAT YOU
SAID YOU CAN SAY ME TOO. HIGHER
DATA OR I AGREE WITH WHAT THE
PERSON SAID AND.
DON'T WORRY WE DO KEEP TRACK OF
THESE THINGS SO IT DOESN'T MEAN
THAT. WE DON'T KNOW THAT YOU
SAID IT SO. WITH THAT I WANT TO
GO AHEAD AND CALL UP DEPARTMENTS
CHILD SUPPORT SERVICES ITEM FIVE
ONE SEVEN FIVE.
AND THEIR RESPECTIVE.
.
MEMBERS OF THE LA O. AND THE
PART OF FINANCE.
AND SO WILL BEGIN WITH.
JUST.
INTRODUCTIONS FOR THE RECORD
BEFORE WE BEGIN THE PRESENTATION
AND WELCOME.
SO.
WE JUST FIRST INTRODUCTIONS.
THE MORNING MISTER CHAIR
SENATORS MIKE WILL CONTAIN AN
UNDERSECRETARY HEALTH AND HUMAN
SERVICES IN ACTING DIRECTOR OF
THE DEPARTMENT OF CHILD SUPPORT
SERVICES.
GOOD MORNING MARC BECKLEY CHIEF
DEPUTY DIRECTOR FOR THE
DEPARTMENT SHELLS FOR SERVICES
THANK YOU VALUE.
JACKIE BRASILIA.
GINNY BELLOW THE LEGISLATIVE
ANALYST'S OFFICE HE FINANCE WE
SUPPORT WHAT DEPARTMENT OF
FINANCE THANK YOU ALL RIGHT SOY
AND BEGIN WITH THE THE OVERVIEW
OF THE DEPARTMENT THANK YOU.
MR CENTERS HERE YOUR STAFF HAS
DONE A REALLY GOOD JOB OF
OUTLINING THE MISSION OF THE THE
DEPARTMENT. ANSWER NOT GONNA GO
OVER ALL OF THAT THANK YOU. JUST
THE HIGHLIGHTS OF IT IS WHAT I
WHAT I WOULD LIKE TO HIGHLIGHT
IS THE.
THE NEW CUSTOMER PAYMENT
OPTIONS TO THE DEPARTMENT HAS
BEEN WORKING ON OVER THE LAST
SEVERAL YEARS. AS TO THE NON
CUSTODIAL PARENTS CAN MAKE
PAYMENTS INCLUDING THE MONEY
GRAM AND PANEER ME IN TWO
THOUSAND FIFTEEN WHICH WE'VE
COLLECTED THIRTEEN MILLION
DOLLARS IN. TWO THOUSAND
SEVENTEEN THROUGH. AND ALSO
IMPLEMENTING PAYMENT KIOSKS AT
THE LOCAL CHILD SUPPORT AGENCIES
WHICH HAS RESULTED IN OVER FORTY
MILLION DOLLARS IN PAYMENTS
THERE. AND THEN CONTINUING TO DO
THAT WE'VE JUST IMPLEMENTED PAY
PAL IN THE LAST MONTH NO
TERRORIST CHIEF DEPUTY FOR THE
I. OVERVIEW THE ESTIMATE.
MORNING.
SO THE DECSS AS MEN INCLUDES.
A ESTIMATE THAT WILL COLLECT
TWO POINT FOUR SIX FIVE MILLION
AND TWENTY SEVENTEEN EIGHTEEN.
WHICH IS AN INCREASE OF THIRTY
FIVE MILLION OR ONE POINT FOUR
PERCENT EVER TWENTY SIX SIXTEEN
SEVENTEEN LEVELS. IN TWENTY
EIGHTEEN NINETEEN WE ESTIMATE
THAT WE WILL COLLECTS TWO
BILLION FIVE HUNDRED THREE
MILLION. WHICH IS A THIRTY EIGHT
MILLION DOLLAR INCREASE OR FIVE
ONE POINT FIVE PERCENT OF THE
TWENTY EIGHTEEN. NINETEEN
LEVELS.
WE ALSO INCLUDED IN OUR
ESTIMATE.
A HUNDRED NINETEEN THOUSAND OR
FORTY ONE THOUSAND GENERAL FUND
TO IMPLEMENT A NEW BACKGROUND
CHECK A REQUIREMENT THAT'S
REQUIRED BY THE IRS. WHERE THE
PROCESS OF FINALIZING THOSE
POLICIES? AND WE PLAN TO ROLL
OUT THE NEW BACKGROUND CHECK
REQUIREMENT FOR ALL OF OUR STAFF
THAT HAVE ACCESS TO FEDERAL TAX
INFORMATION OVER THE COURSE OF
THE CURRENT FISCAL YEAR. WE'RE
ALSO PLEASED TO REPORT THAT THE
DEPARTMENT HAS RECEIVED AN
ADDITIONAL NINE HUNDRED SIXTY
TWO THOUSAND. AND FEDERAL
INCENTIVE FUNDS AND THAT'S BASED
ON OUR PERFORMANCE ON THE FIVE
FEDERAL PERFORMANCE MEASURES AND
FEDERAL FISCAL YEAR TWENTY
SIXTEEN.
LA OPENING COMMENTS.
IN REVIEWING THE BUDGET WE HAVE
NO I'M SPECIFIC CONCERNS.
IT SEEMS LIKE THE EIGHTEEN
NINETEEN GENERAL FUND A TOTAL.
OF TWO HUNDRED SIXTY ONE MILLION
FOR THE DEPARTMENT OF CHILD
SUPPORT SERVICES IS ROUGHLY ARE
ESSENTIALLY THE SAME AS IT WAS
IN SEVENTEEN EIGHTEEN.
FINANCE.
BUT NOTHING THAT.
QUESTIONS MANY MEMBERS. ARE YES
CENTER STONE THANK YOU MISTER
CHAIRMAN GOOD TO SEE YOU THIS
MORNING REMINDING. YOU MENTION
THAT.
PAYPAL AS A NEW MODALITY FOR.
FOR COLLECTING.
WHO DECIDE TO CARRY US WHO PAYS
THE FEES ON IT AS THE?
PERSON OWES THE MONEY THAT THEY
HAD NOT PAYING THE FEES TO
TRANSFER THE MONEY OR IS THAT
SOMETHING THAT'S A ABSORBED BY
THE STATE.
THAT'S CORRECT SENATOR THE M.
CUSTOMERS IN THAT INSTANT TO PAY
THE FEES. WE ALSO HAVE.
OTHER OPTIONS FOR PAYMENTS SUCH
AS CREDIT CARDS.
WHERE WE PAY THE FEES?
WE PAY THE FEES YET RIGHT THE
STATE CALIFORNIA STATE OF
CALIFORNIA CRACKED.
AS WELL AS OUR PAYMENT KIOSKS
WE ALSO.
THE FEES ON BEHALF OF THE
CUSTOMERS IN THOSE CASES WE DO
WANT TO.
ENCOURAGE COLLECTIONS AND WE
FOUND THIS TO BE A SUCCESSFUL
WAY TO ENCOURAGE FOLKS TO USE
THOSE OTHER PAYMENT OPTIONS.
IDEA WHAT THE THE COSTS OF THOSE
FEES I MEAN YOU CLICKED A LOT OF
MONEY.
THROUGHOUT THE YEAR. IN AND
YEAR OUT WITH THE THE FEES COSTS
THAT UNDER STATE YET GET BACK TO
YOU WITH THAT INFORMATION.
I WOULD APPRECIATE THAT.
.
I WOULD.
.
TO SHARE MY CONCERN THAT.
WELL I WANT TOINCREASE THE
POSSIBILITY THAT WE'RE GOING TO
COLLECT FUNDS THROUGH
ALTERNATIVE MEANS FOR PEOPLE
THAT.
HAVE DIFFERENT.
FINANCIAL BACKGROUNDS.
.
THIS IS A SERVICE THAT WE
PROVIDE TO ENABLE THEM TO PAY
THEIR OBLIGATIONS.
AND IT WOULD SEEM TO ME THAT. BY
US ABSORBING THE FEES THE STATE
OF CALIFORNIA WERE SUBSIDIZING
THE SUPPORT.
THE SUPPORT DOLLARS AND I'M NOT.
AND I'M NOT UNDERSTANDING WHY WE
WE DON'T ADD THAT ON. IN MANY
CASES WHEN YOU WHEN YOU PAY FOR
THINGS ONLINE. AS EXAMPLE THAT
HERO.
IF YOUR LANDLORD SOME LANDLORDS
WILL PUT ON THERE THERE'S A FIVE
PERCENT.
SERVICE FEE IF YOU TO COVER THE
COST OF THE TRANSACTION.
SO WHILE I UNDERSTAND THE THE
BENEFITS OF TRYING TO. PROVIDE
MORE PORTABILITY. FOR. PEOPLE TO
TO PAY THEIR OBLIGATIONS I DON'T
NECESSARILY SUPPORT THE IDEA
THAT THE STATE SHOULD BE
SUBSIDIZING ENOUGH FOR WHEN
WE'RE PUTTING OUT BASICALLY AS
MANY MODALITIES WE CAN TO MAKE
IT CONVENIENT FOR THEM SO I I
THOUGHT THAT I WOULD LIKE TO GET
THE FIGURES ON THE FIND. OUT.
OUT OF THE.
BILLIONS OF DOLLARS A WEEK WE
COLLECT YEAR AFTER YEAR HOW MUCH
OF THAT. IS IN IN THE IN THE WAY
OF SERVICE FEES WHICH IS ANOTHER
IS WHAT HOW MUCH OF THE
TAXPAYERS SUBSIDIZING THE
OBLIGATIONS OF PEOPLE THAT HAVE
OBLIGATIONS AND UNDER COURT
WALKED.
THANK YOU.
QUESTIONS.
I'M ACTUALLY JUST AS A FOLLOW UP
ON THAT IT AND SO WAS YOUR
IMPLEMENTED ANY. OPTIONS HAVE
YOU.
IS THERE ANY WAY TO ASSESS FOR
EXAMPLE.
HOW MUCH OF THE NEW PAYMENT
OPTION IS IT ACTUALLY INCREASES?
THERE ARE SOME PEOPLE WHO ARE
PAYING WHO SHOULD HAVE BEEN
PAYING BUT WORDS AND TANG
VERSES.
PEOPLE WHO WERE A PAIN BUT THEY
DECIDED TO USE A NEW MODALITY
BECAUSE MORE CONVENIENT TO THEM
AS IT WAS THERE ANY SERVICE
SUSSMAN DONE ON THAT.
YES WE HAVE DONE SOME ASSESSMENT
ON THAT TO SEE.
IT IS IT JUST A TRANSFER FROM
ONE PAYMENT METHOD TO A
DIFFERENT PAYMENT METHOD.
YOU KNOW WITH NEW CUSTOMERS AS
DIFFICULT AS CHAIRMAN OF COURSE
RIGHT. BUT FOR EXISTING HAS
RAISED WE'VE DONE SOME ANALYSIS
WE'D BE HAPPY TO SHARE THAT.
DO YOU WOULD YOU BE WILLING TO
AT LEAST HEAR WHAT THE BOTTOM
LINE IS ON THAT STUDY.
OR DIED OF SUSTENANCE JUST.
THAT FIRST YEAR I REALIZE YOU
MAY NOT HAVE THE NUMBERS IN
FRONT OF YOU.
RIGHT I AM I DON'T HAVE THE
NUMBERS IN FRONT OF ME.
WE HAVE SEEN AND THAT INCREASE
AND OVER THE COUNTER WHAT WE
CALL OUR CASH PAYMENTS OVERALL.
.
I'M HESITANT TO TRY TO FIGURE
OUT A WAY I MEAN EVERYBODY
TALKING.
YEAH I MEAN I READ SOME JUST GET
GETTING US ROUGH SENSE OF THE
MAGNITUDE ALWAYS TALKING ABOUT
LESS THAN HALF MORE THAN HALF
LET'S SAY I MEAN EVERY DAY.
WELL YOU KNOW I I WOULD SAY
OVERALL I I THINK IT'S SAFE TO
SAY WE REALIZE AT LEAST A FIVE
PERCENT GROWTH AND OVER THE
COUNTER PAYMENTS.
.
YOU KNOW OVER THE LEVELS THAT IN
OUR BASE LINE WAS ESTABLISHED AT
K. I'M SO OKAY SO SO SO ACTUALLY
I MEAN I THINK.
.
YOU KNOW ONE OF THE THINGS OF
COURSE WE WANT TO LOOK AT
ACTUALLY IS. I APPRECIATE. WAS
BROUGHT UP ABOUT WELL YOU KNOW
THE ON ONE LEVEL YOU SAY IS IT
FAIR THAT STATES SUBSIDIZING AND
ALEX I GUESS IT'S BENEFICIAL
PAYPAL WHOEVER'S DOING THE
TRANSACTION THAT WE'RE PAYING
FOR IT AND THAT MEANS THAT'S
MONEY NOT GOING TO THE.
FAMILIES WHO ARE SUPPOSED TO
RECEIVE MY AT THE FLIP AND. IF
THE NET IS WE GOT AND YOU KNOW
WE HAVE A SUFFICIENT INCREASE.
THAN THERE ARE FAMILIES WHO ARE
GETTING PAYMENTS TO WOULDN'T AND
ACTUALLY IN THE END. OFTEN
BECAUSE THESE ARE LOW INCOME
FAMILIES FROM THOSE PART. WERE
THE ONES WHO ARE PUTTING SAY
DOLLARS UP OR SPORT AS FAMILIES
WHEN.
THE PERSON WHO SHOULD BE DOING
IT. ISN'T SO.
AND US. AND AND SO I THINK
THAT'S HELPFUL IN IN TRYING TO
ASSESS WHAT IS THE RIGHT
DIRECTION TERMS OF POLICY. THAT
WE WANT TO GO INTO SO.
YES I UNDERSTAND.
I DON'T NEED TO BEAT A DEAD
HORSE TO DEATH BUT. OF JUST TO
FOLLOW UP A YOU MENTIONED AND I
KNOW YOU DON'T HAVE FIGURES IN
FRONT OF YOU SO I WON'T HOLD YOU
TO THIS BUT YOU SAID YOU MIGHT
SEE ABOUT A FIVE PERCENT
INCREASE BOAT. WHEN PART OF A
FIVE PERCENT INCREASE BE THE
INCREASE AND IN THE VOLUME OF
PEOPLE THAT ARE. PAYING INTO THE
SYSTEM.
AND YOU CAN SORT OF GET BACK ON
THAT BUT.
I GUESS.
.
THE.
WE SHOULD
IN SOME WAYS PRIORITIZE WAYS IN
WHICH PEOPLE HAVE THE OPTION TO
SPEND OR TO TO PAY THEIR
OBLIGATIONS AT THEIR. THEIR
REQUIRED BY A COURT ORDER OR BY
AN AGREEMENT BETWEEN. A DIVORCE
DECREE IF YOU WANT TO CALL IT
THAT.
AND SO WE SHOULD.
YOUR TIES THAT THE PAIN OF
CANCER WE WOULD PREFER THEM TO
USE THAT DON'T HAVE ANY KIND OF
A. NEGATIVE IMPACT ON THE STATE
COFFERS AND THEN WE SHOULD
IDENTIFY THAT THESE ADDITIONAL
MODALITIES BALL. THROUGH THERE
TO MAKE IT CONVENIENT FOR YOU TO
PAY AND TO HELP YOU PAY AND. I
MEAN IT IS IT FAIR THAT SOMEBODY
CAN USE A CREDIT CARD. AND GET
AMERICAN AIRLINES OR UNITED
AIRLINES MILES FATHER PAYING
THEIR CHILD SUPPORT IN THE STATE
OF CALIFORNIA SUBSIDIZING THOSE
MY THOSE MILEAGE.
BENEFITS I'M TO FIND. FIVE AN
OBLIGATION TO PAY AND I HAVE AN
OPPORTUNITY TO PAY WITH A CREDIT
CARD I'M GOING TO PAY IT.
EVEN THOUGH I I MAY HAVE THE
MEANS WHY SHOULD THE STATE
CALIFORNIA BE SUBSIDIZING THAT
BENEFITS OF.
YOU'RE NOT THE ANSWER NOW IS
WHAT WE UNDERSTAND THAT IF YOU
JUST. LOOK AT IT AND JUST GET
BACK TO US I THINK WE WANT TO
HELP THOSE PEOPLE WOULD HAVE
THESE OBLIGATIONS BUT WE WANT
TO.
HAVE THEM PAY IN A WAY THAT HAS.
IS MINIMAL OF AN IMPACT ON THE
STATEMENT THAT THAT'S MY
BUSINESS BRAND FOR SURE THAT
GOES INTO OVERDRIVE WHEN I SIT
ON SOMEBODY'S COMMITTEES BRICK
BASICALLY COMING FROM THE
PRIVATE SECTOR AND. I'M TRYING
TO END THE THINGS BALANCE SO
THANK YOU FOR YOUR CONSIDERATION
OF AND AND JUST. SORT OF.
.
MOST OF OUR COLLECTIONS YOU COME
THROUGH WHAT'S CALLED INCOME
WITHHOLDING ORDERS OF THAT AS A
FEDERAL REQUIRES SOMEBODY'S
EMPLOYED. ABOUT SEVENTY OVER
SEVENTY PERCENT OF OUR WHAT CAME
IN THROUGH THAT MECHANISM SO
THESE OTHER PAYMENT OPTIONS ARE.
LOWER DOLLAR MAP COLLECTION
VEHICLES BUT AGAIN DO UNDERSTAND
YOUR CONCERN THANK YOU VERY
MUCH.
NOTHING THANK YOU FOR YOUR
PRESENTATION I I UNDERSTAND THAT
CALIFORNIA ACTUALLY DOES BETTER
THAN MOST OTHER STATES IN TERMS
OF PERFORMANCE SO I APPRECIATE
THE WORK FROM YOUR DEPARTMENT
DOING THAT. OKAY SO WITH THAT AT
ANY PUBLIC COMMENTS ABOUT THE
OVERVIEW.
OKAY SCENES NO ONE AT THE
MICROPHONE.
WE HAVE.
SOME POSTAL PROPOSAL FOR
INVESTMENTS.
SO WE HAVE.
SO WE HAVE ONE PROPOSAL
EQUITABLE FUNDING FOR COUNTY
CHILD SUPPORT DEPARTMENTS AND
UNDERSTAND WE HAVE.
MISS PORTER FROM SACRAMENTO
COUNTY.
CHILD SUPPORT DIRECTOR AND.
SMITH SAYS ALSO PARENTS ACT NO
COUNTY SO.
MAYBE I SHOULD PRESUMES IS OUT
OF THE TERRITORY THAT YOU'RE MY
CONSTITUENTS BUT WELCOME.
AND ACTUALLY I THINK WE HAVE
ROOM OVER.
HERE.
SO.
I ASK THAT YOU TRY TO PLEASE
THAT MAKE YOUR PRESENTATION
WITHIN THREE MINUTES.
.
AND.
AS I SAY THAT WE HAVE QUESTIONS
YOU HAVE MORE OPPORTUNITIES TO
TALK ABOUT IT.
THANK YOU WELCOME.
YEAH.
DOT ON.
OKAY AND THEN JUST ASK YOU FOR
THE RECORD JUST INTRODUCE
YOURSELVES FIRST AND THEN WE'LL
GO TO START WITH THE
PRESENTATIONS VERY HEARTY PORTER
STACK WHEN A COUNTY DIRECTOR.
LET'S START.
GINA SMITH APPARENT FROM
SACRAMENTO CALIFORNIA.
PLEASE BE IN.
GOOD MORNING CHAIR PANEL MEMBERS
OF THE COMMITTEE MY NAME IS
TERRY RD PORTER AND THE DIRECTOR
OF THE SACRAMENTO COUNTY
DEPARTMENT OF CHILD SUPPORT
SERVICES. I'M HERE ON BEHALF OF
FOURTEEN COUNTIES WHOSE CHILD
SUPPORT SERVICES PROGRAMS. MAKES
SERVE MORE THAN SIXTY PERCENT OF
THE STATEWIDE CASELOAD AND ARE
CRITICALLY UNDER FUNDED. BASE
FUNDING FOR THE PROGRAM IS NOT
CHANGED SINCE TWO THOUSAND AND
TWO. THE FOURTEEN UNDERFUNDED
COUNTIES CONTINUE TO HAVE THE
LOWEST INVESTMENT TO CASE RATIO
WITH FLAT FUNDING FOR OVER
SIXTEEN YEARS. THE DISPARITY
BETWEEN LOCAL PROGRAM BASED
ALLOCATIONS IS TREMENDOUS. THE
INVESTMENT PER CASE IN
CALIFORNIA IS BETWEEN
APPROXIMATELY THIRTEEN HUNDRED
DOLLARS TO AS LITTLE AS THREE
HUNDRED FORTY SEVEN DOLLARS PER
CASE. THE FOURTEEN UNDERFUNDED
COUNTY SIR SOME OF THE LOWEST
INCOME HOUSEHOLDS IN THIS STATE.
CHILD SUPPORT IS A PROGRAM THAT
SUPPORTS THE FIGHT TO ELIMINATE
CHILD POVERTY BY WORKING TO
INCREASE FINANCIAL STABILITY AND
HOUSEHOLD. OUR CASELOAD CONSIST
OF MORE THAN SEVENTY FIVE
PERCENT CURRENTLY AND FORMERLY
ASSISTED FAMILIES THESE ARE THE
HARDEST TO SERVE AND REQUIRE
HUMAN INTERVENTION TO ACTUALLY
BE SUCCESSFUL.
THE ECONOMY IS ALSO CHANGING AND
MORE PARENTS ARE WORKING IN NON
TRADITIONAL JOBS SUCH AS THE GIG
ECONOMY AND SHORT TERM
INDEPENDENT CONTRACT WORK. WE
FIND THAT THIS ALSO REQUIRES
MORE HUMAN INTERVENTION TO
ACTUALLY BE SUCCESSFUL.
THE FORTY TWO POINT EIGHT
MILLION DOLLARS REQUEST WILL
ENABLE US TO PROVIDE THE
CRITICAL SERVICES OF FAMILIES
GETTING FAMILIES TO SELF
SUFFICIENCY. OUR PREVIOUS STATE
GENERAL FUND INVESTMENT TO LOCAL
PROGRAMS OF REVENUE STABLE
TODAY.
STABILIZATION DOLLARS WERE
RECOUP BY THE STATE. TO ADD TO
THE SAVINGS ELSEWHERE WE
ANTICIPATE THAT THE SAME PATTERN
WOULD HOLD TRUE WITH THIS
INVESTMENT TO THE PROGRAM. WE
ASKED FOR THIS INVESTMENT
BEGINNING IN FISCAL YEAR
EIGHTEEN NINETEEN AS A STEP AND
HE NEEDED BROADER CONVERSATION.
ABOUT A MORE SUSTAINABLE AND
RATIONAL FUNDING MODEL THANK
YOU.
GOOD MORNING CHAIRMAN AND
MEMBERS MY NAME IS GINA SMITH
AND 'M A SINGLE MOTHER I'VE
BEEN A SINGLE MOTHER SINCE THE
BIRTH OF MY SON TYSON IN APRIL
TWO THOUSAND TWELVE.
BACK THEN I WAS FINISHING UP MY
UNDERGRADUATE STUDIES AT
SACRAMENTO STATE UNIVERSITY I
WAS DEPENDING ON WELFARE AND
FOOD STAMPS TO SURVIVE.
LIKELY THROUGH WORD OF MOUTH
THEY HEARD ABOUT THE DEPARTMENT
OF CHILD SUPPORT SERVICES SO I
APPLIED AS SOON AS I COULD ABOUT
WHEN TYSON WAS LIKE TWO MONTHS
OLD.
I'M I WAS CONNECTED WITH THE
SUPPORT OF CASE WORKER
IMMEDIATELY AND THEY WERE QUICK
TO HELP US AND COMPASSIONATE.
TYSON FATHER WASN'T ON THE BIRTH
CERTIFICATE SO DECSS HELP ME
PROVE PATERNITY AND CERTAIN WITH
PAPERS.
TO TAKE A DNA TEST.
ONCE PATERNITY APART WAS PROVEN
A CHILD SUPPORT ORDER WAS
INSTITUTED.
A MONTHLY AMOUNT WAS ORDERED AND
HE WAS ALSO REQUIRED TO PROVIDE
HEALTH CARE.
FOR TYSON.
TYSON FATHER NEVER MADE CHILD
SUPPORT PAYMENTS ON HIS OWN SO
DECSS HELPED TO GARNISH HIS
WAGES.
WHENEVER HE WOULD QUIT HIS JOB
OR BECOME UNEMPLOYED THROUGHOUT
THE YEARS THEY WOULD.
GET ME THE FUNDS ANYWAY THAT
THEY COULDN'T THEY INTERCEPT HIS
TAX REFUND OR STING HIS BANK
ACCOUNT.
AND THOSE FUNDS HELPED US
TREMENDOUSLY.
I'M.
ALSO THE FUNDS WOULD BE.
ADD UP INTO ARREARS AND HE
WOULD OWE THAT MONEY AS BACK
PAY.
AND NOW ALMOST SIX YEARS LATER I
AM I'VE BEEN ABLE TO ENROLL
TYSON INTO A SCHOOL PROGRAM THAT
HAS THE DAY CARE.
BUT HE ALSO IS REQUIRED TO PAY
TO HELP PAY FOR.
I'VE ALSO THAT'S ALLOWED ME TO
ENROLL INTO A FULL TIME MASTER'S
IN NURSING PROGRAM.
AND. WE'RE EXCITED ABOUT OUR
FUTURES SOUGHT OUT DECSS I
WOULDN'T HAVE BEEN ABLE TO BE
HERE TODAY I. WHERE I AM?
WE'VE OVERCOME SO MANY
CHALLENGES AND.
I KNOW THAT THE REALITY IS THERE
STILL SINGLE PARENTS STRUGGLING
THE WAY TYSON NIGHT AND I DID
BACK THEN.
.
I AM HERE TO ENCOURAGE THIS
COMMITTEE TO ENSURE AN AMAZING
SERVICE LIKE DECSS IS A READILY
AVAILABLE. TO THESE FAMILIES
WHOSE CHILDREN WITH ABSENT
FATHERS JUST LIKE. MY SON
DESERVES AT LEAST THAT THANK
YOU.
THANK YOU THANK YOU SO MUCH
THANK YOU FOR SHARING YOUR STORY
WITH US. THANK YOU.
COMMENTS FROM.
.
FROM THE AGENCY ABOUT THE
REQUEST. NOW LA L..
WE MET WITH A NUMBER OF COUNTIES
AND ALSO THE ADMINISTRATION AND
AS WE CONTINUE TO LEARN ABOUT
THE PROPOSAL THERE'S JUST A
NUMBER OF KEY AN INTERESTING
QUESTIONS THAT CONSTANTLY
EMERGED NONE BUT THE LEGISLATURE
JUST MAY WANT TO CONSIDER. SOME
OF THEM INCLUDE WHAT IS THE
APPROPRIATE FUNDING STRUCTURE.
WHAT HOW SHOULD ALLOCATIONS BE
DISTRIBUTED ACROSS COUNTIES BOTH
ON A SHORT BUT ALSO A LONG TERM
BASIS AND ON THE STATEWIDE
LEVEL?
I'M LOOKING AT THE ROLE OF
COUNTIES COUNTY INCENTIVES WITH
REGARDS TO THIS PROGRAM BUT THEN
ALSO JUST LIKE IT WITH ANY OTHER
FUNDING.
AUGMENTATION ARE THERE CERTAIN
PRIORITIES ARE ALL COMES THAT
THE LEGISLATURE WOULD LIKE TO
SEE AND MOVING FORWARD HOW WOULD
YOU GO ABOUT MEASURING THOSE.
AND. A NUMBER OF OTHER
QUESTIONS BUT TO THE EXTENT THAT
THE LEGISLATURE IS INTERESTED IN
THIS PARTICULAR REQUEST HAPPY TO
PROVIDE ANY TECHNICAL
ASSISTANCE.
THANK YOU FINANCE COMMENTS.
NOW STAY IN THE MATCH THIS
PROPOSAL THE ADMINISTRATION'S
NOT TAKING A POSITION AT THIS
TIME SHOULD THE LEGISLATURE
WHICH THE PURSUES PROPSAL WE
WOULD BE HAPPY TO ENGAGE IN
FURTHER DISCUSSIONS AND PROVIDE
TECHNICAL ASSISTANCE OKAY THANK
YOU. QUESTION MANY MEMBERS OF.
THEIR SON. YES THANK YOU MISTER
CHAIRMAN FIRST I WANNA THANK A
CHINO FOR.
TAKING TIME OUT OF YOUR
SCHEDULE.
TO TO COME HERE AND.
I LOVE HEARING ABOUT YOUR
SUCCESS WITH YOURSELF AND WITH
YOUR SON. AND.
AS A FORMER. ASSISTANT
PROFESSOR OF PHARMACOLOGY
TEACHING GRADUATE NURSING
STUDENTS SIGN APPLAUD YOU FOR
GOING INTO THE PROFESSION AND.
WHAT OUR SHORTAGE OF NURSES SAID
EXISTENCE IN CALIFORNIA I'M SURE
YOU'RE GONNA BE GAINFULLY
EMPLOYED?
BUT I ALSO.
.
APPRECIATE THAT WHEN YOU'RE
HAVING YOUR CHALLENGES THAT YOU
YOU DID REACH OUT AND THE STATE
WAS. ABLE TO DO WHAT WE. LIKE TO
BOAST THAT WE TAKE CARE OF
PEOPLE IN THE STATE OF
CALIFORNIA. AND IT'S INTERESTING
TO NOTE THAT. ONE THING THAT
WE'VE WE'VE WE'VE HEARD WHERE WE
TALK ABOUT ON ON THE DAIS HERE
SAID SOMETIMES PEOPLE DON'T WE
KNOW ABOUT THE SERVICES THAT
STATE CALIFORNIA OFFERS A CAN
HELP THEM OUT OF JAMS. THAT YOU
FOUND YOURSELF INTO SO.
WORK WE'RE DOING WE'RE TRYING
TO DO A BETTER JOB OF LETTING
OUR CONSTITUENTS KNOW THAT THERE
IS HELP. AND WE DO WANT TO HELP
BUT YOU HAVE TO APPLY FOR THE
HELP IN ORDER TO GET THE HELL.
SO IN IN APPRECIATE THAT YOU'RE
HERE.
FROM SACRAMENTO COUNTY.
BECAUSE THIS IS.
THE MULTI COUNTY A PROPOSAL AND.
IT'S INTERESTING TO NOTE IN THE
STAFF REPORT THAT. FOR EVERY
DOLLAR INVESTED WE GET TWO AND A
HALF BUCKS BACK SO THAT'S A
TESTIMONIAL TO THE. MANAGEMENT
OF THE AGENCY THANK YOU FOR THE
GOOD WORK THAT YOU'RE DOING.
.
BUT WE STILL HAVE INEQUITIES IN
THESE COUNTIES HENCE THE.
THE RECOMMENDATION FOR THE MONEY
AS AN EXAMPLE.
IN SACRAMENTO COUNTY WERE MY MY
DEAR COLLEAGUE.
COMES FROM. EACH EMPLOYEE
THEY'RE ASKED TO OVERSEE TWO
HUNDRED AND FIFTY TWO CASES.
IN MY COUNTY RIVERSIDE. THEY
HAVE TO SEE WITH THAT AT THE END
OR THREE HUNDRED TWELVE CASES
PER EMPLOYEE.
AND THEN JUST AS A COMPARISON
ORANGE COUNTY. WHICH I WOULD SAY
IS MAYBE MORE THE NORM A HUNDRED
THIRTY FOUR CASES PER EMPLOYEE
SO.
.
I DON'T UNDERSTAND THIS INEQUITY
AND AND FUNDING COUNTIES. AND I
WAS ONE OF THE AGENCY COULD TELL
US THE CURRENT METHODOLOGY FOR
ALLOCATING FUNDS AND.
HOW WE CAN MOVE FORWARD IN A
MORE FAIR WAY SO THAT?
EVERY TIME A CHILD IS IN NEED IN
RIVERSIDE COUNTY OR SACRAMENTO
COUNTY IS JUST AS DESERVING AS A
CHILD AND. IN ORANGE COUNTY OR
SAN FRANCISCO COUNTY SO.
HOW DO WE NOT HAVE THESE TYPES
OF APPLICATIONS COME UP IN THE
FUTURE AND WE? WE WE SPREAD THE
MONEY EQUALLY AND AND WHAT IS IT
WHAT IS AN APPROPRIATE NUMBER OF
CASES AT A. A STAFFER SHOULD
SHOULD HAVE TO IN ORDER TO.
PRUDENTLY TAKE CARE OF THE
POPULATION FOR WHICH THEY'VE
BEEN HARD TO LOOK AFTER.
SO. THE FUNDING FORMULAS ARE
BASED ON THE HISTORICAL
ALLEGATIONS BACK WHEN THE
DEPARTMENT WAS CREATED SO IT'S
IT'S AN HISTORICAL ARTIFACT
WHICH WAS WHEN I'M SORRY.
WELL AS A NINETY THOUSAND.
OKAY SO IT'S A RELATIVELY YOUNG
DEPARTMENT YES.
.
AND SO WHEN WHEN THE DEPARTMENT
WAS CREATED IT WAS THE
ALLEGATIONS THAT WERE PART OF
THE DISTRICT ATTORNEY'S OFFICE
SAYS THAT'S HOW THE ALLOCATIONS
OR TO DETERMINE FOR THAT THE
LOCAL CHILD SUPPORT AGENCIES.
SO AND THEN WE'VE ADDED SOME
MONEY INTO THE PROGRAM OVER THE
YEARS.
BUT NOT HUGE AMOUNTS OVER THAT
THE COURSE OF THAT OF THOSE.
SINCE ITS CREATION.
SO.
REALLY WHAT YOU'RE YOU'RE
LOOKING AT AS YOU PROBABLY NEED
TO LOOK AT THE ENTIRE SYSTEM AND
AND WHAT'S GOING ON IN THE
SYSTEM AS A WHOLE.
YET. EQUAL CASELOADS MAY MAKE
SOME SENSE BUT IN SOME INSTANCES
IT IT MAY NOT.
AN EQUAL AMOUNT OF MONEY PER
CASE. MAY NOT MAKE SENSE AS WELL
BECAUSE OUR COST OF LIVING
DIFFERENCES THROUGHOUT THE STATE
SO THEY'RE THEY'RE DIFFERENT
WAYS TO FIGURE OUT HOW TO HOW TO
DO THIS.
YOU KNOW THAT THE DIFFERENT THE
PROPOSAL THAT YOU HAVE IN FRONT
OF YOU RIGHT NOW IS BASICALLY TO
BRING THE FOURTEEN LOWEST UP TO
ONE WOULD BE THE STATEWIDE
AVERAGE RIGHT NOW. WHICH
BVIOUSLY INCREASES THE
STATEWIDE AVERAGE.
THERE'S NO OUTCOME ASSOCIATED
WITH THAT IS JUST TO GET MONEY
INTO THE SYSTEM. THERE ARE
OVERALL. ISSUES THAT NEED TO BE
ADDRESSED RELATIVE TO THE EQUITY
ACROSS ALL OF THE ALL OF THE
LOCAL CHILD SUPPORT AGENCIES.
ANSWER REALLY.
IF
IF MONEY IS GOING TO BE INVESTED
IN THE SYSTEM. THERE NEEDS TO BE
AN OVERALL LOOK AT HOW THE
SYSTEM OPERATES WHERE
EFFICIENCIES ARE.
BECAUSE IT'S IT'S NOT
NECESSARILY THE MOST EFFICIENT
SYSTEM AS WELL. AND SO I THINK
THAT IF WE'RE GOING TO DO THAT
WE NEED TO BE LOOKING
HOLISTICALLY AND THAT WOULD
INCLUDE LOOKING AT WHAT HOW THE
STATE ALLOCATES THE MONEY. FOR
THE STATE SYSTEM AS WELL SO YEAH
I THINK THAT THE ENTIRE SYSTEM
WOULD HAVE TO BE LOOKED AT.
ARE THERE ANY PLANS TO REVIEW
THAT METHODOLOGY.
TO MAKE SURE THAT IT'S MORE
EQUITABLE FOR FIFTY EIGHT
COUNTIES IN THE STATE OF
CALIFORNIA I MEAN.
YOU YOU ARE NEW AGENCY HERE AND
AND AND LATTER END OF YOUR
SECOND DECADE OF OF OPERATION I
THINK YOU'RE DOING GREAT WORK.
BUT.
THERE ARE SOME INIQUITIES OUT
THERE AND. WE WOULD LIKE TO
BETTER UNDERSTAND THE
METHODOLOGY SO WE CAN EXPLAIN TO
OUR CONSTITUENTS. AND AND
JUSTIFY WHAT'S BEING ALLOCATED
TO.
THEM TO TO DO THE SERVICES.
THAT THERE HAVE BEEN SOME SOME
ATTEMPTS IN THE PAST TO TO LOOK
AT THE THE WAY THAT THE MONIES
ALLOCATED.
I I THINK THAT THERE NEEDS TO BE
ANOTHER. HOLISTIC LOOK AT THE AT
THE SYSTEM.
AND WE STARTED TO LOOK OUT OF
BED AND WE HAVEN'T DONE A FULL
ANALYSIS I I DON'T WANT TO
FOLLOW IN THE MANTRA THAT WITH
WE HAVE A PROBLEM WE'RE JUST
GOING TO THROW MONEY AT IT TO
SOLVE THE PROBLEM. WE NEEDED
BEFORE I AGREE AND I THINK IN
THIS SITUATION. THERE'S A DIM A
DEMONSTRABLE NEED FOR THESE
COUNTIES. BUT IT WOULD BE NICE
TO BE ABLE TO UNDERSTAND. IN THE
FUTURE HOW WE MAKE THESE
ALLOCATIONS IN A IN. AN
INTELLIGENT SMART LOGICAL WAY.
TO MAKE SURE THAT EVERYBODY IS.
BEING TREATED EQUALLY AND WE
HELP US THE BOTTOM LINE IS WE
WANT HELP AS MANY FAMILIES AS WE
POSSIBLY CAN NO MATTER WHERE YOU
LIVE. INSTEAD CALIFORNIANS
UNDERSTANDING THAT IS POOR
COSTLY LIVE IN SAN FRANCISCO
THAT IS IN COACHELLA. BUT.
THAT WILL BUT I'M SURE THAT
YOUR YOUR FORMULAS WILL TAKE
THESE KINDS OF CONSIDERATIONS
INTO AND.
AS AS A DEPARTED FINANCES SAID
WE DON'T HAVE A PROPOSAL BUT IF
MONEY IS GOING TO BE INVESTED
HERE. WE THINK THAT WE SHOULD BE
LOOKING AT IT HOLISTICALLY AND
AND BE HAPPY TO PROVIDE%
TECHNICAL ASSISTANCE AND HOW
THAT GETS CRAFTED. THANK YOU
VERY MUCH.
OUR MONEY.
THANK YOU MISTER CHAIR I JUST
WANT TO THANK THE WITNESSES FOR
BEING HERE TODAY AND. THE
DEPARTMENT FOR YOUR ONGOING WORK
IN IN THE EMPLOYEES WHO ARE
IMPLEMENTING THIS.
AS I READ THE ANALYSIS. THE
AVERAGE RETURN ON INVESTMENT FOR
EVERY DOLLAR SPENT. FUNDING
CHILD SUPPORT STAFF AND
OPERATIONS RETURNS TWO DOLLARS
AND FIFTY ONE CENTS.
IS THAT A FAIR ASSUMPTION. THAT.
IF THERE WERE AN INCREASE TO
THESE FOURTEEN COUNTIES.
WITHOUT.
PREDICTING THE RATIO OF RETURN
THAT THAT COULD LEAD TO A
GREATER.
.
CAPTURE OF MONEY OWED AND
SUPPORT FOR FAMILIES.
WE EXPECT THAT IT WOULD.
AND THAT OVER TIME IT WOULD
EXCEED THE COST OF PUTTING THE
MONEY.
THANK YOU AND AND THEN A COUPLE
OF TIMES YOU MENTIONED THE NEED
TO DO KIND OF A.
HOLISTIC ANALYSIS TO.
HAVE BETTER BREAK DOWN PERHAPS
BY COUNTY.
ANNA IN DIFFERENT INDICATORS
AND FACTORS.
IS THAT SOMETHING YOU'RE
PURSUING NOW.
THAT HOLISTIC ANALYSIS.
WE HAVEN'T DONE IT YET BUT
WE'RE.
KEENLY AWARE OF THE NEED SO
WE'RE STARTING TO FIGURE OUT HOW
THAT WOULD BE DONE.
IS IT FAIR TO SAY THAT.
YOU'RE COMMITTED TO DOING THAT
HOLISTIC ANALYSIS.
IF MONEY IS GOING TO BE PUT INTO
THE SYSTEM I THINK IT NEEDS TO
BE DONE.
IN JUST A MONEY NEED TO BE
COMMITTED TO THE SYSTEM BEFORE
THE.
HOLISTIC ANALYSIS IS COMPLETED.
NECESSARILY.
THANK YOU I WOULD JUST ENCOURAGE
WITH EXISTING RESOURCES.
TO HELP INFORM.
THE LEGISLATURE ON.
ANY BUDGET PROPOSAL ON I THINK
WOULD BE HELPFUL FOR US TO KNOW.
HOW MIGHT THAT BE BEST
DISTRIBUTED INVESTED IN A MANNER
THAT WOULD INCREASE CONFIDENCE
THAT ON? ANY TYPE OF INVESTMENT
WILL.
RESULT IN GREATER SUPPORT OF
FAMILIES IN NEED BEING THAT THE
SHARED OBJECTIVE.
IN HOW WE MIGHT BEST.
DO THAT DISTRIBUTION ON NOT JUST
ON A PER CAPITA BASIS
NECESSARILY BENT ON A COUNTY BY
COUNTY ASSESSMENT SO THANK YOU.
THANK YOU THEM. ESTIMATE I FIND
THE ANSWER ISN'T TREATING
BECAUSE WERE A BUDGET.
TOOK ME WE'RE TALKING ABOUT THE
BUDGET SOUL OF RESOURCES NEEDED
THEN.
THIS IS THE RESOURCE COMMITTEE.
AT IF YOU HAVE A QUESTION FOR
LA JOH.
SO WHAT DEGREE HAS THE
LEGISLATIVE ANALYST'S OFFICE.
LOOKED AT THIS ISSUE I MEAN AT
THIS SITE HAVE YOU LOOKED IN THE
LAST TWENTY YEARS EIGHTEEN YEAR
NINETEEN YEARS AT THIS
APARTMENT'S BEEN IN EXISTENCE A.
WHAT WAS THE ONLY OTHER DONE TO
TO TO TO LOOK AT THIS ISSUE
ABOUT DISTRIBUTION AND
MAXIMIZING OUR?
CHILD SUPPORT COLLECTIONS AND SO
FORTH A LOT OF OUR EARLIER WORK
WAS IN THE CONTEXT OF THOSE
MAJOR LEGISLATIVE REFORMS ARE WE
SAW THIS MASSIVE RESTRUCTURING.
SO A LOT OF THE COMMENTS THAT
AND. ANALYSIS THAT WE DID WERE
IN THE CONTEXT OF IN THEORY HOW
DO YOU MOVE FORWARD AND
IMPLEMENT SOME OF THESE REFORMS
I THINK IN TWO THOUSAND SIX WE
DO WE WE DID DO SOME WORK AND
HAPPY TO. TOUCH BASE WITH THE
STAFF AND GET BACK TO MORE FULLY
ON SOME OF THOSE INITIAL
FINDINGS BUT I THINK WHERE WHERE
ARE WHERE WE ARE NOW IS MORE OF
A. WE WOULD NEED TO UPDATE THOSE
ANALYSES TO KIND OF CAPTURE SOME
OF THESE NOW THAT WERE TWENTY
YEARS AND SOME OF THIS RE
EXAMINATION OF THE CURRENT
SYSTEM MORE OF A STRUCTURAL
SYSTEMIC LOOK AT IT. AND LOOKING
AT NOT ONLY.
EFFICIENCIES WITHIN THE
STRUCTURE AND IN THEM FROM THERE
THESE APPROPRIATE FUNDING LEVELS
AND ALLOCATIONS JUST SOMEWHERE
TO THE CONVERSATIONS THAT THE
ADMINISTRATION ALLUDED TO KIND
OF TAKING A HOLISTIC WALK.
BUT HAPPY TO TOUCH BASE BACK TO
SEE HOW SOME OF THE HISTORICAL
STUFF WE WE'VE DONE.
WHERE WE LANDED ON THOSE AND
HOW SOME OF THEM MAY BE RELEVANT
TODAY BUT THEY'RE JUST A SERIES
OF DIFFERENT PRINCIPLES THAT WE
WOULD NOT NEED TO LOOK TO STOP
THIS CONVERSATION MORE FULLY? SO
I GUESS THE. OTHER QUESTION I
HAVE IS THAT SO.
IN TERMS OF THE SPECIFIC
PROPOSAL WHY HER NIGHTS
CLARIFYING THEY REALIZE HAVEN'T
DONE A DETAILED ANALYSIS OF IT
BUT. IT'S LIKELY WE'RE GONNA
COLLECTS MORE MONEY THAN THE.
THE ADVOCATES ARE REQUESTING.
BUT AFTER I HEAR THAT OVER TIME
THAT'S LIKELY OVERTIME. LIKELY
THEY AFFECT OKAY SO WHAT WE'VE
SEEN IN THE PAST IF OKAY HOLD
THEN. THAT SOUNDS SO OKAY SO SO
WHAT I'M HEARING IS ACTUALLY
MAKES LESS SENSE AT LEAST AS A
TEMPORARY THING TO DO.
.
SO THE OTHER QUESTION I HAVE IS
THAT.
.
AND I JUST KNOW HE WAS KIND OF
ASKED BEFORE BUT SO WHAT IS THE
ADMINISTRATION.
PLANE TO DO TO TRY TO DO THIS
HOLISTIC LOOK AND WHAT WOULD IT
TAKE WHAT WOULD YOU NEED. TO DO
THAT AND THEN I WOULD ACTUALLY
LET ME JUST OUTLINE A FEW THINGS
I HOPE YOU LOOK AT SO ONE IS IS
THAT OF COURSE. IN WHATEVER
SYSTEM WE DEVELOP REALLY WHAT IS
A RETURN FOR NO ONE IS WHAT'S
RETURN FOR THE STATE BY THE
STATE GOVERNMENT SO FOR EXAMPLE
RIGHT WHEN WE COLLECT THAT
ACTUALLY CAN REDUCE THE AMOUNT
WE HAVE TO SPEND IN OTHER.
AGENCIES OTHER TYPES OF THINGS
SO YOU KNOW AT WHAT POINT DOES
IT.
SINCE THE GOVERNOR DOES I MEAN
WHERE WHERE DO WE SORT OF WORDS
A BREAK EVEN POINT RIGHT SO HOW
MUCH MONEY THAT WE START. RIGHT
THEN OF COURSE THERE'S THE
LARGER PICTURE BECAUSE WE'RE
COLLECTING AND IT'S GOING TO
FAMILIES RIGHT SO YOU KNOW HOW
WE MAXIMIZE OUR COLLECTIONS AND
I APPRECIATE THE WORK IS BEING
DONE. AND THEN ALSO HOW DO WE
DISTRIBUTE HOW DO WE AS A STATE
AS WE WORK WITH ALL THE
COUNTIES.
COME UP WITH A. DISTRIBUTION.
FORMULA MECHANISM WHATEVER THAT
MEETS THE NEEDS. THAT EACH
COUNTY HAS GIVEN DOWN THE NUMBER
OF PEOPLE THEY HAVE OR SOME SAID
THAT SO. WE MAXIMIZE COLLECTIONS
HOW DO WE BASICALLY MAKE SURE
THE RETURN STILL WHATEVER WE
ALLOCATE. ENDS UP STILL BEING AT
LEAST A BREAK EVEN A POSITIVE
FOR THE STATE WHERE IS THAT KIND
OF COLLECTION POINT. AND THEN
HOW HOW DO WE DO THIS BECAUSE IT
ACTUALLY WHAT HAPPENS IS THAT WE
HAVE COUNTIES ARE UNDER FUNDED.
AND THEY'RE NOT COLLECTING RIGHT
THEY DON'T HAVE THE RESOURCES
RIGHT SO SO SO WHAT KIND OF
FORMULA CAN WE COME TO
DISTRIBUTE.
FUNDS ACROSS COUNTIES.
.
THAT THAT WOULD ALLOW US TO
ACHIEVE OUR YOU KNOW MAX ARE
MAXIMIZING GOALS. RIGHT BOTH FOR
BREAK EVEN FOR THAT AT LEAST
BREAK EVEN IF NOT POSITIVE FOR
THE STATE NET AND AS WELL AS FOR
COLLECTIONS AND I. AND AND AND I
WOULD BE THE REASON I WOULD URGE
THAT WE LOOK AT THIS NOW IS IS
THAT IN OUR BUDGET IS CYCLIC.
WE.
AND CYCLIC AND THAT IF WE'RE
GOING TO DO A YOU KNOW A ONE
TIME EXPENDITURE. TO FIX THIS
PROBLEM NOW IS THE TIME TO PUT
FORWARD AND ACTUALLY PREPARES US
FOR THE DOWNTURN IN THE FUTURE
RIGHT WE OTHERWISE. YOU KNOW AND
I THINK I I WOULDN'T WAIT TO
PATCH THIS HOLE IN THE SENSE
THAT YOU'RE TELLING ME WE'RE
GONNA GET A BETTER RETURN I
WOULD I REALLY WOULD SERIOUSLY
ENTERTAIN ABOUT SEE BUT.
OBVIOUSLY IT'S A THIS IS A PATCH
IDEA RIGHT OKAY WHAT'S GONNA
BRING THE BOTTOM PEOPLE OUT BUT
WE DO NEED A HOLISTIC AND I'M
NOT SURE.
WHY WE WOULD WAIT TO DO THAT
RIGHT I MEAN WE HAD TWENTY WE
HAVE ALMOST TWENTY YEARS OF
EXPERIENCE WE KNOW WE HAVE A
PROBLEM OR NOT? I MEAN ALL FIRST
OF ALL YOU'VE DONE IT YOU KNOW
THIS AGENCY DONE A GOOD JOB
TRYING TO BUT LOOKS LIKE WE'RE
MISSING OPPORTUNITIES TO TRULY
MAXIMIZE OUR COLLECTIONS BECAUSE
WHAT HAPPENS IS THAT. THE.
COUNTIES WHO ARE AGENTS ON THE
GROUND TRYING TO DO THAT. SOME
OF THEM ARE YOU KNOW MAYBE UNDER
RESOURCE AND THAT BECAUSE OF THE
DISTRIBUTED BECAUSE OF THE
DISTRIBUTION FOR THE ESTABLISHED
IN NINETEEN NINETY NINE YOU KNOW
BECAUSE WHEN I WAS PART OF THE.
ATTORNEY GENERAL'S OFFICE AND
I'M NOT IN FACT NO ONE'S. YET
EXACTLY ARTICULATED HOW THAT
FORMULA WORKS YET SO.
IT SOUNDS LIKE IT DOESN'T REALLY
WORK UNLESS ONE WANTS TO DO THAT
RIGHT NOW TELL ME HOW HOW DO YOU
DECIDE HOW MUCH EACH COUNTY GETS
RIGHT NOW. BUT THAT FORMULA.
US SENATOR PANACEA FORMULAS
BASICALLY JUST HOLDING EACH
COUNTY FLAT SO WHAT THEY GOT
LAST YEAR IS WHAT THEY GET UP TO
BASICALLY BASED ON THE
DEMOGRAPHICS IN NINETEEN NINETY
NINE AND WHATEVER TO THE DEATHS
AND WE'RE JUST. FREEZING THAT
FOR TWENTY YEARS.
OKAY THAT TO ME THAT THERE'S
ONLY ONE TIME AUGMENTATION IN
TWO THOUSAND NINE TEN BUT
BESIDES THAT IT'S OKAY SO SO I
WOULD ARGUE THAT.
EVEN THOUGH WE COME UP YET
WHATEVER I'M SURE WE CAN DO A
LOT BETTER THAN THAT AND EVEN WE
DON'T COME OF THE PERFECT SYSTEM
THAT ONE SOUND SO BAD. THAT I'M
SURE EVEN IN A YEAR WE CAN COME
UP WITH SOMETHING THAT. AT LEAST
FIFTY TIMES FIFTY PERCENT BETTER
THAN THAT BUT NOT MUCH BETTER
THAN THAT WITHOUT THAT MUCH MORE
WORK I MEAN I JUST I MEAN THAT
OBVIOUSLY DOESN'T MAKE SENSE
RIGHT. WE JUST HAVE A FORMULA
THAT'S BASED ON A. I MEAN WE
HAVE DEMOGRAPHIC DATA RIGHT WE
HAVE YOU HAVE DATA ON ALL THE
CASES THAT YOU KNOW HOW MANY IN
EACH COUNTY RIGHT HOW MANY
PEOPLE ARE PAYING HOW MANY
PEOPLE ARE PAYING RIGHT BECAUSE
THEY HAVE ALL THOSE RECORDS A
LOT CORNERS.
TO ME WE CAN COME OF A MUCH
BETTER SYSTEM THAN A SIMPLE.
OKAY WE JUST BASED ON NOW I
REALIZE THERE'S SOME POLITICS
INVOLVED RIGHT SOMEONE'S COUNTY
WAS A LITTLE LARGER BACK THEN
UNTIL SMALLER NOW THEY MAY BE
GOING OUT THAT MEDIA SMALLER
PART OF THE PIE. BUT ACTUALLY.
I MEAN WHAT WE REALLY LOOKING AT
IS NOT TRYING TO SAY WELL WE'RE
JUST RE DISTRIBUTING THE PIPE
BECAUSE WORLD I THINK WE NEED TO
LOOK AT THE RETURNS. RIGHT
BECAUSE AGAIN IT'S A NET
POSITIVE FOR THE STATE BUT WHEN
WE DO IT.
RIGHT THAN IN THE PAST PLEASE.
YES AN EIGHTY EIGHT YEAR TO
INTRODUCE YOURSELF FOR THE
RECORD I DON'T THE HOLIDAYS FOR
INTERRUPTING. MY NAME FOR A
CRUISE ON THE DIRECTOR OF THE
SAN JOAQUIN COUNTY DEPARTMENT OF
CHILD SUPPORT SERVICES AND. I DO
HAVE SOME OF THE COMMENTS I'D
LIKE TO GOING BACK TO THE
QUESTION TO THE ALLEY OUT. THEY
DID PREPARE A REPORT IN TWO
THOUSAND RIGHT AFTER THE REFORMS
WERE COMPLETED. AND THE REPORT
AT THAT TIME LOOK AT HOW DO THEY
INCREASED COLLECTIONS FROM THE
LOCAL AGENCIES. AND THEIR
PRIMARY RECOMMENDATION WAS IN
WAS TO AUGMENT THE PROGRAM WITH
ADDITIONAL FUNDS THAT THEY DID
LOOK AT AUGMENTATION VERSUS JUST
REALIGNING FUNDS. THEY CAME DOWN
ON THE SIDE THAT WOULD BE BETTER
AT THAT TIME TO AUGMENT THE
PROGRAM WITH NEW FUNDS BECAUSE
IF YOU TOOK FUNDS FROM ONE
COUNTY AND GAVE IT TO ANOTHER
COUNTY. BASED UPON PERFORMANCE
OR COST EFFECTIVENESS
ESSENTIALLY YOU WOULD JUST BE
CAUSING DISRUPTION TO THE COUNTY
THAT LOST MONEY SO THE LA O. IN
TWO THOUSAND. CAME DOWN ON THAT
SIDE AND AND THAT'S WHY WE THINK
THAT THE PROPOSAL HAS. A SOUND
FOOTING BECAUSE AGAIN WE ARE. WE
DON'T WANT TO CAUSE A PROGRAM
DISRUPTION OR CAUSE A LOSS OF
SERVICES. TO FAMILIES. IN THOSE
OTHER COUNTIES OKAY SO SO WHAT I
I GUESS. MY SUSPICION IS IN
SEVERAL SETS OF FIND THAT THE
AUGMENTATION WILL LEAD TO
GREATER COLLECTIONS SO I THINK
WE NEED TO LOOK AT
THAT. AND THEN WE NEED TO THINK
HOW WE DISTRIBUTE THOSE FUNDS IN
A WAY THAT MAKES A LOT MORE
SENSE THAN SIMPLY TAKING
NINETEEN NINETY NINE.
AND YOU KNOW FIXING THAT
DISTRIBUTION BASED THAT BECAUSE
WE'RE NOT THE SAME STATE AS WE
WERE IN NINETEEN NINETY NINE. SO
WHEN THIS WAS FOUNDED WE NEED TO
HAVE A FORMULA THAT'S A
MECHANISM WE HAVE DATA READY ON
HOW MANY COURT ORDERS HOW MANY
PEOPLE COLLECTING HOW MANY
PEOPLE HAVE BEEN COLLECTED FROM
AND THERE'S GOT TO BE A
MECHANISM. TO FIGURE OUT HOW WE.
THAT THAT MAKES A LOT MORE SENSE
THAN SIMPLY TAKING YOU KNOW.
THE EXISTING DISTRIBUTION FROM
ONE POINT TIME THAT NOW SO LONG
AGO DOESN'T. CORRESPOND. WITH
RICK. WAS A COCKTAIL.
JENNY FELLOW WITH THE ANALYSTS
OFFICE I WAS JUST GOING TO
RESPOND TO THE POINTS MADE ABOUT
OUR TWO THOUSAND REPORT. IN JUST
REITERATE THAT IT WAS A REPORT
WRITTEN SORT OF ON THE EVE OF
THE NEW DEPARTMENT IS SORT OF A
THEORETICAL FRAMEWORK FOR
THINKING ABOUT HOW TO SET UP
ALLOCATIONS. I THINK THERE IS
SOMETHING TO BE SAID FOR
CONSIDERING BOTH WHAT YOU SAID
THAT YOU KNOW THINGS THERE MAY
BE SOME COUNTIES THAT DON'T HAVE
EXACTLY THE RIGHT SIZE FOR ME TO
HAVE A LITTLE TOO MUCH NOW THERE
MAY BE SOME WITH LITTLE. TOO
LITTLE AND I THINK GOING BACK TO
THE ADMINISTRATION'S POINT THAT.
WAS PROBABLY GOOD TO THINK ABOUT
IT HOLISTICALLY.
I THINK ANOTHER POINT WE WOULD
MAKE IS IS SORT OF AS YOU THINK
ABOUT. INCREASING THE SIZE OF
THE ALLOCATION AND THE RETURN ON
THAT WE ALSO NEED TO BE MINDFUL
THAT AT SOME POINT.
YOU'RE NOT GONNA ALWAYS RECEIVE
THAT RETURN AND I THINK A REALLY
CRITICAL LOOK AT WILL WHERE IS
THAT IT MAY BE VERY DIFFERENT
FOR EACH COUNTY.
SAYS JUST AGAIN THIS THIS.
NOTION THAT WE NEED TO BE
PRETTY MINDFUL AND IN HOW WE
APPROACH THIS.
I AGREE AND I REALIZE THERE IS A
POINT YOU KNOW THERE'S A POINT
DIMINISHING RETURNS RIGHT SO
EVERY TIME THAT. IN SOME SENSES
WE GOT THE I GUESS THE LOW
HANGING FRUIT ARE THE PART THAT
TAKES LESS EFFORT AND OF AS YOU
TRY TO PUSH THAT PERCENTAGE UP.
YEAH PEOPLE GET HARDER FINE AND
YOU'RE TALKING ABOUT AT SOME
POINT YOU GETTING TO PEOPLE WHO
REALLY HAVE ABSOLUTELY NO
RESOURCES SO EVEN IF YOU FOUND
THEM. IT HAVE NOTHING TO PUT IN
AND SO YOU KNOW THAT'S BUT WE'VE
GOT TO FIGURE OUT.
BUT IT'S SOMETHING I THINK WE
CAN DO A LOT BETTER AND SO WHAT
I'D LIKE TO SAY IS LIKE IS THERE
A WAY YOU BEFORE FOR THE MAY
REVISE WE WOULD ACTUALLY HAVE A
PROPOSAL FROM THE
ADMINISTRATION.
BECAUSE YOU KNOW THE BAD IT OUT
AT LEAST TO SAY OKAY LET'S A
PROCESS TO START THIS HOLISTIC.
RIGHT WHAT I DID JUST THAT LIKE
A CONVENING LET'S BRING COUNTIES
IN THE THAT THEY HAVE TO TO TO
DO THAT SO. AND I THINK. YOU
KNOW WHATEVER HAPPENS TO THE
DOCUMENTATION I THINK AND ACT IN
MY MIND THE IMITATION MAKES
SENSE. BUT BEYOND THE
AUGMENTATION OF THAT'S A ONE
YEAR THING AND WE CAN DO
AUGMENTATION YEAR BY YEAR BUT
I'M NOT SURE THAT'S THE WAY DO
WE NEED TO DO A HOLISTIC WE NEED
TO GET EVENTUALLY TO A HOLISTIC
SOLUTION AND SO WHAT DOES IT
TAKE TO START THAT PROCESS. THAT
WE CAN FINALLY HAVE A HOLISTIC
SOLUTION.
TO ADDRESS IT TO TO TO IMPLEMENT
VERSUS A YEAR BY YEAR.
YOU KNOW THING AND. THEN WE
OBVIOUSLY CAN'T COMMIT TO A
REVISION PROPOSAL BUT WE'RE
HAPPY TO PROVIDE TECHNICAL
ASSISTANCE AROUND WHAT A SYSTEM
OKAY ALRIGHT SO I'M SO AND I
KNOW YOU CAN'T MAKE A COMMITMENT
TO A SPECIFIC PROPOSAL BUT WHAT
I WOULD LIKE IN A FREE SHEET YOU
SAID. TECHNICAL ASSISTANCE.
WHAT I AM ASKING IS IS THAT?
THE AGENCY WILLING TO CONVENE
PEOPLE.
I WAS THE COUNTY'S ETCETERA TO
HASTERT THE DISCUSSION OF A
HOLISTIC SOLUTION TO THIS
PROBLEM.
WHO WERE WILLING TO PARTICIPATE
SO YOU DON'T WANT TO BE THE?
YOU KNOW WHAT WE DON'T HAVE A
PROPOSAL ON THE SERVE YOU HAVE A
PROPOSAL THAT YOU HAVE A
PROPOSAL IN FRONT OF YOU FROM
THE COUNTY'S RIGHT NOW. WE'RE
HAPPY ANGLER DISSIPATE AROUND
HOW THAT GETS STRUCTURED.
OKAY I AM NOT IN A POSITION TO
CONVENE AT THE MOMENT OKAY. ALL
RIGHT.
.
I'M GONNA ASK COUNTIES AND.
IS THERE ARE I DON'T EVEN THE
CITY BUT IT'S THE SACK OR SOME
OTHER BODY.
WOULD YOU BE WILLING TO CONVENE
PEOPLE AND I CAN ASK THE AGENCY
TO PARTICIPATE. WE'RE WE'RE VERY
WILLING TO CONVENE WE HAVE DONE
WE HAVE CONVENED EVERY TIME
WE'VE BEEN ASKED EM IT IS
HAPPENED OVER MULTIPLE YEARS. WE
HAD THIS IS NOT THE FIRST TIME
WE HAVE ALWAYS BEEN WILLING
PARTICIPANTS AND. NOT ONLY
INDIVIDUAL COUNTIES BUT OUR
ASSOCIATION IS VERY WILLING AND
ELLIE ELLIE BE WILLING TO HELP
OUT.
OKAY.
I WOULD LIKE TO SEE.
PEOPLE COME TOGETHER LET'S TRY
THAT I'M NOT A GUY I'M NOT
EXPECTING A PROPOSAL FOR HOW TO
SOLVE THIS BY MAY BECAUSE OF
THIS WILL TAKE TIME. BUT WE NEED
TO GET THE BALL ROLLING AND ALSO
BUT I WOULD LIKE TO HOPEFULLY
HOPEFULLY I DON'T KNOW YOU
CANNOT.
IN ADDITION TO THE AUGMENTATION
FOR DELIVERING THE SERVICE IF
THE RESOURCES NEEDED TO MAKE
THIS CONVENING GET TO THE RIGHT
PLACE I'D LIKE TO KNOW WHAT. YOU
THINK IT WOULD TAKE. SOMETHING
REASONABLE PLEASE.
BUT WHAT BECAUSE I MEAN IT'S
GONNA TAKE SOME RESOURCES AS
WELL AS PEOPLE MIGHT SPEND TIME
DOING ANALYSES AND STUFF LIKE
THAT SO.
SO I HOPE THAT YOU CAN PROVIDE
THAT TECHNICAL ASSISTANCE THAT
WE NEED TO HAVE PUT SOME FTP
TIME NOT YOU KNOW INTO DOING
THIS OR WE NEED TO HAVE ACTIVE
NOW CONSULTANT TO RIDE.
LET'S LET'S LET'S GET THE BALL
ROLLING IN AND TRY TO ADDRESS
THE PROBLEM.
BUT MISTER CHAIR THAT THAT MAKES
SENSE GAP BECAUSE WE DON'T WANT
TO KEEP DOING THIS EVERY YEAR
RIGHT.
THANK YOU SAID WHEN YOU HOLISTIC
SOLUTION IS DOING ILLICIT
SOLUTION I'M HEARING THAT TWO
THOUSAND SIX.
OKAY LET'S BOOKS BOOKS THAT
SOLVE THE PROBLEM OKAY. ALL
RIGHT.
OKAY SO PUBLIC ON IT.
GOOD MORNING MISTER CHAIR AND
MEMBERS KAREN LAYING ON BEHALF
OF THE BOARD OF SUPERVISORS IN
THE COUNTY OF SAN JOAQUIN MERCED
STANISLAUS CURRENT IN FRESNO ALL
AFFECTED BY THIS ISSUE. THANK
YOU SO MUCH FOR THE CONVERSATION
THIS MORNING AND YOUR STAFF FOR
PUTTING THIS ON THE AGENDA. WE
DO HAVE A BIT OF A CHICKEN AND
EGG PROBLEM I THINK IT'S VERY
DIFFICULT FOR THE COUNTIES THAT
ARE NOT UNDER FUNDED TO
PARTICIPATE IN THE CONVERSATION
UNTIL THERE ARE MORE RESOURCES
AVAILABLE BECAUSE OTHERWISE I
THINK YOU JUST MAKE NEW WINNERS
AND LOSERS. WHICH I THINK IS WHY
OVER THE PAST TWENTY YEARS THERE
HAVE BEEN THREE SEPARATE EFFORTS
THAT HAVE NOT PRODUCED A FORMULA
BECAUSE THERE WAS NEVER ANY NEW
MONEY. SO THAT OUR SOLUTION
SEEMS TO BE IN THE SHORT TERM
HOPEFULLY NEW FUNDING FOR THE
FOURTEEN WHICH I THINK WILL THEN
BE SORT OF LIKE THE FERTILIZER.
THAT WILL GET THE CONVERSATION
STARTED ON A LONGER FACTS THAT
WE DO ASK THE LEGISLATURE TO
CONSIDER FUNDING. OF THIS IT'S
AUTOMATICALLY MATCHED TO THE ONE
AT THE FEDERAL LEVEL SO YOU TURN
FORTY TWO AND A HUNDRED AND
TWENTY MILLION DOLLARS PRETTY
MUCH INSTANTLY. DELIVERED TO THE
FOURTEEN COUNTIES AND LET THEM
GET TO WORK WITH OUR COLLEAGUES
IN THE OTHER COUNTIES TO. COME
UP WITH A LONG TERM SOLUTION
THANK YOU SO MUCH AGAIN. THANK
YOU.
WELCOME. SIR CHARMERS JOINT OF
OR SOMEHOW THE URBAN COUNTIES OF
CALIFORNIA WERE IN SUPPORT OF
THE BUDGET REQUESTS ON A
PROPOSAL FOR INVESTMENT. I WOULD
NOW LIKE AND THE SLAYING STATED
THAT OUR INTENTION BY ASKING FOR
THIS AUGMENTATION IS TO BRING
ALL COUNTIES UP TO SIR THAT THE
SAME MINIMUM LEVEL. NOT TO SAY
THAT WE'RE GONNA BE HAVE ENOUGH
BUT THAT MINIMUM LEVEL SO THAT
WE CREATE A LEVEL PLAYING FIELD
FOR ALL FIFTY STATES OF THEM CAN
HAVE DISCUSSIONS. ABOUT A NEW
FORMULA AND YES THESE WERE BASED
ON WHAT THE DA SPENT IN NINETEEN
NINETY NINE SO WASN'T EVEN
REALLY BASED. ON CASE LOAD OR
ANYTHING IT WAS JUST HOW MUCH
THAT JAY HAD AND THERE BE MAYBE
MORE GENEROUS DAYS. AND THERE
WERE NOT GENEROUS DAY SO AND I
JUST WANT TO REITERATE THAT THIS
CAN ALSO.
EDITION INVESTMENT IN PROVIDING
THESE COUNTIES WITHOUT
ADDITIONAL FUNDS CAN HELP REDUCE
THE IMPACT OTHER PUBLIC
ASSISTANCE PROGRAMS AND AND JUST
YOU KNOW THE URBAN COUNTIES
IMPACTED. OUR FRESNO LOS ANGELES
RIVERSIDE SACRAMENTO SAN
BERNARDINO AND SOMEONE CAME TO
REST ON SPORTS ASSASSIN AND
WOULD HOPE THAT YOU WOULD.
CONSIDER IT AT THE LARGER BUDGET
AS A WHOLE
THANK YOU THANK YOU THANK YOU.
JUSTIN GARRETT THE CALIFORNIA
STATE ASSOCIATION OF COUNTIES IN
STRONG SUPPORT OF THIS PROPOSAL
FOR ALL THE REASONS THAT HAVE
BEEN OUTLINED.
WOULD ALSO AGREE WITH THE
APPROACH OF PROVIDING ADDITIONAL
FUNDING TO THESE HISTORICALLY
UNDERFUNDED COUNTIES IN USE THAT
TOO. I GENERATE MOVE FOR THE
MUCH NEEDED CONVERSATION ON THE
OVERALL LOCATIONS IDEA AND
ACTUALLY BEFORE YOU GO I REALIZE
THAT YOU. ONLY THE
REPRESENTATIVES BUT I HOPE SEE
SACCO ALSO CONSIDER SUPPORTING
THIS IDEA OF WHAT'S COMING UP
WITH A HOLISTIC SOLUTION. YEAH
WE WOULD DEFINITELY BE
SUPPORTIVE THAT'S THE SACK OFTEN
PLAYS A KEY ROLE IN. COUNTY
ALLOCATIONS FOR A NUMBER OF
PROGRAMS AND SO WOULD CERTAINLY.
BE HAPPY TO BE INVOLVED IN THIS
TO AN EXTENT THAT'S HELPFUL
GOING INTO.
GOOD MORNING. MY NAME IS
VERONICA RILEY I AM THE
ASSISTANT DIRECTOR FOR THE SAN
JOAQUIN COUNTY DEPARTMENT OF
CHILD SUPPORT SERVICES.
A NEW STUDY WAS RELEASED THIS
WEEK ON POVERTY IN CALIFORNIA.
DATA FROM THE CENSUS BUREAU AND
THE SUPPLEMENTAL POVERTY MEASURE
REVEALED THAT CALIFORNIA
ACTUALLY HAS THE HIGHEST RATE OF
POVERTY AND CHILDHOOD POVERTY.
IN THE NATION. DIGESTED POVERTY
RATE IS TWENTY TWO POINT EIGHT
PERCENT FOR CALIFORNIA'S
CHILDREN WHICH EQUATES TO TWO
MILLION KIDS.
AMONG THE RECOMMENDATIONS FOR
DRESSING AS POVERTY ISSUE IS AND
I QUOTE CONTINUING TO STRENGTHEN
CHILD SUPPORT ENFORCEMENT
PROGRAMS. THAT WORK EFFECTIVELY
WITH NON CUSTODIAL PARENTS AND
ENSURE THAT SUPPORT REACHES THE
FAMILIES WHO NEED IT.
SINCE THE FOURTEEN UNDERFUNDED
COUNTIES MAKE UP ALMOST SEVENTY
PERCENT OF THE STATE OF
CALIFORNIA'S ENTIRE CHILD
SUPPORT CASELOAD.
AN INVESTMENT IN THESE COUNTIES
WE BELIEVE WOULD STRENGTHEN OUR
PROGRAMS AND IT WOULD MOST
CERTAINLY GO A LONG WAY TO
PROVIDING OUR CLIENTS WITH THE
VITAL SERVICES THEY NEED. TO
ENSURE THE WELL BEING OF OUR
STATE'S CHILDREN THANK YOU THANK
YOU.
GOOD MORNING MY NAME IS THERE
ANY CUT I AM THE DIRECTOR OF
MADERA COUNTY CHILD SUPPORT AND
I'M HERE TO REPRESENT MY COUNTY
MY TWENTY NINE EMPLOYEES AND THE
CHILDREN AND FAMILIES OF OUR
COUNTY.
COUNTY CURRENTLY HAS A TWENTY
TWO PERCENT POVERTY RATE WITH
TWENTY SIX PERCENT OF OUR
CHILDREN LIVING IN FOOD INSECURE
HOUSEHOLDS. ARE DEPARTMENT
REPRESENTS SIXTY FIVE HUNDRED
FAMILIES WITH A POPULATION OF
TWO THOUSAND CURRENTLY RECEIVING
PUBLIC ASSISTANCE LAST YEAR WE.
COLLECTED TEN MILLION DOLLARS WE
HOPE TO DO THAT THIS YEAR AS
WELL. OUR DEPARTMENT WORKS TO
MEET THE NEEDS OF OUR COMMUNITY
AND OUR GOAL IS DELIVERED
CONSISTENT SUPPORT TO FAMILIES
TO MEET OUR GOAL WE REQUIRE
STAFFING LEVELS.
THAT ALLOW US TO DELIVER
EXCELLENT CUSTOMER SERVICE AND
ENSURE CHILDREN RECEIVE THE
SUPPORT THEY DESERVE. WITH
ADDITIONAL FUNDING STAFF CAN
WORK WITH CASES THAT ARE HARD TO
REACH. COMMUNITY PARTNERS AS HIS
PARENTS WITH FINDING WORK IN
RESOURCES AND CONNECTING MORE
WITH THE CUSTOMER TO ENSURE
CONSISTENT SUPPORT.
THANK YOU FOR TAKING THE TIME
AND CONSIDERATION.
THANK YOU.
I'LL COME RUNNING BABY COVERED
DIRECTOR FOR THE RIVERSIDE
COUNTY DEPARTMENT OF CHILD
SUPPORT SERVICES. THIS REQUEST
REALLY ISN'T ABOUT REALLOCATING
MONEY FROM THAT COUNTIES WITH A
MORE ADEQUATELY FUNDING TO LOWER
FUNDING STATEWIDE SHELLS FOR
DATA INDICATES THAT THOSE
COUNTIES THAT ARE MORE
ADEQUATELY FUNDED. PERFORM
SIGNIFICANTLY BETTER THAN THOSE
OF US THAT ARE LESS FUN IN THE
COUNTY THAT SUPPORTS EIGHTY
THREE THOUSAND FAMILIES AND I
WOULD SUGGEST THAT I SHOULD BE.
SUPPORTING TWICE THAT MANY
FAMILIES I WANT TO BE ABLE TO
DELIVER THE SAME GREAT SERVICE
AND SUPPORT. AND THE
CONSTITUENTS IN MY COUNTY AS
THOSE OF THE OTHER COUNTIES.
THE INEQUITY IN FUNDING BETWEEN
COUNTIES IS WHY WE ARE ASKING TO
INCREASE THE FINANCIAL
ALLOCATION PER CASE. EMPTIES
MOST SEVERELY UNDERFUNDED
COUNTIES TO BRING THEM CLOSER
ALIGNMENT WITH A MORE ADEQUATE
FUNDING COUNTIES. WITH OVER
SIXTY PERCENT SAY WHY CASE ON
THESE FOURTEEN COUNTIES THIS
FUNDING REQUEST WILL GREATLY
IMPROVE THE PERFORMANCE OF THE
OVERALL TRANSFER PROGRAM ACROSS
THE STATE. THANK YOU.
THANK YOU. WELCOME THE MORNING
MY NAME'S DON MER AND I WORK
WITH GLENN COUNTY DEPARTMENT
CHILD SUPPORT SERVICES.
SINCE THE TRANSITION FROM THE
DISTRICT ATTORNEY'S OFFICE TO
THE DEPARTMENT CHILD SUPPORT
SERVICES THIS METHODOLOGY HAS
BEEN AN ONGOING ISSUE. ENGLAND
COUNTY WE HAVE STRIVED TO
MAINTAIN THEM EFFICIENCIES BE
COST EFFECTIVE FOR EVERY DOLLAR
SPENT IN OUR PROGRAM WE'VE
COLLECTED OVER FOUR DOLLARS.
WE MAINTAIN FEDERAL PERFORMANCE
MEASURES AT A HIGH LEVEL OF ALL
DURING THAT TIME. WE'VE LOST
OVER FORTY PERCENT OF OUR STAFF
IN IN THE COMING YEARS WITH NO
ADDITIONAL FUNDING WILL LOSE
ADDITIONAL POSITIONS AND NOT
HAVE TO MAINTAIN THE CURRENT
LEVEL OF SERVICE.
THE PARTICIPANTS ARE CURRENTLY
SERVING COME FROM ALL WALKS OF
LIFE.
SOME WORK IN THE GIG ARE
UNDERGROUND ECONOMIES SUMMER
UNBANKED WE HAVE LANGUAGE
BARRIERS. WE HAVE MENTAL HEALTH
AND SUBSTANCE ABUSE ISSUES. WE
HAVE DIFFICULTY NAVIGATING THE
LEGAL SYSTEM WITHOUT THE CASE
WORKER INTERVENTIONS AND
RESOURCES TO DO THEIR JOBS THE
LEVEL OF SERVICE COULD BE
AFFECTED. WHICH WOULD RESULT IN
A NEGATIVE IMPACT TO THE
CUSTOMERS AND THE FAMILIES WE
SERVE. CURRENTLY SEVENTY NINE
PERCENT OF OUR CASE LOAD IS
NEVER FORMERLY ASSISTED CASES
THE MONEY WE COLLECT ON THESE
CASES GO DIRECTLY TO THE
FAMILIES.
WITHOUT THE CHILD SUPPORT
SERVICES BASIC NEEDS LIKE
SHELTER FOOD AND CLOTHING WILL
NOT BE MET. THANK YOU FOR YOUR
CONSIDERATION.
THANK YOU.
WELCOME INCOME AND MOANING ABOUT
YOU TOUCH HER FROM STANISLAUS
COUNTY.
I COULD SAY DITTO TO DON AND
I'M JUST GONNA ADD A BIT OF THE
LOCAL PERSPECTIVE TO. MEET
GRANTED THE RETURN ON INVESTMENT
IN THE PROGRAM WILL BE MORE THAN
THREE FOLD IN MY COUNTY I'M
STANISLAUS GENERATES THREE
DOLLARS AND EIGHTY CENTS FOR
EVERY DOLLAR SPENT AS OF LAST
YEAR. ON THE PROGRAM THEREFORE
THE REQUESTED FUNDS OF
APPROXIMATELY TWO POINT SIX
MILLION WOULD GENERATE ABOUT TEN
MILLION DOLLARS IN COLLECTIONS.
NOT RECEIVING THE ADDITIONAL
FUNDING WOULD MEAN THE LOSS OF
POTENTIAL COLLECTIONS IN THE
AMOUNT OF APPROXIMATELY TEN
MILLION OF WHICH SEVEN POINT
SEVEN MILLION. OR SEVENTY SEVEN
PERCENT WOULD GO DIRECTLY TO
CHILDREN AND FAMILIES WHO RELY
ON CHILD SUPPORT AS A REAL
INCOME.
AND TWENTY ONE PERCENT ABOUT TWO
POINT ONE MILLION WOULD GO BACK
TO THE STATE FEDERAL AND COUNTY
AGENCIES AS RECRUITMENT.
FOR SOME FAMILIES IN OUR CASE
LOAD THE ADDITIONAL CHILD
SUPPORT MEANS HEALTHIER FOOD ON
THE TABLE AND FOR OTHERS IT HAS
BECOME THE SAVINGS THEY NEEDED
FOR A CHILD'S COLLEGE EDUCATION.
HAVING WORKED MULTIPLE JOBS TO
RAISE THE CHILD FOR OTHERS IT'S
THE MEDICAL SUPPORT THAT THEY
WOULDN'T OTHERWISE HAVE. IN ALL
ASPECTS IN OUR COUNTY WHERE
APPROXIMATELY ONE FOURTH OF
CHILDREN LIVE BELOW THE POVERTY
LEVEL CHILD SUPPORT PROVIDE SOME
FINANCIAL STABILITY THANK YOU.
THANK YOU.
WELCOME.
GOOD MORNING I'M SURE NORTEL
TRADE HOW THE DIRECTOR OF THE
MERCED MARIPOSA REGIONAL
DEPARTMENT CHILD SUPPORT
SERVICES. MERCED COUNTY AS OFTEN
RESEARCH REFERRED TO AS A CENTER
OF POVERTY IN CALIFORNIA WITH
OVER TWENTY POINT THREE PERCENT
OF THE RESIDENTS LIVING IN
POVERTY. TWENTY SEVEN PERCENT OF
THE CHILDREN IN OUR COMMUNITY
LIVE IN POVERTY. AS A RURAL
COUNTY STILL RECOVERING FROM THE
RECENT RECESSION THE RESIDENTS
OF COURSE I COUNTY RELY UPON THE
COLLECTIONS UNTAMED ABOUT FIRE
DEPARTMENT TO CREATE STABLE
HOMES FOR THEIR CHILDREN. AS A
POVERTY PREVENTION TOOL AS
YOU'VE HEARD BY MANY OF MY
COLLEAGUES MERCED
COUNTY-COLLECTS THREE DOLLARS
AND TEN
CENTS FOR EVERY DOLLAR WE INVEST
IN OUR PROGRAM.
WITH THE PROPOSED STATE AND
FEDERAL INVESTMENT OF
APPROXIMATELY A HUNDRED AND
THIRTY SEVEN THOUSAND DOLLARS
MERCED COUNTY WOULD BE ABLE TO
COLLECT UP TO APPROXIMATELY FOUR
HUNDRED FIFTY THOUSAND. WITH
EIGHTY FIVE PERCENT OF THAT OR
THREE HUNDRED EIGHTY TWO
DOLLARS.
THREE HUNDRED EIGHTY THOUSAND
DOLLARS. BENEFITING THE CHILDREN
AND FAMILIES DIRECTLY IN OUR
COMMUNITIES WE THANK YOU FOR
CONSIDERING THIS INFORMATION.
THANK YOU.
WELCOME GOOD MORNING MY NAME IS
MARIEKE ARE LED BY THE DIRECTOR
OF THE DEPARTMENT OF CHILD
SUPPORT SERVICES IN SAN
BERNARDINO COUNTY.
ALREADY IN SAN MARINO IS
SIGNIFICANTLY HIGHER THAN THE
STATE AVERAGE TWENTY SIX PERCENT
OF CHILDREN IN THE COUNTY ARE
LIVING IN POVERTY.
THIS INCREASES JUST FORTY FOUR
PERCENT IN SINGLE PARENT
HOUSEHOLDS WHEN THE FATHER IS
NOT PRESENT AND THE CHILDREN ARE
UNDER THE AGE OF EIGHTEEN. AND
OVER THE LAST THREE YEARS THIS
RATE HAS NOT DECREASED.
THESE ARE THE FAMILIES THAT NEED
US TO HELP.
ESTABLISH AND COLLECT CONSISTENT
AND RELIABLE CHILD SUPPORT
SUPPORT WHILE WE ARE VERY COST
EFFECTIVE COLLECTING FOUR
DOLLARS AND SIXTY THREE CENTS
FOR EVERY DOLLAR SPENT. WE ARE
UNABLE TO REACH ALL OF OUR
CUSTOMERS BY WORKING PROACTIVELY
WITH OUR NONCUSTODIAL PARENTS WE
CAN HELP THEM TO REMOVE
BARRIERS.
AND GET THEM ON THE PATH TO PAY
THEIR CHILD SUPPORT
CONSISTENTLY.
ADDITIONAL FUNDING WILL ALLOW US
TO TAKE THE STEPS NECESSARY TO
ENGAGE OUR CUSTOMERS EARLY ON.
PARTNER WITH COMMUNITY BASED
ORGANIZATIONS TO HOLISTICALLY
HELP OUR CUSTOMERS AND CONDUCT
OUTREACH IN COMMUNITIES THAT WE
DO NOT CURRENTLY SERVE.
THIS PROACTIVE APPROACH WILL
ENSURE EVERY CHILD GETS THE
SUPPORT THEY NEED AND ULTIMATELY
SHIFT THE CYCLE OF POVERTY IN
THE COMMUNITIES THAT WE SERVE
THANK YOU.
WELCOME.
THANK YOU WELL MY NAME IS DON
SAMARA THE PRESIDENT THE CHILD
SUPPORT DIRECTORS ASSOCIATION
HERE IN CALIFORNIA. WE REPRESENT
ALL FORTY NINE LOCAL CHILD
SUPPORT DIRECTORS. OF. THE
CENTER PANNED I THINK YOU HIT
THE NAIL ON THE HEAD WHEN YOU
IDENTIFIED THIS. AS A AS A TWO
PRONG THERE NEEDS TO BE MONEY
NOW TO PATCH THIS IN THERE NEEDS
TO BE THIS BROADER CONVERSATION
IF WE BACK AWAY NOW FROM
PATCHING THIS IT BECOMES
IMPOSSIBLE TO HAVE THE BROADER
CONVERSATION. THIS IS AN
INVESTMENT YOU WILL MAKE NO
BETTER INVESTMENT IN THIS BUDGET
SEASON BECAUSE YOU DRAW DOWN TO
FEDERAL DOLLARS FOR EVERY DOLLAR
YOU PUT INTO THIS. I WOULD
IMAGINE THAT YOU GENTLEMEN GOT
INTO PUBLIC SERVICE TO SERVE
FAMILIES IN YOUR COMMUNITIES.
THIS IS THAT TIME TO DO THAT.
IT SOUNDS LIKE THERE IS A
HESITANCY TO LEAD THIS LARGER
BROADER DISCUSSION CSTA WILL BE
WILLING TO LEAVE THAT
DISCUSSION.
WE WILL PARTICIPATE IN AND WORK
WITH THESE AGENCIES IN ORDER TO
GET SOMETHING WHETHER THAT'S THE
MAY REVISE OR A TRAILER BILL
LANGUAGE FOR THE SPECIFICS OF
THE BROADER PICTURE. THANK YOU.
THANK YOU BEFORE YOU GO I
APPRECIATE THAT I MEAN I THINK.
WE WE DO NEED TO COME UP WITH A
BETTER MECHANISM BECAUSE OF WE
DOWN.
YOU KNOW WHAT WHEN THAT TIMES
COME YOU KNOW WE'RE WE'RE GONNA
BE STUCK. RIGHT AND EVERYONE'S
GONNA BE STUCK AGAIN AND ALSO. I
THINK WE'RE MISSING DOLLARS ON
THE TABLE AND IT AND I
APPRECIATE THAT MAJOR MEMBERS OF
COME UP AND SAID I MEAN THIS IS
ABOUT CHILD POVERTY RATE SO WE
HEAR WELFARE OR WE HEAR A LOT OF
OTHER THINGS HERE TOO AND THEY
ALL INTERACT ANNOUNCED SILOS.
AND I THINK THAT THIS IS A THIS
IS ACTUALLY A IS IMAGINE WE GET
A FEDERAL MATCH WE'RE GETTING
MONEY BACK FOR FAMILIES.
SO I I HOPE WE CAN LOSE THIS.
CONVERSATION FORWARD AND HAVE A
MORE RATIONAL WAY OF FIGURE OUT
WHAT IS REAL RETURN BOTH FOR THE
STATE BUT ALSO FOR OUR SOCIETY
AND THEN RECOGNIZING THAT AND
THEN PUTTING ALLOCATING THE
PROBE. IS.
AS AN INVESTMENT FOR FOR
FAMILIES HERE IN CALIFORNIA SO I
WOULD APPRECIATE YOUR
ASSOCIATIONS LEADERSHIP IN
HELPING. CRAFT SOMETHING THAT WE
CAN PUT THIS SO THAT WE CAN GET
THAT PROCESS STARTED OUT NEXT
FISCAL YEAR AND COMING UP WITH
THIS HOLISTIC PLAN AND I
APPRECIATE THE AGENCY SAYING
THAT. AND I HOPE YOU'LL BE VERY
ACTIVE PARTICIPANTS IN MAKING
THAT HAPPEN AND I APPRECIATE LA
ALSO PROVIDING THEIR SYSTEMS TO.
MAKE IT.
THANK YOU MISTER CHAIR FRANK MAC
EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR OF THE COUNTY
WELFARE DIRECTORS ASSOCIATION
INTO YOUR PRIOR POINT. OUT THE
MISSION OF OUR ORGANIZATIONS ARE
TO FIGHT POVERTY AND I'D BUY
THROUGH ADMINISTERING A VARIETY
OF ANTI PROGRAMS. ON BEHALF OF
THE STATE. AND OUR MEMBERS
BELIEVE STRONGLY THAT THE ROLE
OF THE CHILD SUPPORT COLLECTION
SYSTEM IS REALLY VITAL.
COMPLIMENT OR ANTI POVERTY
EFFORTS AND SO MY MEMBERS ARE
PLEASED TO SUPPORT THE REQUEST
OF THE CHILD SUPPORT DIRECTORS
ASSOCIATION.
THANK YOU.
OKAY ANY OTHER QUESTIONS FROM
COMMITTEE MEMBERS.
ONE OTHER THING IN RELATION TO
YOUR PROPOSAL IT WOULD BE.
HELPFUL I DON'T KNOW BUT I
DIDN'T SEE THAT. IS THERE ANY
SORT AT LEAST GENERAL PROJECTION
OUR RANGE PROJECTION OF YOU
DON'T HAVE IT NOW HOPEFULLY IN
THE FUTURE FOR HOW MANY
ADDITIONAL. PEOPLE YOU THINK
WILL BE ABLE TO. COLLECT FROM
EITHER BOTH AMOUNTS COLLECTED
THE ANTICIPATED BOUNCE COLLECTED
AND NUMBER OF PEOPLE YO THINK
THAT THIS INVESTMENT. WOULD BE
ABLE TO ACHIEVE OUR OUR
COLLEAGUES IN SAN BERNARDINO
COUNTY HAVE INDICATED THAT AT
THE CURRENT MOMENT THERE ARE
CURRENTLY FOUR HUNDRED FIFTY
NINE THOUSAND CHILDREN IN OUR
FOURTEEN COUNTIES. THAT ARE IN
NEED OF CHILD SUPPORT SERVICES
BUT I HAVE NOT HAVE AVAILED
THEMSELVES OF CHILD SUPPORT
SERVICES. SO WE BELIEVE
IMMEDIATELY THAT IS THE NEED.
OKAY I GOT THE NEED I AM I KNOW
THAT GIVEN IF WE ALLOCATE THE.
WHAT'S REQUESTED OF THE FORTY
TWO POINT EIGHT.
HOW MANY PEOPLE YOU THINK YOU'RE
GOING TO BE ABLE TO I REALIZE
IT'S A BIT OF AN ESTIMATE HOW
MUCH SO WE GOT THE NEED HOW MANY
YOU ACTUALLY BILL GET GIVEN
THESE RESOURCES? THAT YOU'RE
REQUESTING WHAT EXACTLY.
WE'RE PROJECTING WE'RE GONNA BE
ABLE TO TO TO TO TO TO ACHIEVE
WITH THE RESOURCES THAT. ITSELF.
SO WE BELIEVE THAT OUR RETURN ON
INVESTMENT.
FOR THE FORTY TWO POINT EIGHT
MILLION COMBINED WITH THE
FEDERAL MATCH THAT WILL GIVE
UNDER TWENTY SIX MILLION TOTAL
WE BELIEVE THAT OVER A. PERIOD
OF THREE TO FOUR YEARS. ARE
RETURNED BACK TO THE STATE
GENERAL FUND WOULD BE
APPROXIMATELY SIXTY ONE MILLION
DOLLARS.
TOTAL ARE OVER EACH EACH YEAR
EACH TEACHER PER YEAR WE BELIEVE
BEGINNING APPROXIMATE YEAR THAN
YOUR FOUR AND THIS IS A ONE
YEAR.
REQUEST THOUGH OUR OUR REQUEST
IS AN ON GOING REQUEST.
OKAY.
ALL RIGHT SO MOLO DEFINITELY
FIGURE THAT OUT I THINK WHAT WE
WANT TO TRY TO DO IS. FIGURE OUT
HOW WE.
PAT SO APPRECIATE SIXTY ONE
MILLION PER YEAR WITH EXPECTING.
TO GET BACK. AND UP BUT I ALSO
THINK THAT WE GOT TO GET TO THE
PLACE OF WHAT'S THE RATIONAL AND
I AND I ANY YOU KNOW I I I. I
APPRECIATE EVERYONE WANTS TO SAY
LET'S HOLD EVERYONE HARMLESS.
AND I THINK THE GOAL ISN'T TO
TRY TO BUT.
LET'S FIGURE OUT MORE RATIONAL
WAY OF THIS DISTRIBUTING. THAT
OKAY AND OTHER THAN THAT FIGURE
OUT WHERE WE'RE AT LANCE AS MY
GUESS IS THAT GIVEN THE
INFORMATION GIVEN SO FAR. I
DOUBT THERE'S GOING TO BE TOO
MANY IF ANY PEOPLE WHO ARE GONNA
FIND THEMSELVES.
DON'T.
ON THE NEGATIVE SIDE I THINK
IT'S PROBABLY ALL BUT TWO WE DO
THE WORK WE DON'T KNOW SELF.
OKAY. ALL RIGHT THANK YOU THANK
YOU ALL.
SO WE'RE GOING TO MOVE ON TO.
DEPARTMENT SOCIAL SERVICES TO
OFFER SERVICES FIVE ONE EIGHT
SO.
VIEW.
RIGHT.
MAYBE I'M BEING OVERLY AMBITIOUS
OKAY WELL WELCOME LET'S DO
INTRODUCTIONS THAT FOR THE
RECORD FIRST.
WE'LL LIKE PORN DIRECTOR OF THE
CALIFORNIA DEPARTMENT OF SOCIAL
SERVICES GIVE. GREG ROSE DEPUTY
DIRECTOR FOR CHILDREN FAMILY
SERVICES DEPARTMENT OF SOCIAL
SERVICES HERE DAVE MACLEOD CHIEF
OF OPERATIONS AND EVALUATION OF
THE DEPARTMENT OF SOCIAL
SERVICES THANK YOU. ELIA BEN
JOHNSON A LEO.
JANIE BELL L. ALE. AND IT'S.
JUST INTRODUCED FROM FINANCE
RIGHT THANK YOU SO LET'S BEGIN
WITH THE OF REVIEW AND DECIDE
THE HIGHLIGHTS.
THANK YOU DOCTOR PENNED
COMMITTEE MEMBERS ON A SICK
AGAIN WILL LIKE BORN ON I'M
GOING TO ASK. MR ROSE TO SIMPLY
TO THROUGH THE HIGHLIGHTS AND
BUT ALSO THE BASIC. OKAY AND
ACTUALLY BEFORE YOU BEGIN LET'S
UST STUFF FOR THE OUR AUDIENCE
HERE SO WHAT WE'LL GET IS GOING
TO HEAR THE OVERVIEW AND THEN
ALSO ISSUE TWO AND THREE WHICH
ARE TO BE SEE PEACE AND THEN
WE'LL TAKE PUBLIC COMMENT ON ALL
THREE TOGETHER. SO THANK YOU
VERY MUCH AS A WHICH COULD BEGIN
THE OVERVIEW.
GREG ROSE FROM THE APARTMENT
AGAIN.
THE THE AGENDA LAYS OUT A FAIRLY
WELL THE THE KIND OF THE SCOPE
AND PURPOSE OF THE OF THE
PROGRAM JUST AS A BIT OF A
REMINDER THAT.
EVERY YEAR THE THERE ARE ABOUT
HALF A MILLION.
CALLS FOR ABUSE OF ABUSE OR
NEGLECT ALLEGATIONS THAT COME IN
TO THE COUNTY OUT WITH HOT
LINES.
SOMEWHERE IN THE NEIGHBORHOOD OF
SEVENTY TO EIGHTY THOUSAND OF
THOSE ARE. DETERMINED TO BE
SUBSTANTIATED.
AND.
ABOUT. TWENTY FIVE THIRTY
THOUSAND YOUNG PEOPLE COME INTO
CARE EACH YEAR SIMILAR ABOUT
LEAVE.
IT LEAVE CARE. EACH YEAR.
THE VAST MAJORITY THAT THAT THE
CHILDREN THAT ARE IN CHILD
WELFARE THAT ARE IN FOSTER CARE
ARE SERVED IN FAMILY BASED CARE
AND A SMALL AMOUNT ARE IN.
.
ARE IN CONGREGATE CARE.
YOU'LL HEAR.
THROUGHOUT TODAY MUCH OF OUR
OUR EFFORTS TO SUPPORT THE
FAMILY BASED CARE AND TO AMUSE
CONGREGATE CARE AS.
HAS.
LIMITED AS REASONABLY POSSIBLE.
SO THAT THIS IS GENERALLY THE
THE END AND TODAY AS WE SIT HERE
THERE'S ABOUT SIXTY THOUSAND
YOUNG PEOPLE IN FOSTER CARE
INCLUDING.
AROUND FIVE THOUSAND THAT ARE
MET MANAGED BY THE PROBATION
DEPARTMENT. AND SO THOSE ARE
THAT'S GENERALLY THE KIND OF THE
THE THE OVERVIEW OF THE OF THE
PROGRAM THE THAT THAT SPECIFIC.
ITEMS IN THE BUDGET WE WILL BE
TALKING ABOUT.
A BIT LATER.
OKAY A COMMENTS FROM LA RAIL.
SHOULD I JUMP IN THE COMMENTS ON
THE CONTINUUM OF CARE FOR MORE
NOW WE'LL GET IT YEAH THAT'S
COMING UP LATER SO THEY WERE
JUST THE OVER THE PARCHMENT
OVERVIEW.
WELL RIGHT WELL GET THERE SO
THERE'S ALL YOU KNOW YOU DO THAT
THAT THAT THAT YOU HAVE TWO MORE
QUESTIONS IN THE BEGINNING OF
THE OF THE THIS PART. SO ON LAST
YEAR IF YOU REMEMBER WE TALKED
BRIEFLY ABOUT THE.
THE.
CAL DOES THE CALIFORNIA IS.
CHILD FAMILY SERVICES REVIEW
OUR RE FEDERAL REVIEW. AND LAST
TIME BUT AS WE WERE TALKING LAST
YEAR WE WE HAD MENTIONED THAT WE
WOULD BE EMBARKING ON A PROGRAM
IMPROVEMENT PLAN.
AND WE HAVE SUCH THAT WE HAVE
CREATED SUCH A PLAN.
IN CONCERT WITH OUR. OUR COUNTY
COLLEAGUES.
AT THIS POINT AT THIS POINT THAT
IT'S STILL IN IN REVIEW WITH THE
AT THE FEDERAL GOVERNMENT. I
SHOULD IT'S IMPORTANT TO NOTE
THAT.
THAT THIS IS A AN INTERACTIVE
PROCESS IN THE NEXT STEP IS A
STEP IN THE THEATERS HAVE
PROCESSES THAT. THE THE FEDS
FROM THE CENTRAL OFFICE WILL BE
COMING TO.
CALIFORNIA IN MAY TO SIT DOWN.
TO WORK THROUGH THE LAST OF NUTS
AND BOLTS OF OUR PROPOSAL WITH A
MARK KENNEDY ARE STATE COUNTY
IMPLEMENTATION TEAM.
.
AND I WOULD JUST POINT OUT IN
THE IN THE INTERIM IT DONE WE
HAVE OBVIOUSLY BEEN AND I'M
PAYING ATTENTION TO THAT TO A
NUMBER OF THE OUTCOMES THAT.
THAT WE TALKED ABOUT LAST YEAR
AND I'M. UNHAPPY DIMENSION THAT
YOU KNOW THERE ARE A FEW OUT
COMES THE INCLUDING.
ABUSE IN OUT OF HOME CARE
RECURRENCE OF MALTREATMENT.
AND THAT OUR PLACEMENT
STABILITY HAVE IMPROVED SINCE
THE LAST TIME WE TALKED TOGETHER
A FEW THINGS ARE STILL.
.
MORE OR LESS US STABLE SO ARE RE
ENTRY RATE IS STABLE AND.
AND OUR.
THE CHILDREN THAT ARE RECEIVING
PERMITS HE WITHIN TWELVE MONTHS
HASN'T CHANGED MUCH SINCE LAST
YEAR. AND THEN WE STILL ARE ARE
ON THE THE BIGGEST AREA FOR A
PERMIT FOR US IS ACTUALLY
GETTING TO PERMITS FOR YOU YOUNG
PEOPLE IN CARE LONGER. THAN
TWELVE MONTHS SO SO OFTEN CALLED
LONG STAIRS SO. WE'D BE HAPPY
TO.
COME TO TO YOU AND AND YOUR
STAFF AFTER WE HAVE THE THE
PROGRAM IMPROVEMENT PLAN.
FINALIZED AND APPROVED BY THE
FEDERAL GOVERNMENT TO STEP
THROUGH THE THE. STEP THROUGH IT
SHOULD JUST SAY WE WILL IT WHEN
THAT WHEN THAT OCCURS YOU WON'T
BE SURPRISED AT LARGE MUCH OF IT
IS THE CONTINUING CARE REFORM.
AND.
BECAUSE IT FOCUSES A LOT ON
ENGAGEMENT AND AND SPECIFICALLY
AROUND SOME OF THESE.
THESE POPULATIONS AND THE AND
THE OUTCOMES FOR YOUNG PEOPLE IN
CARE AND IT ALSO FOCUS A LOT ON
THE COUNTY'S.
COCA CORE PRACTICE MODEL THAT
ALSO FOCUSES ON GATEWAY ON GAGE
MEN IN PARTNERSHIP AND WORKING
ACROSS. SYSTEMS.
LOCALLY SO WON'T BE A BIG
SURPRISE TO YOU WHEN YOU SEE THE
PLANETS LARGELY WHAT WE'VE BEEN
TALKING ABOUT. HERE TODAY.
THEN THE LEFT THAT THEN THE NEXT
ITEM ON IT WAS A A BRIEF UPDATE
ON. A FEW THINGS THE THE THE.
COMMERCIALLY SEXUALLY EXPLOITED
ON CHILDREN'S PROGRAM ARE
BRINGING FAMILIES HOME AND
EMERGENCY CHILDCARE BRIDGE ON
THE AGENDA GRAHAM IT'S IMPORTANT
TO KNOW
THAT WE'VE GOT TWELVE. TWELVE
COUNTIES THAT ARE PARTICIPATING.
OUR. OUR OUR HOUSING FOLKS ARE
HAVING MONTHLY TECHNICAL
ASSISTANCE CALLS WITH THOSE WITH
THOSE CAP WITH THOSE COUNTIES.
WE BROUGHTTHEM TOGETHER A
COUPLE OF TIMES HERE IN
SACRAMENTO TO WORK THROUGH.
SOME IDEAS.
PASS.
PASS ON PROMISING PRACTICES
ETCETERA. AND WE'RE ENGAGING
RIGHT NOW WITH THE WITH THE
ADMINISTRATIVE OFFICE OF THE
COURT THE JUDICIAL COUNCIL TO
WORK THROUGH.
TO MAKE SURE THAT THE
DEPENDENCY COURT JUDGES ARE
FAMILIAR NOT ONLY WITH THE
PROGRAM BUT ALSO THE WHOLE
NOTION OF HOUSING FIRST. SO THAT
IT'S IN ITS PRELIMINARY STAGES
IT'S IT'S IT'S GOING ON HAPPY TO
PROVIDE ADDITIONAL DETAILS AT A
LATER DATE IF YOU CHOOSE.
.
URGENCY CHILDCARE BRIDGE ALSO IS
UNDER WAY.
WE HAVE FORTY TWO COUNTIES
PARTICIPATING IN IN THE
CHILDCARE BRIDGE.
AND THAT THAT CONSISTS OF THREE
BASIC COMPONENTS THE VOUCHERS
THE CHILD CARE NAVIGATOR PROGRAM
AND THEN SOME VERY IMPORTANT
TROM INFORM TRAINING AND
COACHING FOR THAT FOR THE EARLY
CHILDHOOD. EDUCATORS AND AND AND
PROVIDERS.
WE'VE ISSUED THREE RECENT
LETTERS THAT PROVIDE SOME
ADDITIONAL GUIDANCE ON.
ON THE PROGRAM AND HOW TO CLAIM
IT SAID ARE WORKING THROUGH A
COUPLE OF ISSUES WITH THE
FEDERAL GOVERNMENT ON FEDERAL
FUNDING. AND THEN ON THE THE ON
THE SEA SICK PROGRAM THINK THE
IMPORTANT THING THAT THE AGENDA
REALLY DESCRIBES HOW HOW MANY
PEOPLE WERE SERVING AT CENTER I
THINK THE THING I BRING TO YOUR
ATTENTION IS THAT WE RECENTLY
PUT OUT A. REQUEST FOR
INFORMATION TO THE FIELD TO
REALLY.
TRY TO IDENTIFY BEST AND
PROMISING PRACTICES TO HELP THE
VICTIMS HE'LL.
AND.
FROM THAT WE'VE GOT WE GOT
TWELVE RESPONSES.
AND WE'RE NEEDING TOGETHER SOME
OF THE BEST PARTS OF THOSE
TWELVE RESPONSES INTO OUR S. P.
THAT WILL HIT THE STREETS AT THE
END OF THIS MONTH WITH A FORTY
FIVE DAY. TURNAROUND TIME TOO
FOR RESPONSES IN AT AT THAT
POINT WE SHOULD BE ABLE TO.
* BEGIN TO CONTRACT FOR SOME
SERVICES THE SERVICES WILL
INCLUDE. FAMILY BASED CARE.
DROP IN KIND OF CARE AND SOME
STRUCTURE RESIDENTIAL TREATMENT
PROGRAM SO THAT BE THE VARIETY
OF SERVICES AND SUPPORTS FOR.
VICTIMS OF TRAFFICKING.
ALRIGHT THANK YOU AND YES I
REMIND EVERYONE TO TO.
CAROL WILL THAT'S AGENDA IS A
LITTLE LATER SO.
ANY OF ANY FURTHER COMMENTS
FROM LA ON THE OVERVIEW
PRESENTATION. OKAY FINANCE FOR.
OVERSIGHT SYSTEMS MORNING DAVE
MCDOWELL. THIS IS ABOUT TO
CHANGE PROPOSAL FOR
APPROXIMATELY ONE POINT ONE
MILLION DOLLARS OF WHICH I SIX
HUNDRED NINETY SIX THOUSAND IS
FOR REIMBURSEMENT AUTHORITY. AND
THIS IS FOR NINE POSITIONS AT
THE DEPARTMENT INCLUDING ONE
STAFF SERVICES MANAGER.
AND EIGHT ANALYSTS. IN TWENTY
FOURTEEN COUNTY CHILD WELFARE
AGENCIES WERE PROVIDED FUNDING
TO CONDUCT CHILD WELFARE
SERVICES CASE REVIEWS AS PART OF
ROUND THREE OF OUR FEDERAL CHILD
AND FAMILY SERVICES REVIEW.
SINCE THEN A NUMBER OF COUNTIES
HAVE BEEN UNABLE TO MEET THIS
REQUIREMENT DESPITE EFFORTS TO
HIRE STAFF. THE MANAGER AND FIVE
POSITIONS FROM THIS MAD BC PEER
REQUEST FOR REIMBURSEMENT
AUTHORITY SO THAT COUNTIES.
TYPICALLY ARE SMALLER WORLD
COUNTIES ARE ABLE TO CONTRACT
BACK WITH THE STATE IN ORDER TO
CONDUCT THE REVIEWS. AS THE CASE
REVIEWS ARE AN ONGOING FEDERAL
REQUIREMENT AND ALSO DELIVER
BALL IN OUR PROGRAM IMPROVEMENT
PLAN. THE CAN CONDUCTING THESE
REVIEWS IS NOT OPTIONAL.
IN ADDITION THERE ARE THREE
ANALYST POSITIONS THAT ARE BEING
REQUESTED SPECIFICALLY TO
PROVIDE TECHNICAL ASSISTANCE TO
COUNTIES. TO DEVELOP OR IMPROVE
THE COORDINATION OF MENTAL AND
PHYSICAL HEALTH SERVICES FOR
CHILDREN ZERO TO FIVE AND THEIR
FAMILIES. THIS WAS ALSO A NEED
THAT WAS IDENTIFIED THROUGH OUR
CHILD AND FAMILY SERVICES REVIEW
IN TWENTY SIXTEEN. TO REVIEW IT
INDICATED THAT SERVICES AND
OUTCOMES FOR THIS POPULATION
WERE PARTICULARLY TROUBLING
COMPARED WITH THE OLD CHILDREN
OLDER THAN FIVE.
OKAY WE HAVE ONE MORE BC PITA TO
PRODUCTION LINE OFFICE OR ANY
COMMENTS FROM LA ON THIS BCT. WE
REVIEWED THIS PCB AS WELL AS THE
FOLLOWING AND HAVE NO CONCERNS
OKAY FINANCE.
JUST AFRAID OF SCIENCE THAT
WE'RE JUST IN SUPPORT OF BOTH
PROPOSALS BY THE DEPARTMENT.
THANK YOU QUESTION COMMITTEE
MEMBERS OKAY LET'S DO THE NEXT
PIECE OF THE PUZZLE GARAGE AT
THE NEXT BCP IS FOR.
OVERSIGHT OF OF OF FACILITIES
AROUND PSYCHOTROPIC MEDICATION
THIS THIS WORK A HIGH IMPORT
PROJECT CAME OUT OF THAT MR
PELL'S BILL SOME YEARS AGO. AND
WHAT WE'RE ASKING FOR IS THE
CONTINUATION OF SIX POSITIONS
THAT WERE.
LIMITED TERM INITIALLY TO
CONTINUE TO CONDUCT. INSPECTIONS
AND.
IN THE FACILITIES AND
INTERVIEWS OF YOUNG PEOPLE IN
CARE AROUND.
THERE THE USE OF PSYCHOTROPIC
MEDICATIONS. LAST YEAR THERE WAS
A HUNDRED AND SIXTY.
INSPECTIONS DONE IN THIS THIS
PARTICULAR ASK IS FOR IT TO
CONTINUE FOR FINDING FIRST FOR
TWO MORE YEARS.
THANK YOU.
BELIAU COMMENTS THOUGH FINANCE.
QUESTION THE MEMBERS.
ALL RIGHT OKAY AND UPS THIS
AGAIN VERY IMPORTANT THAT WE
MONITORED AND APPRECIATE THAT.
OKAY COMMENTS ON.
EVER SAY TO OUR OUR DEAL REVIEW
OR ANY PC PROPOSALS.
OKAY SEEN NO PUBLIC COMMENT ON
THIS.
THEY HAVEN'T THANK YOU SO MUCH
FOR PRESENTATIONS HERE AND.
WE WILL.
HOLD THOSE ITEMS OPEN OPERATE
NOW OBVIOUSLY THE WHEN MAY
REVISE BUT.
CERTAINLY I THINK I THINK AS
YOU SAID TO THE VERY NECESSARY
TO TO MAKE HAPPEN SO.
ALSO I SHOULD JUST TRY FORMALLY
ANNOUNCED SO.
THAT THE PREVIOUS.
PRESENTATION AROUND THE
REQUESTS OF THE COUNTIES FOR ON
THIS IS ALSO BEING HELD OPEN AS
WELL.
ALRIGHT SO WE DO HAVE SOME
PROPOSALS FOR INVESTMENTS AWHILE
PRIDE DO IS GOING TO TAKE THEM
UP ONE BY ONE.
AND.
SO WE FIRST HAVE THE.
ELIMINATING BARRIERS FOR AT TO
REENTER REENTER EXTENDED FOSTER
CARE AND SEE WHO'S PRESENTING
THEIR. SO WELL DO IS WE'LL ASK.
WILL MAKE SOME ROOM HERE ALL
SHUFFLE AROUND THE EDGES HERE.
AND.
.
AS THE AGENCY TO STAY ALL RIGHT
YEAH I THINK WE'LL HAVE ENOUGH
ROOM UP THERE BUT THANK YOU.
AND.
.
OKAY SO FOR A FAT GOOD MORNING
AND THANK YOU
CHAIRMAN PAN AND COMMITTEE
MEMBERS I AM JULIE MCCORMICK. OF
FROM THE CHILDREN'S LAW CENTER
OF CALIFORNIA MAKING.
AND KEN LEWIS REPRESENTING THE
CALIFORNIA COALITION FOR YOU. I
THINK YOU PLEASE BEGIN.
THANK YOU.
AS I SAID I'M JULIE MCCORMICK
I'M AN ATTORNEY AND A POLICY
ASSOCIATE WITH THE CHILDREN'S
LAW CENTER OF CALIFORNIA AND I'M
SPEAKING ON BEHALF OF THE CO
SPONSORS. ASSEMBLY NEVER GIVES
BUDGET REQUEST ON EXTENDED
FOSTER CARE IT'S A VERY NARROW
TECHNICAL FIX OF ENORMOUS
IMPORTANCE TO YOUNG PEOPLE WHO
ARE BARRED FROM ACCESSING
EXTENDED FOSTER CARE SERVICES.
DUE TO ADMINISTRATIVE HURDLES
BEYOND THEIR CONTROL.
FULLY CHILDREN'S LAW CENTER
CALIFORNIA IS A NON PROFIT LEGAL
SERVICE ORGANIZATION THAT SERVES
AS THE VOICE FOR DEPENDENT
CHILDREN AND YOUTH IN. FOSTER
CARE SYSTEM ARE COMMITTED
ATTORNEYS AND OTHER PROFESSIONAL
STAFF REPRESENT OVER THIRTY
THREE THOUSAND ABUSED AND
NEGLECTED CHILDREN IN LOS
ANGELES SACRAMENTO AND PLASTER
COUNTIES. THERE ARE DAILY WORK
WE'VE SEEN FIRST HAND THE
CHALLENGES FACING MANY FOSTER
YOUTH WHEN ATTEMPTING TO ACCESS
EXTENDED FOSTER CARE. MANY OF
OUR CLIENTS ARE NON MINOR
DEPENDENTS RECEIVING EXTENDED
FOSTER CARE SERVICES AND THANKS
TO THE PASSAGE OF THE CALIFORNIA
FOSTERING CONNECTIONS TO SUCCESS
ACT IN TWO THOUSAND TEN. YOUNG
PEOPLE WHO TURN EIGHTEEN IN
FOSTER CARE ARE ELIGIBLE TO
RECEIVE ONGOING SUPPORT UP TO
AGE TWENTY ONE.
THESE SUPPORTS INCLUDE
TRANSITIONAL INDEPENDENT LIVING
CASE PLANS MONTHLY MEETINGS WITH
A CHILD WELFARE WORKER FULL
SCOPE MEDICAL UP TO AGE TWENTY
SIX. SUPPORT IN RESOLVING
CONSUMER CREDIT ISSUES FOR
FOSTER YOUTH WERE VICTIMS OF
IDENTITY THEFT AND A CONTINUUM
OF PLACEMENT OPTIONS INCLUDING
FOSTER FAMILY HOMES. SUPERVISE
INDEPENDENT LIVING PLACEMENTS
TRANSITIONAL HOUSING.
AS WELL AS ELIGIBILITY FOR
TRANSITIONAL HOUSING AFTER
EXITING FOSTER CARE.
THESE SUPPORTS REPRESENT A
CRITICAL SAFETY NET TO HELP
TRANSITION AGE YOUTH WHO HAVE
EXPERIENCED ABUSE ABANDONMENT
AND NEGLECT.
AVOID THE LONG TERM CONSEQUENCES
ASSOCIATED WITH CHILDHOOD
ADVERSITY. HOWEVER OUR
DEPENDENCY COURTS IN OUR COURTS
OF APPEAL HAVE IDENTIFIED A FEW
SMALL AND SPECIFIC POPULATIONS
OF YOUNG PEOPLE THAT REMAIN IN
ELIGIBLE FOR THESE CRITICAL
SUPPORTS.
THE LA JOH AUNT ANALYSIS
IDENTIFIES FOUR SUB POPULATIONS
OF YOUTH WHO HAVE FACED
TECHNICAL BARRIERS TO ENTRY AND
RE ENTERING FOSTER CARE. FOR
EXAMPLE TIME SIMPLY RUNS OUT
BEFORE THE JUVENILE COURT CAN
MAKE DISPOSITIONAL FINDINGS OR
THE TIMING OF CERTAIN BENEFIT
PAYMENTS IS OUT OF SYNC WITH THE
USE PETITION TO REENTER FOSTER
CARE.
THESE BARRIERS ARE OUTSIDE OF
THE CONTROL OF THESE YOUNG
PEOPLE SEEKING TO ENTER OR
REENTER FOSTER CARE AND WERE
NEVER INTENDED TO BAR
ELIGIBILITY TO EXTENDED FOSTER
CARE.
WELL WE THINK THESE UNINTENDED
TECHNICAL BARRIERS AFFECT A
SMALL NUMBER OF YOUTH SMALLER
EVEN THAN THE LA O. ESTIMATE.
BAYLOR TO REMOVE THESE BARRIERS
HAS LED TO TRAGIC AND AVOIDABLE
RESULTS INCLUDING HOMELESSNESS.
TIMELY RE ENTRY IS CRITICAL FOR
FORMER FOSTER YOUTH WHO OFTEN
REQUIRE IMMEDIATE ASSISTANCE
WITH THE BASIC NECESSITIES OF
LIFE HOUSING TRANSPORTATION
FOOD.
ELIMINATING THE BARRIERS
IDENTIFIED IN THIS BUDGET
PROPOSAL WHEN SURE THE YOUTH ARE
ABLE TO ENTER OR RE ENTER FOSTER
CARE. AND ENSURE THEIR
SUCCESSFUL TRANSITION TO
ADULTHOOD EVEN IN THE FACE OF
TECHNICAL OR BUREAUCRATIC
DELAYS.
THANK YOU.
THANK YOU YOUR PARTNER LET'S SEE
ABOUT FIVE SECONDS.
USUALLY I'M A REAL QUICK I JUST
WANTED TO THANK PALEO AND THE
DEPARTMENT SOCIAL SERVICES FOR
WORKING WITH US ON PROVIDING US
SOME TECHNICAL ASSISTANCE IN
PROVIDING THE ANALYSIS. I'M
ABOUT WHAT THE COSTS ARE FOR
THIS POPULATION AND I'M HANDING
OUT RIGHT NOW A COPY OF SOME
TESTIMONY FROM. A MIGHTY A
FULLER WHO WAS ABLE TO TESTIFY
YESTERDAY AND THE ASSEMBLY
BUDGET HEARING ON THE SAME
PROPOSAL AND AND THINK IT'S VERY
COMPELLING. TETIMONY AND AND
WOULD. RECOMMEND YOU READ IN THE
GAME.
THANKYOU. COMES FROM THE FROM
OUR SOCIAL SERVICES.
AS WAS INDICATED WE WE'VE BEEN
PROVIDING TECHNICAL ASSISTANCE
ON BOTH ON THE BUDGET REQUEST AS
WELL AS ON THE COMPANION BILL AB
TWENTY THREE THIRTY SEVEN.
LL.
BEN JOHNSON WITH THE LA OUT WE
DID PROVIDE TECHNICAL ASSISTANCE
IN COMING UP WITH AN ESTIMATE
FOR THE FOR POPULATIONS THAT OUT
ARE INCLUDED UNDER THIS
PROPOSAL.
AND WOULD JUST NOTE THAT THERE
IS UNCERTAINTY AROUND THE
PROPOSAL.
THAT ARE THAT OUR ESTIMATED IT
WOULD DID CONCENTRATE ON THE
BENEFITS COST OF PHOENIX
STANDING.
OF HAVING PAYMENTS FOR THESE
FOSTER CHILDREN AND SO FORTH AND
SO WOULD BE HAPPY TO WORK WITH
ANY OTHER STAKE HOLDERS ON IF IF
THERE ANY ADMINISTRATIVE COSTS
THAT WOULD ULTIMATELY NEED TO BE
INCORPORATED WE WOULD ANTICIPATE
THAT THESE WOULD GENERALLY BE
SMALL SINCE IT'S A SMALL
POPULATION. AND SO IS
UNCERTAINTY KOSTER CASELOAD
COULD THAT COULD FALL OUTSIDE
OUR RANGE BUT DAMN WOULD NOTE
THAT THE THE ONE POINT SEVEN
MILLION DOLLAR ASK. IS AT OUR
HIGHER RANGE ESTIMATE SO.
FINANCE.
IT JUST ENCOURAGES FINANCE SAM
WE JUST STAY WITH LIKE YOU KNOW
WE HAVE SOME CONCERNS WITH THE
PROPOSAL ON ON AS NEARLY ALWAYS
MENTIONED ON IDENTIFYING THE
POPULATION.
AS WE'VE BEEN WORKING WITH THE.
THE AUTHOR AND THE SPONSORS ON
SOME TECHNICAL ASSISTANCE IN THE
BUILDING TRUST THOSE.
WE'D LIKE TO KNOW THAT THEY'RE
POTENTIALLY COULD BE SOME
PROPOSITION THIRTY COST.
RELATED TO THE.
THE COUNTY SOCIAL WORKER IN
CORE WORK RELATED TO.
IN A PROPOSAL SOON WE JUST
WANNA BRING THAT TO YOUR
ATTENTION THAT THAT THE.
PROPOSAL MAY NOT MEET THE THE
POTENTIAL NEEDS OF WHAT.
THE AUTHOR'S INTENT STARE SO
WE'RE WORKING WITH THEM TO TRY
TO TO KNOW THAT OUT.
ACTUALLY SIR AT THE ELABORATE A
LITTLE BIT AND TRY TO UNDERSTAND
WHAT THE THE THE ISSUE IS THERE.
TWO AND THE COMPANION
LEGISLATION IS GOING ALONG WITH
THIS IS WHAT WE'RE WE'RE
ASSUMING THE PROPOSAL IS. ON
THERE ARE SOME REQUIREMENTS IN
THAT IN THE LEGISLATION FOR A
CORE WORKING AND SOCIAL WORKER
WORK THAT WOULD GO ALONG WITH
THIS AND. BECAUSE OF THAT WORK.
BECAUSE THE PROPOSITION
PROPOSITION THIRTIES
REQUIREMENTS AT ANY. NEW WORK
WORKLOAD I REQUIRED BY THE STATE
OF COUNTIES MUST BE FROM FUNDED
FOR AS WE COMPLETED. WHAT WE'RE
SUGGESTING IS THAT THERE COULD
BE POTENTIALLY ADDITIONAL COSTS
ASSOCIATE WITH THAT ABOVE THAT
THE THE ONE POINT SEVEN MILLION
REQUEST?
ALRIGHT SO WE HAVE A MANDATE
ISSUES THAT NIGHT ITSELF OKAY.
ALL RIGHT. SO WELL CERTAINLY WE
DON'T WANT OUR FAITH FOSTER
YOUTH TO YELL SUFFER FROM ARE
FROM FROM TECHNICAL.
ISSUES SO I MEAN I THINK THAT
THE INTENT IS IS THAT WE WANT TO
BE SURE THAT THEY THEY GET THE
HELP SO. I'M GLAD TO HEAR WAS
WORKING TOGETHER AND HOPEFULLY
WE CAN SORT OUT THESE ISSUES BY.
THE TIME. OF BIRTH
MAY REVISE I HOPE SO. APPRECIATE
EVERYONE'S HAVING THE
CONVERSATION IT'S THE TO. IT IN
ANY ANY FINAL WORDS ABOUT HOW
THE CONVERSATIONS ARE GOING.
WE'VE BEEN WORKING ON THIS FOR
OVER A YEAR NOW THE
CONVERSATIONS ARE VERY
PRODUCTIVE AND STUFF AND THINK
WHERE OR WORKING TOO AT NARROWLY
THREAD THIS PROPOSAL TO ENSURE
THAT IT DOESN'T HAVE A HUGE COST
IMPACT CAN MAKE SURE IT REALLY.
GETTING AT THE YOUTH WHO HAVE.
ALL THESE VARIOUS NEEDS AND IT'S
OUT OF THE CONTROL OF
THEMSELVES.
FROM THE COURT ACTIONS.
THANK YOU.
ANY QUESTIONS ARE. ACTUALLY ANY
PUBLIC COMMENT ON THIS PROPOSAL.
OKAY I DON'T SEE ANY ALRIGHT
THANK YOU VERY MUCH. OKAY SO
WILL DIE THE NEXT.
PROPOSAL IS FOSTERING SUCCESS
FROM THE NATIONAL CENTER OF
YOUTH.
OFTEN IS HERE TO PRESENT.
SORRY.
OKAY.
RIGHT.
OKAY SO WELCOME.
SO THREE THREE IF YOU CAN FIRST.
INTRODUCE YOURSELVES EACH OF
YOU FOR THE RECORD THAT DOESN'T
COUNT AGAINST YOUR TIME AND
THEN.
WHEN SHE HAD AND WE CAN BEGIN TO
KEEP IT WITHIN THREE MINUTES SO
INTRODUCTIONS FIRST.
GOOD AFTERNOON CHAIR MEMBERS OF
THE COMMITTEE AND JOHNSON FROM
THE NATIONAL CENTER FOR YOUTH
LAW SENIOR POLICY ASSOCIATE.
WHEN ADLER FOR VASE INVENTED
SOME KEEN EYE MAKE USE MENTOR
LIKE COACH.
SENESCHAL CORE WITH YOUTH
JUSTICE COALITION ENEMIES
ORGANIZER THERE.
YOU ALL FOR BEING HERE YET.
GOOD MORNING CHAIR I'M HERE AT
THE NATIONAL CENTER FOR YOU SLOT
FOR A BUDGET THAT WOULD ALLOCATE
SEVEN POINT FIVE MILLION DOLLARS
PER YEAR FOR THREE YEARS. TO
CREATE A COMMUNITY BASED FOSTER
USE DEVELOPMENT SYSTEM TO TREAT
CHILDREN ACCUSED OF LOW LEVEL
OFFENSES APPROPRIATELY FOR THEIR
AGING COMMUNITY SETTINGS WITH AN
EMPHASIS ON HEALTH AND WELL
BEING.
UNDER THIS PLAN THE DEPARTMENT
OF SOCIAL SERVICES. INCOME
CONSULTATION WITH HEALTH AND
HUMAN SERVICES DEPARTMENT OF ED
AND THE BORDER STATE COMMUNITY
CORRECTIONS WHAT MINISTER USED
DIVERSION AND DEVELOPMENT FUND
TO PROVIDE. ON TRAINING FOR LAW
ENFORCEMENT FOR FOSTER CARE
STAFF AND FACILITIES THAT MAKE
OVER ONE HUNDRED CALLS A YEAR TO
LAW ENFORCEMENT AND TO TRAIN LAW
ENFORCEMENT IN THE ALTERNATIVES
INCOME OUT TOO IN LIEU OF ARREST
INCARCERATION FOR OUR FOSTER
YOUTH.
SECOND IT WOULD BASICALLY GIVE
PROGRAMS IN THE COMMUNITY THAT
WOULD PROVIDE MENTORING.
HEALTH.
CULTURALLY RELEVANT PROGRAMMING
AND OTHER SERVICES THAT ARE MUCH
MORE COST EFFECTIVE THAN
INCARCERATION FOR OUR USE.
IS FIFTEEN PERCENT OF THESE
FUNDS WOULD GO THROUGH LEAD
AGENCY USING A COUNTY PLAN
COUNTIES WOULD SUBMIT A PLAN
SHOWING THE AREAS OF THE HIGHEST
CROSSOVER USE FROM FOSTER CARE
INTO THE JUVENILE JUSTICE
SYSTEM.
AND THOSE AREAS OF AREAS OF HIGH
USE ARRESTS AND WOULD ALSO SHOW
THE NEED FOR COMMUNITY BASED
SERVICES AND HOW WHO WOULD BE
PROVIDING THOSE.
SEVENTY FIVE PERCENT OF THE
FUNDS GO TO THE SERVICES THAT
ARE NEEDED FOR OUR FIRST USED IN
THE COMMUNITIES BY PROVIDERS
THAT ARE CULTURALLY. RELEVANT
AND TRAUMA INFORMED THE TRAINING
WOULD BE SUPPORTED BY A TITLE
FOR YOU FEDERAL MATCHING FUNDS
WHICH IS A SEVENTY FIVE PERCENT
FEDERAL MATCH. THIS A IS ALL
SOCIALLY AND FISCALLY
RESPONSIBLE AND I'LL PASS IT OFF
TO MY COLLEAGUES HERE.
GOOD AFTERNOON LADIES GENTLEMEN
THANK YOU FOR HAVING ME HERE
TODAY. AJ WHEN IS YOUR LITTLE
STORY ABOUT MYSELF. I GREW UP IN
THE FOSTER CARE SYSTEM AT THE
AGE OF EIGHT YEARS OLD TO THE
FIFTEEN HOURS IN AND OUT OF
FOSTER CARE UP. I HAD MANY.
DRAMATIC EXPERIENCES WHILE I
WAS IN FOSTER CARE.
AT THE AGE OF FIFTEEN MY LAST.
STATE THAT FOSTER CARE.
POLISHED BRAIN TO BE CALLED THE
POLICE ON ME BECAUSE I CAR US
SOME LETTERS INTO A PIANO. AND I
WAS FRIGHTENED BECAUSE THEY TOLD
ME THEY WERE GONNA CALL THE
POLICE ON ME AT THAT TIME I WAS
ABUSED DOBBIN BECAUSE MANY TIMES
IN AND OUT OF FOSTER CARE LIKE I
SAID I'VE SPENT MOST OF MY
CHILDHOOD IN THERE. I RAN AWAY
FROM THE FOSTER CARE SYSTEM AND
WHEN I WENT AWAY ON A FIFTEEN
DAYS LATER I WAS UNFORTUNATELY
ARRESTED FOR A CRIME THAT SET ME
WAY FOR MANY MANY YEARS IN THE
PENITENTIARY. WELL WHILE I WAS
AWAY ON FOSTER CARE WAS ALWAYS
BEEN CLOSE TO MY HEART.
CAME OUT OF THE SYSTEM AND I'VE
BEEN WORKING WITH PAUSE AND THEN
WAS THE SAN JOAQUIN. I GOT
MYSELF AN EDUCATION AND I WORK
TOWARDS A PSYCHOLOGY SOCIAL WORK
FOR MANY OF OUR YOUTH.
WALL I'M AT FAULT IF ENEMIES I
MAY USE ON A MENTOR AND A LIFE
COACH MANY OF OUR CHILDREN ARE
SUFFERING. BECAUSE OF THE
JUVENILE SYSTEM BECAUSE OF THE
FOSTER CARE SYSTEM I HAVE MANY
FAMILY MEMBERS THAT
ARE IN THE FOSTER CARE SYSTEM.
AND I JUST HOPE THAT.
YOU GUYS UNDERSTAND THAT I AM
IN SUPPORT OF THIS BUDGET ASK IN
THE HOPE THAT WE CAN DO THE
RIGHT THING THANK YOU.
OKAY. YET.
GOOD MORNING ONCE AGAIN MY NAME
SAID A SHOW COURT.
.
WHEN I WAS SIX YEARS OLD I WOULD
MISS MY DAD SHOULD MY UNCLE'S
FRIEND SEVEN TIMES IN FRONT OF
MY FACE.
THE LADY ME AND MY SIBLINGS TOO
FUSSY CARE WHERE MY RELIGION MY
CULTURE AND MY FAMILY WAS
STRIPPED AWAY FROM ME. IMAGINE
ME A SIX YEAR OLD CHILD A SIX
YEAR OLD CHILD HAVING WITNESSED
ALL OF THAT AND ALSO SEEING HOW
EASY IT COULD BE TAKEN TO JOAN
IN FOSTER HOMES.
IF MY CHILD IF MY TERM EVERY
MANIFESTED ITSELF INTO VIOLENCE.
AN EXAMPLE OF THIS WAS WHEN OUT
A THIRTEEN YEAR OLD GIRL WAS
BLOWING ME AND THEN MOLESTED ME
I SAW THE ISSUES. US I SAW THAT
SHE WAS GOING TO GO BOTHER MY
LITTLE SISTER. AND SO ONE DAY I
THREW AN EMPTY SODA CAN AT HER
MY FOSTER MOM SAW ME.
YOU DO IT I THOUGHT I WAS GOING
TO BE ARRESTED AND THEN TAKEN TO
JAIL. LIKE I'VE SEEN SO MANY OF
THE KIDS.
HAPPENED TO SO MANY OF THE KIDS
BY NOW AND SAID I GOT
TRANSFERRED INTO A NEW FOSTER
HOME WHERE I WAS SMACKED IN
PLACE IN CHOKE VERBALLY ABUSE.
BY MY FOSTER MOM AND SOMETIMES.
AND SOMETIMES THE ONE WITHOUT
FOOD LOOKING BACK ON IT I DO NOT
BLAME THAT THIRTEEN YEAR OLD
GIRL. I BLAME THE SYSTEM FOR NOT
GIVING HER THE COUNSELING SHE
NEEDS I WONDER WHO HURT HER WHO
BELIEVE HER WHY WASN'T. OUR
FOSTER HOME EQUIPPED TO HANDLE
IN C. TRAUMA. HURT PEOPLE HURT
PEOPLE AND THEIR GOAL IS DOING
WHAT HAS BEEN DONE TO HER. IF MY
FOSTER MOM DECIDED TO CALL THE
COPS ON ME. FOR THROWING THE
SODA CAN I WOULD HAVE NOT I
WOULD NOT BE SITTING HERE NOW AS
A SENIOR IN COLLEGE I WOULD BE
WHERE MANY KIDS. THAT LIVED WITH
MY TRAUMA.
ART WHICH IS IN JAIL.
AND I KNOW THIS IS CRAZY TO SAY
BUT SEEING MY DAD SHE'D MONGOLS
FRIEND SEVEN TIMES IN FRONT OF
MY FACE WAS NOT THE HARDEST
THING. FOR ME IN MY LIFE THE
HARDEST SEEING. WAS FUSSY CARE
AND I STILL EVEN THOUGH I GOT
OUT OF FOSTER CARE WHEN I WAS
NINE YEARS OLD I'M FROM SIX IN
IOWA I WAS IN FOSTER CARE LIKE.
THAT WAS ALMOST THIRTEEN YEARS
AND I'M STILL DEALING WITH.
WHAT IT MEANS TO BE IN A FOSTER
HOME IN LIKE WHAT IT MEANS TO BE
WITH THE FAMILY THAT WAS NOT
CULTURALLY WHERE I HAD TO GO TO
A MUSLIM I HAD TO GO TO? CHURCH
AND MIGHT NOT SPEAK ARABIC EVEN
THOUGH THAT'S LIKE MY LANGUAGE.
AND EVEN TO THIS DAY I'M TWENTY
TWO YEARS OLD AND I STILL HAVE
THAT LIKE I CAN'T TALK TO MY
FAMILY. EVEN THOUGH IT'S A MUST
FOR HOME FOR ME SO YEAH.
THANK THANK YOU THANK YOU WE DID
GO OVER QUITE A BIT OVER TIME
BUT I APPRECIATE YOU. SHARING
YOUR STORIES AND.
AT FELT AND THANK YOU.
COMMENTS FROM THE AGENCY ABOUT
THE PROPOSAL. WE'VE OUR STAFF
HAVE PROVIDED TECHNICAL
ASSISTANCE I KNOW ON THIS. ON
AND.
THE LEGISLATIVE PRIORITY WILL
CERTAINLY WORK WITH ALL OF THE
OF. PARTNERS AND COLLEAGUES.
OKAY BELIAU DIAMONDS FINANCE.
I JUST INTRODUCE FINANCE JUST
REITERATE THE COMMENTS OF THE
DIRECTOR THAT SET. AT THE SAME
FINANCE.
THOUGH IS NOT SUPPORTED THIS
PROPOSAL BUT TO THE EXTENT IT'S
ALLEGED THAT PARTY WILLING TO
PROVIDE TECHNICAL ASSISTANCE
MOVE FORWARD.
MANY MEMBERS OKAY.
ALL RIGHT.
CABLE.
WELL GO AHEAD AND TAKE SOME OF
THE PUBLIC COMMENTS ON THIS
SPECIFIC PROPOSAL SO YES.
HI MY NAME IS COUNTY HALDEMAN
I'M IN SUPPORT OF THE BUDGET
BASS FOR MANY REASONS A FEW
BEING.
I WAS THE ONE ABOUT FOSTER YOUTH
THAT WAS ARRESTED BY LAW
ENFORCEMENT AGE THIRTEEN.
FOR DISTURBING THE PEACE.
NOW AT AGE THIRTY ONE I WORK FOR
FATHERS AND FAMILIES WHERE WE
PROVIDE MANY SERVICES. GEARED
TOWARDS WORKING WITH DRAMATIC
YOU PULL THAT SUCCESSFUL
TRANSITIONS INTO SOCIETY SORRY.
OF ALL THOSE IN BELIZE I DO ONE
ON ONE MENTORING WITH WOMEN WHO
HAVE BEEN SEXUALLY ASSAULTED
ALSO DO HEALING THROUGH OUR WORK
GARDENING IN SPOKEN WORD.
THANK THANK YOU.
YOU'RE WELCOME.
HI MY NAME IS WALKING GRANGER
ARM FROM THE USERS COALITION I'M
IN SUPPORT OF THIS BILL. OUT. OF
IRON MATTHEW TWENTY YEARS OUT
MUST COME UP ON BETWEEN YEARS OF
THIS COMING UP MONTH. OF BUT AT
A VERY YOUNG AGE BETWEEN MY AGE
ONE AND THREE UNLESS INVOLVED OF
OSCAR YOU ARE LOOKING FOR THAT
SAID DR. BY MY AUNT AND A FEW OF
MY OTHER FAMILY MEMBERS BUT. AS
YOU KNOW IN THE TIME THAT I HAVE
A SISTER WHO'S WITH THE FORMER
BECAUSE ONCE THEY LIE FOR ME
COSTLY. BUT WHO'S INVOLVED IN
JUVENILE HALL BECAUSE I SOMEONE
I HAVE A YOUNG EXACTLY BURNER
HERE WATCH AS I SEE A
PROSECUTOR.
ALSO LIVE RIGHT NOW SHE'S A VERY
RESISTANT TO ANYONE WITH EVEN A
TOUCH OR LET HIM TOUCH HER HEAD
BECAUSE. OF THAT THAT SITUATION
ARM.
LET US TO DO WHAT IS RIGHT WE
HAVE TO ME MORE CONDUCT SHOTS
FOR THE
CALIFORNIA ALLIANCE WHICH ALL
THE FAMILY SERVICES WE ALSO
SUPPORT THIS PROPOSAL WE LIKE
BOTH COMPONENTS ONE THE
DIVERSION SITE AT THE VERY
IMPORTANT. AND SECONDLY
ADDITIONAL FUNDING FOR TRAINING
FOR.
FOSTER CARE PROVIDERS AND ALSO
FOR OTHER LAW ENFORCEMENT TO
BECOME INVOLVED IN THESE CASES
THANK YOU THANK YOU.
WELCOME.
RIGHT BACK WITH THE COUNTY
WELFARE DIRECTORS ASSOCIATION
ALSO IN SUPPORT THANK YOU.
I'LL COME. OUT WITH THE ALLIANCE
FOR CHILDREN'S RIGHTS I
POLOGIZE I MISS PUBLIC COMMENT
ON THE LAST ISSUE SO IN SUPPORT
OF THE EXTENT OF FOSTER CARE
PROPOSAL WE APPRECIATE THE WORK
THAT THE LA JOH. PART OF FINANCE
AND THE PART OF SOCIAL SERVICES
OFFERED IN TECHNICAL ASSISTANCE
WE BELIEVE THAT THIS IS THAT A
STATUTORY BUDGET FOR A FIX THAT
MUST OCCUR. TO ADDRESS THE.
ISSUES ASSOCIATED WITH THE
JUVENILE COURTS THANK YOU. THANK
YOU.
WELCOME TESTING AT CALIFORNIA
STATE ASSOCIATION OF COUNTIES IN
SUPPORT OF THE PROPOSAL THANK
YOU.
KRISTIN BARLOWE WITH THE COUNTY
BEHAVIORAL HEALTH DIRECTORS
ASSOCIATION AND SUPPORT THANK
YOU.
WELCOME.
FOR THIS COLOGNE I'M IN SUPPORT
OF THIS BUDGET ASK AND AS AN
EDUCATOR I'VE SEEN FIRST HAND
HOW. FOSTER YOUTH NEED RESOURCES
IN ORDER FOR THEM. EAT SO THIS
WOULD BE A GREAT OPPORTUNITY FOR
THEM TO HAVE SOMEWHERE TO GO I'M
IT DOES TAKE A VILLAGE FOR THEM
TO SUCCEED IN SCHOOL AND. ALSO
ON THESE COMMUNITY PROGRAMS WILL
FOCUS ON HEALING CHARACTER
BUILDING. AND VERSES
AUTOMATICALLY WOULD LYING ON A
PUNITIVE SYSTEM. AND SO THANK
YOU.
THANK YOU ALL RIGHT ANY OTHER
QUESTIONS.
SO I JUST TELL I I KNOW THAT
SOME AMERICANS AND I TALKED
ABOUT THIS PROPOSAL I THINK SOME
OF THE STORIES HE SHARED WITH
ME.
THAT WERE GOING TO BE WORKING
WITH LAW ENFORCEMENT.
I'VE I'VE HE WAS HEARING THE
STORIES AND NIGHT AS
PEDIATRICIAN I TAKE CARE OF LA
FOSTER USES. IN ON THROUGH THE
HEALTHCARE SETTING. AND.
CERTAINLY AND.
DON'T FIRST OF ALL FOSTER
PARENTS SIR. IT'S IT'S IT'S A
VERY CHALLENGING THING I'D
UNFORTUNATELY SOME OF THEM MAY
NOT DO AS WELL AS OTHERS SO I'M
SORRY I. I KNOW I UNDERSTAND
SOME OF YOU HAVE SHARING SOME
VERY DIFFICULT CIRCUMSTANCES
WHILE YOU'RE IN FOSTER CARE.
AND.
AND FORTUNE I THINK.
I'VE ALSO HEARD STORIES WERE
THEY CALL LAW ENFORCEMENT INTO
THE HOUSE WHEN THE FOSTER YOUTH
ISN'T BEHAVING. AND YOUR*
AND SO. WE NEED TO BE SURE OF
THAT.
THE RESPONSE. FROM IS ONE THAT
IS REASONABLE I GUESS THAT'S ONE
WAY TO PUT IT RIGHT I MEAN.
AND REALIZES AWKWARD POSITION
OF LAW ENFORCEMENT YOU'RE BEING
CALLED IN ESSENTIALLY TO I GUESS
INTIMIDATE THREATEN AND SOME
WAYS JUST BECAUSE YOU'RE THERE
WITH A BADGE AND A GUN AND SO
FORTH THEY GET. AND THAT'S
PARENTS SEEM TO THINK YELLS SOME
PARENTS ARE JUST MAYBE ATTEND
ROPE AND THEY JUST DON'T KNOW
WHAT TO DO.
BUT WHAT WE NEED TO HELP OUR
LAW ENFORCEMENT. OFFICERS WHO
ARE.
CALLED INTO THE SITUATIONS TO
RESPOND THE RIGHT WAY AND UP TO
FIND THAT EDUCATION AND OF
COURSE ULTIMATELY.
WE NEED TO PROVIDE THE SUPPORT
TO THE FOSTER PARENTS IN THE
FOSTER FAMILIES SO THEY REALIZE
THAT.
YOU KNOW WHAT IS THE RIGHT
RESPONSE WHITEY CALLING LAW
ENFORCEMENT INTO THE HOUSE RIGHT
TO DEAL WITH THIS.
SO.
AND OF COURSE WE NOW I THINK WE
NEED TO PROVIDE THEM THE SUPPORT
SO THAT THEY CAN APPROPRIATELY
APPARENT IN AN ADVANTAGE BECAUSE
I MEAN IN SOME SENSES WHEN I GET
LATER TO THE COTTON WE CARE
REFORM I MEAN. THE VISION IS
THAT PEOPLE ARE GOING TO BE ON A
HOME WHERE THEY CAN BE SAFE AND
SECURE AND FEEL LIKE. AN F. THE
FIRST USER FEELING SAFE AND
SECURE THERE SO WE HAVE TO
FIGURE OUT HOW DO WE DO THAT AND
PART OF THAT'S HELPING THE
FOSTER FAMILY. DO THAT AND HOW
THEY INTERACT WITH THE
ENVIRONMENT AS WELL SO I
APPRECIATE THAT THE PROPOSAL AND
THANKS SO MUCH FOR YOUR
PRESENTATION. THANK YOU SO MUCH
CAN GIVE. OKAY.
SO THE THIRD PROPOSAL IS
ACTUALLY A.
.
PROPOSAL FROM THE A AND A PILOT
PROGRAM FOR DIZZY ECHO JUST WE
HAVE STUDENTS FROM A GEORGE LAW.
SCHOOL OF LAW LET'S SAY OF
PUBLIC POLICY.
AND ACTUALLY SEVERAL YEARS AGO
I.
DID A BILL THAT CAME OUT OF THIS
CLASS AND WAS A WAS ACTUALLY
KIND OF A COMPLICATED THING.
SO I'VE.
I LOOK FORWARD TO HEARING THE
INGENUITY YOU PUT INTO THE CELL
OUTCOME ALSO FEATURED FIRST.
INTRODUCE YOURSELF FOR THE
RECORD AND THEN.
AND THEN BEGIN THE PRESENTATION
AGAIN TRY TO KEEP IT. WITHIN
THREE BED CELL. IS INTRODUCTIONS
FIRST. YOU AND GOOD AFTERNOON
AND MISTER CHAIRMAN AND
COMMITTEE MEMBERS MY NAME IS
MICHELLE EVANS AND I AM A LAW
STUDENT MAKE TOWARD SCHOOL OF
LAW. I'M ALSO A LICENSED
CLINICAL SOCIAL WORKER HERE IN
THE STATE OF CALIFORNIA I'VE
BEEN A SOCIAL WORKER FOR NEARLY
TWENTY YEARS. AND HAVE WORKED
WITH CHILDREN IN FOSTER CARE.
MY NAME IS KERRY FIRTH AND I AM
ALSO STUDENT AND TOWARD SCHOOL
OF LAW PARTICIPATING IN THE
LEGISLATIVE AND PUBLIC POLICY
CLINIC.
AND THANK YOU BOTH FOR BEING
HERE AND I'M JUST AND AND YOU
KNOW THAT. JUST BECAUSE WE LOVE
THE GLUT GEORGE LAW STUDENTS SO
WE DON'T JUST GIVE YOU A FRE
PASS TO BE HERE YOU HAVE TO DO A
LOT OF WORK TO GET HERE SO JUST
LIKE EVERYBODY ELSE SO I WOULD
CITE THANK YOU FOR DOING THAT.
JUST AS WELL I WANT TO REMIND
EVERYONE HOW MUCH WORK THEY DID
AND IT'S I WANT TO GO AHEAD
AGAIN.
THANK YOU MISTER CHAIRMAN AND
COMMITTEE MEMBERS.
MY NAME IS CARRIE FIRST AND I'M
A STUDENT AND MAKE GEORGE SCHOOL
OF LAW. AND WITH MICHELLE EVANS
I AM WORKING WITH ASSEMBLY
MEMBER MAIN SHINE. ON THIS
BUDGET REQUEST.
WE RESPECTFULLY REQUEST THAT THE
COMMITTEE INCLUDE FOUR POINT
SEVEN FIVE MILLION DOLLARS FOR
THE IMPLEMENTATION OF A TWO YEAR
RESOURCE FAMILY. COACHING PILOT
PROJECT IN THREE TO FIVE
COUNTIES IN THE STATE OF
CALIFORNIA.
TOUCHING FACILITIES TO TRANSFER
OF LEARNING PRIME TRAINING
RECEIVED BY RESOURCE FAMILIES
INTO PRACTICE IN THEIR HOMES.
COACHING SERVICES PROVIDED TO
RESOURCE FAMILIES AT THE OUTSET
THE PLACEMENT WILL GIVE MUCH
NEEDED SUPPORT TO HELP PREVENT
CRISES BY DEVELOPING A PLAN FOR
SUCCESS FROM THE BEGINNING.
IT WILL PROVIDE RAPID SUPPORT
WHEN PROBLEMS DO ARISE AND
PREVENT THE NEED FOR SEVEN DAY
NOTICES AN EMERGENCY REMOVALS.
THE PILOT WILL ALLOW TWENTY
QUALIFIED WORKERS TO BE TRAINED
AS COACHES AND PROVIDE
DESIGNATED SPORTS SPECIFICALLY
TO RESOURCE FAMILIES. TEMPER
FOSTER PARENTS TENSION AND
SUPPORT IMPROVE STABILITY AND
PERMANENCY FOR FOSTER YOUTH.
AND PROVIDER PORT TO THE
LEGISLATURE AT THE END OF THE
PILOT TO DETAIL THE OUTCOMES OF
IMPROVING FOSTER PARENT
RETENTION EMPLACEMENT STABILITY.
COACHES WILL HAVE THE PRIMARY
ROLE TO ASSIST.
I RESOURCE FAMILIES WITH BONDING
AN ATTACHMENT BEHAVIORAL
CHALLENGES.
WORKING WITH BIOLOGICAL FAMILIES
AND EFFECTIVE PARTICIPATION IN
CHILD AND FAMILY TEAMS.
I RESPECTFULLY REQUEST THAT YOU
INCLUDE THIS. BUDGET REQUEST
FROM IT ASSEMBLY MEMBER
MAINTAINS OFFICE IN THE BUDGET.
THANK YOU. THIS POLICY PROPOSAL
CAME ABOUT FROM OUR CONCERN. FOR
CHILDREN AND THE TRAUMA THAT
THEY EXPERIENCE IN THEIR REMOVED
FROM THEIR HOME AND THEN PLACED
INTO FOSTER CARE THE PREVIOUS
TESTIMONY WAS A PERFECT SEGUE
INTO. WHAT WE'RE PROPOSING HERE
AS CHILDREN ARE OFTEN RE
TRAUMATIZE WHEN THEY'RE REMOVED
FROM A FOSTER KINSHIP HOME ONCE
THEY'RE IN CARE MOVED TO A GROUP
HOME TO CONGREGATE CARE TO
ANOTHER FOSTER HOME? AND WERE
NOT PROVIDING THE HEALING WERE
ACTUALLY CAUSING MORE TRAUMA AND
BY. ALLOWING THESE CHILDREN HAVE
THIS EXPERIENCE WHILE THEY'RE IN
CARE. THIS LACK OF STABILITY
WHILE I CARE COMPLICATE THE
DIFFICULTIES THE CHILD CAME INTO
CARE WITH REDUCING THE
LIKELIHOOD THAT THE CHILD WILL
EVER FIND PERMANENCE AND WE CAN
DO BETTER. A CHILD IS IN A
CRISIS THAT DAVID THEY'RE PUT
INTO A FOSTER HOME THE DAY THEY
ARE REMOVED. WE NEED NOT WAIT
FOR A CRISIS TO MANIFEST ITSELF
IN THEIR NEW HOME BEFORE
IMMOBILIZED SUFFICIENT TRAINING
AND SUPPORT FOR THE FAMILY WHO
IS NOW JOINED TO THE CRISIS OF
THE CHILD. WE NEED TO HELP THE
FAMILY AND CHILD THROUGH THE
TRANSITION OF PLACEMENT TO HELP
STABILIZE AND PRESERVE THE
PLACEMENT. FROM DAY ONE OF THE
POLICEMEN TO HELP THE CHILD TO
HEAL AND NOT CAUSE FURTHER
TRAUMA. WE CAN ACCOMPLISH THIS
BY PROVIDING TRAUMA INFORMED
COACHING TO RESOURCE FAMILIES AT
THE OUTSET OF PLACEMENT WHEN A
CHILD FIRST ENTERS THE HOME. AND
ONGOING THROUGHOUT THE POLICEMEN
AS NEEDED.
THIS WILL HELP MEET THE UNIQUE
NEEDS OF THE CHILD AND THE
FAMILY THEIR PLACE WITH THIS CAN
ALSO BE USED AS CHILDREN OR STEP
DOWN FROM CONGREGATE CARE. AND
OUR HOMES WHO MAY OR MAY NOT BE
FULLY PREPARED FOR WHAT ISSUES
ARE GOING TO ENCOUNTER. WITH THE
TRAUMA INFORMED PLAN FOR SUCCESS
CREATED WITH FAMILIES OF THE
OUTSIDE OF PLACEMENT AND THANK
YOU THANKS VERY MUCH ANY
COMMENTS FROM FORMER SOCIAL
SERVICES.
THANK YOU MISTER ONLY COUNTED
MAKE IS ON AS WEEKS AGO THROUGH
TODAY'S AGENDA THERE ARE NUMBER
OF SORT OF PROPOSALS ALL OF
WHICH ARE SORT OF FOCUSED ON.
STRENGTHENING SUPPORTS DO CARE
GIVERS ITS UTTERANCE EVEN
PROBABLY WANT TO CONSIDER. THE
FATE OF THIS WITHIN THE LARGER
CONTEXT. TOPICS ON POINT RIGHT
BELIAU SOMEONE'S FINANCE.
NOW WITH CNN MARISSA THE
PROPOSAL AND I'M THE
ADMINISTRATION UP IN SUPPORT OF
IT. ITSELF. A LITTLE DUPLICATIVE
OF A CERTAIN RESOURCES AND
SERVICES ARE PROVIDED THROUGH
AND RESEARCHERS ARE CONTINUING
CARE REFORM THROUGH. FOSTER
PARENT RETENTION AND RECRUITMENT
AND SUPPORT SERVICES AS WELL AS
RESOURCE FAMILIES SO.
WE JUST LIKE TO NOTE THAT.
RIGHT QUESTION COMMUNITY
MEMBERS.
SO WHEN THE ISSUES THAT'S BEEN
BROUGHT UP I THINK. TOUCH
SOMEBODY AGENCY AND FINANCES
THAT HOUSES THIS CONNECT WITH
WHAT'S ALREADY BEING DONE I
MEAN.
OFTENTIMES WE SIT BACK WE GO OUT
WE SHOULD DO ACTS BUT WE'RE NOT
REALLY. YOU KNOW HOW DOES THAT
FIT IN WITH ALL THE OTHER STUFF
SOMETIMES PEOPLE'S.
I DON'T THINK USE THIS ASSUMED
BUT SOMETIMES PEOPLE THINK WELL
WELL.
AND WE DIDN'T KNOW WE DON'T SEE
SOMETHING RIGHT NOW BUT SO HOW
HOW THIS THIS PROPOSAL FIT INTO
WHAT'S ALREADY HAPPENING WHAT I
KNOW WILL BE TOUCHING ON THE
KIND OF CARE REFORM NEXT ITEM
BUT. HE JUST SPEAK TO THAT
ISSUE.
RIGHT AND MISTER FREEZE HAS JUST
TOUCHED ON THE FLIPPERS FUNDS
THAT ARE AVAILABLE AND I BELIEVE
THAT THIS PROGRAM IS EXACTLY
WHAT WAS IN VISIONS FOR HAVING
SOMETHING LIKE THIS. AND BE PUT
INTO PLACE BY COUNTIES.
UNFORTUNATELY HE.
I AM NOT SEEING A CONCENTRATED
EFFORTS SPECIFICALLY FOR
PROVIDING THIS TYPE OF SUPPORT
AND A UNIFIED WAY. FOR RESOURCE
FAMILIES FROM DAY ONE OF
PLACEMENT. AND I FEEL LIKE THERE
NEEDS TO BE THAT SPECIFIC
INVESTMENT INTO RESOURCE
FAMILIES WHO ARE THE MOST
VALUABLE RESOURCE ASSET THAT WE
HAVE IN THE SYSTEM. AND THEY'RE
LEFT TO CHANCE WHETHER THAT TYPE
OF RESOURCE IS GOING TO BE
PROVIDED FOR THEM OR NOT. THIS
PILOT PROVIDES AN OPPORTUNITY TO
COME UP WITH.
A SPECIFIC CLEAR CONCISE.
PROGRAM THAT COULD BE
IMPLEMENTED.
THEY EACH COUNTY FOR THE TWO
STOPPED AND.
OKAY. ANY PUBLIC COMMENT ON THIS
PROPOSAL.
SEE SOMEONE COMING UP.
OKAY EIGHT AM GENEREX ROAD WITH
CALIFORNIA ALLIANCE OF CARE
GIVERS I AM ALSO A FOSTER
PARENT.
AND A CONSUMER OF AN. APPARENT
COACHING SERVICES. AND AND I'LL
JUST SHARE THAT AND I WOULD
CONSIDER MYSELF A HIGHLY
RESOURCE PARENT IN TERMS OF
TRAINING AND. HOURS SPENT
READING ALL OF THE BOOKS AND
EVERYTHING.
AND ON.
BUT A FEW SITUATIONS JUST. A FEW
HOURS OF COACHING WERE
INCREDIBLY HELPFUL TO ADDRESS
SPECIFIC ISSUES WITH SPECIFIC
CHILDREN.
AND I WOULD SAY THAT CHILDREN IN
FOSTER CARE REALLY NEED AND
DESERVE KIND OF A PLATINUM
STANDARD OF PARENTING. ON.
YOU KNOW WE DON'T WANT THEM TO
BE RE TRAUMATIZED AND. IT'S A
LOT TO ASK FOR CAREGIVERS TO
KNOW WHAT TO DO WITH.
ALL ALL CHILDREN AND THAT COME
INTO THEIR CARE. SAID THIS
PROGRAM I THINK THAT'S VERY AND.
VERY FOCUSED AND YOU KNOW
POTENTIALLY VERY.
WELL DEFINED TO ADDRESS
SPECIFIC NEEDS. AM COULD REALLY
ALLOW. AM KIND OF THE SUPPORT
AND DEVELOPMENT OF THAT PLATINUM
STANDARD OF PARENTING THAT WE'RE
LOOKING FOR FOR OUR CHILDREN IN
FOSTER CARE. THANK YOU. THANK
YOU.
WELCOME.
HI MY NAME IS ANGELA SMITH ERA.
I AM A GRANDMOTHER.
EIGHT KEY SAID FOSTER CARE.
FIVE WHICH A LIVER WITH ME.
AND I'M SITTING HERE LISTENING
TO EVERYONE TALK. ABOUT WHAT
THEY THINK IS BAD SPLIT THE END
OF THE DAY.
I HAVE SEVERAL DIFFERENT ISSUES
GOING ON A MINE UP.
I'VE MOVED FIVE OF MY GRADE KIDS
IN AND MY OBJECTIVE WAS TO MOVE
OUT EIGHT.
BECAUSE THREE DEGRADES
SUPPOSEDLY WERE MOVED INTO MY
HOME.
I COULDN'T TAKE ANYMORE THE
OTHER KIDS BECAUSE ONE WAS ALSO
A DOUBLE THE RATE. NOW I DON'T
KNOW WHAT TO DO YOU RATE AIR
FREIGHT SYSTEM THING IS ALL
ABOUT I DON'T EVEN KNOW WHAT MY
GRAND KIDS ARE DIAGNOSED WITH
BECAUSE UNFORTUNATELY WITH
THEY'LL BE AT A DISTANCE FROM AS
LONG AS THEY HAVE BEEN. NOBODY
KEEPS UP WITH THE KIDS ARE
DIAGNOSED WITH. THEY JUST SAY
ALL THIS CALLOUS DE RIGHT OKAY
WHAT IS THE RATE ME.
SECONDLY I JUST HAD ONE OF MY
GRAND KIDS ACTUALLY. REMOVED
FROM MY HOUSE.
NINE YEAR OLD KID CAME INTO MY
HOME.
AT EIGHT.
THAT.
WAS DEFINITELY DEMONSTRATING
MENTAL HEALTH ISSUES AND I HAD
BEEN ASKING AND BEGGING AND
PLEADING. WITH PEOPLE FOR MONTHS
CAN HELP HER. AT AT THE END OF
THE DAY SHE HAD TO BE REMOVED
BECAUSE SHE WAS A THREAT. TO THE
OTHER KIDS IN MY HOME WILL BE
REMOVED.
BECAUSE OF HER BEHAVIOR.
AND THE SAD PART OF IT IS WHAT
YOU'RE ASKING AND ASKING AND
NOBODY'S LISTENING. TO YOUR
REQUEST AS A PET FOSTER PARENT.
THESE ARE MY BIOLOGICAL GRAND
KIDS AS A GRANDMOTHER AND YOU'RE
NOT RECEIVING HELP BUT THESE SO
CALLED PEOPLE THAT SAY THAT
THEY'RE. HELPING THE KIDS
WRAPAROUND EMAIL WRAPAROUND TEAM
GB AS TBS WAS READY TO GRADUATE
THE SAME KEY AT. THE SAME DAY
SHE WENT BACK INTO THE MIDDLE IS
TO TO SHOOT AT MADAME I'M GONNA
HAVE TO ASK YOU TO WRAP WRAPPED
UP BUT IF THERE'S SOMETHING WE
CAN HELP YOU WITH MAYBE WE CAN
DO IT YEAH I NEED HELP WITH ALL
THE STUFF THAT YOU GUYS FOR.
MAKING ALL THESE PROPOSALS WITH
WHO'S GOING TO HELP ME TRY TO
RAISE MY GRANDKIDS. THAT'S WHAT
I NEED HELP AND WE'RE ALSO
TALKING ABOUT IT BUT I'M WITH
DEALING WITH THIS TWENTY FOUR
HOURS A DAY. EVERY DAY YEAH.
MOST OF OUR SOCIAL SERVICES OF
HAD TO GO I THINK THIS ISSUE
ABOUT. YOU KNOW YOU HEAR WHAT
YOUR ANSWER IS BUT TERMS OF. HOW
THIS FITS IN?
SO WRITE. THANK YOU. THANK YOU.
SO THE NEXT ITEM IS ARE.
OVERSIGHT OF THE CONTINUING
ACTION TEAM OF CARE.
IMPLEMENTATION.
SO WE CAN BRING PEOPLE UP FOR
THAT.
DOCTORS.
YEAH.
OKAY BUT.
YEAH.
CAN.
OKAY. SO WE'RE GONNA HAVE THEM.
OKAY WE WANT.
RIGHT RIGHT.
AS A PANEL OKAY.
OKAY.
RIGHT. OKAY.
OKAY SO WHAT WE'RE GONNA DO IS I
THINK.
WE HAVE THE INITIAL.
WE DO HAVE SOME SO WE BOTH HAVE
THE INITIAL PRESENTATION.
FROM THE RESPECTIVE AGENCIES
AND THEN WE DO HAVE A COUPLE
PANELS HERE AND I THINK SOME OF
THE FOLKS ARE UP HERE. SO.
WHAT WE CAN DO IS WHILE WE GO
AHEAD AND BEGIN WITH THE INITIAL
PRESENTATION?
AND I GUESS FOR THE RECORD WILL
JUST GO AROUND BUT I KNOW WE
HAVE A STUFF ARE SOCIAL
SERVICES.
CALIFORNIA SO. I TOOK THEM
CHILDREN FAMILY SERVICES
DIVISION THE PAIN SHE FOR
COMMUNICATOR FORMAN WE ALSO HAVE
DIRECTOR. OF THE PART OF
HEALTHCARE SERVICES SELL A
PRODUCT IMAGES INTRODUCE
THEMSELVES AROUND THE TABLE AND
THEN I WILL GO AHEAD. AND BEGIN
ONCE AGAIN WILL LIKE PORN
DIRECTOR OF THE CALIFORNIA
DEPARTMENT OF SOCIAL SERVICES.
JENNIFER KENT DIRECTOR FOR
DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH CARE
SERVICES.
GREG ROSE DEPUTY DIRECTOR FOR
CHILDREN FAMILY SERVICES
CALIFORNIA DEPARTMENT SOCIAL
SERVICES.
SARAH ROGERS THE BRANCH CHIEF
FOR CONTINUUM OF CARE REFORM.
KRISTIN BARLOWE EXECUTIVE
DIRECTOR FOR THE COUNTY
BEHAVIORAL HEALTH DIRECTORS
ASSOCIATION.
FRANK MECCA EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR
OF THE COUNTY WELFARE DIRECTORS
ASSOCIATION I THINK BOTH OF YOU
CAN BE FOR THE FIRST PANEL AFTER
WE DO THE AGENCY'S RIGHT OKAY
ELLIE I'LL.
BEN JOHNSON ELENA.
GINNY BELL LFO FINANCE.
ELENA HUMPHRIES OF FINANCE.
JUST A GREATEST PERMANENT. OKAY
SO I THINK DOCTOR LIGHT BURNING
IS USUALLY ENOUGH OKAY THANK
YOU.
SIR COMMITTEE MEMBERS ALL I'M
I'M GO TO SALUTE LEAD OFF ON THE
CCAR OVERVIEW AND THEN WITHOUT.
A DIRECTOR CAN'T AND THEN WITH
WITH THE PHONES SUPPORT
CONCERNED GREG ON THE EARTH THAT
ANY DETAILS. YOU WANT TO EXPLORE
ON. THE THERE'S A. COMPREHENSIVE
RIGHT UP ON WHAT THE CONTINUUM
OF CARE REFORM IS AND SO I'M NOT
GOING TO. GO THROUGH EACH STEP
OF IT BOMB RATHER AGGRESSIVE
START FROM YOUR. OFFICE STAFF
RECOMMENDATION PAGE IN THE END
THE QUESTION PAGE ON THE THE
PERHAPS. THE.
I THINK I WOULD MOST LIKE TO
AFFIRM IS THE THIS THE STAFF
COMMENT. IT'S CRITICAL TO
CONTINUE TO COURSE CORRECT AS AS
WE DO THIS WE ARE IN A MULTI
YEAR SORT OF MAJOR
TRANSFORMATION OF. THE OUT OF
HOME CARE SYSTEM OF SUSSMAN OF A
CHILD'S NEEDS.
WHEN THEY ARE COMING INTO CARE.
TO ENGAGE THE CHILD IF THEY WERE
OF AGE AS WELL AS CARE GIVERS
FAMILIES SUPPORTERS. ON SOCIAL
WORK STAFF AND CLINICAL STAFF IF
APPROPRIATE IN A CHILD FAMILY
TEAMING PROCESS TO DEVELOP A
CHILD PLAN AND TO HAVE THAT AS
THE PLACE WHERE. THE.
PROBLEMS ON THE PRESSURES.
THAT ANYONE IS EXPERIENCING CAN
BE SHARED AND THAT WE'RE NOT
LEAVING PEOPLE ALONE WITH ARM
CHALLENGES IN CRISIS.
ON THE IT BUILDS UPON ON.
EIGHT FOCUSED RATE STRUCTURE
WHICH IT KNOWLEDGE'S OUR OLD WAY
OF ESSENTIALLY. ON.
MEETING THE COSTS OF CARE GIVERS
WIZARD WAS SIMPLY. AGE BASED
RATE ON AS OPPOSED TO A
SOMETHING CALIBRATED TO WHAT
REALLY OF THE DEMANDS BEING MADE
ON THE CARE GIVER. ON IN TERMS
OF OF HELPING. SUPPORT MEETING
THE NEEDS OF THE CHILD SO WE
HAVE SORT OF DEVELOPED ON AN
INTERIM LEVEL OF CARE RATE
SYSTEM THAT HAS. FOUR LEVELS AND
THEN A SORT OF.
WHAT WHAT WE CALL INTENSIVE
SERVICE FOSTER CARE RATE WHICH
IS ABOVE THAT AND THEN CAUGHT A
THERAPEUTIC FOSTER CARE ABOUT
THAT? ON WITH THE INTENT THAT
THE LEVEL OF CARE OF PROTOCOL BE
USED TO SORT OF DETERMINE WHERE
A CHILD. NEEDS INDICATE THE
LEVEL OF OF OF THE PAYMENT OF
THE HOME NEEDS TO BE AGAIN THIS
IS NOT COMPENSATION.
FOR BEING A CAREGIVER YOU YOU
CAN'T PAY FOR WHAT THAT AMOUNTS
TO RATHER IT IS IT'S THE IT'S
THE ATTEMPT TO COMMIT TO SAY.
WHAT IT IS COSTING THIS
HOUSEHOLD TO EXTEND? THE SUPPORT
WE WANT TO BE SURE THAT WE'RE
WE'RE CAPTURING AND AND BEING
ABLE TO. TO DO ON IT OVERLAPS IN
SOME INSTANCES WITH AN EXISTING
OF SUPPLEMENTAL CARE INCREMENTS.
QUITE A BIT MORE THINGS TO SAY
ABOUT THAT ON AND WE WE CAN GET
IT IT'S SYNCHRONIZES.
ALL.
THE THREAT FROM THE.
AND THEN THERE IS THE WHOLE
TRANSFORMATION OF THE ACTUAL ON.
NON HOME BASED CARE SYSTEM TO A.
WHAT WE'VE HEARD IS A SHORT TERM
RESIDENTIAL? TREATMENT UGH
THERAPEUTIC PROGRAM ON WHICH IS
INTENT TO BE SURE. SHORT TERM
SPECIFIC TO MEETING AN
IMMEDIATE.
TRIAL UNMEDIATED NEED THAT COUNT
APPROPRIATELY BE MET IN A HOME
ENVIRONMENT BUT THE REAL GOAL OF
THIS WHOLE EFFORT IS CHILDREN
SHOULD GROW UP IN HOMES WITH
PEOPLE WHO ARE COMMITTED TO
THEM.
ON. SO.
THE THE SORT OF WITHIN THE
TECHNICALS ALL THE
IMPLEMENTATION OF THAT ON A LOT
OF YOU KNOW THE PAST YEAR AND A
HALF HAS BEEN SORT OF SPENT.
PUTTING THE STRUCTURES IN PLACE
GETTING THE INSTRUCTIONS THE
GUIDANCE THE TRAINING THE
SUPPORT SYSTEMS OUT THAT IS
PRETTY MUCH COMPLETED AT THIS
POINT THERE WERE FEW REMAINING.
ON ITEMS THAT.
WHAT ONE EXAMPLE ON WE HAD A
FAIRLY EXTENDED PROCESS TO
SELECT WHAT WOULD BE THE
ASSESSMENT TOOL FOR USE IN THE
CHILD FAMILY TEAMING PROCESS?
AND WE TESTED.
TWO TOOLS IN DIFFERENT COUNTIES
REFERRAL EXTENDED PERIOD OF
TIME.
IT TOOK A BIT LONGER THAN WE
THOUGHT TONE COME TO CONSENSUS
BUT IN PART BECAUSE. OF THE
RECOMMENDATIONS OF LOT OF STAKE
HOLDERS ALSO BECAUSE IT ALIGNS
US WITH THE DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH
CARE SERVICES. PLANNED
IMPLEMENTATION ON. WE SELECTED
THE CANS INSTRUMENT THE
INSTRUCTION FOR INCLUDING THAT
IN THE SAFETY AND THE PROCESS
FOR GIVING IT SOME AUTOMATION
SUPPORT. IS DUE OUT VERY SHORTLY
ON SO THAT THAT IS.
REMAINS A SORT OF ONE OF THE KEY
DELIVERABLES. THE SECOND
DIMENSION OF THE CHANGE THAT
I'M.
TALKING ABOUT IS SORT OF.
EMBODIED IN THE PRESENCE OF THE
DIRECTOR OF HEALTHCARE SERVICES
IN A CHILD WELFARE BUDGET
HEARING BOTTOM. IT'S THIS THE
RECOGNITION THAT THE CHILDREN
WHO ENTER CARE OFTEN HAVE.
ALMOST ALWAYS SUFFERED TRAUMA.
ON THE TRAUMA.
WITH THE BEST OF INTENTIONS THE
TRAUMA WILL BE SOMEWHAT
INTENSIFIED BY THE MERE FACT OF
CHANGING CIRCUMSTANCES. AND SO
THE INTEGRATION OF THE COUNTY
MENTAL BEHAVIORAL HEALTH SYSTEM
THE MENTAL HEALTH DEPARTMENTS.
ON AND THEIR ABILITY TO PROVIDE
SPECIALTY CARE BOTH. IN A HOME
BASED SETTING AND THEN TO WORK
WITH THE SHORT TERM THERAPY.
THERAPEUTIC PROGRAMS SO THAT
THEY CAN RECEIVE THE SUPPORT SO
WHEN THEY.
MENTAL HEALTH SERVICES THAT THEY
NEED IS BENT INTEGRAL TO THE
THIS WHOLE EFFORT AND I'M VERY
GRATEFUL TO THE TO THIS
PARTNERSHIP.
AND NOT ALLOWING THOSE ARE SORT
OF HE THIRD DIMENSION WHICH IS
PERHAPS THE HARDEST TO. DESCRIBE
MEASURE QUANTIFY BUT YOU SORT OF
KNOW IT WHEN YOU SEE IT WHICH IS
A CULTURE CHANGE AND IT'S A
CULTURE CHANGE.
IN OUR DEPARTMENT IT'S A CULTURE
CHANGE IN OUR COUNTY CHILD
WELFARE SYSTEM IS A CULTURE
CHANGE IN OUR PROVIDER SYSTEMS.
IT'S A CULTURE CHANGE IN OUR
RELATIONSHIP WITH COUNTY MENTAL
HEALTH IT'S A CULTURE CHANGE IN
COUNTY MENTAL HEALTH REGARDING
HOW WE CARE FOR. THE UP THE
CHILDREN SO. IT'S UNDER WAY
THERE IS MUCH OF. A GREAT MANY
OF MOVING PARTS ONE OF THE. THE
YEAR OF YOUR ONE OF YOUR
QUESTIONS GETS TO THE RESOURCE
FAMILY APPROVAL PROCESS. THIS
WAS SOMETHING WHICH HAD BEEN
CONCEIVED GOLF BEFORE CCAR BUT
WAS. DEFINITELY SEEN AS A
VALUABLE THING TO CONTINUE INTO
IT WHICH IS RATHER THAN HAVING.
MULTIPLE DIFFERENT PROCESSES
FOR.
ASSESSING THE SUITABILITY OF A
POTENTIAL CARE GIVER ND THEN
IMPROVING THEM. LET US NOT MAKE
IT ALL ONE STANDARD BECAUSE
THEY'RE STILL A POTENTIAL
ADOPTIVE STANDARD THAT WE HAVE
TO FINALIZE. BOUGHT BE SURE IN
WHEN WE ARE SELECTING THE CARE
GIVER AND APPROVING THEM THAT
THIS IS SOMEONE WHO HAS. THAT IS
A GOOD MATCH AND A WILLINGNESS
THAT IF REUNIFICATION CANNOT
OCCUR THAT THIS IS A HOME THAT
WILL BE A FOREVER HOME FOR THE
CHILD AND THEY'LL BE. ON. THE
STEP THAT STABILITY. ON IT.
PILOT TESTED FOR YOUR IN FOUR
COUNTIES.
I THOUGHT EVERYTHING WAS GOOD
GOT INTO THE FIELD AND IT
BECAME.
EVIDENT QUICKLY THAT IT WAS
COMPLEX AND WAS SLOWING THE
PROCESS A LOT. ON THE.
MISS MISS ROGERS STAFF WORKED
WITH WITH THE COUNTIES TO TRY TO
FIND WAYS TO SREAMLINE THE
APPROVAL PROCESS WITHOUT GIVING
UP THE QUALITY ASPECTS. BECAUSE
GENERAL REXROTH SIDE TO OUR GOAL
IS PLATINUM PARENTING STANDARDS
OF CARE. ON THAT'S IN PLACE
PLEASE. WOULD SEE A LOT OF
PROGRESS BEING MADE IN THE
MEANTIME THAT IT PRODUCED A.
CRITICAL HOLED UP IN PAIN IN
PAYMENTS TOOK CARE GIVERS WHO
HAD. CHILDREN PLACED WITH THEM.
AND SO. IN THE LAST COUPLE OF
MONTHS THE LEGISLATURE ADOPTED
SB. ONE TEN WHICH PROVIDED FOR
ON A SORT OF A SYSTEM FOR
PAYMENTS THROUGH JUNE THIRTIETH
SORT OF PAYMENT ON PLACEMENT.
AND WE ARE WORKING WITH OUR
STAKE HOLDERS IN THE PARK TO
FINANCE. OFF FOR A.
LONG TERM FIXED ABOUT ON THAT
WILL BE PART OF THE MAY REVISION
OF PROPOSAL IN THE BUDGET. ON.
SO THE. GOOD THAT IS SORT OF
PRECEDING THE ARM.
AB ONE TEN BECAME EFFECTIVE
APRIL FIRST ON IT'S NOW APRIL
TWELFTH SO THE WE'RE WORKING
VERY CLOSELY WITH THE COUNTY IS
GOING TA FOR THOSE WHO MAY NOT.
BE FAMILIAR WITH SWITCHING ON
EMERGENCY ASSISTANCE IN IN THE
SETTING AND ANSWER ANY QUESTIONS
OR CONCERNS THEY HAVE ABOUT. IF
THERE ARE LIMITS TO EMERGENCY
ASSISTANCE OFFICIALS PREVIOUSLY
BEEN IN CARE AND HOW DO WE SOLVE
THAT AND THE MESSAGE THAT WE
AND.
OUR COUNTY PARTNERS AT THE WTA
OF SORT OF.
ARM IN ARM ON IS JUST ABOUT.
DONE AND IF THERE ARE ANY BACK
AND PROBLEMS WILL WORK THAT OUT.
BACKEND OFF SCREEN BEHIND THE
SCENES. ARM.
THE LEVEL OF CARE PROTOCOL ISN'T
AS AN ISSUE THAT.
QUITE A BIT ABOUT TODAY ON THE.
WE VERY DELIBERATELY WANTED TO
HAVE THE PROCESS BY WHICH WE
ESTABLISH THE RATE.
THE CARE GIVER WILL RECEIVE FOR
LOOKING AFTER CHILD.
NOT.
BE PART OF THE NEEDS ASSESSMENT
THAT IS IN THE CHILD'S FAMILY
TEAMING PROCESS.
NOT THAT IT'S IMPOSSIBLE TO DRAW
CONCLUSIONS FROM. THE INCIDENT
WERE USING AND THE TALL FAMILY.
IS THE IS THE CATS ALONE WHICH
IS USED IN A NUMBER OF STATES
IT'S NOT IMPOSSIBLE TO DRAW
RELATIONSHIPS BETWEEN.
THAT ASSESSMENT ON A RATE BOUGHT
AS A MATTER OF SORT OF POLICY
CHOICE WE SAID WE DO NOT WANT A
COMMODIFICATION.
ALL OF.
THE.
THE ASSESSMENT OF THE STRENGTHS
WEAKNESSES AND ISSUES THAT MIGHT
BE CONFRONTING A JOB WE DON'T
THAT TIED TO. A NEGOTIATION
ABOUT HOW MUCH.
IT'S PAID THAT THAT IS SUPPOSED
TO TRIGGER THE SERVICES THAT
WILL BE MADE AVAILABLE. TO THE
TO THE FAMILY TO THE CHILD ALONG
AND SO WE'RE KEEPING IT
SEPARATE.
THE LOC TOOL THAT WERE
IMPLEMENTING WAS DESIGNED ON IN
US OF A COLLABORATIVE PROCESS
WITH A NUMBER OF OUR OUR COUNTY
PARTNERS. ON BASED ON MENTION
BEFORE THE SPECIALIZED CARING
COMMENT. ON BASED ON WHAT THERE
WAS A SENSE OF SOME OF THE BEST
INFORMATION THAT WE SEE IN THE
SPECIALIZED CARING GROUP THAT
HAS BEEN HISTORICALLY USED. TO.
MAKE RESOURCES AVAILABLE ABOVE
AND BEYOND THE OLD AGE BASE
RATE.
AND SO THE. THE FOUR TIERS PLUS
THE INTENSIVE SERVICES OF OSCAR
ARE WE HOPE ON THIS IS SORT OF A
GOOD LOGICAL PROGRESSION TOWARDS
HOW TO.
MEET THE NEEDS THAT DOES NOT AGE
BASED APPROACH.
THE THE I WOULD EMPHASIZE THAT
AT THE.
BUT LOIS TEAR THE BASTYR LEVEL
CARE ONE WHICH WENT INTO EFFECT
JANUARY ONE TWENTY SEVENTEEN SO
IT'S BEEN IN PLACE NOW. NO
EIGHTEEN MONTHS ON. THAT RATE
PAID IS HIGHER THAN ALMOST ALL
OF THE PRE EXISTING.
RATES THAT WERE. BEING PAID THEN
LEVEL TWO THREE FOUR WHICH WILL
BE IMPLEMENTED SHORTLY STEP UP
FROM THAT AND THEN INTENSIVE
SERVICE. FOSTER CARE IS NOT A
CATEGORY THAT WOULD BE ACCESSED.
THE.
THE LEVEL OF CARE TOOL HAS BEEN
SORT OF WHO WE ARE OLD RITUAL IT
WAS. GOING TO IMPLEMENT IT LAST
FALL. AND THERE WERE SOME OF.
ISSUES WITH AUTOMATION SYSTEM SO
WE DELAYED IT TO DECEMBER. ALL
THOSE CONCERNED THAT
IMPLEMENTING IN DECEMBER.
WITH A SHORT TRAINING TIME FRAME
AND RIGHT BEFORE THE HOLIDAYS
AND WITH A LOT OF STUFF YOU KNOW
POTENTIALLY OUT ON VACATION.
MIGHT BE IMPROBABLE SO WE LOOK
AT THE FABRIC FIRST THERE WAS A
REQUEST THAN. ON. LET'S START
SLOW ON AND GIVE IT A MEASURED
FEELS SO WE AGREED WE WOULD IN
FACT START. IN MARCH JUST ON THE
NEW CASES COMING IN TO THE
FOSTER FAMILY AGENCIES BECAUSE
THEY DON'T GET SPECIAL AS
GOVERNMENTS SOLD FAMILIARIZED
THE OUNTY STAFF WITH DOING IT
IN RELATIVELY SPEAKING A
STRAIGHTFORWARD SETTING. ON AND
WE HAVE OF THE CRIMINALISTS OF
CONTRACT WITH UNIVERSITY
CALIFORNIA DAVIS TO SORT OF.
LOOK OUT.
HOLD THOSE VALUE THOSE
ASSESSMENTS ARE BEING DONE AND
WHETHER THERE IS IN THE FIRST
INSTANCE INTER RATER RELIABILITY
DIFFERENT PEOPLE SEE THE SAME
THING IT'S CALLED THE SAME
THING.
ARM AND THEN LATER AS WE GET
DEEPER AND DEEPER INTO IT THE
GOAL WILL BE TO USE IT JUST SAY
ARE THERE ANY WEAKNESSES IN ITS
IDENTIFICATION OF ACTUAL. MEETS
ON.
AS I SAID IT'S AN INTERIM RATE
STRUCTURES AND FROM TOOL WEEK
WHEN WE ORIGINALLY INTRODUCED
THE. OFF COURT TIER RATE LEVEL
TO THE LAST YEAR WE SAID WE
WOULD COME BACK TO THE
LEGISLATURE TWO YEARS AFTER
PETITION SITE.
THIS IS WHAT IT SHOWS THIS IS
THIS IS WHAT WORKS IS ONE DON'T
WORK WE NEED TO ADJUST TO. THE
FOLLOWING WAYS. I DON'T THINK
THERE'S A WAY TO GUESS IT A
HUNDRED YOU KNOW TOOK A DECIMAL
PLACES. IN IT THAT SAID IT'S
SOMETHING WE HAVE TO START.
ARE WE ARE PLANNING THAT THE.
IMPLEMENTATION ON THE NON FF
EIGHT NEW CASES COMING INTO
CARE.
IN THE COUNTIES WILL START.
IN MOST INSTANCES MAY FIRST. ON
WE AGREED WITH OUR COUNTY
PARTNERS THAT UNDER SOME
CIRCUMSTANCES IF COUNTY SIMPLY
HADN'T COMPLETED TRAINING OR
WAS.
JUST COULDN'T GET TO IT YET
THAT'S FINE WE CAN WE CAN BRING
IT UP LATER DOESN'T HAVE TO BE
STATEWIDE AT THE SAME TIME.
AND IF AS IT STARTS WE SEE ANY
OBVIOUS.
INCONSISTENCIES DISCONTINUITIES
PROBLEMS ON. ONE OF SORT OF
LITERALLY A ONE CASE BY ONE CASE
BASIS THOSE ARE. TAKEN APPEAL
AND GOT FAIRINGS ON THAT IF IT'S
ANYTHING MORE THAN STRANGE OLD
LAWYER INSTANCES THEN ABOUT
SPORT OF THE. HOME COURSE
CORRECT. IT COURSE SLOWDOWN DO
WHATEVER WE HAVE TO DO BUT I
MEAN I REALLY DO BELIEVE WE HAVE
TO START ON BECAUSE THEY'RE
DEPENDENCIES BEHIND IT. THAT TO
MAKE THE REST OF THE PROCESS
MOVES.
FROM.
THE WHO WE. DID NOT AS THE
QUESTION NOTES PROVIDE
ADDITIONAL FUNDING FOR THE
SOCIAL WORK STAFF TO DO THE L..
L. C. SUCH GREAT WE'RE WORKING
WITH.
PHOEBE DA AND PART OF FINANCE
TO.
REFINE ESTIMATES AS TO WHAT THAT
MIGHT BE ON AGAIN. THE COUNTIES
HAVE HISTORICALLY DONE
ASSESSMENTS SO WHAT WE WILL BE
LOOKING FOR IS IS THIS MORE THAN
WHAT WAS REQUIRED BEFORE HAVE
SOLD AND.
PROP THIRTY.
ANSWERS THE QUESTION WOULD HAVE
TO FIGHT OVER IT.
.
GOING TO THEM FOR THE ROOF OF
THE PURSE.
IT'S NOT CAUGHT IN THE WHAT WAS
THE PLANNED FUNDING WEATHER
HOWEVER. WE SHOULD.
EXTEND OUT THE. CORRECT YOUR
LEVEL OF FUNDING TO THE FULL
NEXT YEAR IS A DIFFERENT
QUESTION ON WHEN WE STARTED THE
PROCESS WE WERE SAYING WE WOULD
DO TWO YEARS OFF SURGE FUNDING.
COUNTIES AVOIDED RESPONSIBLE
FOR.
RECRUITMENT RETENTION SUPPORT
CENTER BOUGHT WHAT KNOWING WHAT
WE WERE TRYING TO UNDERTAKE WITH
THIS WE SORT OF THE BEGINNING.
THIS IS GOING TO HAVE YOU LEFT
LET'S PUT ADDITIONAL RESOURCES
AND WITH THE EXPECTATION THAT.
AFTER YOU KNOW YOU'RE A HALF WE
SHOULD BE.
COMING INTO A GLIDE PATH AND
THEN LANDING THE PLANE. ON SO
THE. SIX MONTH BONDING IN BUDGET
HERE IS THAT RIGHT NOW.
THERE'S A. VERY GOOD QUESTION AS
TO WHETHER IT'S TIMELY TO START
THE LIGHT BULB AND THAT'S AGAIN
PART OF THE CONVERSATION THAT
WE'RE ALL HAVING. A LONG SO IT'S
NOT INTENDED CAUGHT IT'S. JUST
IT IS A TIMELY. ARM.
ONE ITEM FIVE AND A SORT OF
START WITH THAT I'M GOING TO ASK
YOU A DIRECTOR CAN'T TO. JOIN ME
ON IT WHICH IS ON THE PROCESSES
BY WHICH WE STARTED TO WORK
TOGETHER I'D I THINK ARE
UNPRECEDENTED. NO ONE IS FULLY
SATISFIED THAT WORLD WE THERE
YET. ON BUT WE ARE AT THE POINT
WHERE WE'RE ISSUING JOINT
LETTERS TO OUR FIELDS SO THAT
BOTH THE COUNTY MENTAL HEALTH
PLANS ON THE COUNTERTOP WELFORD.
DIRECTORS ARE GETTING THE SAME
LETTERS SIGNED BY BOTH OF US SO
THERE'S NO CONFUSION AS TO WHAT
IS ELIGIBLE WHAT IS EXPECTED
WHAT THE PARTICIPATION
REQUIREMENTS ARE. THERE'S AN
ABSOLUTE COMMITMENT THAT.
THERE MUST BE JOINT
PARTICIPATION AND CHILD FAMILY
TEAMS IF THERE IS ANY HARM
ASSESSED ISSUES. THERE HAS TO BE
JOINT SHARING OF INFORMATION OF
THE CANS INSTRUMENTS OF THE BOTH
OF US ARE SEEING WHAT DEPARTMENT
IS SAYING. THERE'S A COMMITMENT
THAT SAYS ARM SPECIALTY MENTAL
HEALTH SERVICES OR ANY PS DTN
THAILAND AND THEREFORE IT SO
THAT SORT OF. SORT OF LOWER NOT
HIGHER BARRIER. ON AND NOW I
THINK THE THE REAL WORK OR
ENGAGED IN IS. GOING.
PROGRAM A PROGRAM IN SAYING
ISN'T WORKING WHAT CAN WE DO TO
HELP.
THANK YOU I'M. WILL MAKES IT
SOUND LIKE HE'S BEEN IN MY
PROGRAM SO.
HE DID A REALLY GOOD JOB.
SO I THINK THAT AS WAS NOTED ON
THAT KIND OF UNPRECEDENTED LEVEL
OF COOPERATION BETWEEN THE TWO
DEPARTMENTS HAS CERTAINLY
REQUIRED AND EXTRA EFFORT ON ALL
OF OUR PARTS WE HAVE REGULAR
AND.
MEETINGS WE SHARE INFORMATION
NOTICES BACK AND FORTH WITH EACH
OTHER EVEN IF WE'RE NOT AN ISSUE
INJURING GUIDANCE SO THAT WE IF.
IF ONE OF OUR DEPARTMENT IS
ISSUING GUIDANCE THE OTHERS I'M
TAKING A LOOK TO MAKE SURE THAT
THEY'RE CONSISTENT. I'M WE HAVE
ISSUED INTERIM.
REGULATIONS AROUND THE S. TEAR
TP.
METAL HEALTH COMPONENT.
REFINED APPLICATION AND SO
THAT'S ONE OF THOSE INTER
DEPENDENCIES IN WHICH THE
FACILITIES HAVE TO GO TO SOCIAL
SERVICES TO BE LICENSED AND THEN
AS SOON AS THEIR LICENSE THEY
COME TO US FOR THE MENTAL HEALTH
CERTIFICATION.
WE'VE RECEIVED THIRTY THREE
APPLICATIONS.
SO FAR WE'RE GOING OUT INTO THE
FIELD INTO TWO I'M FAIRLY LARGE
COUNTIES IN SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA.
IN THE COMING WEEKS.
BECAUSE AS WE ARE AT A POINT IN
WHICH COUNTIES CAN EITHER DECIDE
WHETHER THEY ARE GOING TO
CERTIFY ALL THE FACILITIES
WITHIN THEIR COUNTY OF
JURISDICTION OR WHETHER THE
STATE WILL BE DOING THAT. AND SO
WE ARE GONNA BE WORKING WITH THE
COUNTIES.
CLOSELY IN TERMS OF HOW THAT
PROCESS ROLLS OUT AND THEN.
OBVIOUSLY I'M CONTINUING TO
WORK ON THE REFINEMENT AROUND
THE ASSESSMENT TOOL WHICH WAS
OBVIOUSLY SOMETHING THAT WAS
IMPORTANT TO US TO HAVE
CONSISTENCY.
DETAILS POTENTIALLY HAS A YOU
KNOW PROBLEM THE OTHER YOU KNOW
FURTHER STEPS ARE GONNA BE
HINGED ON AND SO ON WE REMAIN
I'M EXCITED I THINK ONE OF THE
LAST THINGS I'LL SAY IT BEFORE
I.
TURN IT BACK OVER TO WILL AND
HIS TEAM IS ON THE INTEREST IN
TERMS OF. ONCE A CHILD IS IN THE
CHILD WELFARE SYSTEM.
HOW MANY SERVICES ARE THEY
GETTING FROM A MENTAL HEALTH
PERSPECTIVE AND SO WE HAVE BEEN
ALSO REFINING OUR DATA MATCHING
BETWEEN THE TWO DEPARTMENTS AND
SO?
WE.
.
SEND DATA OVER TO CHILD WELFARE
THEY MATCH THE DATA AND THEN WE
ARE ABLE TO THEN LOOK AND.
ANALYZED OF THE CHILDREN THAT
WERE PUT INTO CHILD WELFARE HOW
MANY RECEIVED A. ASSESSMENT
INDICATED A POSITIVE I'D NEED
FOR REFERRAL TO SPECIALTY
MEDICAL SERVICES AND THEN WERE
ABLE TO THEN TRACKED THE DATA
INTO OUR SYSTEM TO SAY. OF THE
CHILDREN THAT SCREEN POSITIVE
HOW MANY GOT AN EXAM WHAT WAS
THE PENETRATION RATE YOU KNOW
HOW MANY SERVICES THAT THEY
PROVIDE AND SO. YOU KNOW IT'S
I'M ACTUALLY. COMING OUT AND AND
IT DEPENDS ON HOW YOU SLICE AND
DICE THE DATA BUT YOU KNOW SOME
OF THE RUNS THAT WERE SEEN IF
YOU.
EXCLUDE VERY VERY YOUNG
CHILDREN MEANING UNDER THE AGE
OF FIVE THE REFERRAL FROM CHILD
WELFARE OVER TO THE BEHAVIORAL
HEALTH SIDE AND THEN GETTING A
SERVICES SOMEWHERE RANGING
BETWEEN SEVENTY AND EIGHTY
PERCENT SO.
I THINK THAT IS BOTH POSITIVE
BUT IT ALSO MEANS THAT WE ARE
REALLY WORKING INTENSIVELY WITH.
THE DEPARTMENT OF SOCIAL
SERVICES TO IDENTIFY THAT OTHER
PERCENTAGE OF CHILDREN WHY IF
THEY DID RECEIVE SUCH AN
ASSESSMENT YOU KNOW WHAT
HAPPENED IN THE REFERRAL PATTERN
OR IF THEY ONLY HAD A SINGLE
ENCOUNTER WHY DID THERE WHY WERE
THERE NOT SUBSEQUENT ENGAGEMENT
SO. I THINK IT'S JUST I'M AN
ONGOING PROCESS AND REFINEMENT
BUT YOU KNOW I THINK IT'S IT'S
BOTH EXCITING AND.
.
YOU KNOW IT'S IT'S ALL IT'S A
LOT.
TO TRY TO DO SO FAST BUT I
THINK YOU KNOW THE INITIATIVE
AND THE THE PUSH TO DO IT IS YOU
DON'T WANT TO LOSE MOMENTUM AND
I THINK THAT'S WHAT WORD JOINTLY
COMMITTED TO DOING.
IF I COULD THEN MOVE TO SERVE
YOU IN YOUR LAST QUESTION ABOUT
SORT OF ESSENTIALLY THE SUPPLY
CHAIN. ON DIRT TO PUT IT IN
REVERSE CROUTONS ON. ME START
WITH THE ISSUE OF THE SHORT TERM
THERAPEUTIC PROGRAMS ON
CURRENTLY WE ARE UP TO OF TWENTY
SEVEN COMPLETELY APPROVED
PROVIDERS WHO BETWEEN THEM
OPERATE ABOUT SIXTY DIFFERENT.
LOCATIONS WITH A CAPACITY
SOMEWHERE AROUND THIRTEEN
HUNDRED ARM CHILDREN TO BE
SERVED NO WE WILL NOTE THAT.
THEY DO NOT ONLY NECESSARILY
SERVE THE CHILD WELFARE
SERVICES.
SERVICES SYSTEM SO THERE. THAT
IS NOT A.
NET NUMBER OF TOTALLY AVAILABLE
ON WE HAVE APPROXIMATELY. SIXTY
OTHER BOMB PROVIDERS WHO WE ARE
IN THE PROCESS OF WORKING
THROUGH THE APPROVAL PROCESS ON.
ON THEY ARE NOT AS LARGE BY AND
LARGE AS THEY TWENTY SEVEN THAT
HAVE GONE BEFORE BUT.
COLLECTIVELY THROUGH THEIR
MULTIPLE LOCATIONS WE'RE
ESTIMATING THAT PROBABLY
REPRESENTS ANOTHER. TWELVE
HUNDRED CHILDREN CAPACITY AT THE
ESPY RTP LOVE.
ON THE.
THERE MAY YET BE OTHER PROVIDERS
CURRENTLY OPERATING AS
COMPONENTS WHO WANT TO SEEK
APPROVAL. TO A TRANSITION ON
WHERE WE'RE SORT OF GETTING THE
WORD OUT THAT THEY'VE. GOT TO
COME IN NOW THAT THERE'S WHO'S
RUNNING A RUNAWAY ON THIS ONE.
FRANKLY I SUSPECT WE HAVE THE.
CREAM OF THE CROP IN NOW ON
EITHER APPROVED OR IN THE
APPROVAL PROCESS. ALONE WHERE
SORT OF INTENSIFYING THE
SPEEDING UP THAT PROCESS SO THAT
WE CAN.
ANSWER ALL QUESTIONS AND
IMPORTANTLY SAYING NO WHEN WE'RE
GONNA SAY NO WE WERE NOT GOING
TO JUST TO PROVE TO GET
CAPACITY.
ON WHERE THERE YOU DON'T MEET
OUR STANDARDS OR THEY DON'T SEEM
TO GET IT. ARM. UP SO IT'S GOING
TO LAND ON WE ARE DOING A LOT OF
TECHNICAL ASSISTANCE WITH THE
TO SAY AND THIS IS WHAT IT
MEANS.
ON WE'VE GOT TO WORK WITH
SPECIFIC COUNTIES AND THE
ASSOCIATION WHERE. THE FACILITY
OR PROGRAM WE'VE APPROVED AND.
LICENSED AND THEY HAVE A MENTAL
HEALTH CONTRACT CONFRONTS AT ALL
WE CAN'T TAKE THAT KID.
NO NO NO. WHEN YOU TOOK THE STR
TP RATE. YOU SAID YOU WERE GOING
TO TAKE THIS SIDE OF
HOSPITALIZATION UNLESS THERE WAS
A PARTICULAR CHILD DIVORCED ONE
CHILD VERSUS ANOTHER CHILD IN
THE SAME PLACEMENT PROBLEM OR
THIS IS A.
PROGRAM THAT SPECIALIZES IN.
FIRE STARTERS IN THE CHILD'S NOT
BAPTISTS SOMETHING ELSE I MEAN
THOSE ARE ACCEPTABLE REASONS BUT
JUST SANK. TO DIFFICULT WHAT WE
ARE GETTING VERY INTENSELY INTO
THE PROVIDERS BUSINESS AT THIS
POINT. AND WE MAY START
WITHDRAWING SOME SOME APPROVALS.
IF WE DON'T GET SATISFACTION ON
THAT WE'RE NOT PAYING A
SIGNIFICANTLY HIGHER RATE. TO
GET THE SERVICE WE HAD BEFORE
ARM THAT'S GONNA BE JUST. CLEAR
TO EVERYBODY SO WHETHER WE DON'T
KNOW WHAT IS THE REAL NUMBER
VESTI RTP.
CHILDREN POINT IN TIME THAT
WE'RE GONNA NEED.
COME JANUARY TWENTY NINETEEN ON
SO I DON'T HAVE A TARGET THAT
I'M TRYING TO HIT BUT.
THE PROVIDERS WON'T LIKE TO HEAR
ME SAY THIS. I WOULD RATHER HAVE
EXCESS CAPACITY THAN TOO LITTLE
CAPACITY BUT THAT WILL CREATE
ITS OWN DYNAMIC. ON ON THE HOME
RECRUITMENT SIDE OF THE FAMILY
RECRUITMENT.
ALL OF US. REFERENCE BEFORE WITH
THE FOSTER PARENT RETENTION
RECRUITMENT AND SUPPORT FUNDING.
ON THAT SORT OF BEEN THE SURGE
OF ACTIVITY WHAT WE FOUND ON IS
THAT THE COUNTIES. I THINK
WISELY PUT THE EMPHASIS BURST ON
THE RETENTION SIDE THIS.
NOTHING MAKES IT HARDER TO GET
THE TOP RECRUIT NEW FOSTER
PARENTS THEN UNHAPPY FOSTER
PARENTS. OR. SOMEONE WHO IS THE
HALF WAY OUT THE DOOR IS OPEN IS
BAD FOR THE CHILD BACK TO THE
APARTMENT AND TERRIBLE FOR THE
RECRUITMENT POSSIBILITIES. SO
THEY'VE PUT A LOT OF ENERGY AND
WE'VE SEEN A LOT OF ACTIVITY I
THINK VERY PRODUCTIVELY. IN
GETTING SUPPORTS TO.
EXISTING FOSTER PARENTS AND THEN
GOING THROUGH THEM INTO NETWORKS
TO START RECRUITING FOR THE.
WHAT I WOULD CALL THE
UNIDENTIFIED FOSTER PARENT THAT
IS THE PERSON WHO'S COMING FOR
TO SAY? YES I'M OPEN TO HAVING A
CHILD WITH ME I DON'T KNOW WHO
THEY ARE BUT.
LET ME KNOW. WHAT YOU KNOW WHAT
THE NEED IS? THE. OTHER PART FOR
THE YOUTH WHO ARE CURRENTLY IN
ALL LOWER LEVEL GROUP CARE
REALISTICALLY. I BELIEVE MOVE
THE GREAT MAJORITY OF THEM ARE
GOING TO WIND UP. BEING CARED
FOR BY.
THEY ALREADY KNOW. EITHER THEIR
RELATIVES OR THEIR CLOSE FRIENDS
OR RELATIVES OR IF THE PERSON
WHOSE NAME IS ON THE. ON THE
SCHOOL'S EMERGENCY CONTACT FORM
IF IF SOMEBODY LIKE THAT. ARM
AND.
ENGAGING IDENTIFYING THOSE
PEOPLE AND ENGAGING THOSE PEOPLE
IS SUCH. ITSELF THROUGH THE
CHILD'S EYES SORT OF ENDEAVOR
AND THE COUNTIES ARE STARTING IN
ON IT WE'VE SORT OF THE END. OF.
DR DEVOLVE TO CONTRACTS WITH
SOME CONSULT READ A GREAT DEAL
OF SUCCESS ACROSS THE COUNTRY.
IN WORKING WITH OLDER USE TO
IDENTIFY WHO CAN WHO CAN ASSIST
THEM HOW TO ENGAGE THEM HOW TO
CONNECT WITH THEM HOW TO
SUPPORT.
WHEN THEIR TRUST AND THEN HAVE
THE REAL RECIPROCAL RELATIONSHIP
THAT'S THAT'S GOING TO WORK. ON.
IT MAY TAKE SOME UNUSUAL
AMBASSADOR RANG. ALARM BECAUSE
WE MAY BE GOING TO A FAMILY THAT
DOESN'T FEEL PERFECTLY GOOD
ABOUT US ARMED AND. THAT'S IT.
WE DON'T LET THAT STOP US WE'LL
FIND THAT MESSAGE WILL FIND A
PERSON WHO CAN BE THE ENVOY.
ALONG TO DO HONEST ENGAGEMENT
ON.
DREW IN TERMS OF THE NUMBERS AND
WHERE ARE WE OBVIOUSLY.
THERE'S A LOT OF WORK TO BE DONE
WE'RE WORKING VERY CLOSELY WITH
SPECIFIC COUNTIES ON TO IDENTIFY
SPECIFIC IMPLEMENTATION PLANS
ANY CHALLENGES THAT CAUGHT
DISCONNECTS BETWEEN. DIFFERENT
SERVICES AND DON THERE WILL BE A
LOT OF ACTIVITY OVER THE NEXT.
TWO HUNDRED AND SIXTY THREE DAYS
TO GET THIS READY.
OKAY WELL YOU KNOW WE COVERED A
LOT OF GROUND HERE AND THERE'S A
LOT OF THINGS GOING ON.
COMMENTS FROM.
BELIAU.
BEN JOHNSON WITHIN IT WITH THE
LA SHOW BUT WE DID ANALYZE THE
GOVERNOR CC OUR PROPOSAL IN OUR
ANALYSIS OF THE HEALTH AND HUMAN
SERVICES BUDGET. AND WE SHARED
AND MANY OF THE FINDINGS PRESENT
IN THE AGENDA. IN THAT ANALYSIS
WE PROVIDE A STATUS UPDATE THAT.
LARGELY IT IS CONSISTENT I
THINK WITH A DIRECTOR LIKE
POINTS COMMENTS IN TERMS OF THE
RFA APPROVAL OPERABLE PROCESS
GOING LESS SLOWLY. DELAYS IN
FOSTER PARENT OUT PAYMENTS AND.
SO.
CONTINUED CONCERNS ABOUT THE
STEAK.
THE ASSESSMENT PROCESS FOR THE
LEVEL OF CARE WE ALSO NOTE THAT
THE.
THE CASE THE EXISTING CASE LOAD
MOVEMENT AND SORT OF THE
PROJECTED CASELOAD MOVEMENT OUT
OF GROUP HOMES INTO STR TO PEACE
AND ALSO INTO.
OTHER.
LOWER LEVEL PLACEMENTS.
IS EXPECTED TO OCCUR MORE
SLOWLY THAN PREVIOUSLY
ANTICIPATED AND THIS IS.
CAUSING A A AND UPWARD REVISION
AND MULTI YEAR COSTS OF CCR
IMPLEMENTATION.
ULTIMATELY IN IN OUR SYSTEM
THAT WE DO FIND THIS UPPER
DIVISION A REASONABLE THAT EVERY
AS IT REALLY REFLECTS SORT OF
UPDATED ACTUAL SIN I THINK. READ
MORE REALISTIC PROJECTIONS AND
SO FORTH SO.
WE'VE WE DO MAKE SOME FINDINGS
AROUND THE RFA PROCESS AND DO
CERTAINLY RECOMMEND THE CAN THE
LEGISLATURE CONTINUE TO MONITOR
THIS IS AT THE TIME OF MEAT MAY
REVISE. FINALLY.
WHAT WE DO NOTES THAT?
SOUND A CERTAIN ADMINISTRATIVE
ACTIVITIES SUCH AS THE LSE
ASSESSMENT TOOLS SUCH AS AT
LEAST CERTAIN COMPONENTS OF THE
OF THE CANS ASSESSMENT PROCESS
ARE NOT FUNDED IN THE CURRENT
GOVERNOR'S BUDGET AND SO WE WILL
SEE WHAT'S WHAT'S PRESENTED IN
THE MAY REVISE THERE AS WELL.
FINANCE.
DOESN'T REGISTER IN FINANCE AND
WE JUST SENT TO ADDRESS
QUESTIONS TO INCIDENT TIME WE
HAVE BEEN HAVING CONVERSATIONS
THE COUNTY STAKEHOLDERS IN THE
DEPARTMENT AND WE'LL. BE
INCLUDING IN THE ME REVISION
NAIL A LONG TERM SOLUTION FOR
THIS OUT. OF FUNDING FOR
CAREGIVERS UPON PLACEMENT OF A
FOSTER YOUTH AND AND RECOGNIZING
THAT THERE IS A PROPOSAL AS WELL
ON THE BACKLOG THAT WE WILL BE
INCLUDING.
SOMETHING IN THE. IN THE MAY
REVISION OF RESOURCES THAT WOULD
BE NECESSARY TO ADDRESS THAT AS
WELL.
OKAY OF.
THE MEMBER QUESTIONS YES SIR.
THANK YOU OF THE THANKS TO ALL
OF YOU FOR YOUR PRESENTATION
AND.
YOU'RE ALL DOING YEOMAN'S WORK.
GIVE THE VALUE OF THESE PRECIOUS
LIVES AT THE.
WE ALL WISH OF FIND A LOVING
FAMILY TO HELP THEM.
COPE WITH THE SITUATIONS THAT
THEY HAVE TO DEAL WITH
THROUGHOUT THEIR YOUNG LIVES AND
SO.
WANTED JUST APPLAUD ALL OF YOU
FOR YOUR DEDICATION TO WHAT YOU
DO ENHANCING THE QUALITY OF LIFE
FOR THESE KIDS.
ALSO KNOW THAT WE'VE SEEN IS A
SOMEWHAT OF A TREND IN DECREASED
NUMBER OF FOSTER KIDS OVER THE
PAST FEW YEARS I DON'T KNOW IF
THAT'S INDICATIVE OF. THE
ECONOMY GETTING A LITTLE BIT
BETTER AND EMPLOYMENT NUMBERS
THAT IS?
YET WE STILL SEE.
MORE KIDS BEING. EXPORTED TO
PEOPLE OUT OF STATE THE TWICE
THE NUMBER.
IN TWO THOUSAND FIFTEEN VERSUS
TWO THOUSAND SEVENTEEN. PLEASE
COMMENT ON. WHY WE CAN'T FIND
PLACEMENTS FOR THOSE KIDS?
HERE IN THE STATE OF CALIFORNIA
AND HAVE TO SEEK OUTSIDE.
YEAH PROVIDE.
I WOULD OFFER A COUPLE OF
THOUGHTS ABOUT THAT ONE IS ON
THE.
QUOTE EXPORTED KIDS ON IS. A BIT
OF A RESULT OF THAT PATTERN OF
PROVIDERS IN STATE. SAYING NO
AND SAY WHY I CAN'T TAKE THIS
GET SO WITHIN THEY YOUTH IS SENT
TO A FACILITY IN FLORIDA AND.
DESPITE THE DISTANCE FROM HOME
APPARENTLY IS IS DOING. WELL AND
YOU THINK OKAY SOMEONE'S MISSING
SO THAT WAS PART OF WHAT LED TO
THE VISION OF SAYING NO WE WANT
TO MOVE THE STR T. P. LEVEL UP
ABOVE WHAT WE'VE HISTORICALLY
THOUGHT OF. AS A HIGH LEVEL
GROUP HERE. ON.
THEN COMES THE SECOND PART WHICH
IS WE HAVE TO GET.
WE HAVE TO PLAY A BIT OF AN
ENFORCEMENT ROLE THAT SAYS NOW
WE'RE GOING TO DEAL WITH AT.
ALL.
THEN THERE IS A DIALOGUE THAT
HAS BEEN UNDER WAY.
SEPARATE FROM CC ARE ABOUT THE
ONE PERCENT OF ONE PERCENT OF
KIDS FOR WHOM. THE THERE MAY BE
A CLUSTER OF ISSUES SO PROFOUND
THAT NO SYSTEM REALLY HAS.
BUT THE KNOWLEDGE AND SO I FEAR
THAT BY SUNDAY THE TH THE
SENDING THEM AWAY IS SORT OF OUT
OF SIGHT OUT OF MIND. PUT IN
CRANKED PART OF TRYING TO
ADDRESS THIS IS WEIRD RIGHT NOW
IN THE PROCESS OF DEVELOPING A.
REQUEST FOR INFORMATION
HOPEFULLY LEADS TO MORE OF A
PRODUCT JOINTLY BETWEEN THE
GARDEN THE SOCIAL SERVICES
DEPARTMENT HEALTHCARE SERVICES
MENTAL HEALTH. AND THE
DEPARTMENT OF DEVELOPMENTAL
SERVICES.
BECAUSE THERE'S A CLUSTER OF
CHILDREN WHO WHEN THEY WHEN THEY
WERE. NOT WELL SERVED IN ANY OF
THOSE SYSTEMS BECOME. IMPOSSIBLE
FOR ANYONE SYSTEM.
THE SERVER AND THEN.
WE GET A REALLY BAD PLACE SO
THAT WILL BE PART OF THE THE THE
GO FORWARD. ARM AND TOOK. THE.
WHAT COULD BE ONE OF THE OTHER
THINGS THAT WE NEED TO BE VERY
ATTENTIVE TO ALL AS WE MAKE THE
TRANSITIONS? IS THE NEEDS OF THE
SCHOOL SYSTEM IN TERMS OF. OUR
KIDS THAT THEY MAY BE PLACING
OUT OF STATE AND HOW WE HELP
THEM TRANSITION BACK.
YOU'RE MY KNIGHT.
BACK ON THAT THE.
CAME UP FOR DIRECTORS.
TALK.
QUITE A BIT ABOUT.
.
DO YOU THINK THAT WE WOULD
PREFER NOT TO PLACE OUT OF STATE
DIFFICULT TIME.
MEETING THEIR NEEDS AND WE DID
A SURVEY OF OUR MEMBERS ABOUT
WHO WHO WHO ARE THESE CHILDREN.
WHAT WE KNOW ABOUT THEM? AND
WON.
SORT OF SIGNIFICANT.
.
PORTION. OF THAT POPULATION ARE
THE MULTI SYSTEM INVOLVE
CHILDREN THEY'RE INVOLVED IN
SPECIAL ED THEY'RE INVOLVED IN
THE DD SYSTEM. THEY'RE INVOLVED
AND HELP THEM BE EVER HEALTH
SYSTEMS.
AND.
THIS IS MY SPECULATION MY
SPECULATION ISN'T THAT THEY'RE
INVOLVED IN A LOT OF SYSTEMS IN
THERE FOR THESE CHILDREN HAVE A
LOT OF NEEDS AND WE JUST CAN'T
MEET THEIR NEEDS.
I THINK THAT THE MULTI AGENCY OR
THAT THE MULTI SSTEM
INVOLVEMENT LEADS TO. A LACK OF
CLARITY OF ACCOUNTABILITY AND
COORDINATION AND WHAT SYSTEM IS.
FUNDAMENTALLY INVOLVED THAT
THERE ARE. STATUTES IN PLACE FOR
SOME SYSTEMS THAT SAY WHERE THE
WHERE THE LAP WITH THE PROVIDER
OF LAST RESORT YOU YOU PAY AND
SO THERE IS SOME.
.
I I DON'T BELIEVE THAT MULTI
SYSTEM INVOLVED MEANS TOO
DIFFICULT FOR US TO DEAL WITH I
THINK IT MEANS A BETTER WAY OF.
APPROACHING THEIR NEEDS AND.
THAT SOMEONE COOLEY HAS A BILL
EIGHTY TWENTY EIGHTY THREE THAT
WOULD ACTUALLY REQUIRE AT THE
STATE AND LOCAL LEVELS.
MANDATORY SORT OF INTER AGENCY
TEAMS. ARM TO. WORK ON A CHILD
BY CHILD BASIS TO TRY TO FIND A
BETTER WAY TO MEET THE NEEDS OF
THOSE MULTI SYSTEM INVOLVED
KIDS.
THE QUESTION. SO.
I KNOW THAT WE HAVE SOME PANELS
FOR GUY COMMENT BY JUST A COUPLE
OF OTHER QUESTIONS THE FIRST OF
ALL I APPRECIATE ACTUALLY THAT
THE THAT THE TWO DEPARTMENTS IC
WITH BOTH DIRECTORS WHO ARE
WORKING TOGETHER ACTUALLY KIND
OF EXCITED TO HEAR FROM THE
EIGHT CS. ABOUT THIS ABOUT THE
DATA POSSIBILITIES. YOU KNOW
THAT HE'S IN A FOLLOW UP ON
THAT.
I DID HAVE A JUST THE BRIEFLY
AND I DON'T KNOW PRIMATES TOUCH
SOME PANELS BECAUSE WHEN HE CAME
TO.
WE TALKED ABOUT THE S. T. R.
TEEPEES INSIDERS A LOT OF
INTEREST THERE.
DIDN'T TOUCH AS MUCH ABOUT THE
FOSTER FAMILIES RATES ARE GONNA
TAKE KIDS FROM GROUP HOMES MOVES
THEM INTO THE STR TEEPEES AND
YOU HAVE PEOPLE INTERESTED IN
GETTING CERTIFIED ALL THAT FOR
THAT. AND THEN WE EVENTUALLY
BECAUSE THIS WAS A SHORT TERM
THAT'S FAR THE NAME. OF FINALLY
GET THEM INTO A HOME SETTING AND
YOU MADE SOME COMMENTS ABOUT YOU
KNOW SOME OF THE FAMILIES THAT.
SO I AM WONDERING ON THAT END OF
THE RECRUITMENT. WHERE ARE WE ON
THAT WHAT'S THE CAPACITY I KNOW
WE YOU KNOW YOU'RE TRYING TO
WORK ON THIS YEAR PEOPLE THAT'S
SUPPOSED TO BE THE SHORT TERM IN
THE MIDDLE AND ARE WE ACTUALLY
GOING TO HAVE THE CAPACITY TO
MOVE? OTHERWISE WE'VE WE'VE
CREATED A.
NEW CATEGORY OF.
PROBLEMS RIGHT MAYBE BETTER
THEY WERE BEFORE BUT IF YOU
CAN'T MOVE THEM OUT OF THE SHORT
TERM. AND OTHER LONG TERM IT'S
BECAUSE YOU HAVE TO HAVE A PLACE
TO GO SO AND THE.
SOME OF THESE KIDS IS BUYING A
BETTER DIET VERY CHALLENGING SO.
ADAM.
HOW HOW'S THAT PEACE GOING?
CANDIDLY THAT'S THE PIECE THAT
NOW NEEDS THE MOST EFFORT AND.
BETWEEN US AND.
THE ART ART ART COUNTY AGENCIES.
THE PARTNERS ON THAT'S WHERE
THE.
FULL PUSH NOW GOES AGAIN I
BELIEVE IT'S LARGELY GOING TO BE
THE FAMILY.
THE RELATIVE FINDING.
PROCESS OVER THE. YOU KNOW NON
RELATED EXTENDED CAN'T. FINDING
THAT.
IT IS THE PROCESS NOW WHICH
CARRIES A GONNA GET ENGAGE AND
ALL WE HAVE.
ONLY RECENTLY SORT OF. CLARIFIED
ALL THE GUIDELINES AROUND THE
INTENSIVE SERVICES FOSTER CARE
COMPONENT WHICH IS ONE OF THE
STEP DOWN. ON RESOURCES NEEDED
AND THE REALISTICALLY MY
EXPECTATION IS GOES ON. HOMES AS
WELL AS. THE HIGHER LEVEL
THERAPEUTIC FOSTER CAROL'S ARM
REALISTICALLY GOING TO COME
THROUGH THE FOSTER FAMILY
AGENCIES. AND SO WE ARE SORT OF
NOW WORKING WITH THE FAA
ASSOCIATIONS AND COMMUNITIES. TO
SAY NOW THAT THE INSTRUCTIONS
ARE CLEAR WE THE RIGHT SET CLEAR
WHAT WE WILL PAY FOR ISS SEEKERS
CLEAR. ON LET'S TRY TO RE FIND
THOSE FAMILIES WHO'VE ALREADY
BEEN DOING THE REALLY HEAVY WORK
UP TO NOW. ON I I'VE SORT OF
SUGGESTED A COUPLE OF COLLEAGUES
AND AND IN RECENT WEEKS OF THAT.
IT'S MORE IMPORTANT TO STIR LINK
THE PERSON AND THE CHILD AND
THEN SAY NOT ONE OF THE SERVICES
NEEDED AND DOES THIS BECOME
INTENSIVE SERVICES.
DANCE ABSTRACTLY TRY TO RECRUIT
INTENSIVE SERVICES PEOPLE WHO.
FOR WHOM IT'S JUST A PHRASE AND.
THE DATE THERE ISN'T. CHILD
VISIBLE THAT THEY'RE GOING TO
SURF AND I THOUGHT THAT THE
PEACE WE GO DO NOW OKAY WELL I I
GUESS WE DON'T REALLY. KNOW AND
I I GUESS YOU KNOW IN TERMS OF
YOU HAVE.
.
YEAH WE HAVE EXISTING PEOPLE
WHO'VE TAKING CARE OF VERY
CHALLENGING AND I DON'T KNOW AND
TERMS OF.
SO RIGHT NOW YOU HAVE A. SET OF.
KIDS AREN'T GROUP PROBLEMS
RIGHT.
WE'RE GONNA DO THIS YEAR HE IS
THE THE QUESTIONS THE WHAT IS
THE TOTAL CAPACITY THAT WE HAVE
OF FAMILIES TO. EVEN WITH.
YOU KNOW WHAT THEIR SPORTS WE
HAVE A ROOM GONNA BE ABLE TO DO
WHO ARE WILLING TO TAKE.
IT IN THEIR HOMES AND I AM JUST
LIKE WHAT IS THIS WHAT WHERE WE
ARE ON THAT BECAUSE THAT
CERTAINLY YES RETENTION IS GONNA
BE REALLY IMPORTANT DO WE HAVE
ENOUGH EXISTING PEOPLE ARE WE
GOING TO HAVE TO RECRUIT MORE TO
MAKE UP THE OTHER WHAT'S THE
GAP.
BUT WE TALK ABOUT TO HAVE A GAP
IN TERMS OF. BECAUSE RIGHT NOW
WHAT HAPPENS IS THERE IN GROUP
HOMES RIGHT SO YOU HAVE YOU HAVE
FOSTER PARENTS ARE TAKING A VERY
CHALLENGING AT THE EVERYTHING BY
SOME THEY HAVE SOME FOSTER
CHILDREN EADY THAT'S WHITE THAT
THAT'S RETENTION PART.
RD PLANE TO TAKE MORE IN THEIR
HOME BABY WHEN THEY GRADUATE
THEY'LL TAKE ANOTHER ONE IN BUT
I MEAN. AND THEN YOU HAVE THE
WHOLE IDEA OF THE GROUP OF.
THE OF THE FOSTER YOUTH WHO ARE
IN GROUP HOMES NOW LIKE THEY'RE
NOT THE SAME GROUP HOMES SO YOU
IS. BY DEFINITION OF A SEEMS
LIKE IF YOU GET OUT TO RECRUIT
TO GET CAPACITY IF JUST BECAUSE
OTHERWISE THOSE. THOSE KIDS
WOULD HAVE BEEN OTHERS YOUTH
WOULD HAVE BEEN IN A. HOME
ALREADY THAT IT'S BEEN FRIDAY
DID YOU KNOW THAT THERE'S. A
GROUP OF THE ALBUM AND SO. I'VE
ADDED JUST STUFF YEAH I ATE AS I
I'D STUFF. A BIT WANTED TO SEE
WHERE WE ARE IN OUR RETENTION
RECRUITMENT OF CAPACITY ISSUE.
AND.
AT AND YOU KNOW ON WHAT. AND
HOW DO WE HAVE THE RESOURCES TO.
AND TO RECRUIT ADDITIONAL THE
GAP.
AND ALSO YOU KNOW REALISTICALLY
HE. ARE WE STILL GONNA HAVE A
SITUATION WHERE THERE IS A SUB
SEGMENT. WHERE WE'RE JUST NOW
THERE'S NOW THEY DON'T HAVE
FAMILY WHO WANTED TO ADMIT THAT
THERE'S A REASON THEY'RE? IN
FOSTER CARE SOMETIMES THE
FAMILIES JUST.
YOU KNOW ARE NOT VERY FUNCTIONAL
THERE'S NOT A WHOLE LOT SUPPORTS
WITHIN THEMSELVES I MEAN IDEALLY
YES WE FIND A RELATIVE WHO'S
MORE PUT TOGETHER AND HAS STUFF
TOGETHER. AND THEY HAVE TWO
WILLING TO TAKE THE MEN AND
GOING UP TO FIVE ITEM A LOT OF
SUPPORT AND AS. AS OF NOW I TAKE
IT I TAKE CARE OF CHILDREN
LEARNING DISABILITY ON A PRIMARY
CARE DOCTOR SO. I KNOW THAT DID
IT NOW THIRD THERE ARE SOME
AMAZING FOSTER PARENTS TO DO ALL
SORTS OF STUFF.
.
AND EVEN SOMETIMES WHEN THEY GET
REALLY CHALLENGING.
CHILD DOWN THE IT'S NOT JUST
LIKE YOU KNOW THEY THEY NEED A
LOT OF SUPPORT AND HELP IN
RESPITE AND SO FORTH.
THE CCIR.
PROGRAM I THINK.
BUILD IN MANY OF THOSE SUPPORTS
ON WITH THE INTER RELATIONSHIPS
WITH THE OTHER DEPARTMENTS IS
THAT RIGHT. THAT.
WE START FROM A PREMISE THAT
SAYS EFFECT UNLESS A CHILD HAS A
THERAPEUTIC NEED FOR AN
INTENSIVE TWENTY FOUR SEVEN
ENVIRONMENT.
THE PLACE OF ALL.
THAT'S JUST A STATEMENT BAKE
THEIR PLACE OF ALL IN THE FAMILY
HOME WE'RE NOT GONNA PUT
SOMEBODY AT A LOW LEVEL GROUPON
BECAUSE WE CAN'T FIND SOMETHING
LIGHT AND I I APPRECIATE THAT I
MEAN I THINK THAT'S A CULTURE
TALK ABOUT SLEEP THAT'S. THE
CULTURE CHANGE I APPRECIATE
THAT.
I I ALSO AND I DID AND I'M NOT
LOOKING TO CHANGE THAT I THINK
THAT'S THE WAY TO GO.
.
BUT WE ALSO GOT FIGURE OUT WHERE
WE ARE AND WHAT WE WHAT AND
BEGAN BECAUSE BUDGET
SUBCOMMITTEE AT US LIKE DO WE
HAVE RETURNING ENOUGH RESOURCES
OBVIOUSLY WERE SITTING THERE
WERE BUDGETING AND SAYING THAT
THIS IS WHAT WE THINK THEY'LL
THE. BUT OBVIOUSLY WE NEED THAT
FEEDBACK LOOP AS WE'RE LOOKING
AT TE CAPTAIN WAS ACTUALLY YOU
KNOW ARE WE HAVE THE ARE WE HAVE
THE RESOURCES TO ACTUALLY GET.
ENOUGH.
HOMES FOR ALL THE ARE DO WE
STILL HAVE A GAP AND WHAT STILL
MORE DO WE NEED TO DO FURTHER IN
THE AGENDA TO YOUR PARTICULAR
HERE A COUPLE OF PROPOSALS THAT.
MR MECHANISM ANOTHER'S HAVE ON
FOR A MOBILE CRISIS RESPONSE
THINGS WITH WHICH ARE. BELIEVED
BY THE COUNTY STUCK TO HELP
FACILITATE. ASSURING PEOPLE WHO
STEP FORWARD THAT THEY'RE NOT
LEFT WITH THE MIDDLE OF THE
NIGHT CRISIS AND STUFF LIKE THAT
I DON'T DOUBT THAT THAT WILL
ASSIST TO. ON THE WE CURRENTLY
HAVE. APPROXIMATELY THIRTY FIVE
HUNDRED CHILDREN. WHO ARE UNDER
CHILD WELFARE SUPERVISION IN
GROUP CARE ON? THE I. WARD.
ROUND NUMBERS ESTIMATE THAT WE
WANT TO SEE. THAT TWO THOUSAND
OF THEM ARE NOT THERE FOR
THERAPEUTIC REASONS AT THIS
POINT AND THAT WE WANT THOSE TWO
THOUSAND CHILDREN. TO ENTER A
HOME BASED ENVIRONMENTS ON. THE
FUTURE BOMB WERE BIG STATE WHEN
NEEDED NARROW THE TWO THOUSAND
DOWN. CUT A COUNTY BY COUNTY TO
COUNTY IT ISN'T.
BUT YOU KNOW IT'S BIG AND IT'S
IT'S A REAL PROBLEM WHAT WE'RE
COMMITTING A NINE WE HAVE BEEN
DOING WITH OUR OUR COUNTY
PARTNERS IS TO SAY. WE NEED TO
LOOK AT THIS. COUNTY BY COUNTY
IF WE'VE GOT EIGHT CHILDREN IN
GROUP CARE NOW. CRITICAL COUNTY
WHO ROBBED THE CONVERSATION OF
THE DIRECTOR LAST NIGHT EIGHT
KIDS IN GROUP CARE IN THEIR
COUNTY. BOMB.
HOW MANY OF THOSE CHILDREN
REALLY NEED TO GO SP RTP LEVEL
FOR ENHANCED SERVICES SOMETHING
THERE CRISES ARE NEITHER OF
THEIR NEEDS CAN BE THAT? AND
THEN IF THERE ARE.
FIVE OR SIX CHILDREN WHO REALLY
DON'T NEED THAT LEVEL OF CARE
OKAY. HERE COMES A QUESTION WHAT
DO WE DO OFFERED THE SUPPORTS
AND THESE MAYBE FIVE OR SIX
CHILDREN WHO.
HAVE BEEN.
SIGNIFICANTLY TRAUMATIZED BOTH
BY WHAT WENT BEFORE AND THEN
WHAT'S GOING ON NOW. SOMEWHERE
DEEP INSIDE LIVE ON. THE. DOT
DOT SO THE CHILD BY CHILD
ANALYSIS LOOK AT WHAT'S IT GONNA
TAKE FOR THEM. ON.
IN CLOSER TO THE END OF THE
DIALOGUE IS.
WELL WE HAVE A DEADLINE IN THE
LEGISLATION. ARE DOWN ON
DECEMBER THIRTY ONE THE LOWER
LEVEL PROBLEMS GO AWAY. ON THE.
SO DO WE RUN A RISK ABOUT.
SOME GROUP OF KIDS ROOM HOMES
HAVEN'T BEEN FOUND BUT WHO
REALLY SHOULD NOT BE HONESTY
RTP.
AND THEN WHAT HAPPENED.
ON.
I WANT TO SAY THIS WE ARE.
IT ACUTELY MINDFUL.
OFF THAT POSSIBILITY ON. I DO WE
HAVE AN ABSOLUTE COMMITMENT TO
WORK WITH EVERYONE.
TO SEE THAT IT DOESN'T HAPPEN
BUT ALSO TO KNOW.
THAT IF WE'RE SHORT.
CHAIRMAN OR SHORT THERE AREN'T
WE TALKING DIDN'T CLICK. ON THAT
WE'RE NOT GOING TO PUT KIDS ON
THREE OKAY.
WELL IT'S JUST A. QUESTION OF
FIRST OF ALL YES I AM GLAD TO
HEAR THAT THE WALL THAT THEY
THOUGHT THAT ONE OF THE FROM THE
STREET I'M ALSO.
I'M ALSO YOU KNOW I ACTUALLY
THINK THE FIGHT AT THE FAULTS IS
BECAUSE I'M I HAVE CONFIDENCE
THEY'RE NOT GONNA HAVE. THAT
YOU'RE NOT GONNA PUT THEM ON THE
STREET THAT NOW THEY'RE STUCK IN
THE STR P. BECAUSE THAT'S FOR
THAT YOU KNOW THAT'S WHAT
HAPPENS THAT'S LASTLY SIR EVERY.
CAN'T GET THERE ON IT THE ENTRY
TO ATTEST TO YOUR TP REQUIRES AN
INTER COUNTY PLACEMENT TEAM THAT
REQUIRES. THE CLINICAL
CONCLUSION THAT THEY NEED THE
TREATMENT. NOT ONLY IS THAT
RECORD IN OUR LITTLE BUT IN THE
NEW FEDERAL. ATTORNEYS FILED THE
LAMBS IS CLEARED TO GO THERE TO
HOME THERE IS IN THE PLACE. YOU
KNOW THERE'S SOMETHING WORSE I
MEAN AND THAT'S WHAT IT'S ON TO
THE END OF MY. COMMENTS WILL
TAKE A FEW SECONDS OKAY THAT
THE.
THE CONCERNED IF THERE ARE
CHILDREN.
FOR WHOM WE'VE NOT MET THEIR
NEEDS.
IT'S NOT THE STREET THAT
WORRIED ABOUT ITS. KIDS IN UTAH
WHO SHOULDN'T BE IN UTAH FOR
KIDS WHO ARE STAYING IN SHELTERS
WHO SHOULDN'T BE STAYING IN
SHELTERS. OR KIDS WHO ARE TRYING
AND PUTTING WITH THE FAMILY.
WHO WE'VE NOT SUPPORTED WELL
ENOUGH AND HOPING?
THAT PLACEMENT DOESN'T DISRUPT
BECAUSE THE KIDS NEEDS ARE MET
AND THEN THE RE TRAUMATIZED BY
GOING INTO ANOTHER INTO INTO
ANOTHER HOME AND.
.
THE.
I DON'T I DON'T. DOUBT FOR A
MINUTE.
THE DIRECTOR'S COMMITMENT TO
DOING EVERYTHING WE CAN UP TO
THAT POINT TO MAKING. SURE THAT
FEW CHILDREN AS POSSIBLE ARM ARE
IN THAT CIRCUMSTANCE AND I DON'T
DOUBT FOR A MINUTE. YOU KNOW
THAT THE ADMINISTRATION AND
DIRECTORIES AND COMMITTED TO
MAKING SURE WE FIND THE BEST
POSSIBLE.
ALTERNATIVES FOR ALL KIDS THAT
DON'T THAT DON'T END UP RE
TRAUMA TRY RE TRAUMATIZING THEM
SO I. I MEAN I I THINK IT'S A
FAIR QUESTION AND. I THINK THAT
THE DIALOGUE WE'VE BEEN ABLE TO
HAVE ABOUT CONTINGENCY PLANNING.
WHILE DOING AS MUCH AS WE
POSSIBLY CAN.
TO TRY TO KEEP THE CONTINGENCY
PLAN FROM NEEDING TO BE INVOKED.
IS SORT OF THE.
AND YOU KNOW SERVE A MESSAGE
THAT WE LIKE TO LEAVE WITH WITH
EVERYONE TODAY WILL MAKE MAYBE
WITH US SINCE WE HAVE YOU TO BUT
LET'S GO AHEAD AND THAT HE
BECAUSE YOU FIGHT AND AND AND I
WASN'T TRYING TO LIKE ANTICIPATE
ALL THE QUESTIONS YOU MIGHT HAVE
SO. LET'S GO AHEAD AND. HAVE.
.
THIS RECORD AND THINKS BARLOW
LEGO HAD PRESENTED THAT YOUR
YOUR COMMENTS ABOUT THE THE
PRESENTATION WHICH.
WE SHOULD IT.
AND I ADD THAT I'VE BEEN AROUND
TRAVEL FOR POLICY FOR THIRTY
YEARS NOW ALMOST THIRTY YEARS.
AND I'VE BEEN INVOLVED IN
COUNTLESS CHILD WELFARE REFORM
EFFORTS. MOST OF THEM ARE IN
BINDERS ON MY BOOKSHELF.
AND CCAR'S HAPPENING AND. THE
DIRECTORS ARE COMPLETELY VESTED
ENSURE THAT THIS IS THE REFORM.
THAT'S THAT'S GOING TO BE TRULY
TRANSFORMATIVE FOR CHILDREN IT'S
NOT JUST ONE REFORM IT'S. IT'S
AT LEAST SIX REFORMS ITS RATE
REFORM ITS ASSESSMENT REFORM.
IT'S RECONSTITUTING CONGREGATE
CARE IT'S INTEGRATING BEHAVIORAL
HEALTH ON INTO CHILD WELFARE
SERVICES.
.
AND.
THERE'S A LOT HAPPENING AT ONCE.
AND EVERYONE IS FULLY COMMITTED
AND AND WORKING A HUNDRED MILES
AN HOUR IS A HUGE EFFORT FOR
EVERYONE.
.
AT THIS TABLE ON AND.
PROVIDERS AND IT'S IT'S
ABSOLUTELY WHAT WE SHOULD BE
DOING BECAUSE. YOU DESERVE NO
LESS WE'VE HAD SUCCESSES AND
UNITE IT WE AGREE WITH MR LIFE
WHEN THESE AT CCR HAS THE RIGHT
ELEMENTS AND YOU CAN SEE FROM
SOME OF THE THINGS THAT WE'VE
BEEN DOING.
WE'RE SEEING THE EXTENT TO
WHICH IT'S THE RIGHT THING TO DO
PEPPERS REALLY IS MADE A
DIFFERENCE WE HAVE BEEN ABLE TO
RECRUIT AND RETAIN.
MORE RELATIVES TO SOME DEGREE
IN IN SOME COUNTIES OUR SUCCESS.
CAME. A DIFFICULTY BECAUSE THE
RFA PROCESS WE HAVE MORE PEOPLE
RECRUITED THEN WE COULD GET TO
THE RFA PROCESS AND AS MR LIKE
PORN DESCRIBED. WE WORK TOGETHER
WE ACKNOWLEDGED. THE THE CHOKE
POINT AND WE WERE ABLE TO A
COUPLE OF MONTHS AGO TO PUT SOME
STREAMLINED.
RULES IN PLACE AND SO WERE WERE
HOPEFUL AND CONFIDENT THAT GOING
FORWARD NEW PEOPLE WHO COME INTO
THE PROCESS WILL BE ABLE. TO.
TO APPROVE TIMELY AND WE ARE
EXTREMELY APPRECIATIVE. FOR THE.
PAYMENT AT THE TIME OF
PLACEMENT DEAL FOR AB ONE TEN
AND LOOK FORWARD TO A TO A LONG
TERM DEAL.
COM BUT AS HE ZEROED IN ON IN
YOUR IN YOUR QUESTION AND I DO
THINK IT'S FAIR TO SAY THAT.
FROM OUR STANDPOINT THE KEY
QUESTION FOR LEGISLATIVE
OVERSIGHT IS WILL WE HAVE
SUFFICIENT HIGH QUALITY
ALTERNATIVES THAT MEET THE NEEDS
OF CHILDREN THAT ARE BETTER
THAN.
THE GROUP HOME AS WE KNEW THEM.
ABOUT THIRTY FIVE HUNDRED. KIDS
IN MR LIKE POINT TOUCHED ON IT.
A NUMBER OF OF THE ISSUES. I
THINK.
RECRUITING HOMES AND VIA.
PEOPLE THE CHILDREN NOW
RELATIVES FRIENDS EXTENDED.
.
WITHIN THAT THAT'S GOING TO BE
THE SOLUTION FOR FOR MANY OF
THESE KIDS ON ITS MORE THAN
CULTURE CHANGE THOUGH THIS IS
MORE THAN.
DON'T LOOK FOR THE STRANGER FOR
SURE DON'T CALL THE THAT THE
GROUP ON THIS IS ABOUT PROVIDING
SUPPORTIVE SERVICES FOR FAMILY
MEMBERS OR OTHER CARE GIVERS.
WHO ARE HELPING CARE FOR? YOU
THOUGH THAT ALL OF OUR SYSTEMS
HAVE FAILED FOR MANY YEARS AND.
WHO THREW THE ACCUMULATION OF
THAT TRAUMA?
FROM.
.
I HAVE A UNIQUE SET OF NEEDS
THAT WE HAVE TO MAKE SURE THAT
THE CARE GIVERS COULD MEETS
OTHER NOT RE TRAUMATIZED.
AND THAT THAT WORK YOU KNOW
THAT WORK IS UNDER WAY. WITH
RESPECT TO THE.
WHAT WE THOUGHT TO BE THOSE
INTENSIVE FOSTER FAMILIES MISTER
I POINT TALKED ABOUT RE THINKING
ABOUT?
RECRUITING THE INTENSIVE HOME
AND SAYING HEY YOU'RE THE
INTENSIVE HOME FOR THE INTENSIVE
NEED KID YOU WANT TO COME.
FOSTER PARENT AS OPPOSED TO
FINDING THE PLACEMENT AND SAYING
HEY LET'S LET'S SEE WHAT YOU
NEED THAT RESONATES WITH US.
IT IT'S A IT'S A MAJOR MID
COURSE CORRECTION AND IT'S ONE
THAT WE HAVE TO TURN OUR
ATTENTION TO.
HE SAT AND. I DO AGREE THAT TO
SOME DEGREE RFA DELAYS REALLY
DID CONSUME SO MUCH OF THE
ENERGY AND TIME OF THE COUNTIES
IN THE STATE. THAT THAT GETTING
THAT RID OF THAT BACKLOG IN A
RESOURCES WE USED A LARGE AMOUNT
OF PAPERS MONEY TO ACTUALLY TRY
TO CLEAR. THE RFA BACKLOG SO.
THAT.
THUS THE SERVICES FOR FAMILIES
WHO ARE GONNA TAKE CHILDREN WHO
ARE INAPPROPRIATE STOOD WITH
THAT SHOULD NOT BE GROWING UP IN
GROUP HOMES. HIS PART OF THE.
ONGOING WORK THAT'S CRITICALLY
IMPORTANT AND AS YOU MISTER
CHAIR AND MR LIE POINT MR LIKE
PORN POINTED OUT. THE STR TP
CAPACITY TO MEET THE THERAPEUTIC
NEEDS OF CHILDREN IS A CONCERN
OF OURS. THAT.
.
THAT THERE ARE. CERTAINLY ASK
YOUR TP UP.
APPLICATIONS IN THE PIPELINE
AND WHEN YOU LOOK AT THE GROSS
NUMBERS IF THIRTY FIVE HUNDRED
KIDS ARE THIRTEEN HUNDRED STR T.
P..
TREATMENT SPOTS AVAILABLE.
I'M.
ALL THOSE KIDS SHOULDN'T BE AN
AMNESTY RTP.
BUT WHEN WE LOOK AT THE SRTP
CAPACITY WE HAVE TO LOOK BEHIND
THE NUMBERS ARE THE S. T. R. T.
PEAS. IN THE REGIONS ARE THE
AREAS WHERE THE CHILDREN ARE
THEY PROVIDE PROGRAMS. THAT
CHILDREN NEED WE WE HEARD WE ARE
FOR MEMBERS. THAT.
WHO'D MADE CALLS TO STR TEEPEES
WHO HAVE A PROGRAM THAT MEETS
THE PROFILE THAT WOULD MEET THE
NEEDS OF THE YOUTH.
BUT FOR THE FACT THAT THE GENDER
OF THE CHILD WE HAVE IS NOT THE
GENDER OF THE CHILD THAT THEY
PREFER TO. TO SIR.
.
AND WE ARE SEEING AN INCREASE IN
THE NUMBER OF. YOUTH WHO DO
NEED.
A THERAPEUTIC SHORT TERM
INTERVENTION AND BUT FOR WHOM
THE STR TEEPEES THAT WE APPROACH
SAYS WE'RE SORRY WE'RE NOT GONNA
TAKE THAT YOUTH. THAT YOUTH RUNS
AWAY TOO MUCH THAT ROUTE YOUTH
DOESN'T MEET OUR.
MEET OUR PROGRAM AND SO WE
DEFINITELY APPRECIATE THE
ENGAGEMENT. OF MR LIKE PORN AND
MISS ROGERS AND WE'RE GONNA
ENGAGE THE ALLIANCE.
BECAUSE WE REALLY HAVE TO WE
HAVE TO DO TO TALK ABOUT THAT
BECAUSE IF THE IF AT ITS CORE.
CC ART IS ABOUT.
SHORT TERM THERAPEUTIC TREATMENT
IN CONGRESS CARE ONLY AND
FAMILIES FOR EVERYBODY ELSE.
.
WE HAVE TO CONTINUE TO WORK ON
ON. ON THE ISSUES AND AS I SAID.
THAT.
THE DECEMBER THIRTY FIRST
DEADLINE.
.
EVERYWHERE EVERYONE'S WORKING
TOWARD IT.
THE KEY FOR US IS WHATEVER THE
DEADLINE IS WE DON'T WANT TO BE
IN A SITUATION WHERE A CHILD IS
WORSE. WE WANT TO HAVE A
HIPPOCRATIC APPROACH.
TO CC ARE AND SO. ON THIS IS
ABSOLUTELY THE RIGHT WAY TO GO.
AND WE LOOK FORWARD TO THE
ENGAGEMENT OF THE LEGISLATURE IN
THE ADMINISTRATION.
THAT DISCUSSION AROUND AND MAY
REVISE ABOUT RESOURCES WHERE
WE'VE HAD VERY PRODUCTIVE
CONVERSATIONS WITH THE
ADMINISTRATION.
I WANT TO MAKE THOSE MID COURSE
CORRECTIONS BUT ALSO HAD THE
CONTINGENCY PLANS THAT ARE
NECESSARY TO MAKE SURE THAT NO
CHILD OR SOFT.
THANK YOU.
CAN I GIVE YOU A LOT OF TIME
BECAUSE THIS IS A VERY BIG PART.
OF.
S. AS WELL.
GOOD AFTERNOON CHAIRMAN MEMBERS
AGAIN KIRSTEN BARLOW AT THE
COUNTY BEHAVIORAL HEALTH
DIRECTORS ASSOCIATION HAPPY TO
BE HERE TO TRY TO AUGMENT SOME
OF WHAT YOU HEARD ALREADY FROM
DIRECTOR KENT ABOUT THE ROLE OF
MENTAL HEALTH CARE. IN MAKING CC
OUR SUCCESS AND REALLY WANT TO
START OUT BY TALKING ABOUT HOW
I'M GENUINELY RIGHT THE GOALS OF
CCR FEEL EVEN FROM A MENTAL
HEALTH CLINICIANS PERSPECTIVE.
OUR DIRECTORS AND THEIR STAFF
FEEL VERY MUCH THAT IT'S IN THE
KIDS' BEST INTEREST TO BE IN A
HOME LIKE SETTING WITH CARING
ADULTS IN A STABLE SITUATION IF
WE WANT TO LOOK AT. SEEING GOOD
EMOTIONAL WELL BEING OUTCOMES
AND THAT MENTAL HEALTH SERVICES
FOR KIDS WHO'VE BEEN TRAUMATIZED
AS I THINK WE HEARD SOME GREAT
TESTIMONY TODAY NOT ONLY BY WHAT
OCCURRED PRIOR TO BEING. REMOVED
FROM THEIR FAMILY BUT EVEN THE
PROCESS ITSELF AND THEN WHAT
HAPPENS WHILE THEY'RE IN CARE
THAT MEDICAL SERVICES ARE
CLEARLY A KEY PART OF THAT.
I THINK THE OTHER ASPECT FOR
WHICH WE HAVE IN COMMON WITH THE
CHILD WELFARE AND COMMUNITY IS
THE EXPERIENCE OF WANTING TO
REDUCE AS MUCH AS POSSIBLE THE
PHENOMENON THAT SOMETIMES
HAPPENS WHERE WE. CHILDREN OR
OTHER CLIENTS ARE FAILING UP ON
THAT WE'RE NOT MEETING THEIR
NEEDS AND IN FACT ARE KIND OF
PROGRESSING THE INTENSITY
EXPENSE AND POTENTIALLY
TRAUMATIZING EXPERIENCE THROUGH
TREATMENT.
BECAUSE WE'VE NOT BEEN ABLE TO
MEET THEIR NEEDS AT A LOWER
LEVEL AND THAT'S SOMETHING THAT
I THINK WE WE WERE ABLE TO FIND
COMMON GROUND ON CERTAINLY.
I THINK IS WELL THE THE.
FOUNDATIONAL PROGRAMS IN VALUES
THAT COUNTY MENTAL HEALTH
DEPARTMENTS HAVE BEEN OPERATING
FOR DECADES HAVE A LOT IN COMMON
WITH WHAT C. C. R. SIX TO DO AS
WELL. INCLUDING THAT.
A BELIEF THAT CHILDREN SHOULD
NOT HAVE TO. BE REMOVED FROM
THEIR FAMILY IN ORDER TO ACCESS
SERVICES THEY SHOULDN'T HAVE TO
BE PLACED INTO AN INSTITUTIONAL
LIKE SETTING IN ORDER TO ACCESS
SERVICES SO WE HAVE A GOOD
FOUNDATION THAT WE'RE BUILDING
ON.
ADDITIONALLY MORE RECENTLY WE
ARE ALREADY IN IMPLEMENTATION
PHASES ALMOND COUNTIES OF THE KD
ES
LAWSUIT WHICH PUT INTO PLACE
THREE TYPES OF SERVICES ON WHICH
CC ARE BUILT UPON AND SO WE'RE
ALREADY SO WE'VE ALREADY BEGUN
TO DO THINGS LIKE. IN HOME
SUPPORTIVE SERVICES NOT I HSS IN
HOME SUPPORTIVE SERVICES BUT I'M
INTENSIVE HOME BASED SERVICES
BUTTON PARENT RESOURCE HOME.
AND THEN. WE CROSS OUR FINGERS
AND HOPE IT ALL GOES WELL BUT
THAT INSTEAD WE HAVE.
CLINICIANS AND OTHERS.
IN THE MEDICAL SYSTEM WHO CAN
GO DIRECTLY INTO THOSE HOMES AND
HELP THE CARE GIVER.
AND THE CHILD THERE ALSO AND
THE ESTABLISHMENT OF A
THERAPEUTIC FOSTER CARE.
PACKAGE OF NOT ONLY A PLACEMENT
BUT ALSO SERVICES THAT COME WITH
IT AND WERE ACTIVELY INVOLVED IN
LOOKING AT HOW WE'RE GOING TO
TURN THAT.
CONCEPT INTO REALITY BECAUSE AT
THIS POINT WE DON'T HAVE
THERAPEUTIC FOSTER CARE PARENTS
QUITE YET READY BT WE
UNDERSTAND THAT THAT'S AN
IMPORTANT PART OF GIVING
CHILDREN OPTIONS OTHER THAN THE
SHORT TERM RESIDENTIAL TREATMENT
PROGRAM TO BE AND.
SO I THINK IT JUST TO MENTION A
COUPLE OF SPECIFIC THINGS ON
ABOUT YES.
UP.
WRAP IT UP AND SO COUPLE OF
QUICK THINGS.
WE DO HAVE. MUCH APPRECIATION
FOR THE ADMINISTRATION
ACKNOWLEDGING THAT CCR DOES
THOUGH IMPOSING NEW THINGS ON
COUNTY MENTAL HEALTH DEPARTMENTS
AND THE JANUARY BUDGET DOES
INCLUDE STATE GENERAL FUNDS FOR
US TO CLAIM AND IMPLEMENT THOSE
THINGS. I'M HAPPY TO ANSWER
QUESTIONS ABOUT THE THINGS THAT
ARE GOING WELL OR CHALLENGES WE
HEAR HAPPENING AT THE GROUND
LEVEL THANK YOU.
THANK YOU. US SO ACTUALLY WHAT
WE CAN DO IS.
WE DO HAVE ANOTHER PANEL OF
WHICH I THINK WE NEED LIKE FIVE
SEATS SO WITH.
HOPE THAT WOULD LIKE TO HAVE AT
LEAST SOME FOLKS FROM SOCIAL
SERVICES NOT TAKE OFF AND JUST
SIT AT THE TABLE. SELL OUT OF
THE DIRECTOR WANTS TO DO THAT.
.
AND.
I THINK I THINK WE'RE FINE WITH
FINANCE AN ALLEY OF YOU JUST
WANNA STAY THERE WILL HAVE
ENOUGH SEATS OF THEIR WEIGHT
WHICH THE FIVE UP THERE.
SO WE HAVE A.
BRIAN BANKS SOCIAL WORKER LESLIE
COUNTY BOBBY CABLE DIRECTOR
DEPARTMENT OF CHILD AND FAMILY
SERVICES LESSONS COUNTY.
VANESSA HERNANDEZ POLICY
DIRECTORS CALIFORNIA'S
CONNECTION AND CAROL SCHROEDER
IS A DOCTOR OF CALIFORNIA
ALLIANCE OF CHANCE CHILD AND
FAMILY SERVICES I KNOW I JUST
RATTLED OFF YOUR NAMES BUT.
BABIES IS FORMALLY AGAIN FOR
YOUR INTRODUCER SELVES.
FOR THE MICROPHONE TO.
GOOD AFTERNOON MR MEMBERS OF THE
COMMITTEE ON BOBBY CABLE THE
DIRECTOR OF THE LOS ANGELES
COUNTY DEPARTMENT OF CHILDREN
AND FAMILY SERVICES.
I'VE BEEN IN CALIFORNIA FOR
ABOUT FOUR MONTHS NOW OKAY HM
JUST GOING TO HAVE EVERYONE TAKE
UP UNTIL I KNOW WHO'S WHO I READ
OFF THE NAMES OF SPIES ON WHO'S
WHO'S OKAY RIGHT THIS. MORNING
MISTER CHAIRMAN I'M BRIAN BANKS
A SOCIAL WORKER WITH LOS ANGELES
COUNTY THANK YOU. CARE CAROL
SCHROEDER WITH THE CALIFORNIA
ALLIANCE OF CHILD AND FAMILY
SERVICES THANK YOU. FOR THAT SO
HERNANDEZ OF CALIFORNIA'S
CONNECTION OKAY THANK YOU SORRY
TO INTERRUPT BUT PLEASE BEGIN.
THANK YOU AGAIN MISTER CHAIR.
UP IN CALIFORNIA FOR ABOUT FOUR
MONTHS NOW AND I CAN TELL YOU
THAT BASED ON MY OBSERVATIONS
CONTINUING CARE REFORMS AND IS A
MODEL FOR THE NATION. THIS MAJOR
SHIFT IN PRACTICING CULTURES
LONG OVERDUE YOU AND WE KNOW
CHILDREN THRIVE AND HAVE BETTER
OUTCOMES IN FAMILY BASED
SETTINGS. CHILDREN YOU DESERVE
THE COMPREHENSIVE ASSESSMENTS
INVOLVEMENT OF THE CHILD AND
FAMILY CAME HOME BASED CARE AND
CORE SERVICES IN BED AND CCR.
HOWEVER IMPLEMENTATION IS MESSY
AND AS WITH WELFARE REFORM OR
WELFARE REFORM IN NINETEEN
NINETY SIX AND HEALTH CARE FOR
MORE RECENTLY. THERE IS A
CONTINUING MESSINESS TO THE
PROCESS WE CAN CAR CERTAINLY
EXPECT CHALLENGES WITH C. C. R.
AS WELL. PARTICULARLY FOR COUNTY
AS LARGE AS OURS LARGEST IN THE
COUNTRY. WE SOAR THIRTY FIVE
THOUSAND CHILDREN MONTHLY ABOUT
HALF OF WHICH ARE IN FOSTER
CARE.
NEARLY NINE THOUSAND THREE
UNDERSTAFFED SERVE EIGHTY AREA
FOUR THOUSAND SQUARE MILES.
WE TAKE ABOUT TWO HUNDRED AND
THIRTY THOUSAND CALLS A YEAR
CONCERNING CHILDREN'S WELFARE
AND INVESTIGATE A HUNDRED AND
SEVENTY THOUSAND CASES.
IN LA WE ARE DILIGENTLY WORKING
TO IMPLEMENT CC ARE. AS OF APRIL
NINTH WE'VE CONDUCTED TWENTY
FIVE THOUSAND EIGHT HUNDRED AND
TWENTY A HUNDRED AND SEVENTY
EIGHT
RESOURCE FAMILIES THROUGH
RESOURCE FAMILY APPROVAL
PROCESS.
OF THE FIFTY PERCENT OF THE
EIGHTEEN THOUSAND CHILDREN IN
OUR CARE.
FIFTY PERCENT OF THOSE ARE
RELATIVES OR NON RELATIVE FAMILY
CARE GIVERS. AND WE'RE PRESSING
WITH A NEW PROGRAM CALLED A
PRINT FAMILY FINDING TO PUT IN
PLACE.
AT LEAST EIGHTY PERCENT OF OUR
KIDS WITH RELATIVES. EACH
COMPONENT OF CCR REALLY COULD
REASONABLY TAKE TWO TO THREE
YEARS TO IMPLEMENT THE WE
UNDERSTAND THE URGENCY BECAUSE
OUR CHILDREN JUST CAN'T WAIT.
TAKEN TOGETHER SIX YARDS AND
PRECEDENT AND A SHIFT IN
PRACTICE AND REALLY CREATES A
LOT OF WORKLOAD ISSUES. AS A
DIRECTOR I'M COMMITTED TO AVOID
TURNOVER BUT BURN OUT ABOUT
SUPPORTING OUR SOCIAL WORKERS
PERFORMING THESE DUTIES. RFA IS
VERY CUMBERSOME AND IS TAKING
WELL BEYOND THE NINETY DAYS
REQUIRED AT THE HUNDRED AND
EIGHTY DAYS IN OUR COMMUNITY.
OUR BACKLOG IS ESTIMATED ELEVEN
HUNDRED NINETY TWO FAMILIES
ABOUT THIRD SEVENTY TWO PERCENT
OF THE FAMILIES THAT HAVE A
CHILD PLACE WITH THEM. AND THOSE
ARE OVER NINETY DAYS AT THIS
POINT. FOR LEVEL OF CARE WE
ANTICIPATE CHANGES A SOCIAL
WORKERS ARE NOW TASKED WITH
DETERMINING THE PAYMENT RATES.
FOR LA COUNTY THAT IS PROJECTED
TO REQUIRE ABOUT TWO THOUSAND
LEVEL CARE DETERMINATION SOME
MONTHS OR IN TIME AND TERMS OF
WORK DAYS HUNDRED PER DAY. FOR
CHILD AND ADOLESCENT NEEDSAND
STRINGS WE ALSO ANTICIPATE
IMPLEMENTATION CHALLENGES
BECAUSE THIS IS A NEW TOLL.
REQUIRES NEED IN ORDER TO FOCUS
ON THE
CARE GIVERS AND THE CHILDREN.
SIXTY ARE ALSO NEEDS TO CREATE
THE NEEDS. TO PROVIDE INTENSE
SUPPORT AND SERVICES TO FOSTER
YOUTH IDEALLY AND HOME THEY SAID
IT BUT IT COMES DOWN TO SIMPLE
MATH WE CAN'T TRANSITION THOSE
THAT WE DON'T HAVE TO S. DRT
PIECE THANK YOU. THANK YOU.
THANK YOU FOR.
MORNING WAS CHAIRMAN.
OTHER SENATORS. PLANS BRIAN
BANKS AND I'M AN EMERGENCY
RESPONSE SOCIAL WORK WITH THE LA
COUNTY.
CHILDREN FAMILY SERVICES WERE
PROBABLY WORK FOR TWO AND A HALF
YEARS AND I'M ALSO A MEMBER OF
SEIU SEVEN TO ONE. I PREVIOUSLY
WORKED FOR RIVERSIDE COUNTY
DEPARTMENT OF TELEPHONE SERVICES
AND ALSO BRING A BACKGROUND IN
LAW ENFORCEMENT AND A PROBATION
OFFICER AS A DEPUTY. IN LOS
ANGELES COUNTY.
US SERVING CHILDREN A FAMILY IN
CRISIS HAS BEEN MY LIFE'S WORK
FOR MORE THAN EIGHTEEN YEARS. OF
THANK YOU FOR THE OPPORTUNITY TO
SPEAK TODAY AND SHOW THE
PERSPECTIVE HOW SOCIAL WORKERS
BELIEVE WE'RE PLAYING A CRITICAL
ROLE IN CHILDREN AND FAMILIES
LIVES. BUT CONTINUE TO BE
GREATLY CHALLENGED BY LACK OF
REALISTIC TIME AN APPROPRIATE
RESOURCES TO DO THE JOB WE'VE
BEEN TASKED TO DO AND HOLD IN
HIGH REGARD. ON BEHALF OF THE
THREE HUNDRED THOUSAND CHILDREN
SOCIAL WORKERS STATE WIDE
DEDICATED TO THEIR WORK AND
RESPONSIBILITY TO HELP CHILDREN
AND FAMILIES. SEIU SOCIAL
WORKERS DO BELIEVE IN THE GOALS
OF CCR TO SPEND MORE TIME WITH
FAMILIES AND FIND THAT RIGHT
HOME ENVIRONMENT FOR A CHILD.
WHO WANT TO HELP CHILDREN
FAMILIES BE SET UP FOR SUCCESS?
IF I COULD SPEAK TO A COUPLE
CHALLENGES.
WE TALK ABOUT WANTING TO SPEND
MORE TIME ON THE FRONT ON THE
FRONTLINE WHEN EMERGENCY
RESPONSE WORKER AND THAT MEANS
THAT WE'RE GIVEN A REFERRAL WERE
TASKED WITH INVESTIGATING AND
MAKING A DECISION FOR THE FAMILY
WITHIN THIRTY DAYS. A DECISION
TO REMOVE OR TO LEAVE THE CHILD
IN THE HOME SAFELY RESOLVE THE
REFERRAL.
IF THAT WAS ONE FAMILY THEN
THAT WOULD BE OKAY BUT.
MANY TIMES WERE TASKED WITH TEN
FIFTEEN PERCENT INCOME AND HAVE
THIRTY REFERRALS. ON THAT'S
GETTING BETTER BUT WE STILL HAVE
A LONG WAYS TO GO THERE AND SO
WHAT WE FACE. THE PROBLEM ONE OF
THE PROBLEMS WE FACE IN THE ER
IS THE FOSTER CARE CRISIS THAT
WE ALL HAVE BEEN TALKING ABOUT
SO THERE'S BEEN A SHORTAGE.
OF FOSTER CARE SO SO WE ARRIVE.
AT THE TOP PROBABLY HAS BEEN
TRAUMATIZED WE HAVE MADE THE
DECISION TO REMOVE AND THEN WE
COME IN TO REMOVE THAT FURTHER
TRAUMATIZE THE CHILD. AND THEN
WE HAVE TO FIND A PLACE OR
VICTORVILLE OR SOMEWHERE
DISTANT FROM THE FAMILY OF
ORIGIN. AND ONE OF THE PRIMARY
GOALS IF WE DO HAVE TO REMOVE IS
TO. REUNIFY THE FAMILY AS
QUICKLY AS POSSIBLE IF NOT
MAINTAIN THE FAMILY INTACT AS IT
IS. AND SO IF WE SEND THEM OUT.
A DISTANCE FROM THEIR FAMILY OF
ORIGIN THAT MAKES IT DIFFICULT
NOW FOR THE VISITS AND AND
THINGS OF THAT NATURE.
WE WANT TO PROVIDE YOU KNOW OUR
GOALS A SAFETY RISK WELL BEING
AND PERMANENCY AND SO IF WE
DON'T HAVE FOSTER CARE. OF
FAMILIES TO TAKE CARE OF THESE
CHILDREN THEN THERE WILL GET IT
TOO TSC TRANSITIONAL SHELTER
CARE AND SO DAY IN AND DAY OUT
THE CHILD DOESN'T KNOW.
WE'RE HERE SHE IS GOING TO BE
FURTHER TRAUMATIZING THE CHILD.
SO DOES SOME OF THE THINGS WE'RE
DEALING WITH.
AND THEN.
IF WE DO HAVE A CASE WHERE WE
HAVE TO TRY TO MAKE A DECISION
FOR THIS FAMILY.
.
THE REFERRALS ARE STILL COMING
IN.
SO THAT MEANS WE HAVE LESS TIME
TO SPEND WITH THEM SO DOES SOME
OF THE CHALLENGES INSTRUMENT
THAT I WANT TO PRESENT TO THE.
BOARD THANK YOU FOR GIVING ME AN
OPPORTUNITY THANK YOU THANK YOU.
THIS FEATURE MEMBERS COMMITTEE
CAROL SHORT WITH THE CALIFORNIA
LANDSCAPE AND FAMILY SERVICES.
WE'VE BEEN.
INTIMATELY. PARTNERED WITH THE
DEPARTMENT WITH OUR COUNTY
PARTNERS IMPLEMENTATION OF A OF
CCR AND WE HAVE BEEN HARD CORE
IN TERMS OF SAYING WE'VE GOT TO
MOVE FORWARD WITH GOT A MOVE FOR
WE'VE GOT TO MOVE FORWARD WE
CAN'T DELAY.
I UNDERSTAND AS WE FACE THE
DECEMBER THIRTY FIRST DEADLINE
THAT THERE'S A VERY REAL
POSSIBILITY THAT THERE ARE GOING
TO BE.
YOUTH WHO DON'T HAVE A PLACE TO
GO COME DECEMBER THIRTY FIRST
AND LIKE MR LIKE PORN. MISTER
MECCA WE DO NOT WANT TO SEE KIDS
OUT ON THE STREET. SO IN TERMS
OF A CONTINGENCY PLAN THE EVENT
THAT HAPPENS WE ARE SUPPORTIVE
OF THAT. I'M IN SAYING THAT
THOUGH I WANT TO SAY TO THAT
WOULD PART OF OUR REASON FOR
PRESSING FORWARD WITH THIS IS TO
GET THIS IMPLEMENTED AS QUICKLY
AS POSSIBLE. AS MR CABLE SAID IT
IS REALLY IMPORTANT.
WHAT HAPPENS IS SOME THINGS WE
HAVE TO DO TO MAKE SURE THAT
HAPPENS IS FIRST NOT MAKE IT
EASIER FOR USED TO BE PLACED IN
GROUP HOMES AND IS FOR THEM TO
PLACE NEXT YOUR TEETH? STR
TEEPEES SECONDLY WE NEED TO MAKE
SURE THAT THE APPROVAL PROCESS
FOR US THE RT PIECES STREAMLINED
IN A WAY THAT WE DON'T GIVE UP
QUALITY BUT AT THE SAME TIME WE
MOVE IT.
IT MORE QUICKLY.
WE WANT TO MAKE SURE THAT THE
MENTAL HEALTH PROGRAM APPROVALS
ARE DONE AND THAT THE MENTAL
HEALTH.
CONTRACTS OR OR LET IN A TIMELY
FASHION AND.
IT FOR THOSE TEST YOUR TEEPEES.
AND FINALLY WE'RE REALLY HELP
HAPPY TO CONTINUE HELPING OUR
FAMILY PARTNERS IN TERMS OF THE
RFA PROCESS. AND.
AND AN END AND MAKING SURE THAT
THERE ARE SUFFICIENT INTENSIVE
SERVICES FOSTER CARE FAMILIES
FOR THOSE YOUNG PEOPLE WHO CAN
WHO CAN LIVE IN FAMILIES IN THE
COMMUNITY.
YOU.
GOOD AFTERNOON MY NAME IS
VANESSA HERNANDEZ AND I'M THE
DIRECTOR OF POLICY FOR
CALIFORNIA YOUTH CONNECTION.
I'M ALSO A FORMER MEMBER OF THE
ORGANIZATION I GREW UP IN FOSTER
CARE MYSELF. ENTERED WHEN I WAS
FOUR YEARS OLD AND I EMANCIPATED
WHEN I WAS EIGHTEEN BUT VERY
LITTLE SUPPORT AND FAMILY TO
CALL MY OWN. I'M EVEN AS AN
ADULT I'M STILL NAVIGATING IN
HEALING FROM THE TRAUMA I
EXPERIENCED AS ARE MANY OF MY
UAC MEMBERS. IN MY CURRENT ROLE
I HAVE THE PRIVILEGE OF WORKING
WITH IT WORKING FOR CIAC WHICH
IS A YOUTH LED ORGANIZATION THAT
HELPS YOUNG PEOPLE FIND THEIR
VOICE. I WORK WITH THEM DIRECTLY
TO NOT ONLY FIND THEIR VOICE BUT
ALSO TO ELEVATE THEIR
PERSPECTIVES EXPERIENCES AND
SOLUTIONS INTO THE SPACES.
THIS YEAR WE ARE FOCUSED ON A
FOSTER STABILITY CAMPING HASH
TAG FOSTER STABILITY CAMPING AT
WHICH WILL CREATE A YOUTH
CENTERED PROCESS FOR STABILITY
WITHIN THE CHILD WELFARE SYSTEM.
THIS INCLUDES STABILITY IN
PLACEMENT STABILITY IN WELLNESS
STABILITY IN RELATIONSHIPS
STABILITY IN EDUCATION AND
STABILITY IN ALL ASPECTS OF
THEIR LIVES. SO AS WE REVIEW THE
PROGRESS IN THE DIRECTION OF CCR
AND WE CONSIDER THE DIFFERENT
MOVING PIECES OF THE BUDGET.
HOW WE APPROACH THE CONVERSATION
WITH THE FUNDAMENTAL QUESTION?
WELL THIS EFFORT TRANSFORM THE
CHILD WELFARE SYSTEM AND WILL IT
FOSTER STABILITY AND ALL ASPECT
OF THEIR LIVES.
I HAVE A LEGISLATIVE COMMITTEE
THAT WE PUT OUT AS DECISION
MAKERS OF FOR THE ORGANIZATION.
AND A QUICK SURVEY ELEVEN OF MY
MEMBERS.
TALKED ABOUT THEM MANY
PLACEMENT CHANGES THAT THEY HAD
ENTERED.
ELEVEN OF THEM HAD EXPERIENCE
THIRTY NINE POLICEMEN CHANGES
BETWEEN THEM. THEY SPOKE ABOUT
THE RETIREMENT IS ASIAN.
THE BROKEN TRUST THE BROKEN
RELATIONSHIPS WHILE SOME HAD
EXPERIENCE FIVE TO SEVEN
POLICEMEN CHANGES ONE AS HIGH AS
THIRTEEN ANOTHER ONE HAD
EXPERIENCED ONE AND SHE TALKED
ABOUT HOW SHE LOST EVERYTHING IN
THAT ONE SINGLE PLACEMENT
CHANGE.
WE ARE ENCOURAGED THAT THE TERM
STRAHM INFORMED AND STABILITY
HAVE BEEN INTEGRATED ON MANY OF
THE TOPICS YOU'VE HEARD THIS
MORNING.
IN REGARDS TO THE VISION AND
PROMISE OF CCR WE AGREE THAT
THIS IS GOING TO BE
TRANSFORMATIVE IN THIS SCHOOL
CAN CONTRIBUTE TO THE STABILITY
IN THE LIVES OF FOSTER YOU.
YOU.
US PIECES OF THE REFORM THAT WE
ARE MOST EXCITED ABOUT INCLUDE
THE TOM FAMILY TEAMS AND
AUTHENTICALLY ENGAGE IN FAMILY
AND CHILDREN AND YOUTH AS
PARTNERS AT THE TABLE BUT ALSO
DECISION MAKERS IN THEIR LIVES.
WE'RE ALSO.
.
HOPE FOR THE ONGOING TRAINING
AND SUPPORT FOR RESOURCE PARENTS
WILL TRANSFORM THE SYSTEM AND
CONTRIBUTE TO STABILITY BUT WE
ARE ALSO INTERESTED IN THE
CONVERSATION OF THE PERFORMANCE
MEASURES AND OUTCOMES. AS YOU
SEE OUR CONTINUES TO ROLL OUT.
IN REGARDS TO THE LEVELS OF CARE
TOOL WE'RE CURIOUS ON HOW THE
YOUTH AND FAMILY EXPERIENCE THE
TOOL FOR US IT OCCURS THAT CARE
GIVER ACTIVITIES MAY OR MAY NOT
EQUATE TO LEVELS OF COMMITMENT
SUPPORT. COMFORT AND LOVE WE
WOULD LIKE TO HEAR MORE HELD
HERE MORE ABOUT HOW THE LOC WILL
WORK IN TANDEM WITH THE TWO
OTHER BRAND NEW ASSESSMENTS.
THAT WILL BE ROLLING OUT.
AND WE ASK THAT THIS IS DELAYED
FOR SIXTY DAYS TO CONSIDER HOW
ARE THE THREE DIFFERENT
ASSESSMENTS WORKING IN TANDEM
AND CONTRIBUTE TO EACH OTHER.
IN REGARDS TO THE S. TEAR TP
CONVERSATION OUR MEMBERS FEEL
STRONGLY THAT THEY SHOULD BE
ADDRESSED ON BOTH FRONTS
SUPPORTING YOUNG PEOPLE AS THEY
TRANSITION OUT OF CONGREGATE
CARE BUT ALSO FOLK SCENE. AT OUR
RESOURCES AND ATTENTION ON
LIMITING IN THE ENTRY INTO.
CONGREGATE CARE SYSTEM.
OUR MEMBERS ARE VERY. CLEAR AND
UNDERSTANDABLE THAT THE SYSTEM
IS A FEELING UP SYSTEM AND HOPE
THAT IT WILL CHANGE AND THIS
NEW.
STRUCTURE.
IN CLOSING WE WOULD LIKE TO
CHALLENGE THE DOMINANT NARRATIVE
THAT THERE ARE SOME YOUTH WHO
ARE TOO HARD TO PLEASE EVEN FOR
THESE BRAND NEW AS YOUR TWO PEAS
AND FOR RESOURCE PARENTS. MANY
OF YOU HAVE MET HEARD IN ENGAGE
CIAC MEMBERS DIRECTLY.
AND HAVE EXPERIENCE THAT MY
MEMBERS ARE ABSOLUTELY RESILIENT
THEY'RE PASSIONATE THEY'RE
OPTIMISTIC AND THEIR SURVIVORS
THEY CARE ABOUT MAKING A BETTER.
ALL THEY WANT IS A COMMUNITY AND
PEOPLE IN THEIR CORNER TO
SUPPORT THEM THANK YOU.
THANK YOU FOR MUCH.
ANY OTHER QUESTIONS FROM
COMMITTEE MEMBERS A CEREMONY.
THANK YOU MISTER CHAIR I JUST
WANT TO THANK ALL THE MEMBERS OF
THIS PANEL ON THE PRIOR PANEL.
MISTER DENNIS THANK YOU FOR
SHARING. KNOWING YOUR CURRENT
WORK BUT ALSO HERE.
TRAJECTORY OF OF SUCCESS IN
BEING ABLE TO BE AN ADVOCATE.
COM.
NOT SURE WHO'S BEST EQUIPPED
MAYBE THE DIRECTOR MAY BE ONE OF
YOU AND I APOLOGIZE I MISSED
SOME OF THE TESTIMONY.
BUT THE S. T. R. T. P. PLACEMENT
TEMPORARY BY DEFINITION. IS THAT
THE PREFERRED OPTION BECAUSE OF
THE NEED FOR PARTICULAR CARE OR
IS IT BECAUSE OF A LACK OF
AVAILABLE FOSTER FAMILY.
THANK YOU SENATOR TOM WILL LOOK
FOR IT IS SPECIFIC TO THE NEEDS
OF THE CHILD SO THE PROCESS FOR.
.
FOR COUNTY TO SERVE REQUEST
PLACEMENT IN ON SD RTP AND THEN
FOR IT TO BE APPROVED. REQUIRES
SUDDEN INTERAGENCY PLACEMENT
COMMITTEE. REVIEW AND DECISION
THAT HAS TO SORT OF BE A SENTRY
CLINICALLYCONSIDERED NECESSARY.
ALL ITS SHORT TERM BECAUSE.
FIRST WE. WE HOPE THAT THE
THERAPY INVOLVED.
CAN BE.
FULFILLED IN A SHORT TERM WAY
AND CERTAINLY WE DON'T WANT TO.
FOSTER CARE DRAFT IN THE
PLACEMENT ON IF THERE ISN'T A
HARD TIME LIMIT ON WHAT THAT
MEANS WHAT WE DO REQUIRE. IS
THAT.
FIRST WHEN A CHILD IS ENTERING A
NASTY RTP THAT THERE BE A
DEVELOPED STEP DOWN PLAN.
DO THE.
AT THE TIME THAT THE CHILD IS
ENTERING. THE HIGH LEVEL CARE.
WE REQUIRE THAT IF THE PLACEMENT
CONTINUES BEYOND SIX MONTHS
THAT'D HAVE DIRECTOR OR DEPUTY
DIRECTOR REVIEW AT THE COUNTY
LEVEL. SO THAT THERE'S A CLEAR
ASSESSMENT THAT. IS A CLINICAL
NEED TO CONTINUE TO PLACE THE
TREATMENT PLACEMENT BEYOND THAT
POINT. AND THE EXPECTATION OF
COURSE IS THAT ON THOSE THAT DO
GO BEYOND SIX MONTHS.
HOPEFULLY IT IS A REAL YOU KNOW
SHORTENING TRAJECTORY PAST THAT
BUT AT THE SAME TIME. THERE IS
SORT OF A KNOWLEDGE MEANT THAT
THERE THERE CAN BE. ENDEARING
NEEDS AND AND TREATMENT ISSUES
THAT THAT MAY RUN LONGER AND WE
DON'T CATEGORICALLY FOR A BIT.
SO WITH ANY GIVEN CHILD AS CAN
BE BASED ON THAT CHILD'S NEEDS.
BUT IT'S FAIR TO SAY THE. THE
GOAL IS THAT IN THE SHORT TERM
WITH. THE MATRICULATION BEING TO
A PLACEMENT WITH A FOSTER FAMILY
IF NOT REUNIFICATION WITH THE
FAMILY OF ORIGIN.
THANK YOU.
DO YOU WANT TO ADD TO THAT
MYSTERON IF I COULD HAVE. A LOT
OF THIS WAS PRESAGED BY OUR WORK
IN THE RESIDENTIALLY BASED
SERVICES REFORM RBS REFORM. AND
WHAT I WOULD SAY IN ADDITION TO
WHAT DIRECTOR LIKE PORN SAID IS
THAT THE WHOLE POINT IS THAT THE
U. YOU'RE PLANNING FOR THAT USED
TO RETURN TO THE COMMUNITY
BEFORE THE DAY BEFORE THEY
ACTUALLY HAVE THE S. TO YOUR TV.
AND THE WHOLE PROGRAM AROUND IN
THE STR TT IS GEARED TO THE
INDIVIDUAL NEEDS OF THE YOUTH IN
THE EFFORT TO RETURN THAT YOUNG
PERSON THE COMMUNITY AND PREPARE
THE YOUNG PERSON TO THE
COMMUNITY FOR THAT YOUNG PERSONS
RETURN. THANK YOU THANK YOU
MISTER CHAIR.
THANK YOU. US SO WITH THAT I
DON'T THINK ALL THE PANELISTS
FOR YOUR PRESENTATIONS THANK YOU
VERY MUCH.
WHAT WE'RE GOING TO DO NOW IS
THERE ARE SIX?
THIS I GUESS PROPOSALS FOR.
.
AT SIX AM TO FALLS ALSO GO FOR A
LITTLE MUSICAL CHAIRS SOUL DO IS
AND I'LL CALL UP PEOPLE AND.
ASK THAT FOR EACH PROPOSAL
TOTAL THREE MINUTES AND THEN
WHAT HAPPENS AFTER WE GO THROUGH
THE SIX PROPOSALS WILL TAKE
PUBLIC COMMENT OVERALL ON.
THE WHOLE CCR.
BUT I THINK SO WOLF STUFF FIRST
UP.
AMERICA AND OUR CABLE.
SO HE CAN.
COME BACK TO YOU CAN COME BACK
HERE MISTER CABLE. IN THE.
RIGHT.
YEAH.
OKAY I GUESS IT'S NOT ALL RIGHT.
AND THEN YOU DON'T HAVE TO USE
ALL THREE MINUTES THE. FUTURE
I'M GOING TO YIELD TWO MINUTES
AND THIRTY SECONDS BACK TO YOU
FOR GOING OVER EARLIER.
.
THE FIRST ITEM OR BASICALLY IT'S
A PACKAGE OF THREE COM BUDGET
REQUESTS ONE FOR ONE TIME MONEY.
TO WORK THROUGH THE RFA BACKLOG
AND THE OTHER TWO ITEMS ARE THE
WORKLOAD ASSOCIATED WITH THE
LEVEL OF CARE ASSESSMENT IN THE
KANSAS MEANT. WHICH THE
ADMINISTRATION'S TECHNOLOGIES
NEW WORKLOAD AND THEY'RE WORKING
WITH US FOR THE MAY REVISION. I
JUST POINT OUT THAT FOR THE
LEVEL OF CARE ASSESSMENT. THERE
IS NO REAL RATE ASSESSMENT
REQUIRED UNDER PRIOR LIGHTS
JUSTIN AGE BASED RATES OF IT IS
NEW WORKLOAD UMBILICAL CORD TO
WORKING. WITH THE ADMINISTRATION
FOR THE MAYOR VERSION.
THANK.
FINANCE.
JUST THE GREATEST PART OF
FINANCE THEM AT THIS TIME
MINISTRATIONS NOT SUPPORT HIS
PROPOSAL.
AS IT IS BEEN DISCUSSED.
WE ARE WORKING WITH COUNTIES IN
THE DEPARTMENT TO ADDRESS. THE
BACKLOG AND LOOK AT WHAT
RESOURCES WE NECESSARY TO
ADDRESS THAT THEM INCLUDING THE
MAYOR VISION.
THANK YOU ALL RIGHT NEXT UP FOR
THE NEXT PROPOSALS CONTINUED
FOSTER PARENT RETENTION
RECRUITMENT SUPPORT FUNDING GENE
REX ROAD EXECUTORS CALIFORNIA
ALLIANCE CARE GIVERS. AND CHOICE
HAMRICK INCIDENT ACCOUNTING.
HE'S COME UP.
ACTUALLY IT BEFORE IT KEEPS
COMING UP AND YOU HAVE ANY
QUESTIONS PLEASE.
THAT'S RIGHT IN SEARCH OF THE
REAL THAT OKAY.
OF AGAIN. PLEASE IF YOU CAN.
PRESENT WITHIN AND THE THREE
MINUTE TIME PERIOD OR LESS.
WELCOME.
OKAY.
THAT'S FINE MY NAME IS JOYCE
CAMERA CHIMEI MERGING TO FOSTER
PARENT IN CINEMA COUNTY.
I DON'T.
GENEREX ROAD I'M A FOSTER PARENT
AND ON. THE EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR
OF CALIFORNIA LIGHTS OF CARE
GIVERS. SO WE CAN GO AHEAD
PRESENT YEAH.
ON THE PROGRAMS AT THE FAVORS
MONEY SUPPORTS ARE CRUCIAL TO
RECRUITING AND RETENTION QUALITY
CARE GIVERS FAR DESERVING
CHILDREN.
PLEASE CONTINUE CURRENT PEPPERS
FUNDING AMOUNTS AS THEY ARE
THERE'VE ALWAYS BEEN RECRUITMENT
RETENTION PROBLEMS THROUGHOUT
THE STATE. WITH THE
IMPLEMENTATION OF THE US OF CC
ARE. THE NEED HAS GROWN HAS
BECOME NECESSARY TO IDENTIFY
RESOURCE FAMILIES AND
NONTRADITIONAL WAYS PART OF OUR
FAVORITE SPENDING HAS GONE.
TOWARDS A NEW.
TARGETED RECRUITMENT MATERIALS.
IN SOME COUNTIES STAKEHOLDER
INPUT IS CRUCIAL IN BUILDING
PROGRAMS TO SUPPORT OUR CURRENT
HOMES. AND IMPROVE RECRUITMENT
IDEAS CAME OUT OF Q. PI SURVEYS
SUGGESTIONS AND MENTORING WORK
GROUPS. OUT OF THE SERVICE MANY
THINGS HAPPEN INITIALLY A CARE
GIVER SUPPORT UNIT WAS CREATED
IN A SOCIAL WORKER WAS HIRED TO
SUPERVISE THE UNIT WHICH
OVERSEES OUR MENTORING PROGRAM.
AND SUPPORTS RECRUITMENT
RETENTION EFFORTS AN EMERGENCY
FUND WAS IDENTIFIED TO
ESTABLISH.
TO HELP WITH UNUSUAL
CIRCUMSTANCES SUCH AS A HOME
THAT HAD TO BE ERADICATED OF
MITES THAT CAME IN WITH CHILDREN
PLACED IN THEIR HOMES.
TO EXPECT A FOSTER PARENT AND
FAMILY TO ABSORB THOSE COSTS IS
WE CAN'T DO IT SO THESE FUNDS
WERE USED FOR PART OF THAT ALSO.
A FAN OF FAMILY FINDING
COLLABORATIVE WAS SET UP. ALL
COUNTY APPROACH TO RECRUITMENT
WE SHARE TRAINING PROGRAMS BRING
THE COUNTY TOGETHER WITH THE
FIFTH PHASE KINSHIP.
.
AND LONG TERM FOSTER CARE.
I'M.
IN SOME ACCOUNTING WERE
EXTREMELY I'M PLEASED WITH THE
SUCCESS OF OUR MENTORING PROGRAM
THESE FUNDS CAME OUT OF THE
FIBERS. MONEY.
I'M JUST A FEW OF THE IDEAS FOR
YOU THAT SHOW THAT SUCCESS FOR
THESE PROGRAMS WAS AVOIDING
UNUSUAL CIRCUMSTANCE
CONSEQUENCES WITH LICENSING.
THAT A MENTOR WHO IS TRAINED AND
PLACED MATCHED WITH FAMILIES
UPON APPROVAL. THEY CAN TALK
THEM THROUGH.
WHAT OTHERWISE COULD ESCALATE TO
A LICENSING ISSUE?
DAY HAVE BEEN INSTRUMENTAL IN
RETAINING FAMILIES THAT WANT TO
GIVE UP WHEN A CHILD IS PLACED
OUT OF THEIR HOME. WHICH THEY
WILL WERE HOPING TO KEEP WAS
REUNIFIED THEY SUPPORT PARENTS
WITH FOSTER PARENTS ADAM WORKING
WITH BIOLOGICAL FAMILIES AS OUR.
INTENT IS ALL ALWAYS
REUNIFICATION IT'S NOT ALWAYS
EASY. THE MENTORING PROGRAM.
HELP SUPPORT FAMILIES WHEN THE
UNUSUAL CIRCUMSTANCES THE
CHILDREN IN THE HOME PLACE IN
HOSPITALS. ARE MENTORS STATED
THAT THE DAY TO DAY AVAILABILITY
OF HAVING SOMEONE A CALL OR TEXT
AWAY IS EXTREMELY VALUABLE
HAVING SOMEONE HELP AFTER HOURS
AND DURING EMERGENCIES TO
WALKING THROUGH. THAT SOCIAL
WORKER PERSPECTIVE IS THAT ONLY
ANOTHER FOSTER PARENT CAN TRULY
UNDERSTAND WHAT IT'S LIKE TO BE
A CARE GIVER. THEY DON'T HAVE
ENOUGH MENTORS THERE ASKED EVERY
DAY IF WE CAN.
APPOINT A MENTOR BUT AT THIS
TIME WE DON'T HAVE THE FUNDING
OUR CAPACITY TO EXPAND THE
PROGRAM STALL CARE GIVERS. OTHER
COUNTIES IS ONE STOP LICENSING
FAR FAA WHICH IS HELP THEY'VE
USED THE FINDINGS FOR FOSTER
PARENT LIAISON. ARM.
THE STATE IS ASKING RESOURCE
FAMILIES TO BE FLEXIBLE UP IN
FRIGHT. I'M TO BE OPEN TO TAKING
CHILDREN THEY MAY NOT HAVE
CONSIDERED BEFORE IF FAMILIES
ARE ASKED TO DO THIS THEY HAVE
TO HAVE THE SUPPORT TO DO IT
WITH AND MENTORING PROGRAM IS A
HUGE WAY TO DO IT. BOMB.
I'M HAPPY TO BE PART OF THIS
COALITION SUPPORT.
FOR FOSTER PARENTS SUPPORT IN
CALIFORNIA THANK YOU AND FRASER
PARTNER TOOK UP ALL THE TIME YOU
WANT TO SAY ONE SENTENCE.
I THINK JUST THE KEY POINTS ARE
THAT WE STILL HAVE WORK TO DO TO
RECRUIT AND RETAIN FOSTER
FAMILIES AND WE HAVE GREAT
LESSONS LEARNED FROM THE FIRST
THREE. YEARS OF THIS PROGRAM AND
WE DEFINITELY WANT TO CONTINUE
THAT WORK. THANK YOU THANK YOU
ADD COMMENTS FROM THE FARM
SOCIAL SERVICES NO WAY OUT.
FINANCE.
JUST REDUCE FINANCE THAT SAME
THE MINISTRATIONS ON SUPPORT OF
THIS PROPOSAL. AND TO THE EXTENT
THAT SAID THIS IS A PARTY FOR
THE LEGISLATURE RABBANI
CONTINUE.
BY TECHNICAL ASSISTANCE WITH
BEFORE OKAY THANK YOU QUESTIONS
COMMITTEE MEMBERS ALRIGHT THANK
YOU VERY MUCH FOR YOUR
PRESENTATION. AND ACCEPT A
FAMILY URGENT RESPONSE SYSTEM
SUZANNE ACT DEFEND FROM.
CHILDREN NOW AND FRANK MECCA
FROM C. WA.
THEY SHOULD JUST SIT CLOSER TO
THE FRONT.
GO.
YEAH.
THANK YOU MISTER CHAIR FRANK
MAKE A CD DA I'M HERE ON BEHALF
OF OVER FIVE HUNDRED
ORGANIZATIONS HAVE SIGNED ON.
URGE THE LEGISLATURE TO ADOPT
THE FAMILY RESPONSE TO SOME
PROPOSAL. CEASAR ENVISION THAT
ALL FOSTER YOUTH IN THE CARE
GIVERS AND ACCESS TO MEDIATE AN
APPROPRIATE SUPPORTS AND
SERVICES REGARDLESS OF THEIR
SETTING. UNFORTUNATELY CCR
DIDN'T CREATE THE STRUCTURE TO
MEET THE URGENT NEEDS OF YOUTH
IN THEIR CARE GIVERS. WHEN
CIRCUMSTANCES ARRIVE TO
CONSTRUCT THE RELATIONSHIP TO
THE POINT RAP PLACEMENT
DISRUPTION MIGHT OCCUR OR A CALL
TO LAW ENFORCEMENT WITH ALL THE
ATTENDANT RE TRAUMA TO STATION.
THAT HAPPENS IN THOSE
CIRCUMSTANCES THAT.
FAMILY OR TO RESPONSES TO MY
PROVIDE TWENTY FOUR SEVEN
IMMEDIATE RESPONSE FOR CURRENT
AND FORMER FOSTER YOUTH AND
THEIR FAMILIES BE PROVIDED BY
INDIVIDUALS WERE SPECIALLY
TRAINED TO PROVIDE TROM
INFORMED.
SUPPORTING CRISIS INTERVENTION
THE GATEWAY TO THAT.
TWENTY FOUR SEVEN SYSTEM WOULD
BE AT A STATE LEVEL HOTLINE. TO
RESPOND FOR CALLS FOR ASSISTANCE
IN A WARM HAND OFF THE COUNTY
BASED MOBILE RESPONSE TEAMS. TO
PROVIDE IN PERSON DE ESCALATION
TO SUPPORT THE YOUTH IN THE CARE
GIVER. ONCE THE RESPONSES MADE
THE TEAM WITHIN LINK THE YOUTH
AND FAMILY TO THE EXISTING
CONTINUE AND SERVICES.
* IN AN INFORMAL TALK A
LITTLE BIT MORE AND I'D LIKE TO
ACKNOWLEDGE B HDA WAS ALSO CO
SPONSORING THE PROPOSAL.
VERY QUICKLY I JUST WANT TO ADD
THAT THE OVERWHELMING SUPPORT
YOU'VE SEEN THIS LIKE FRANK
MENTIONED OVER FIVE HUNDRED
ORGANIZATIONS IS BECAUSE THIS
ANSWERS ALMOST ALL THE QUESTIONS
YOU'VE POSED HERE ALREADY TODAY.
HOW DO WE ENSURE YOU DON'T FAIL
UP HOW DO WE STOP
INAPPROPRIATELY USING LAW
ENFORCEMENT IN CRIMINALIZING
CHILDREN WHO ARE JUST
EXPRESSING-THEIR TRAUMA? HOW DO
WE MAKE
SURE THAT WE'RE SUPPORTING
CAREGIVERS IN VERY REAL WAY AT
THE VERY MOMENT THEY NEED THAT
HELP HAVING A TWENTY FOUR HOUR
HOTLINE AND MOBILE RESPONSE UNIT
WHEN IT'S NEEDED? IS THE ANSWER
TO ALL OF THESE QUESTIONS AND
IT'S A VERY SIMPLE YET ELEGANT A
RESPONSE WE ASK FOR YOUR
SUPPORT.
OKAY THANK YOU.
AND COMING FROM SOCIAL SERVICES
NOW BELIAU. FINANCE.
THE SERRATUS DEPARTMENT OF
FINANCE AT TIME GETTING THROUGH
ON THE ADMINISTRATION ON
SUPPORTERS PROPOSAL AND TO THE
EXTENT THAT THE LEGISLATURE
DECIDES IT'S A PARTY WERE HAPPY
TO PROVIDE TECHNICAL ASSISTANCE.
THANK YOU. ALL RIGHT QUESTIONS
COMMITTEE MEMBERS.
SEEING NONE ALL RIGHT US THE.
NEXT UP WE HAVE.
NANCY TOURISTS FROM LA COUNTY
ANTI SHORTS FROM ALLIANCE FOR
CHILDREN'S RIGHTS.
WELCOME.
THREE MINUTES BETWEEN BOTH OF
YOU ONE.
HI MY NAME IS NANCY TOWARDS
ANIMAL FOSTER PARENT FROM LA
COUNTY.
FOR TWELVE.
I WANT TO BEGIN MY REMARKS BY
THANK YOU LEGISLATOR FOR
RECOGNIZING THE IMMEDIATE NEED
FOR INTERIM SOLUTION TO PROVIDE
FUNDING AT THE TIME OF
PLACEMENT.
TO AB ONE TEN I KNOW FIRST HAND
HOW CRITICAL FUNDING SUPPORTS
AND SERVICES. MARCH CARE FOR
CHILDREN IN FOSTER CARE ON JUNE
EIGHTH TWENTY SEVENTEEN I BECAME
A FOSTER PARENT. WHEN I TOOK
EMERGENCY PLACEMENT OF MY NEPHEW
DIRECTLY FROM JUVENILE HALL.
BECAUSE IT WAS AN EMERGENCY CAME
TO ME WITH ABSOLUTELY NOTHING
NOT EVEN SHOES. SINCE THEN I
HAVE COMPLETED EVERYTHING
REQUESTED BY OUR FAA INCLUDING
ASK ME ROOMMATE TO MOVE OUT
WHICH LEFT ME WITH FIFTY FIFTY
PERCENT OF MY BILLS AND RENT.
UNACCOUNTED FOR.
.
THEY ARE IF THE CASE IS STILL
NOT APPROVED. OF I STILL HAVE NO
FUNDING AND JUST LAST WEEK I
RECEIVED AN EMAIL SAYING THEY
HAVE FORGOTTEN TO GIVE ME A
COUPLE OF FORMS TO SIGN. WHICH
WILL TAKE ANOTHER COUPLE OF
WEEKS TO GET BACK.
I FURTHER MORE ICE DIDN'T GET
EMERGENCY STIPENDS UNTIL LATE
OCTOBER. AT STILL NO COWARDS
NOTHING I HAD NO INFORMATION
ABOUT THE ALTERNATIVE THEY HAD
OPENED TO A COUPLE OF MONTHS AGO
THROUGH ANOTHER OUR FATE PARENT.
HE TOLD ME ABOUT THE NON NEEDY
CAL WORKS WHICH I NOW RECEIVE
BUT NOT GETTING FUNDING AT THE
TIME OF PLACEMENT HAS BEEN A
FINANCIAL BURDEN FOR ME. A BUT
I'M FORTUNATE ENOUGH TO HAVE
FAMILY AND FRIENDS TO BORROW
MONEY FROM SO I CAN GET BY. BUT
HAS TAKEN THE BIGGERTOLL ON HIM
THAN IT IS ON ME. HE FEELS
HUMILIATED BY THE FACT THAT WE
PRACTICALLY HAVE TO BEG FOR
FUNDS TO COME IN TO PAY FOR WHAT
HE NEEDS.
.
HE SAYS THAT HE'D RATHER GO
WITHOUT THEM TO SEE ME KEEP
BEGGING FOR THE FUNDS THAT. WE
SHOULD BE RECEIVING.
HE HAS BEEN IN FOSTER CARE SINCE
HE'S THREE YEARS OLD AND IT IS
UNTIL NOW THAT HE FEELS THAT
HE'S FINALLY HOME.
BUT HE IS TERRIFIED THAT I MIGHT
BE ABLE TO MAKE FRIENDS AND THAT
HE WILL BE TAKEN WE'VE SEEN IT
HAPPEN TIME AND TIME AGAIN.
BY PROVIDING FINANCIAL HELP FROM
DAY ONE OF PLACEMENT NOT ONLY
DOES IT PROVIDE STABILITY. BUT
ALSO A THRIVING IN A THRIVING
HOME FOR CHILDREN AS WELL OF
RELATIVES COMPLETING OUR FAA. AB
ONE TEN TOOK EFFECT RIGHT AWAY
TO PROVIDE FAMILY STILL WORKING
THROUGH THE RESOURCE FAMILY
APPROVAL PROCESS. OF ACCESS
FUNDING THROUGH JUNE THIRTIETH A
THANK YOU FOR TAKING THE ACTION
TO HELP THE THOUSANDS OF FAMILY
LIKE MINE ARE FACING FINANCIAL
CRISIS. AND WE'RE TRYING TO HOLD
OUR FAMILIES TOGETHER.
I GREATLY APPRECIATE THE
COMMITMENT TO A LONG TERM
SOLUTION AND I RESPECTFULLY ASK
THAT THE LONG TERM SOLUTION.
ENSURES THAT THERE IS NO GAP IN
FUNDING.
WHEN ASSEMBLY BILL ONE TEN
EXPIRES THE NEW LONG TERM
SOLUTION BEGINS. UP. I THANK YOU
VERY MUCH FOR YOUR TIME AS THESE
WILL BENEFIT MANY MANY HUNDREDS
OF KIDS LIKE MY OWN.
I'M REALLY HERE ON THE NEXT
PROPOSAL JUST HERE IN SUPPORT OF
THIS PROPOSAL AND END OF NANCY.
ANY GOT UNDER THREE MINUTES VERY
GOOD.
BY NOW WE'VE TALKED ABOUT SOME
OF THESE ISSUES BUT ADDS THAT
BACK RIGHT AND I THINK AS WE
SAID IN THE AND AS THE COURT HAS
MADE ON. THIS ROUTE REALLY WAS
AN UNANTICIPATED SITUATION ON WE
APPRECIATE THE LEGISLATURE'S
INTERIM SOLUTION WE ARE WORKING
WITH ALL PARTIES ON THE LONG
TERM SOLUTION FOR THEM A
REVISION.
THANK YOU ELIA THANKS FINANCE
COMMENTS NOW OKAY QUESTIONS
COMMITTEE MEMBERS AND THE YOU
HEARD THE TESTIMONY YOU KNOW WE
ARE WE FIRST AT THE SHORT TERM
WE DEFINITELY WANT TO BE SURE
THERE'S A LONG TERM PEACE AND
THE UP. AND THE MAY REVISE AND
CERTAINLY LOOKING FORWARD TO THE
GOVERNOR'S PROPOSAL AND OF
COURSE THAT'S SOMETHING I THINK.
WE WANT TO SEE AS WELL SO. THANK
YOU OKAY SO YOU COULD STAY UP
HERE OKAY SO WE HAVE A PROPOSAL
NUMBER FIVE WHICH IS THE DELAY
AND THE LSE IMPLEMENTATION.
ONE OF THE GOALS OF THE
CONTINUUM OF CARE REFORM IS TO
MEET THE NEEDS OF CHILDREN IN
THEIR FIRST PLACEMENT SO THAT
THEY DON'T HAVE TO MOVE HOMES IN
ORDER TO RECEIVE APPROPRIATE
FUNDING. TO ACHIEVE THIS GOAL
THE LEGISLATURE AND
ADMINISTRATION HAVE DONE
IMPORTANT THINGS TO FIX OUR
PREVIOUSLY BROKEN RIGHT SYSTEM
LIKE MAKES OUR RELATIVES RECEIVE
THE SAME SUPPORT AS OUR NON
RELATIVES. AND APPROVE THE
ADOPTION OF A TIERED RATE WHAT
YOU'VE HEARD IS IN DEVELOPMENT
RIGHT NOW AND TO BE CLEAR WE
FULLY SUPPORT THE CREATION OF
THAT TIERED RATE. THE PROBLEM IS
THE PROTOCOL THAT'S BEEN
DEVELOPED TO DETERMINE THE
CHILD'S TEAR HAS NEVER BEEN
PILOTED OR STUDIED TO DETRMINE
ITS ACCURACY AND YET THE
DEPARTMENT IS PUSHING FORWARD
WITH IMPLEMENTING IT STATE WIDE
ON MAY FIRST. THE ONLY THING WE
KNOW FROM A LIMITED STUDY BUT
JUST DETERMINE THE DISTRIBUTION
OF THE YOUTH AMONG THE DIFFERENT
LEVELS IS THAT ONLY ONE PERCENT
OF YOUTH SCORED AND LEVEL FOR
THE HIGHEST OF THE BASIC RATES.
WE DON'T KNOW IF IT WAS THE
RIGHT ONE PERCENT OF YOUTH WE
DON'T KNOW IF MORE THAN ONE
PERCENT OF SCORED THERE WE DON'T
KNOW WHETHER OR NOT THE YOUTH
THAT WE EXPECT TO STEP DOWN FROM
GROUP HOMES SCORE INTO THE
HIGHER LEVELS. WE DON'T KNOW IF
THE TOOL ACTUALLY COMMODIFIED
CHILDREN TO USE THE DIRECTOR'S
WORD BECAUSE IT TIES THE RATE TO
THINGS LIKE PROVIDING THE CHILD
WITH MORE MEDICATION AND MORE
THERAPY IN ORDER TO GET THAT
HIGHER LEVEL OF CARE. WE DON'T
KNOW THESE THINGS BECAUSE WE
HAVEN'T STUDIED IT THERE HAS
BEEN NO ACTUAL STUDY OF THE
TOOL.
ALTHOUGH I WOULD AGREE THAT IT
WOULD BE IMPOSSIBLE THROUGH A
PILOT TO ACCOUNT FOR EVERYTHING
YOU'D WANT TO ACCOUNT FOR THAT'S
NOT AN EXCUSE TO HAVE NOT DONE
THAT DUE DILIGENCE AT ALL
WHATSOEVER. WE CAN ANSWER SOME
OF THE QUESTIONS THAT I JUST
POST AND ANY RESPONSIBLE AGENCY
SHOULD WANT TO KNOW THE ANSWERS
TO THOSE QUESTIONS BEFORE
ROLLING THIS OUT STATEWIDE.
BEYOND THE ACCURACY OF THE TOOL
WERE CONCERNED ABOUT ITS
RELIABILITY A LIMITED STUDIES
CLASS SUMMER. REVEALED THAT THE
CHURCH THE SAME CHILD WAS SCORED
BY TWO DIFFERENT WORKERS AND
THEY GOT A DIFFERENT RESULT
FORTY SIX PERCENT OF THE TIME.
AS WAS NOTED RELIED ON THE
COUNTY
SPECIALIZED CARE SYSTEMS TO DO
THAT AND THE DEPARTMENT AGREES
THAT WE STILL NEED COUNTY
SPECIALIZED CARE SYSTEMS UNDER
THIS NEW SYSTEM. AND THEY ALSO
ARE REQUIRING COUNTIES TO CHANGE
THEIR SPECIALIZED CARE SYSTEMS
IN ORDER TO CONFORM WITH THE NEW
LEVEL OF CARE. BUT THE GUIDANCE
TO COUNTIES ON HOW TO MAKE THOSE
CONFORMING CHANGES IS NOT YET
AVAILABLE AND IT WON'T BE
AVAILABLE IN TIME FOR COUNTIES
TO MAKE THOSE CHANGES TRAIN
STAFF AND IMPLEMENT THEIR NEW
RATES BEFORE MAY FIRST.
THE WAY TO DO NO HARM TO
FAMILIES IS TO DELAY
IMPLEMENTATION AND STUDY THE
TOOL.
OUR CALLS TO ENSURE THAT
FAMILIES LIKE NANCY WHO JUST
SPOKE WERE FUNDED AT THE TIME OF
PLACEMENT WENT UNADDRESSED PRIOR
TO ROLLING OUT OUR IF A
STATEWIDE AND THOUSANDS OF
FAMILY SUFFERED WE DO NOT NEED
TO MAKE THAT SAME MISTAKE HERE
AGAIN. WE ASK THAT THE
LEGISLATURE REQUIRE THE
DEPARTMENT TO DELAY
IMPLEMENTATION OF THE PROTOCOL
INTEL CAN BE VALIDATED AND
STUDIED AND COUNTIES HAVE THE
CHANCE TO MAKE THOSE CHANGES
THANK YOU FOR YOUR
CONSIDERATION.
THANK YOU. COMMENTS FROM THE
PART OF SOCIAL SERVICES.
THROUGH THE CHAIR I MEAN I I I
DON'T DON'T WANT TO GO BACK AND
FORTH DEBATE ON THE THE.
AS AS I SAID IN THE ORIGINAL
PRESENTATION OF THE COUNTIES
SORT OF STARTED MARCH ONE DOING
NEW ENTRIES TO FFA CARE WE
ANTICIPATE SOME COUNTIES WILL
START MAY ONE. DOING ENTRIES TO.
.
JOHN F. OF A CARE ON TO.
COUNTY LICENSED HOME CARE. OF WE
WILL BE WATCH. WITH IT WILL BE.
MY COMMITMENT IS TO BE A VERY
NUANCED LAUNCH IF WE'RE SEEING
ANY INFORMATION COMING BACK THAT
IS. INDICATIVE OF EITHER
RELIABILITY PROBLEMS OR
SOMETHING THAT LOOKS LIKE A
VALIDITY PROBLEM. ON. WE WILL BE
THE FIRST ONES TO START
MODIFYING. THE.
THE.
REGARDING THE DISTRIBUTION ON A
ON A LEVEL OF TEARS.
POINT OUT I WOULD LIKE JUST A.
MAKE IS THAT IN CREATING THE
TEARS.
LEVEL ONE.
HIS WHAT WE ASSUME WE ASSUME
THAT ALMOST ALL CHILDREN COMING
INTO CARE TRAUMATIZED LEVEL ONE
IS SUPPOSED TO ADDRESS THAT.
SO WE'RE GOING UP FROM THERE
IT'S NOT THAT IT'S A CHILD WHO
HAS SUFFERED MISTREATMENT AT
SEVERAL.
ONE WOULD ASSUME WOULD COMING UP
LEVEL FOR THAT THAT'S NOT THE.
AND ASSUMPTION IN THAT THEN IT
SCORED BY A.
A SERIES OF DOES THIS SITUATION
PERCENT OF THAT SITUATION
PRESENT IS THAT WE ARE AWARE.
THAT THERE CAN BE A.
PRESENTATION OF A SITUATION THAT
IS SO OFF THE SCALE THAT IT
MIGHT DISTORT WHAT THE LOC IS
LOOKING AT AND THAT'S WHY.
THESE WILL BE CONTINUING TO USE
THE SPECIALIZED CARE INCREMENTS
WE ARE EXPECTING THAT THEY WILL
CONTINUE THEIR SPECIALIZED CARE
INCREMENTS AS HE IS. UNTIL THEY
HAVE REVISED THEIR. TOOLS
APPROACH FOR IT. AND BECAUSE
THIS IS ONLY ADDRESSING.
CHILDREN COMING NEWLY INTO
ASSESSMENT.
THOSE FAMILIES FORUM SPECIALIZED
CARE INCREMENTS IS CURRENTLY
APPROVED ON UNAFFECTED DOES
CONTINUE. PUMP AND. IN ADDITION
THEY NOW ARE AT THE LOC ONE
WHICH IS WHERE THE OLD AGE BASED
RIGHT SO I I I I DON'T WANT TO
PRETEND THAT IT'S NOT POSSIBLE.
NOT WE'RE GOING TO FIND SOME
EXTRAORDINARY OUTLYING SITUATION
WHEN I CAN COMMIT IS THAT WE
WILL BE WATCHING IT LIKE A HAWK
AND WHEN WE SEE IT. IF THE
ADVOCATES DON'T BRING IT THROUGH
THE BEARING SYSTEM WE'LL BE
TAKING IT ON THE. ON.
GO BACK AND DO THIS ONE AGAIN.
THE.
THE COMPARISON TO RFA
IMPLEMENTATION IS.
TROUBLESOME IN THIS RESPECT WE
PILOTED RV FOR YOUR IN FOUR
COUNTIES. AND IT LOOKED GOOD.
AND THEN IT TURNED OUT WHEN IT
GOT INTO THE.
MASS PRODUCTION PARTLY BECAUSE
COUNTY TO DOING OTHER THINGS AT
THE SAME TIME. ON IT IT BECAME
MORE COMPLICATED SO.
I YOU KNOW I SOMETIMES I WISH I
HAD YEARS TO.
PERFECT GET OUT TO THE EIGHT
DECIMAL PLACE ON THIS THIS I
THINK IS SOMETHING WE HAVE TO DO
WITH THE ABSOLUTE COMMITMENT TO
BE. COMPLETELY NUANCED LISTENING
TO EVERYTHING THAT'S COMING BACK
AND THEN. ON COURSE CURTAINS
THE.
AGENDA SAID FROM STOPPED COURSE
CORRECT IN REAL TIME.
I. ANY COLLEGE MALAYO.
THIS.
TOM WE DO NOTE THAT THE
STAKEHOLDER CONCERNS IN OUR
ASSESSMENT OF THIS WE HAVEN'T
CONDUCTED A FULL ANALYSIS OF
WHETHER OR NOT THIS LOC
ASSESSMENT TOOL I SHOULD BE
IMPLEMENTED OR NOT BUT WE DO
HOPE THAT.
RICK GOOD ROBUST INFORMATION IS
PROVIDED TO THE LEGISLATURE ON
HOW THE IMPLEMENTATION IS GOING
AT THE FAA IS.
PRIOR TO STATEWIDE
IMPLEMENTATION OF THE TOOL.
FINANCE.
HERMAN FINANCE JUSTIN NONE AT
THIS TIME THE MINISTRATIONS ON
SUPPORTERS PROPOSAL.
WE WE'RE DEFINITELY AGREEMENT
WITH DIRECTOR LIKE BORN ON HIS
COMMENTS ON THE EL SUPER CALL.
THEM AND WOULD LIKE TO NOTE THAT
THE ADMINISTRATION HAS NOT HEARD
AND I CONVERSATIONS WITH. A
STAKE HOLDERS ON THIS AND AND
HAS ALREADY DELAYED THE LEVEL OF
CARE IMPLEMENTATION TWICE. ARMS
SO AGAIN JUST. WHERE WE'RE IN
SUPPORT OF A DIRECTOR LIKE BORN
IN HIS HIS TEAMS ARE
RECOMMENDATIONS?
SO I JUST.
THE ONE THE POINT THAT WAS MADE
WAS THAT AND YOU TESTIFIED THAT
THERE WAS GOING TO DO A STUDY
YOU SEE IT WAS GOING TO STUDY ON
THE RELIABILITY OF THE LEAST
TRYING TO FIGURE OUT WHICH TEAR
PEOPLE FALL INTO. AND THE
TESTIFIED THAT THAT STUDY
RESULTS WASN'T GOING TO HAPPEN
UNTIL. UNTIL AFTER MAY FIRST
UNIT ALSO MENTIONED THAT COURSE
OF YOUR KIND OF SAID THE NEW
WHAT'S WAY ROLLOUTS OF CAN YOU
JUST ELABORATE. A LITTLE MORE
ABOUT THE ROLLOUT OF LOC AND HOW
THAT CORRESPONDS WITH THE STUDY
THAT YOU'RE HAVING DONE BY UC
DAVIS TO LOOK AT THE. GENERATOR
RELIABILITY.
YES ARM AND I MAY NEED MR ROSE
WHO'S BEEN DOING A LOT OF THE
ARM IMMEDIATE WORK ON IT. ON THE
BOOK.
AGREEMENT WITH UC DAVIS IS THAT
WE WOULD WITH SEVERAL COUNTIES
WHO WOULD SORT OF BE THE. ARM BE
SUPPLYING CASES FOR REVIEW THAT
WE WANT TO LOOK AT EIGHTY CASES.
EIGHT EIGHTY LOC.
RATINGS FROM FFA IMPLEMENTATION
ON AND LOOK OUT IN THE FIRST
INSTANCE THE INTER RATER
RELIABILITY AND THEN AS MORE AND
MORE AND MORE BUT.
ARE.
IF I HAVE LEFT THE IMPRESSION OF
ANYBODY THAT HE CASES WOULD
ESTABLISH VALIDITY AND. THAT WAS
NOT THE CASE RELIABILITY.
ON THE. NUMBER OF CASES THAT
CAME UP TO UC DAVIS WAS SLOWER
THAN WAS ORIGINALLY ANTICIPATED
SO. AS OF TWO WEEKS AGO IT WAS.
GOOD TURNOVER MISS ROSE.
WE A COUPLE WEEKS AGO IT WAS IT
WAS EIGHTEEN WE HAVE WE HAVE
OVER FIFTY CASES NOW THAT ARE
VENERATED BY THREE OR MORE
RAIDERS ARE I'M SORRY THAT YOU
ARE MORE RAIDERS AND THE AND
OUT.
OF EIGHTEEN OR TWENTY OF THOSE
HAVE BEEN RATED BY THREE OR MORE
RAIDERS SO FAR WE THE THE THE
THE BASED ON THAT.
EVALUATION THERE IS.
THERE HAS BEEN IN A RATER
RELIABILITY BUT WE'RE STILL
THERE STILL MORE TO COME IN AND
THEY'RE STILL FOR A FEW MORE
RATINGS TO DO. THE WITH RESPECT
TO THE AND PART OF PART OF THE
STATE THE STUDY ALSO ASKS THE.
THE WORKERS A COUPLE OF THINGS.
KIND OF COURSE AND THERE'S
QUALITATIVE INFORMATION ABOUT
WHAT IT. IS THERE SOMETHING
ABOUT THE THE TOOL OR OR THAT
THAT OUGHT TO BE CHANGEDAND IT
AND IN ESSENCE WHAT THEIR GUT
REACTION DID DOES THAT. DOES
THAT.
THOUGH THE LEVEL SEEM TO MAKE
SENSE TO THEM AND SO SO FAR
DON'T THE THEY'RE THE ONE THING
THAT HAS COME UP THAT WE MAY
NEED TO TENDED. TO TWEAK IS
THEIRS WAS WHAT ONE IN ONE CASE
THERE WAS A A PERSON HAD. HAD.
HADN'T YET STARTED A COURSE OF
MEDICAL.
TREATMENT THAT SO THAT THE THE
FAMILY HADN'T BEEN DOING IT YET
BUT WOULD NEED TO DO IT IN THE
FUTURE CASES THAT ARE THERE THAT
WHERE
THE CHILDREN ARE NEW TO THE
CHILD WELFARE SYSTEM AND BUT
PLACED IT WITH AN FAA. AND THEIR
CASE CARRYING WORKER.
IS DOING THAT THE LEVEL OF CARE
ASSESSMENT AND TWO OTHER WORKERS
IN THAT COUNTY ARE USING THE
SAME INFORMATION THAT THE WORKER
HAD TO HERSELF TODAY TO ALSO DO
A SIMILAR RATING WITHIN. A FEW
DAYS TIME PERIOD. AND I REALIZE
THAT BECAUSE RIGHT.
IN TERMS OF VOLUME AND FOR THE
RESEARCHERS DRIVING A. BUS YOU
KNOW BACKGROUND RESEARCH SO I
MEAN THERE IS THERE SOME
CONSIDERATION IN ORDER TO SORT
OF. THIS JUROR NUMBER SO YOU CAN
GET MORE RAPID ANSWER IN TERMS
AND IN A RARE I BELIEVE THE TWO
I REALIZE YOU'RE. ONE THESE ARE
DOINGA NEW WHAT STROLL OUT IN
SLOW ROLL OUT TO BE SURE WE
DON'T RUN INTO PROBLEMS BUT ALSO
PERHAPS.
HAVING PEOPLE DO I MEAN.
EVERY TIME I CALL DRY RUNS BUT
BASICALLY HAVE PEOPLE RATE
PEOPLE WHO MAY NOT NECESSARILY
GOING TO BECAUSE YOU'RE NOT
QUITE UP TO THE ELLIS UNIT SITE
BUT AT LEAST THAT WAY YOU'RE
KIND OF. GETTING YOU KNOW
GETTING A SENSE OF WELL HOW
PEOPLE IF THEY WERE WOULD BE SO
YOU CAN GET MORE ROBUST NUMBERS
TO LOOK AT RELIABILITY ISSUES.
WHAT?
THE THE RESEARCHERS TOLD US WAS
THEY NEEDED A CERTAIN AMOUNT OF
OBSERVATIONSIN ESSENCE IN ONE
OF THE WAYS THAT WE CHOSE TO TRY
TO GET THE NUMBERS AS QUICKLY AS
REASONABLY POSSIBLE WAS TO HAVE.
MOE THAN WE TO RAIDER I I TWO
ADDITIONAL RAIDERS RATHER THAN
THAN ONE WRITER AND SO THAT WAS
THE THE WAY THAT WE. WERE WE
WERE ABLE TO TAKE TO GET THAT SO
WITH. EIGHTY CASES IN TWO
HUNDRED AND SO AND FORTY
OBSERVATIONS OR SOMETHING THAT
DID THE TRICK THAT THAT WAS THE
THE LEVEL OF STATISTICAL POWER
THEY THOUGHT THEY NEEDED FOR
THIS TYPE OF STUDY OKAY AND.
SO THE SO THE TIME LINE WOULD
BE IS IS THAT. YOU GET THE
RESULTS OF A STUDY BY THE
SOMETIME AND THEN YOU NEED SOME
TIME TO REVIEW THAT TO MAKE ANY
ADJUSTMENTS CORRECT.
YEAH.
YES BUT. IT THAT'S WHY I KEEP
SAYING IT'S SORT OF A ROLLING IT
IS RAW AND YES THERE I'M JUST I
GUESS AT WHAT THE TIME LINE YOU
ANTICIPATE FOR THE FOR THE
ROLLING. WE'LL KNOW MORE
TOMORROW THAN WE KNOW TODAY AND
NEXT WEEK AND THE WEEK AFTER
AND.
I MEAN. AGAINIT'S A LITTLE BIT
LIKE. THE COMMITMENT I MADE
AROUND DECEMBER THIRTY FIRST.
ALRIGHT IF THERE'S A FLOOR WE'RE
NOT.
WE'RE NOT GOING INTO IT ALARM.
SO IT'S NOT THE HEAT UP ABSENT
FATAL FLAWS CURRENTLY DENIED IT
DON'T REALIZE THE GOAL IS I'M
I'M JUST SAY SO STARTING MAY
FIRST WAS BROUGHT UP. BECAUSE
YOU SAID THAT YOU'RE ROLLING OUT
JUST IN A FEW COUNTIES IN MAY
FIRST OR WHAT YOU TO TYPE AND
WHAT'S GOING TO HAPPEN ON MAY
FIRST. ON MAY FIRST.
LET ME BACK UP ORIGINALLY WHAT
WE SORT OF SAID TO EVERY GREAT
WITH CW DA WAS. THE GOAL WOULD
BE. WE START THE FAA'S MARCH
FIRST IN ALL COUNTIES THEN WE
WILL DO OF ALL NEW ENTRIES
STARTING MAY FIRST.
BUT IF A COUNTY FOR SOME REASON
WASN'T READY HADN'T COMPLETED
TRAINING OF STAFF HAD SOME
PROBLEMS. ALONE THEY COULD YOU
KNOW.
PUSH IT BACK WE DON'T NEED TO DO
IT STATEWIDE ONCE. OVER THE NEXT
COUPLE WEEKS WERE GONNA BE
CHECKING IN TO SEE WHO'S. READY
TO GO WAS NOT READY TO GO. AND.
ALL ON MY OWN IF YOU DON'T KNOW
OKAY I WAS WONDERING I MEAN IT
IS.
WHAT WE'RE MADE APRIL NOW SO
JUST A COUPLE WEEKS OUTSIDE IS
WONDERING WHERE IT WOULD LOOK
LIKE WE WERE GOING TO BE YOU
KNOW IN TERMS OF COUNTIES ARE
ACTUALLY GOING TO BE STARTING ON
MAY FIRST VERSUS MAYBE LATER?
OUR PREPARATION SO THE THE
COUPLE COUNTY SUFFERED A HEART
FROM WHOM I SUSPECT A CLINICAL A
BIT LATER AND SAY OKAY MAYBE IF
YOU CAN. UPDATER STAFF ABOUT
THAT. AND I REALIZE THIS IS A
MOVING THING BUT ALSO I THINK
THE IDEA IS IS THAT.
YOU KNOW WHILE WE'RE WORKING
OUT.
THE EDGES OF THE SERVICE OR
WORKING THINGS OUT YOU KNOW AND
I APPRECIATE YOU SAID YOU KNOW
WE WANT TO TRY TO AVOID PEOPLE.
FALL FALLING.
FALLING IN THE CRACKS SERVED AND
ANYTIME YOU TRY TO ROLL OUT A
BIG PROJECT YOU KNOW THINGS ARE
ALWAYS GONNA TURN OUT AS YOU
KNOW IS HE FOUND OUT WITHOUT OUR
FAITH PUT A PILOT DOESN'T ALWAYS
MEAN THAT THE REASON YOU KNOW
PILOTS THAT ATTEMPTS TO BUT IT
DOESN'T. ALWAYS ANTICIPATE ALL
THAT HE'S MAKING OUT WITH THE
YOU KNOW THE FULL SCALE ROLLOUT.
OKAY. ACTUALLY
DO I MAKE A BRIEF COMMENT.
I WOULD JUST SAY THAT I THINK WE
NEED TO STUDY THE TOOL BEYOND
THE RELIABILITY AMONG DIFFERENT
SOCIAL WORKERS I THINK WE SHOULD
DO IT ATTEMPT TO MAKE SURE THAT
THE TOOL ACTUALLY SCORES KIDS
STEPPING DOWN FROM GROUP HOMES
INTO I SFC. IN MY ANALYSIS IT
DOES AND WE SHOULD MAKE SURE IT
SCORES KIDS INTO LEVELS THREE OR
FOUR ONLY ONE PERCENT OF KIDS
SCORED INTO LEVEL FOR IN THE
ORIGINAL DISTRIBUTION STUDY THAT
THEY DID. LAST SUMMER AND THAT
MEANS WE'RE NOT GONNA BE ABLE TO
STEP KIDS DOWN THIS WHOLE NOTION
THAT WE NEED TO BE ABLE TO
PROVIDE HIGH LEVEL KIDS THE
ABILITY TO GET SERVICES AND
FUNDING AND HOMES. THE TOOLS AND
PROVEN TO BE ABLE TO DO THAT AND
I THINK ROLLING IT OUT AND USING
OUR FAMILIES AS THE GUINEA PIGS
TO FIGURE OUT IF IT'S WORKING OR
NOT. CREATES A LOT OF CONFUSION
AND STRESS AND DELAY IN THEIR
LIVES AND WE'VE HEARD FROM CARE
FOR CAREGIVERS HOW DISRUPTIVE
THAT IS I WOULD URGE US TO
ACTUALLY SPEND SOME TIME. USING
THE F. FACE WHO WANT TO ROLL IT
OUT RIGHT NOW AND STUDY IT IN A
ROBUST WAY NOT STUDY IT IN THE
LIVES OF ALL THE KIDS AS WE ROLL
IT OUT AND MAKE FIXES AS WE GO
ALONG BECAUSE IT'S VERY
DISRUPTIVE. ON THE LIVES OF OUR
FAMILIES. ARE BOTH.
THANKS SO MUCH FOR YOUR
PRESENTATION AND ALL.
YEAH RIGHT WE HAVE ONE. LAST
STEP POSTAL.
CAROL SCHROEDER HAPPENING TO
COVER THREE YEARS OF A FRONT
COUNTY COSTS RESULTING
TEMPTATION OF AB TWELVE NINETY
NINE.
TO SEE MR MEMBERS.
CAROL SCHROEDER THE CALIFORNIA
ALLIANCE OF CHILD AND FAMILY
SERVICES. OUR BUDGET PROPOSALS
FOR SEVENTY FIVE MILLION DOLLARS
FOR A THREE YEAR OR IS THAT FOR
THREE YEARS TO BE USED OVER
THREE YEARS.
FOR IMPLEMENTATION AB TWELVE
NINETY NINE. WHICH CREATED
PRESUMPTIVE TRANSFER
RESPONSIBILITY FOR MENTAL HEALTH
SERVICES FOR YOUTH FOSTER YOUTH
REPLACED OUTSIDE THEIR COUNTIES
OF JURISDICTION.
THE THE PROBLEM OF COURSE IS
WHEN THOSE YOUNG PEOPLE ARE
PLACED OUTSIDE THE COUNTY
JURISDICTION ARE PLACED ON THE
PLAN. AND THE RUBIES SIGNIFICANT
MINISTRY OF BARRIERS TO GETTING
THOSE YOUNG PEOPLE.
THAT MENTAL HEALTH SERVICES
THEY NEED WHAT WOULD THAT DO
WHAT WE HAVE THE TRIAL OFFER
COUNSEL I IN A REPORT TO THAT
DEMONSTRATED WAS THAT THOSE
YOUNG PEOPLE. ARE LESS LIKELY TO
GET ANY SERVICES AT ALL WHEN
THEY DO GET SERVICES OR THE
SERVICES THEY GET ARE LESS
LIKELY TO BE. AS INTENSIVE AS.
AS YOUTH REPLACED AND COUNTY OR
AS MANY SERVICES THOSE YOUTH.
THE.
THE IDEA OF THIS THEN WHAT
HAPPENS IS THAT.
THEN THAT THE FOR YOUTH WERE
pSOME OF THOSE COUNTIES. EXIT
PRETTY EXTRAORDINARY UPFRONT
COSTS FOR THOSE YOUNG PEOPLE
UNTIL SUCH TIME AS.
THE REALIGNMENT METHODOLOGY.
EVENS OUT THE ALLOCATION OF BUT
THIS IS NOT A HYPOTHETICAL
PROBLEM THIS IS A REAL WITH THIS
ARE MADE WHOLE.
TWENTY ATSEVENTY FIVE MILLION
DOLLARS THREE YEARS. WITH THE
FEDERAL MATCH A HUNDRED FIFTY
MILLION DOLLARS. OKAY THANK YOU.
COMMENTS FROM THE BAR SUCH
SERVICES.
THANK.
THERE IS MUCH MORE THE.
YEAH.
JUST IN TERMS OF THE OVERALL
TRANSITION A SO WE ARE
MONITORING THIS EXTREMELY
CAREFULLY.
AND HAVE INVITED FIRST OF ALL
WITH BETWEEN THE DEPARTMENT OF
HEALTH CARE SERVICES AND OUR
DEPARTMENT WE HAVE REGULAR
MEETINGS DISCUSSING ACTUAL
INDIVIDUAL COUNTIES AS WELL AS
PROVIDERS. AND HAVE BEEN
REGIONALLY AVAILABLE IN EVERY
COUNTY AND WILL CONTINUE TO DO
SO. OUR COMMITMENT HAS BEEN TO
THE PROVIDERS AS WELL AS TO THE
COUNTY IS THAT IN REAL TIME WE
WILL MAKE PHONE CALLS WE WILL.
ENSURE THAT THOSE CONNECTIONS
ARE HAPPENING AND THAT HAS BEEN
OCCURRING.
AND WE ALSO STILL AGREE THAT
THERE IS SOME NEED FOR STATEWIDE
LEADERSHIP IN TERMS OF MAKING
SURE THAT ACROSS THE STATE.
THOSE EXPECTATIONS ARE REALLY
CLEAR FOR THE OUT OF COUNTY AND
SO IT'S SOMETHING THAT THAT WE
ARE WE HAVE OUR FINGER VERY VERY
CAREFUL IN THE POLLS AND ARE
WORKING THEM IN REAL TIME.
THANK YOU COMMENTS MILIEU RIGHT
FINANCE.
JUSTIN RAISED MORMON FINANCE A
AT THIS TIME THE
ADMINISTRATION'S OWN SUPPORTERS
PROPOSAL AND WE WOULD LIKE TO
NOTE THAT. THE DEPARTMENT OF
HEALTH CARE SERVICES AND A
DEPARTMENT ON OUR SOCIAL
SERVICES ARE PROVIDED
INFORMATION NOTICES AND ALL KIND
OF LETTERS. ON AND ON GUIDANCE
STATION GUIDANCE REGARDING THE
PRESUMPTIVE TRANSFER FOSTER
YOUTH AND WE'VE ENCOURAGED. THE
COUNTIES TO WORK COLLABORATIVELY
TO ADDRESS THE ISSUES UTILIZING
EXISTING RESOURCES.
ALRIGHT THANK YOU.
ALRIGHT WELL OF THE QUESTIONS
COULD BE MEMBERS ALRIGHT THANK
YOU FOR YOUR PRESENTATION AND.
SO.
LET'S GO AHEAD AND TAKE PUBLIC
COMMENTS.
AND.
.
ON THE OVERALL ISSUE AND.
I WOULD AGAIN OUT TO ASK PEOPLE
TO TRY TO KEEP THEIR COMMENTS
US.
TO A MINUTE OR LESS AND IF
SOMEONE ELSE IS SAID IT OR IT'S
BEEN PRESENTED EARLIER.
JUST MADE NOTE OF THAT.
AND.
SO.
BUT THAT.
.
WELCOME.
THANK YOU MY NAME SELENA PRIOR
AND I'M WITH THE CI YOU.
WERE SUPPORTIVE OF THE
ADDITIONAL FUNDING FOR CC OUR
FAMILY URGES RESPONSE SYSTEMS
AND THE FUNDING FOR OUR FAITH
FINDING AT THE TIME OF PLACEMENT
AND I JUST WANT TO SAY THAT WE
REPRESENT THE SOCIAL WORKERS.
AND WE ARE COMMITTED AND
DEDICATED TO.
TO DELIVERING ON THE PROMISES
OF CCR BUT WITHOUT ADEQUATE
STAFFING WE ARE UNABLE TO DO
THAT AND SO I WOULD JUST ASK
THAT YOU KEEP THAT IN MIND.
WHEN YOU'RE MAKING YOUR
DECISIONS THANK YOU HAVE GREAT.
THANK YOU.
WELCOME.
MISS MISS FOR A WALK COME FROM
FRESNO CALIFORNIA I'M A CARE
GIVER. BUT TEN YEARS I AM ALSO A
MATRIX HALL WHICH IS A
THERAPEUTIC. PROGRAM HOME AND I
AM IN SUPPORT.
THANK YOU.
WELCOME.
HELLO MY NAME IS ENGLAND TATUM
FROM FRESNO CALIFORNIA AND I'M
IN.
I'VE BEEN A FOSTER PARENT FOR
ABOUT TEN YEARS I DO THAN TENNIS
MATRIX BOMB.
PLACEMENT. I'M I'M IN FAVOR
PERMANENT PLACEMENT AND I'M IN
POINT I'M IN.
SUPPORTIVE.
ANY OF THE LAWS THAT SUPPORT
FOSTER PARENTS. AND CHILDREN.
THANK YOU.
WELCOME.
GOOD AFTERNOON CHAIRMAN SENATOR
IS MY NAME IS JAKE HOW CAN YOU
I'M WITH CALIFORNIA COUNCIL OF
COMMUNITY PEOPLE HELP YOU CAN
SEE IS.
CVH A STRONGLY SUPPORTS THIS
PROPOSAL WE BELIEVE IT IS A
PRACTICAL SOLUTION TO HELPING
ACHIEVE THE ORIGINAL INTENT OF
AB TWENTY NINE. THANK YOU THANK
YOU.
OKAY.
DOESN'T GET CALIFORNIA STATE
ASSOCIATION OF COUNTIES THAT
COUNTIES REMAIN FIRMLY COMMITTED
TO IMPLEMENTATION OF CC ARE
INITIATING THE WORTHWHILE AN
AMBITIOUS GOALS THAT ARE
OUTLINED BY THESE REFORMS THAT
WE APPRECIATE. THE STRONG
PARTNERSHIP IN LEADERSHIP IN THE
APARTMENT SOCIAL SERVICES ON
THIS AS WELL AS ENGAGEMENT
SUPPORT A LEGISLATURE
PARTICULARLY. WITH THE RECENT
NOW FUNDING AT TIME OF PLACEMENT
MAYBE ONE TEN ON THAT TOPIC I'M
WE LOOK FORWARD TO THE
CONTINUING CONVERSATIONS TO
IDENTIFY A LONG TERM SOLUTION.
AND I'M IN TERMS OF THE SPECIFIC
STAKEHOLDER PROPOSALS WE ARE CO
SPONSORING ALONG WITH THEM. SEAT
EVERY DAY IN SEIU THE COUNTY
WORKLOAD DOWN FIFTY FOUR POINT
EIGHT MILLION REQUEST AND ASK
FOR YOUR SUPPORT FOR THAT AND
I'M TO ASSIST WITH. CAN
IMPLEMENTATION EFFORTS WERE ALSO
STRONGLY SUPPORTIVE OF THE
PROPOSALS ON THE FAMILY URGENT
RESPONSE SYSTEM AND A SEPARATE
FUNDING THANK YOU. THANK YOU.
OKAY.
KELLY BREAKS HERE ON BEHALF OF
THE VENTURA COUNTY BOARD OF
SUPERVISORS. HERE IN SUPPORT OF
THE ADDITIONAL FUNDING FOR THE
CONTINUE OF CARE REFORM AND FOR
THE FAMILY URGENT RESPONSE
SYSTEM.
WE WOULD URGE YOU TO THINK
ABOUT.
ADDITIONAL INVESTMENTS AND THE
WORKLOAD ISSUES THAT HAVE BEEN
RAISED. AS AN INVESTMENT AND THE
OUTCOMES FOR CHILDREN AND
FAMILIES THANK YOU. THANK YOU.
WELCOME.
MY NAME IS CAROL EILENBERG I'M A
FOSTER PARENT ALMOST TWENTY
YEARS IN MARIN COUNTY AND I'M
HERE TO SUPPORT. HIM AT THE TIME
OF PLACEMENT FOR A RELATIVE
CAREGIVERS AND I WOULD LIKE TO
JUST MENTION THAT TO HELP WITH
THE RFA BACK UP PERHAPS THEY
COULD GRANDFATHER IN AS ITS HAS
A NET. SB TEN EIGHTY THREE US
EXPERIENCE FOSTER PARENTS WHO
HAVE BEEN DOING THIS FOR YEARS
IT WOULD SAVE A LOT OF RESOURCES
AND TIME ON EVERYBODY'S PART.
I'M ALSO IN SUPPORT OF THE
CONTINUING THE FLIPPERS FUNDING
BECAUSE AT THE FULL RATE BECAUSE
WE HAVE A GREAT FOSTER PARENT
LIAISON IN OUR COUNTY WHO IS
VERY HELPFUL AND. RETAINING
FOSTER ARENTS. I'M ALSO IN
SUPPORT OF THE TWENTY FOUR SEVEN
HOTLINE BECAUSE I KNOW A LOT OF
FOSTER PARENTS WHO STRUGGLE WITH
THESE CHALLENGING KIDS AND I
THINK IT'S GOING TO GET HARDER
AND HARDER WITH THIS. STEPPED
DOWN FROM GROUP HOMES. AND I'M
ALSO SPORT OF DELAYING THE LOC
UNTIL IT'S.
GOOD DEAL.
ALRIGHT THANK YOU I MY NAME IS
SHERRY JUSTICE COCOA WITH
CALIFORNIA STATE FOSTER PARENT
ASSOCIATION AND FROM THE MONO
COUNTY I'M IN AGREEMENT WITH
EVERYTHING SHE SAID. BUT LIKE
THIS THEY MISSED THE LIVE ONE I
RESPECT YOU BUT I RUSHING THEY
IMPLEMENT THESE PROGRAMS
WITHOUT.
WOULD BE DETRIMENTAL TO OUR
CHILDREN SO PLEASE CONSIDER IT.
THANK YOU I'M JOYCE SAMARANCH
SNOW MECHANIC FOSTER PARENT
PRESIDENT ROMAN EMPIRE FOSTER
PARENT ASSOCIATION. AND I FULLY
SUPPORT FUNDING TO ALL CARE
GIVERS UPON PLACEMENT OF CHINA
NATIONAL PLACEMENT CHILD
IMMEDIATELY I ALSO.
.
CAN'T SAY STRONGLY ENOUGH THE
IMPORTANCE OF THE FLIPPERS
FUNDING IN ORDER TO PROVIDE THE
MENTORING PROGRAMS THAT ALL OUR
KIDS NEED TO CONSULT A LOT OF
THE PROBLEMS. AND FOR THE LOC
TOO OLD TO BE TRIED AND TRIED
AND TRUE BEFORE IT'S ROLLED OUT
THANK YOU. THANK YOU.
WELCOME. THEN REX RED WITH
CALIFORNIA ALLIANCE OF THE CARE
GIVERS AND WE STRONGLY SUPPORT
CONTINUED FLIPPERS FUNDING AND
THE. AND THE URGENT AND TWENTY
FOUR HOUR. RESPONSE LINE AND
THEN ALSO AM WE STRONGLY SUPPORT
FUNDING FAMILIES AT TIME OF
PLACEMENT THANK YOU. THANK YOU.
I HAVE A COMMENT UNDER ROGERSON
OF AMERICA'S ACCOUNTS HIM A
FOSTER LIAISON THAT'S SO SAD AND
SUPPORT THE AFIP IS FUNDING. AND
INFO STRING ADOPTING FOR A
FOURTEEN YEARS AND I ME TO JUST
ABOUT EVERYTHING THEY SAID.
OKAY THANK YOU.
WELCOME WELL I'M I'M DOCTOR
LAURA HEINTZ CEO AT STANFORD YOU
SOLUTIONS HERE IN SACRAMENTO.
AND FIRST I AM IN FULL SUPPORT
OF CONTINUED FUNDING FOR FAT
BURNERS WE REALLY NEED TO FOCUS
ON RECRUITING AND RETAINING
FAMILIES FOR CC ARTWORK. AND I'M
ALSO SPEAKING ON BEHALF OF AB
TWELVE NINETY NINE AMIN FULL
SUPPORT OF.
ASSURING THAT OUR CHILDREN AN
OUTCOME HOME PLACEMENTS GET
THEIR MENTAL HEALTH NEEDS MET
NOW. THANK YOU THANK YOU.
WELCOME MY NAME IS STEVE NELSON
ON THE CEO OF AN AGENCY AND
VENTURE ACCOUNTED CALLED CASA
PACIFICA I'M HERE AND TALKING IN
SUPPORT OF A B. TWELVE NINETY
NINE SOLUTION.
FOR TWENTY FOUR YEARS WE'VE BEEN
PRIMARILY A PROVIDER ON OUR
CAN'T TWENTY FIVE ACRE CAMPUS
FOR VENTURA COUNTY.
FOSTER KIDS AND PROBATION KIDS
IT'S BEEN ABOUT SEVENTY FIVE
TWENTY FIVE RATIO BETWEEN OUT OF
COUNTY AND. VENTURA COUNTY WITH
C. C. R. THAT IS COMPLETELY
FLIPPED.
WE'RE NOW ABOUT SEVENTY FIVE
PERCENT OUT OF COUNTY AND ABOUT
TWENTY FIVE PERCENT.
OF INTER COUNTY THE IMPACT ON
VENTURA COUNTY IS GOING TO BE
ABOUT.
BETWEEN ONE AND A HALF AND TWO
MILLION DOLLARS TO PROVIDE
MENTAL HEALTH SERVICES FOR OUT
OF COUNTY KIDS SO WE URGE YOUR
SUPPORT. ONE OTHER COMMENT WE'VE
HAD.
FORTY EIGHT RIFF REFERRALS FROM
FORTY COUNTIES STR TEEPEES SENSE
JULY.
AND E NOW SERVE NINETEEN
COUNTIES IN ADDITION TO VENTURA.
THANK YOU.
WELCOME.
READING STEERING COMMITTEE MY
NAME IS SHERRY WHETHER ALL AND I
AM IN LA COUNTY AND NOW
RIVERSIDE COUNTY RESIDENT. I AM
WANTING TO SPEAK IN BEHALF OF
SUPPORT OF AB ONE TEN. I EMMA
GRANDPARENT IN RELATIVE CARE
GIVER AND I STRONGLY SUPPORT
FUNDING AT THE TIME OF
PLACEMENT.
AS IT HELPS TO SUPPORT THE CARE
GIVER AS WELL AS A CHILD AND
PREVENT ANY TRAUMA THAT MAY BE
EXPERIENCED. IN THE FAMILY AS A
WHOLE AM I TOOK RECEIPT OF A TWO
DAY OLD INFANT THAT WAS
EXTREMELY MEDICALLY FRAGILE. AND
AT THE TIME HAD SIX KIDS OF MY
OWN STILL. AND.
IT IT REALLY IMPACTED MY FAMILY
GREATLY IT TOOK NEARLY TWO YEARS
TO GET THE PROPER FUNDING. TO
SUPPORT HER AND IN THE MEANTIME.
LITERALLY EXHAUSTED ALL OF OUR
FAMILY RESOURCES SO I STRONGLY
IN SUPPORT OF THAT. AND I ALSO
ASK IN REGARDS TO THE LOC TOOL
THAT YOU CONSIDER. MAKING SURE
AND ENSURING THAT THAT TOO HAS
BEEN TESTED SO THAT THE FAMILY
THAT IT SEEKS TO.
IN SUPPORT OF CAN GET THE
SUPPORT THAT ADEQUATE FOR THEM
THANK YOU VERY MUCH THANK YOU.
OKAY. ANTI TAURUS FOSTER PARENT
IN LA COUNTY AND I AGREE WITH
WHAT SHE SAID. THANK YOU.
WELCOME AROUND ELIZABETH AND I'M
A GRANDPARENT IN A FOSTER CARE
PARENT OF FIVE KIDS I SUPPORT.
THE RFA PROGRAM OUR TIME A
PLACEMENT ALSO SUPPORT THE
EMERGENCY RESPONSE I'M ALSO
INVOLVED WITH THE ORGANIZATION
CALLED FALSE REQUEST WHICH IS.
OUR NEW RECRUIT FOSTER CARE
PARENTS FOR HELPING FOSTER CARE
PARENTS. MAY BE A GOOD IDEA FOR
MAYBE YOU GUYS TO IMPLEMENT US
AND ASKING SOMEBODY'S PROPOSES
BECAUSE THERE MIGHT BE SOMETHING
WE CAN HELP WITH. MAKING A
DECISION THANK YOU. THANK YOU.
OKAY.
REMEMBER STRUMMING OF WARS AND
WE HAVE THE URBAN CARRIES A
CALIFORNIA IN SUPPORT OF THE
DISH OF FUNNY FOR CCAR.
SPONSORED BY SEA TO RESHAPE SEIU
AND SEE SACK PRICE FIFTY FOUR
POINT EIGHT MILLION FOR THE
COUNTY WORKLOAD SO IN SOME
SUPPORT THAT PROPOSAL THANK YOU.
THANK YOU.
WELCOME.
I ATE ALL MY NAME IS MARYLAND'S
OUT.
MY GRAND CHANNEL IS.
PLACE WITH THAT SYSTEM BACK IN
MAY OF TWO THOUSAND SEVENTEEN.
AND AT THE TIME WHEN. SHE WAS
PLACED THERE I WAS TOLD THAT ON
WE FALL ON UNDER INDIAN CHILD
WELFARE ACT. AND SHE IS RIGHT ON
FEDERALLY RECOGNIZED.
AND UNTIL THIS DAY WE ARE STILL
WAITING. WHERE NON FUNDED AND
SHE IS NOW FIFTEEN MONTHS? SO
I'M HERE AND I'M ALL ONE HUNDRED
PERCENT FOR THIS NEW PROPOSAL.
THANK YOU THANK YOU.
WELCOME AFTERNOON THE CULTURE
EMPLOYMENT CHILDCARE OF HISTORY
OF FOSTER PARENT OF SIX
WONDERFUL CHILDREN WHO ARE NOT
RELATED TO. AND I ABSOLUTELY
SUPPORT FUNDING AT THE TIME OF
PLACEMENT AND LIKE FOR YOU TO
KEEP IN MIND THAT GENERALLY
SPEAKING WHEN WE GET THE
CHILDREN. YOU JUST GET THE CHILD
NO DIAPERS NO CLOTHES NO
ANYTHING IN IT GREATLY IMPACTS
FAMILY. THE OTHER THING THAT I'M
IN SUPPORT IS. IS TESTING MAKING
SURE THAT WE TEST THE LOC BEFORE
WE ROLL IT OUT. I DON'T WANT US
TO JUST LOOK AT IT AS A MONETARY
THING BUT THE LOC IS THE
TIGHTEST IS TIED TO THE SERVICES
THAT THE CHILDREN RECEIVE. BUT
WE ROLL IT OUT AND THERE ARE
THINGS THAT WE NEED TO FIX.
THEN THAT MEANS IF MY CHILD IS A
LEVEL ONE CHILD OR SCORN AT
LEVEL ONE. BUT REALLY HE'S A
LEVEL TWO AND THAT MEANS HE'S
GOING WITHOUT SERVICES UNTIL YOU
GO BACK IN AND MAKE THOSE
CORRECTIONS.
THANK YOU.
WELCOME HI MY NAME IS CHRIS
CARTER FROM LOS ANGELES AND I AM
FOR FUNDING AT TIME OF
PLACEMENT.
BECAUSE IT IS TRULY HARD AS SO
MANY OTHER FOSTER MOTHERS HAVE
TALKED ABOUT. AND OF COURSE THE
FLIP FOR FUNDING AND A TWENTY
FOUR HOUR HOTLINE THAT IT'S MUCH
NEEDED. AND CAN YOU PLEASE THE
FUNDING CONTINUE TO PASS JUNE
THIRTIETH WE NEED THESE
EMPLOYMENT AT.
AND ALSO THE LEVEL OF CARE TOOL
IT SHOULD REALLY BE LOOK THAT WE
HAVE DONE AND THESE KIDS COME TO
US WITH ISSUES AND IT CAUSES
MORE DAMAGE WHEN WE'RE TURNED
AROUND THE KIDS ARE TURNED
AROUND THE FUNDING IS NOT A
PLACE. THEY CANNOT GET THE
STRUCTURAL SERVICES THEY NEED SO
PLEASE I URGE YOU THANK YOU
THANK YOU.
WELCOME.
JULIE MCCORMICK ATTORNEY AT THE
CHILDREN'S UTHOR OF CALIFORNIA
STRONGLY SUPPORT THE URGENT
RESPONSE SYSTEM AS WELL AS
CONTINUED FLIPPERS FINDING.
BUT REALLY I'M ASKING THAT
THERE'S FUNDING AT THE TIME OF
PLACEMENT WE HAVE SEEN FIRST
HAND THE DAMAGE THAT IS DONE TO
THESE CHILDREN WHEN THEY'VE HAD
TO BE REMOVED FROM HOMES BECAUSE
THERE WAS NO FUNDING. AND ASK
THAT YOU STRONGLY.
.
MAKE SURE THAT THE LOC IS
VALIDATED BEFORE IT IS
IMPLEMENTED THANK YOU THANK YOU.
OKAY I CAN LET US AGAIN ON
BEHALF CALIFORNIA COALITION FOR
YOUTH IN SUPPORT OF THE FUNDING
AT THE TIME A PLACEMENT ISSUE.
AND THEN SWITCHING HATS FIRST
BEYOND THAT WHICH IS ONE OF MY
FOSTER FAMILY AGENCIES IN
SUPPORT OF THE TWELVE NINETY
NINE PROPOSAL. I HAVE ASTHMA FFA
RESPONSIBLE FOR ENSURING THAT WE
MEET THE MENTAL HEALTH AND THE
NEEDS AND SERVICES PLAN OF OUR
YOUTH IN OUR CARE. AT THAT TIME
IN COORDINATING ALL THAT AND AM
CAN GO WITHOUT PAYMENT AS WELL
AND SO THAT'S THE RISK YOU TAKE
AS A PROGRAM TO ENSURE THAT OUR
YOUTH IN OUR CARE ARE GETTING
THE SERVICES THAT THEY NEED SO
WE NEED A SOLUTION TO FIX THIS.
THE LAND REIMBURSEMENT THAT
HAPPENS THANK YOU THANK YOU.
CAROL TUCKER OF THE CALIFORNIA
ALLIANCE OF CHILD AND FAMILY
SERVICES INSUPPORTABLE SIX
PROPOSALS. WANTED JUST CALL OUT
THE LOC FOR JUST A MINUTE. TO
SAY THAT IT'S OUR FFA SITTER
THAT ARE PILOTING THIS TO SEE
HOW IT DOES AND WE'VE EXPRESSED
OUR CONCERNS ABOUT THE LOC IN
THE PAST AND ONE OF THE THINGS
THAT WILL BE DOING IS WE GET
ENOUGH.
YOUNG PEOPLE WHO HAVE BEEN
THEY'VE GOT THE LOC I WILL BE IN
THE CANS WITH THOSE KIDS AS WELL
COMPARED THE TWO TO SEE IF BY
THE LOC SEEMS TO BE MEETING THE
NEEDS AS DEFINED BY THE CATS.
THANK YOU.
BEEN A FOSTER PARENT OUT OF LA
COUNTY FOR ALMOST FOURTEEN
YEARS.
I'M IN FULL SUPPORT OF THE
FUNDING PLACEMENT BEYOND JUNE
THIRTIETH AND ALSO THE LEVEL OF
CARE TO BE TESTED BEFORE
IMPLEMENTED STATEWIDE. THANK YOU
THANK YOU WELCOME. GOOD
AFTERNOON MISTER CHAIRMAN
MEMBERS MARTHA GUERRERO
REPRESENTED THE LOS ANGELES
COUNTY BOARD OF SUPERVISORS
THANK YOU VERY MUCH FOR TAKING
THE TIME TO CAREFULLY CONSIDER
THE IMPLEMENTATION OF THE
CONTINUUM OF CARE REFORM IT'S
BEEN. REALLY IMPORTANT FOR A LOS
ANGELES COUNTY BOARD OF
SUPERVISORS WHO A WEEKLY REVIEW
IN THE IMPLEMENTATION OF THIS.
AND AND ARE VERY SUPPORTIVE OF
OF.
CONTINUING ON AND WORKING
TOGETHER WITH DIRECTOR LIVE BORN
AND HIS STAFF MAKING SURE THAT
WE GET THIS DONE. HOWEVER WE DO
SEE A BACK LOG ON ON OUR AFFAIR
CRUEL SEVENTY TWO PERCENT OVER
NINETY DAYS SO THIS IS THIS
FUNDING IS EXTREMELY IMPORTANT
TO THE COUNTY. AND ALSO FOR THE
PEPPERS FUNDING WHICH WE USED TO
YOU KNOW WHEN WE DIDN'T HAVE.
THE FUNDING IN PLACE FOR ALL OUR
FAIR ARM FAMILIES AND SO DUMB
THAT FUNDING FOR THE RFA BACK ON
PROCESS FOR THOSE FAMILIES THAT
NEED THAT FINDING IMMEDIATELY WE
ARE GREATLY APPRECIATE THE
EIGHTY ONE TEN.
OF PROPOSED A BILL AND MAKING
SURE THAT THERE IS THAT THAT IS
THE LONG TERM SOLUTION ALSO FOR
THE PAPERS FUNDING WE LIKE TO
CONSULTANCY THAT CONTINUED
FUNDED AS WELL THANK YOU. THANK
YOU.
OF AN INDEFINITE CHILDREN NOW
HERE TO ASK AGAIN FOR AN LOC
DELAY THE COUNTY HAD OR THE
DEPARTMENT HAS HAD ON MULTIPLE
OCCASIONS THAT THEY'RE FLYING
THE PLANE WHILE THEY FIX IT. AND
WE WOULD JUST LIKE TO ASK THEM
TO RECONSIDER BECAUSE OF THAT
PLANE CRASHES BEFORE YOU
VALIDATED INTESTINE AND MADE
SURE IT ACTUALLY WORKS. IT'S
REAL FAMILIES AND CHILDREN WHO
ARE HARMED.
THANK YOU.
WELCOME GOOD AFTERNOON RESULTS
SIR WITH THE ASSOCIATION OF
COMMUNITY HUMAN SERVICE
AGENCIES.
WE REPRESENT OVER NINETY
NONPROFIT MENTAL HEALTH AND
FOSTER AGENCIES ALLEY COUNTY.
WITH ALL DUE RESPECT THE NEW FFA
BASIC RATE OF NINE HUNDRED
DOLLARS NINE HUNDRED TWENTY
THREE DOLLARS. IS NOT HIGHER
THAN MOST OF THE OLD AGE BASE
RATES AS WAS STATED WHICH RANGE
FROM NINE HUNDRED TWENTY THREE
DOLLARS TO ELEVEN HUNDRED AND
SIX DOLLARS. LAST MODIFIED. WE
BELIEVE THE NEW RATE STRUCTURE
IS LIKELY TO RESULT IN THE LOSS
OF RESOURCE PARENTS AND OUR
CONCERNS ARE AS FOLLOWS ONE. NEW
RATE SYSTEM IS WEIGHTED IN FAVOR
OF THE BASIC RATE YOU FOR THAT.
NUMBER TWO WE HAVE BEEN UNABLE
TO DECIPHER HOW THE LOC RATE
INCREMENTS WERE DETERMINED. AND
ARE NOT CONFIDENT THAT THE BASIC
RATE IS ADEQUATE FOR ALL OF OUR
FAMILIES IN LA. FORCES HIGHER
COSTS THERE AND I'M NOT SURE I
DON'T BELIEVE THAT THE COSTS
ARE.
BASED ON GEOGRAPHY AND FINALLY
WE SEE THE NEW RATES ACTING AS A
BARRIER TO RECRUITING AND
RETAINING RESOURCE PARENTS FOR
OLDER FOSTER YOUTH. AS AMOUNTS
PAID UNDER THE OLD AGE RAGE AGE
BASED RATES SYSTEM FOR FOSTER
YOUTH TWELVE TO TWENTY ONE.
WHICH WERE TEN SIXTY FOUR TO
ELEVEN OH SIX. OR HIGHER THAN
THE CURRENT LOC ONE INTO RATES
WHICH ARE NINE TWENTY THREE AND
TEN TWENTY SEVEN.
FOR WHICH THE LOC UP PROTOCOLS
WAITED. WITH THE DEPARTMENT'S
PILOT FINDING THAT SEVENTY SEVEN
PERCENT OF YOUTH FELL WITHIN ONE
OF THOSE TWO LEVELS.
AND WE HOPE THESE ISSUES CAN BE
ADDRESSED THANK YOU VERY MUCH
AND THANK YOU.
ALRIGHT ANY OTHER QUESTIONS OKAY
WELL.
THINK AGAIN THANK YOU SO MUCH
FOR EVENTS PARTICIPATION WE ARE
GOING TO HOLD OPEN ALL SIX.
PROPOSALS US SO I THINK.
WITH THAT.
WE'LL HAVE CONCLUDED PART A OF
THE AGENDA I WANNA THANK.
THE FORMER SOCIAL SERVICES. FOR
FOR BEING HERE FOR THE
PRESENTATION. AS WELL AS THE THE
DEPARTMENT CHILD SUPPORT
SERVICES AS WELL. AND.
WELL I THINK WHAT WE'LL DO IS
WE'LL TAKE A FIVE MINUTE STRETCH
BREAK BEFORE WE START ON.
PART BE I WOULD NOTE WHEN MY
STAFF WAS TRYING TO GUESS THE
TIME ANY TIME EACH SECTION WOULD
TAKE.
THEY WERE OUR OFFICE. ON THE
PART A. AND PART B. WAS ACTUALLY
PROJECTED TO BE FOUR HOURS SO
GIVEN THE FACT IT'S READY TO
FORTY FOUR A AND AND IF THEY'RE
IN OUR OFFICEWE WILL BE HERE
UNTIL ABOUT EIGHT PM. SO.
WE WILL THIS JUST KEEP THAT IN
MIND WHEN WE HAVE TESTIMONY.
BUT ANYWAY.
SO WITH THAT LET'S TAKE A FIVE
MINUTE STRETCH BREAK. AND THEN
WE WILL START ON.
PART BE A MENTAL HEALTH WHICH
IS OF COURSE EXTREME