Tehama Linkages Commitment Presented by LaDeena Coates, Employment & Training Worker, II Richard Phillips, Social Worker, II

Self-sufficient families and safe children in a responsible and caring community.

To coordinate services between CalWORKs and Child Welfare in Tehama County to help families achieve self- sufficiency and ensure child safety and well being.

 We believe services must be strength based, family-centered and tailored to individual needs.  We believe services must be accessible, comprehensive and delivered in the least intrusive way possible.  We believe services must be coordinated across systems in a smooth and seamless practice.  We believe services must protect the rights of families, must be culturally sensitive and are delivered in a respectful and caring manner.  We believe that parents want to be self-sufficient and to have a safe home for their children. Our job is to provide families with the tools, resources and opportunities to achieve these goals.  We believe that families are on a journey, which includes awareness that there is a different and better way of life, a desire for this new way of life and a belief that this way of life is achievable.  We believe that the door to services must remain open so families can flourish when they are ready.

 190 employees at TCDSS  Red Bluff office has 161 (84.7%) of total staff  Corning office has 29 (15.3%) of total staff  Staff can informally talk when they see each other in the office.

 Employment Services:  412 Ongoing Cases  65 New Cases/Applications  Child Welfare Services  291 Current Case Counts  168 Referrals / 113 Evaluated Out 6 Linked Cases

 Engage: Ask Questions?  Who, What, When, Where & Why?  Assess Strengths & Weaknesses  What is working? What is not?  Relationships  Building the Network.  Risk Assessments  Signs of Safety/Danger

 Identify the families safety plan components already in place  Assessment – Build onto plan already in place  Monitor progress/concerns – continued involvement  Children provide their own input.

 Differential Response  Family Stabilization  Strength Based Wrap-Around

 Percent of children with a substantiated recurrence of maltreatment after 3 months, 6 months, and/or 9 months.  Percent of children not removed from home with substantiated recurrence of maltreatment after 3 months, 6 months, and/or 9 months.  Percent of families that achieve reunification.  Time to reunification.  Percent of children who do not re-enter foster care.  Of children living at home, percentage whose Child Welfare case closed because the family stabilized and services were no longer needed.  Of children living in foster care, number of placements during the time their Linkages case was open, and within 6 and 12 months after their Linkages case closed.

 Percent of parents who have CalWORKs sanctions resolved.  Amount of monthly cash grant (without sanctions).  Amount of parents’ monthly earnings and wages.  Length of time parents receive cash aid.  Percentage of customers that meet Welfare-to-Work federal participation requirements when their Linkages case opens, and 6 and 12 months after that date.  Percentage of customers making progress toward meeting work rate requirements (education, vocational training, substance abuse treatment, domestic violence classes, etc.) at 6 and 12 months after their Linkages case opens.  Of those who resolve sanctions after entering Linkages, percentage who have subsequent sanctions.  Of customers not sanctioned at time of entry into Linkages, percentage who are sanctioned while in Linkages. Of families who exit CalWORKs/TANF, percentage who re-apply for CalWORKs/TANF aid.

LaDeena Coates Employment & Training Worker, II Richard Phillips Social Worker, II