Strategic Planning and the Importance of

Collaboration:A conversation. . .

Barrett Johnson, L.C.S.W. | CalSWEC

Lisa Molinar, M.A. | Shared Vision Consultants

Welcome Who is in the room?

• Behavioral Health?

• Child Welfare?

• Advocates?

• State Staff: Behavioral Health?

• State Staff: Child welfare?

• Others?

Plan for the session

• Large group sharing of successes and challenges in planning collaboratively

• Review of Joint Management Task Force Recommendations

• Pathways to well-being implementation planning tool – small group and then large group report out• Review the tool at your table and discuss how you have dealt

with each area

Collaborative Planning – Large Group Sharing

• Who feels like they have a grip on collaborative planning with child welfare and mental/behavioral health?

• What have been some of the successes in collaborative planning?

• What challenges have you faced? How did you address them?

• What key lessons would you pass onto others?

Joint Management Task Force (JMT)Recommendations

• The JMT recommends that the Shared Management Structure (SMS) adopt the following vision, mission and values:• Vision - All of California’s children should live in a safe, stable and permanent home

that has the capacity to meet his/her basic needs and to support his/her well-being; and fewer of California’s children should require extended stay in foster care.

• Mission – The goals set forth in the Katie A. v Bonta settlement agreement should be met through: involvement of families and youth in the Shared Management Structure; measures of accountability that improve both system performance and individual outcomes; and clear and consistent guidance regarding policies and programs for program managers and stakeholders.

• Values – The system should be child-centered, family-focused, culturally competent, transparent, trauma-informed and accountable.

Joint Management Task Force Recommendations by Area

• Appointment of Transformational Manager/Facilitator

• Establishment of two Leadership Teams

Shared Governance

• Inter-Departmental MOA• Coordinate routine communications; joint

policy formulation (ACLs/ACINs)

Policies & Procedures

• Community Team develops recommendations for CQI and Accountability System

Accountability & Oversight

• Adopt recommendations of the Fiscal Task Force

• Collaborate on budgeting and fiscal strategies

Fiscal Strategies

Joint Management Task ForceShort-, Mid- & Long-term Goals

• Ensure that data provided by the counties is accurate, consistent and reliable;

• Monitor county progress, and improve the performance of counties that are not making sufficient progress in providing ICC and IHBS to its subclass members; and

• Develop outcomes and accountability measures, and quality control systems that are consistent with the Core Practice Model.

Short-term

• Leverage the POS project by incorporating Katie A. related data elements; and

• Integrate functional assessment and information/data at the individual level into the data match process and methodology.

Mid-term

• Integrate the Quality Assurance processes, C-CFSR, and EQRO.

Long-term

Transformation ManagerSuggested Qualifications

• A Transformation Manager should have:• Lived experience as a youth or biological or adoptive parent;

• Experience navigating the public Mental/Behavioral Health, Child Welfare systems;

• Willingness to use his/her experiences to share pertinent insights and solutions towards the Community Team process;

• Ability to engage and collaborate with people from diverse backgrounds, systems and perspectives;

• Ability to maintain a non-judgmental attitude;

• Experience in wraparound and/or systems of care (preferred);

• Bachelor’s degree or equivalent experience and excellent communication skills.

Core Practice Model Fiscal Task Force Recommendations

Statewide Adoption of

the Core Practice Model

Finance Training, Coaching and Supervision; and Align and Clarify Child Welfare and Mental Health Programs.

Reduction of Group Home

and Other Institutional Placements

Shorten the Length of Stay in Group Homes Using Crisis Stabilization and Short-Term Treatment Services;

Pilot Programs that Demonstrate Effective Alternatives to Group Homes;

Enable Services that Support Successful Transitions to Permanency; and

Reconfigure Interagency Placement Committees.

Resources to Provide

Additional Services

Reinvest Savings into Child Welfare and Mental Health Services;

Maximize Federal Financial Participation; and Fund Sources for the Non-Federal Share of the Title XIX

Services and Non-Traditional Services.

Pathways to Well-Being Implementation Tool

Review the Pathways to Well-Being Tool at your table

1. Pick one of the areas and discuss;

2. For each subtopic under that area, discuss how you have collaboratively planned between MH and CWS in this area;

3. If you complete that area, go on to another one;

4. Be prepared to report out/discuss the questions on the next slide.

Report out after working on the planning tool

• What is one great thing you have done in your area for collaborative planning?

• What key policy support do you need?

• What key training/coaching/mentoring support do you need?

• Any additional collaborative planning you are thinking of doing with regards to the Joint Management Task Force Recommendations?