1. National Title IV-E Roundtable Bloomington, Minnesota Presentation on Title IV-E State, Tribal, and University Partnerships June 4, 2015 Theresa Tanoury, Director

2. The Alliance for Child Welfare Excellence is Washington’s comprehensive statewide training partnership dedicated to developing professional expertise for social workers and enhancing the skills of foster parents and caregivers working with vulnerable children and families. The Power of Partnership

3. Children’s Administration Partners for Our Children UW Seattle School of Social Work Alliance for Child Welfare Excellence Eastern Washington University School of Social Work UW Tacoma Social Work Program 3

4. Vision We join together as one entity to support the readiness and continued learning of child welfare workforce with the intention of achieving the best possible outcomes for Washington’s children and families.

5. Mission Our mission is to support the Children’s Administration’s goal of being a learning organization, which is committed to the ongoing skill and professional development of all employees, and foster, relative and adoptive caregivers.

6. Guiding Principles Competency Based Continuum of Learning Accessible Evaluation Responsive and Timely Policy and Practice Quality Improvement Delivery Methods Supervisors and Administrators Nimble

7. Values Focus on the Child Social Work Values and Ethics Culturally Responsive Evidence and Outcome Informed Combined Expertise Comprehensive

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9. New Approach Ten Year Master Agreement with Annual Plans “Boundary Organization” Competency Based Learning System Federal training funds optimized 9

10. Ten Year Master Agreement 30 Staff Transfer with Reversion Rights Revenues Generated go to the Partnership Structure for education, training and research

11. Boundary Organizations “formal relational structures”

12. Competencies Knowledge and skills Not behavior or performance Sequenced over time and more discrete or specific mastery Social workers, supervisors, and caregivers

13. Competencies and Curriculum Topic FoundationIn-ServiceFocused

14. Training Funds Optimized Curriculum Analysis Rate University Indirect Rate Capacity Fund Cost of the MSW

15. Partnerships Key: Relationships

16. Questions – Feedback - Discussion