1. 2015 Annual Report February 9, 2016 Presenters:
May 9, 2018
2015 Annual Report
February 9, 2016
Presenters:
Shari Kottke, Child & Family Social Services Manager
Charity Floen, Adult & Disability Social Services Manager
Cathy Skogen, Income & health Care Assistance Manager

2. Overview MNPrairie Vision, Mission, & Core Values
May 9, 2018
Overview
MNPrairie Vision, Mission, & Core Values
Child & Family Social Services
Income & Health Care Assistance
Adult & Disability Services
Purpose Statement
Services
Performance Measures
Data & Results
Highlights
2016 Priorities
Emerging Issues
Q & A
Human Services Performance Measurement System Measures
February 9,. 2016

3. Child & Family Social Services
May 9, 2018
Child & Family Social Services
Purpose Statement DRAFT
Child and Family Social Services partners with families to help ensure that children are more likely to be safe, have permanency and to be well in Dodge, Steele, and Waseca Counties.
February 9, 2016

4. Child & Family Social Services
May 9, 2018
Child & Family Social Services
February 9, 2016

5. Child & Family Social Services
May 9, 2018
Child & Family Social Services
Programs:
•Child Protection Investigation & Family Assessment Response
•Child Protection On-Going Services
•Family Involvement Strategies (Family Group Conferencing)
•Parenting Support Outreach Assessment and Services
•Child/Family Welfare Services
•Children In Need of Protection or Services (CHIPS) Court Proceedings
•Parallel Protection Processes
•Out-of-Home Placements of Children
•Children’s Mental Health Services
•Minor Parent Services
•Adoption/Guardianship
•Licensing of Child Day Care Homes
•Licensing of Child Foster Care Homes
•Community Education and Prevention
•Information & Referral
February 9, 2016

6. Child & Family Social Services
May 9, 2018
Child & Family Social Services
C&F Intake has 2 Social Worker FTEs who responded to reports and requests for information or services.
**FTEs referenced throughout report are EOY 2015 actual
February 9, 2016

7. Child & Family Social Services
May 9, 2018
Child & Family Social Services
The number of child protection reports has increased over the past two years.
February 9, 2016

8. Child & Family Social Services
May 9, 2018
Child & Family Social Services
Assessment & Investigation has 4.8 Social Worker FTEs that responded to 484 intake reports.
371 reports received a child protection response:
22.1% family investigation, % family assessment.
February 9, 2016

9. Child & Family Social Services
May 9, 2018
Child & Family Social Services
The number of reports that received a CP response increased by 29% in Each social worker opened 92 investigations or assessments on average this year. Staff in this area experienced significant turnover and need for intensive training.
February 9, 2016

10. Child & Family Social Services
May 9, 2018
Child & Family Social Services
11 Child Protection & Child Welfare Social Worker FTEs with an average caseload of families.
11 Children’s Mental Health Case Manager FTEs with an average caseload of children.
February 9, 2016

11. Child & Family Social Services
May 9, 2018
Child & Family Social Services
The number of new case openings in child protection increased by 64% in Trend data showed an upward trend prior to 2014.
February 9, 2016

12. Child & Family Social Services
May 9, 2018
Child & Family Social Services
Child in need of protection or services (CHIPS) & permanency filings increased in
Cases that are court involved substantially increase in time intensity and often are paired with children in placement.
February 9, 2016

13. Child & Family Social Services
May 9, 2018
Child & Family Social Services
The number of children entering out- of-home placement rose 22.5% in 2015.
Contributing factors are parental substance use, chronic mental illness and large sibling groups.
February 9, 2016

14. Child & Family Social Services
May 9, 2018
Child & Family Social Services
The cost of out- of-home placements increased in
**Steele County juvenile correction placements are included in this trend data.
February 9, 2016

15. Child & Family Social Services
May 9, 2018
Child & Family Social Services
3.8 Social Worker/Case Aide FTEs work with 334 child care & foster care providers to complete initial licensing and relicensing.
Staff provide or arrange for training per requirements.
February 9, 2016

16. Child & Family Social Services
May 9, 2018
Child & Family Social Services
Measures of child safety, permanency and well-being monitored by DHS and posted to a public Child Welfare Data Dashboard
Measures
Target
MNPrairie
Q3 2015
MN 2014
Timeliness to Initial Contact
90% 
93.1%*
77.6%
Absence of Re-Reporting
91.0% 
89.7%
90.6%
Time to Reunification
75.2% 
90.2%*
86.3%*
Rate of Relative Care
45% 
46.5%*
43%
Foster Care Re-entry
9.9% i
36.2%
23.5%
Aging out of Foster Care
70% i
83.3%
64.3%*
Placement Stability
86% 
95.9%*
87.2%*
Timeliness to Adoption
36.6% 
76.9%*
59.9%*
Monthly Caseworker Visits
91.9%*
76.7%
Rate of Entry into Foster Care
3.6/per thousand i
3.9/per thousand*
4.1
February 9, 2016

17. Child & Family Social Services
May 9, 2018
Child & Family Social Services
Highlights
Staffing
3.7 new child protection FTEs (new State grant)
New CP staff complete DHS Child Welfare Foundation training within six months of hire, developing internal training/orientation to child protection
Infrastructure Building
Conducted internal analysis, created program specific workgroups, created action plans to align practices across all sites.
Centralized C&F intake & screening practices
Introduced “Safe and Connected” Comprehensive Child Welfare Design, engaged consultant who provides initial and ongoing training/coaching.
February 9, 2016

18. Child & Family Social Services
May 9, 2018
Child & Family Social Services
Highlights (continued)
Results/Outcomes
Increasing use of Family Involvement Strategies
Met the 90% goal of monthly contact with children as expected; did not meet the 90% goal of Timeliness to Initial Contact with Child Victims for state CP grant set-aside dollars
Revenue
Monthly data reports drawn/distributed to supervisors who monitor and support practice to meet goals/standards
Foster care coordination team reorganized to ensure maximized revenue recapture when children are placed
Responding/managing grant funds: Family Assessment Response, Parent Support/Outreach, SELF, Child Protection Allocation, Respite, FGDM, trauma-informed Super Community, SCHA….
February 9, 2016

19. Child & Family Social Services
May 9, 2018
Child & Family Social Services
2016 Program Priorities
Continued parental substance use
Effectively manage the increase in accepted reports, case openings, out-of-home placements
Training of staff and continued alignment of practices across all sites
Timely licensing of kinship homes to meet state North Star requirements
Strengthen and enhance collaboration with key child welfare partners across all sites
February 9, 2016

20. Child & Family Social Services
May 9, 2018
Child & Family Social Services
Emerging Issues
Governor’s Child Protection Task Force Recommendations – changes primarily to front end practices
Child care licensing will move to an annual licensing visit in late 2016
North Star foster care payment reconciliation
Access to safe and affordable housing, poverty & economic recovery
February 9, 2016

21. Child & Family Social Services
May 9, 2018
Child & Family Social Services
Q & A
February 9, 2016

22. Human Services Performance System Measures
February 9, 2016