1. California’s Child Welfare Continuum of Care Reform (CCR) Butte County Overview December 2016 ~ Cathi Grams, Director Department of Employment and Social Services Dorian Kittrell, Director Department of Behavioral Health

2. * Senate Bill 1013 (Chapter 35, Statutes of 2012)
Background
Legislative mandate:*
Reform Group Homes and Foster Family Agencies with robust and diverse stakeholder input
Builds on previous reform efforts
Continuum of Care Reform:
A comprehensive framework that supports children, youth and families across placement settings (from relatives to congregate care) in achieving permanency. Includes:
Increased engagement with children, youth and families
Increased capacity for home-based family care
Limited use of congregate care (Group Homes)
Systemic and infrastructure changes: rates, training, accreditation, accountability & performance, mental health services
* Senate Bill 1013 (Chapter 35, Statutes of 2012)

3. Vision
All children live with a committed, permanent and nurturing family
Individualized and coordinated services and supports
Focus on permanent family and preparation for successful adulthood
When needed, congregate care (Group Home) is a short- term, high quality, intensive intervention that is just one part of a continuum of care available for children, youth and young adults

4. Short-Term Residential Therapeutic Program
The “Paradigm Shift”
Short-Term Residential Therapeutic Program
( STRTP)
Group Home
Children who cannot be safely placed in a family can receive short-term, residential care with specific care plans and intensive therapeutic interventions and services to support transition to a family.

5. The Goal: Children in Resource Families Children in Congregate Care
(Group Homes)
Permanent
Family

6. Limited Use of Congregate Care
Group Home  Short-Term Residential Therapeutic Program that provide Core Services:
Trauma Informed
Culturally relevant
Capacity to transition to children to family care by approving Resource Families

7. Increased Engagement Child & Family Teams (CFT)
Intensive Mental Health Services
Increased Capacity for Home-Based Family Care

8. Placement Report Children’s Services Division
Of the 577 children in out-of-home placements in October 2016:
88 were placed in a County Foster Family Home
32 were placed in a Group Home (STRTP)
111 were placed in a Relative/NREFM Home
254 were placed in Foster Family
Agency Home
70 were placed in a Guardian Home
8 were placed in Supervised
Independent Living (SILP)
14 were placed in NRLG Home

9. Additional Information
Additional information on the CDSS website at: