Hamilton County
I have tried to determine how Hamilton County has spent the 25,000 dollars
donated by the state towards the implementation of Caseload Analysis.
Hamilton County has made a serious effort toward Caseload Analysis in both time
and money. This county has spent far more then the initial $25,000 to
initiate this methodology. To date $23,000 has been paid to Carol
Smith for consultation, $420,000 to A.T. Hudson for a case tracking and C.L.A.
computer program, $3,000 to Gordon Hay for I.L.F. facilitation / report writing
/report publishing, and $750 to Kevin Brown for his portion of the report
writing.
Medina County Expenditures
10-1999: County Forum presented to key stakeholders throughout Medina County.
Approximately 80 people in attendance. Background and philosphy of CLA
presented as well as a mock Family Group Conference. Agency contracted with IHS
to coordinate activities. In addition, selected staff were trained the following
day by IHS staff on facilition skills necessary to conduct a Family Conference.
Total costs for training and misc. materials= $3000
11-1999: Payment for 11-1999 state ILF to Gordon Hay=$1000
1-2000: One day in service training at the agency for County ILF members
as well as designated team members. Jean Schafer, private consultant provided
feedback on our current practice as well as direction and clarification in
problem areas. Total cost for training, travel, lodging=$1000.
2-2000: One day workshop in Columbus presented by Carol Smith, private
consultant. Approximately 12 counties participated and shared cost of training.
Gave overview of philosphy of CLA as well as updated versions of Classification
of Need and Level of Service. Training focused on using CLA as a management
tool. Cost=$100
5-2000: All day in service training for entire Social Service Division to
educate staff regarding CLA elements as well as related initiatives within the
agency. Will help guide us toward future vision which includes Child Welfare
League Of America standards. Cost for site and training material=$700
Misc. trining materials and videos=$200.
Total expenditures year to date=$6000
Portage County
In Portage we spent our $25,000 in the following ways...
$10,000 to purchase Pro-IV Software (even thought the State had not yet sent us
any hardware, hard ware was not recieved until April 2000)
$1,000 paid for facilitation for the ILF
Approximatly $2,000 will be spent as our share of the cost of the Case load
anaylsis evaluation.
$750.00 to Kevin Brown for his Qualitative Analysis of the CLA Counties.
Approximatly $650. will be paid to Maureen Heffernan for a permanancy training
using CLA statigies at our staff retreat May 17 & 18th
Approximatly $10,000 wil be paid to Mohican for the Portage County staff retreat
providing two days of training and team building related to CLA.
Ashtabula
WE HAVE SPENT 22,000 TO DATE ON ORGANIZATIONAL DEVELOPMENT, TRAINING
AND RELATED COSTS DURING THIS PAST YEAR. WE ARE ANTICIPATING SPENDING
THE BALANCE OF THE ORIGINAL APPROPRIATION ON THE FINAL COST OF THE
REPORT AND MORE TRAINING FOR NEWER STAFF.
Greene
This is how we spent the money:
A. Training for staff regarding:
1. Classification of service needs and level of service
2. Implementing the process of CLA
3. Family Centered/Strength Based Practice
B. Training for the community regarding:
1. Implementing the process of CLA
C. Consultation regarding:
1. Family Group Decision Making including focus groups with staff and
community agencies and staff survey
2. Re-tooling of the agency's foster care program
3. ILF facilitation and report writing
