1. Region XIV Placement Provider Meeting
December 18th, 2013

2. Children In Care

3. Staff and Agency Updates
Regionalization and County Teams
Entering placements and payments of care in Shines
8 in 8 visits
How many agencies are entering documentation in Shines?
How many visits are being made a month?
What are some of your challenges?
Work group and feedback to Penny Cooper,
Updates on Open adoptions and Amerigroup
1-855-GA-CHILD ( )

4. Hot Topics Focus on placing children within the county
Focus on placement with kin when possible
Presentation on Child in Need

5. Placing Young Children
3-2-1 Rule
No more than 3 children under 3 - This is a Kenny A standard
No more than 2 children under 2 - This is State policy
No more than 1 child under 1 – This is our Regional best practice
(it had been 1 child under 2 after a few CPS/accidents but we agreed to adhere to State policy and assess these type of placement decisions case by case) For no more than 1 child under 1, placement workers can staff these cases to determine if placing more than one child is appropriate (ie. number of care givers in the home, experience with infants, daycare arrangements, child's needs, sleeping arrangements, etc)
Staff will need to get county approval for placing more than one child under one in a home but a waiver is not needed. For more than 3 under 3 or 2 under 2, a waiver will need to be signed.

6. Challenging Placements
Every Child Deserves…
A place to reside while in care
An opportunity to receive treatment
We need to agree that:
Youth can be rehabilitated
Individuals do change and grow especially youth
Everyone has strengths
Denial Reasons must be specific to the child and information presented

7. Break Out sessions
What can the Pro Teams do differently to improve presenting a child/ren for placement?
What information is critical in decision making?
What additional information is helpful that is not currently being provided?
Other suggestions to assisting with getting challenging youth placed

8. Happy Holidays!!!! Wrap Up Monthly match meetings
Questions and suggestions
Happy Holidays!!!!