Katie A. Core Practice Model:Pathways to Wellbeing

Bay Area Learning Collaborative

December 15, 2014

IntroductionsGoals for the DayAgenda

California Department of Social Services

Statewide Status Update

County UpdatesWhere is your county in the process of Katie A. implementation?

What is your County’s plan for continuation of the work?

What are the barriers to success?

How We Got Here

Streamlining Meetingswith Families

Facilitating Child & Family Team Meetings: Resources & Recommendations

Bay Area AcademyDecember 15, 2014

Overview for TodayOverview CIBHS role in Katie A. Technical

Assistance & Training, funded through Department of Health Care Services (DHCS)

Statewide Leadership STEC WorkgroupSix webinars focused on Katie A. Implementation.

Two focused on needs of Small Counties.Trainings with each of the 4 RTAs Learning

CollaborativeseLearning Course for Child Welfare –

Understanding Children’s Mental Health System

Learning ObjectivesIncreased knowledge of CFT facilitationAccess to additional resources to support

CFTsShare one idea from today’s workshop with

your Katie A Team

Team - Teams - TeamingWhy Teams?“The best way to achieve challenging goals is through teamwork: Teams nurture, support and inspire each other”

“Leaders of the future will have to master the art of forming teams. . . . Future leaders will have to master teamwork . . . and work with and through others because no one person can possibly master all the divergent sources of information necessary to make good decisions.”

“The results of collaboration are greater than the sum of each individual’s contributions This process is the major advantage of a multi-agency collaborative approach as it creates something that could not be achieved by any one of the individuals or member organizations working in isolation.”

Annie E. Casey FoundationCommon approaches in Family Teaming

Aim to involve families in addressing child’s safety, well-being and permanence

Collaborative and strength-basedBelief that children’s outcomes improve when

families involvedTeam members share responsibility

The Annie E. Casey Foundation (2009). Family Teaming: Comparing Approaches. Baltimore, MD: Retrieved from www.aecf.org.

Katie A Implementation - TeamsDifferent teaming processes/history support Core Practice Model & Katie A Implementation, yet they have common themes:

WraparoundTeam Decision MakingChild & Family Teams CFT MeetingsCo-location Child Welfare & Mental/Behavioral

HealthOther examples

Counties Have SharedHired youth/parent partners. Supporting

parents/youth to be successful in their work includes training/support.

Clarification of roles (TDM vs. Wraparound vs. CFTs)

Need common language – many acronymsSome challenges with releases of informationCulture humility/cultural sensitivity training

for staff to better serve families

Elements of Successful CFTs

San Diego State Social Work Department

Implementation of CFTs - Discussion1. What are one or two of your challenges in

implementation of CFTs? Any solutions?

2. How have you prepared family members, youth, others to participate in CFTs?

3. What are some of the lessons learned in this process?

Report Out to the Large GroupStart with one table’s answers to the first

question, then build upon those by moving to the other tables to “add on.”

Begin with a different table with the second question, following the same process, etc.

Thank You!

Kimberly Mayer, MSSWAssociate DirectorCIBHSkmayer@cibhs.org; 510-754-8248

Next Steps and Wrap Up