1. Comprehensive Youth Services
January 20th, 2017
Prairie Winds Community Center
Bridgeport, NE

2. Welcome and Introductions

3. Meeting Overview Foundations Principles Continuum of Prevention
School resource officer/social worker panel discussion
Successes
Next Steps

4. Foundations
Not a knowledge problem, challenge is translation into practice
Basis of knowledge
Importance of ecological perspective, serving youth closer to home, better connecting youth to family, school, community, and pro-social peers while utilizing a strength-based approach
Youth Thrive
Framework for implementation is a continuum of prevention
Policy reforms
Evidence-based practice
Systems of care

5. Evidence-based practice
Research shows that most delinquency reduction benefits come from:
Focusing the most effective and costly interventions on high risk youth and providing less intensive and less costly interventions to lower risk cases
Therapeutic philosophy programs are more effective than control philosophy programs
Program type needs to match the needs of the youth
Amount and quality of service are critical variables in program effectiveness

6. Principles
Child and Adolescent Service System of Program principles that youth services are:
Child-centered
Family focused
Strengths-based
Culturally competent
Provided in the least restrictive appropriate setting

7. Principles Panhandle Youth Services System envisions a system which:
Provides strengths and assets-based services
Youth flow seamlessly between systems without falling through the cracks
Provides the right services at the right time
Continuum of services is accessible across the region
Assures that services are evidence-based and evidence informed
Promotes policy that decreases barriers so that youth may be served without having to enter high end systems
Values community ownership

8. Principles Panhandle Youth Services System envisions a system which:
Demonstrates accountability through shared data, assessments, planning and evaluation
Uses Continuous Quality Improvement (CQI) to improve outcomes and processes
Best outcomes for youth occur through a system of flexible funding that follows youth
Promotes safety and inclusion for the most vulnerable of youth by race, ethnicity, gender, socio-economic status, and gender identity
Promotes professionalism of youth services workers through shared training
Has central referral and navigation component regardless of referral source
Is vibrant, adaptable, and current

9. Youth Indicators
Youth Thrive has been developed as a framework for addressing trauma and adverse childhood experiences
Outlines avenues for working with youth
Foundation for cross system goals and evaluation
Eight domains (Jim Casey and Nebraska Children and Families Foundation)
Housing
Education
Employment
Daily living skills/resources
Health care and mental health care
Permanence and belonging
Economic stability

10. Continuum of Prevention
Systems of care established to serve youth 0-24
System of Care 0-8
System of Care 12-18
System of Care 16-24

11. Continuum of Prevention
System of Care 12-18
Priority areas
Primary prevention
Secondary prevention
Community intervention
Intensive intervention services
Multi-component intervention programs
Detention
Transition Services
Backbone organization for regional collaboration

12. Primary Prevention
“Community-based primary prevention efforts (programs, policies and practices) aimed at reducing risks and promoting strengths for all youth. These resources are evidence-based or evidence influenced services that facilitate resilience, promote healthy lifestyles, informal support systems, educational, and employment skills.”

13. Secondary Prevention
“Focused secondary prevention programs for youth in the community at greatest risk but not involved with the juvenile justice system, or perhaps, diverted from the juvenile justice system. These strength based resources enhance resilience and protective factors.”

14. Community Intervention
“Intervention services tailored to the individuals’ identified strengths, needs and risk factors.”

15. Intensive Intervention Services
“Intensive use of probation supervision or residential facilities tailored to individual identified risk and need factors.”

16. Multi-component Intensive Intervention Programs
“Youth who are the most serious, violent, and chronic offenders based on valid risk assessment”

17. Detention
“The Detention Center was seen as a juvenile holding facility, day treatment, and staff-secure services” Should Detention be dropped from the Plan as a priority area?

18. Transition Services
“Community-based services for youth who are on their own, have received services from DHHS and are transition from systems, or are not currently receiving supports, to independent or community-based living situations.”

19. Backbone Organization for Regional Collaboration
“An effective backbone organization enhances regional youth services though collaborative processes such as assessments, planning, implementation, evaluation and sustainability of quality, cost effective youth service system.”

20. Should we re-do or revise plan?

21. School Resource Officer / School Social Worker Panel Discussion

22. Panhandle-wide Resource Guide
Recent success
Panhandle-wide Resource Guide

23. Work group formation Prevention (Primary and Secondary)
Intervention (Community intervention, intensive intervention, multi- component intensive intervention)
Transition Services (Older Youth System of Care)
Backbone Organization

24. Homework Recruit others who would be interested in your work group
Review your work group’s priorities, services, and strategies
Think about what data we have and what further data is needed for your work group
Next meeting: February 17th, 2017
9:00am-11:00am
Prairie Winds Community Center – Bridgeport, NE