21 Incentivize states to extend foster care to age 21 ........................................................................................................................................22 County Policy Priorities for Transforming the Child Welfare System • 3 4 • County Policy Priorities for Transforming the Child Welfare System Counties and the Child Welfare System The child welfare system pr. [...] County Policy Priorities for Transforming the Child Welfare System • 7 8 • County Policy Priorities for Transforming the Child Welfare System Priority Areas and Recommendations for Child Welfare Transformation Though federal, state, local and community partners Children of color are still disproportionately represented have made modest progress in the mission to prevent in the child welfare system. [...] The and crisis intervention management are intended administration should direct the FFPSA to stabilize families to ensure the well-being of clearinghouse to prioritize the review and their children by preventing abuse and neglect approval of services that are not also eligible and building safe, healthy, and nurturing for Medicaid reimbursement or other federal environments for children. [...] result, providers are finding it difficult to Investing in behavioral and mental health services meet the significant QRTP requirements— that children and youth can access at school, in the such as accreditation, clinical and nursing community or at home is a critical piece of the puzzle, staff, provision of trauma-informed care, and particularly for preventing the entry of youth into the mandated. [...] The current landscape license kinship families for program, called Homes for and issued actionable youth in foster care who have Hope, supports the placement recommendations at the therapeutic needs, ensuring of up to 5 children in each home state and county level the families received extra for 30-90 days as the county to address the needs of behavioral support, clinical creates a permanency plan.
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- Regardless of population size geography 2
- Whether keeping families sheltered 2
- Counties employ 257000 human services 2
- Table of Contents 3
- Counties and the Child Welfare System 5
- PROGRAM DESCRIPTION FY 2024 FUNDING 6
- PROGRAM DESCRIPTION FY 2024 FUNDING 7
- Priority Areas and Recommendations for Child Welfare Transformation 9
- NUMBER OF CHILDREN IN THE FOSTER CARE SYSTEM 2012-2021 9
- Invest in economic and concrete supports that stabilize families and reduce risk for child welfare system involvement 10
- COUNTY BEST PRACTICE 10
- Increase prevention resources available under the Family First Prevention Services Act 11
- FFPSA CLEARINGHOUSE REVIEWS AS OF MAY 2024 11
- Increase flexible funding for prevention under Title IV-B and CAPTA 12
- COUNTY BEST PRACTICE 12
- CHILDREN IN FOSTER CARE VS. TOTAL LICENSED FOSTER HOMES IN COUNTY-ADMINISTERED CHILD WELFARE STATES 2023 14
- Continue investment in kinship placements 15
- Modernize Title IV-E eligibility requirements 15
- COUNTY BEST PRACTICE 15
- Coordinate services for youth with complex needs 16
- COUNTY BEST PRACTICE 17
- Dedicate funding to boost compensation 18
- COUNTY BEST PRACTICE 18
- Invest in workforce mental health 19
- Support upgrades to legacy technology 19
- COUNTY BEST PRACTICE 19
- Expand concrete supports and services 21
- COUNTY BEST PRACTICE 21
- YOUTH EMANCIPATING FROM FOSTER CARE IN COUNTY-ADMINISTERED CHILD WELFARE STATES 2021 21
- Incentivize states to extend foster care to age 21 22
- COUNTY BEST PRACTICE 22
- Endnotes 23
- NACo Staff Contacts 23
