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Utilization of and redirection of and to Community Resources

Partnering to maximize collaboration and linkages between an agency and the community with an emphasis on engaging the community in helping in the protection of children.

        Community includes entities like court, board, family first council, MRDD, Mental Health, schools, kinship, foster parents, neighborhoods, family to family . .

Deer Creek Work

The table below captures the cards that we put under this topic at Deer Creek. The cards are organized by the major categories we put them into at the retreat (Yellow). These categories are used to organize the material in this website.

A.     Development/Nurturing of Partnerships

§         Developed collaborative initiatives with other agencies

§         Developed collaborative initiatives with community

§         Community Partnerships

§         Sustain fast track workers (In home therapists, that attempt to maintain child in home, divert from intervention units

§         Family and Children First Council (Partial Hosp Prog

§         Full time community health liaison added to agency

§         Therapeutic foster care expansion (Agency and Mental health)

§         Utilizing CFFC coordinator to facilitate family/team meetings developing protocol for these meetings

§         Community and DAVE

§         Community team building for family Team Conferencing

§         Community Based Screening

§         Continuing collaborative work with Family mediation (conflict management for parents and teens)

§         Community Liaisons

§         Community and agency partnerships to revise foster care program

§         School social worker – improving school relationship/preventative services

§         Liaison with CASA and magistrates ct administrator

§         Liaison with Justice ct to avert placement

§         SW assisting at Juvy Court

§         Meeting with Juvy court monthly (Section chiefs and magistrates and Magellan)

§         Multi disciplinary team with child advocate and community agencies

§         Created multidisciplinary teams

§         Partner with hospitals for child safety

 

B.     Use of Available Resources

§         ICMS (Provide Training)

§         Resource directories on all desks (provide training)

§         McKids protocol with law enforce and us

§         Killer  HB484 D/A Assessment RX Protocol

§         Monthly In Service with assessment Unit and various community agencies

 

C.     Site Based

§         Site staff meetings include community resources

§         Developed site in community

§         Site based practice

§         Individual sites partner with community resources

§         Adding second site to house community training for parenting classes, kitchens, child sex abuse interviewing room, washer dryer for lice task force/Prenatal clinic, job program/family stability etc