1. Family Findings: Making Successful Kin Placements and Connections for Children in Care Presenter: Elisa Esh, Diakon Adoption and Foster Care

2. Introduction and Purpose Family Findings Pilot Discussion Units of SWAN Service to meet Fostering Connections Act Can be utilized to greatly enhance C&Y staff’s ability to meet timelines and goals of returning youth home or to relative placement

3. Family Findings Pilot Project Cumberland C&Y Children and youth to be referred for CSR for the specific purpose of Family Findings Fostering Connections and Increasing Adoptions Act Front Door Children Older Youth

4. Family Findings Pilot Project Cumberland C&Y Collaborative team effort at Mechanicsburg and York Diakon Adoption and Foster Care Offices with C&Y agency and those important in the life of the child SWAN dollar utilization Accurint and U.S. Search Peripheral SWAN Referrals Family Engagement and FGDM with in house county teams or facilitated by trained Diakon staff

5. What does this mean in terms of actual cost to the SWAN NBB for my county? SWAN NBB Cost for “Front Door” children: Child Specific Recruitment – at point of referral to the program - $3000.00 Child Profile (As Needed)– at point of referral to the program - $2,000.00 Child Preparation (As Needed) – at point of identification of permanent kin family and/or prior to return home - $2,000.00 Total Cost SWAN NBB: $7,000.00 per child Family Profile (As Needed) $2,500 With Additional Costs: $9,500.00 per child Follow Up Extended Engagement Services (As Needed): Child Prep referral prior to leaving county custody - $2,000.00 Total Cost for one “front door” child - $11,500.00

6. Family Findings Works for Older Youth Too! Resolution of Birth Family Issues is Key to Successful Adoptive Placements Allows the Child to Move Forward Child Prep – Another Way to Look at it! Families Need Prep too! Family Findings will NOT always result in relative placement

7. What does this mean in terms of actual cost to the SWAN NBB for my county? SWAN NBB Cost for “Older Youth” children: Child Specific Recruitment – at point of referral to the program - $3000.00 Child Preparation (As Needed) – at point of identification of permanent kin family and relatives and/or prior to relative placement - $2,000.00 Family Profile (As Needed) – at point of location of permanent possible relative resource - $2,500.00 Total Cost SWAN NBB: $7,500.00 per child Child Profile (As needed and if profile is more than three years old) – at point of referral to the program - $2,000.00 Finalization (As Needed) - $3,500.00 With Additional Optional Costs: $13,000.00 per child Follow Up Extended Engagement Services (As Needed): Child Prep referral prior to leaving county custody - $2,000.00 Total Cost for “Older Youth” -$15,000.00

8. What are County C&Y Needs? What are your goals and needs? How do you currently engage families? Connection with Family Group Decision Making – internal, additional providers? Capacity – what C&Y would like Diakon to possibly provide?

9. Discussion and Questions Contact Information: Lauren Conzaman, 610-682-1528 conzamanl@diakon.org conzamanl@diakon.org Elisa Esh, 717-724-7979 eshe@diakon.org eshe@diakon.org Craig Gehosky, 717-795-0328 gehoskyc@diakon.org gehoskyc@diakon.org