Period Under Review: April 2006 April 2007

2nd round CFSR Statewide Assessment review of methodology, instruments, and sources most often used in item-by-item evaluation, 2008

VERMONT Period under review: April 2006 – April 2007 Contact: Sheila Duranleau

METHODOLOGY CFSR OUTCOME/ITEM NUMBER Focus Groups1 6, 8, 15, 17, 18, 20, 26, 31, 35, 36 Surveys2 6, 10, 14, 15, 18-20, 27, 29, 36, 44, Data Analysis/Review 1-10, 14, 23-29, 31, 33-35, 38, 41, 42 REVIEW OF: Practices/Policies/Procedures 1-18, 20-23, 25-30, 32-35, 41, 43, 45 Services/Programs/Projects/Planning 2, 8-12, 17, 32, 38, 44 Assessments/Tools/Surveys 1, 3-5, 10, 14, 15, 17, 18, 20, 23, 27, 29, 30, 33, 36, 37 Previous CFSR 1-7, 9-16, 18, 20, 25-27, 30, 31, 33-45 Quarterly outcome/management reports 2, 5-10, 15, 24, 44 District reviews/annual report/QA 1, 4, 7, 8, 11-13, 17-21, 23-25, 31, 33, 38

Some of the data/sources referred to: ▪ Vermont’s Data Profile ▪ IV-E Review ▪ Vermont’s Program Improvement Plan Final Report ▪ Statewide Inventory of Juvenile Court Practices ▪ Outcomes-at-a-Glance Reports ▪ Review of the Governor’s Youth Initiative ▪ Practice forum on systemic issues data ▪ Analysis of 1,101 Child Assessments ▪ Re-entry Outcome Reports/re-entry data ▪ Child Welfare Training Partnership Final Report ▪ Entry cohort data ▪ Web-based case management system ▪ Point-in-time data ▪ Case review facilitator’s network meeting ▪ Residential Licensing Unit data ▪ AFCARS Report ▪ Child Welfare League’s National Data Analysis ▪ Report on the Dialogue on the Child Welfare System System convened by the VT Children’s Aid Forum (Oct ’06)

Some of the programs/projects/planning referred to: ▪ Program Improvement Plan ▪ Permanency Unit ▪ BARJ Programs ▪ Youth Development Program ▪ Memorandum of Understanding ▪ Breakthrough Series Project ▪ Child Welfare Training Project (CWTP) ▪ New Employee Service Training (NEXT) ▪ Project Family ▪ Success by Six/Success Beyond Six ▪ Vermont 211 ▪ Runaway Programs ▪ Family Infant and Toddler Project ▪ Head Start/Early Head Start ▪ Coordinated services planning ▪ Essential Early Education Services ▪ Parent child centers ▪ Community Mental Health Centers ▪ Children’s Upstream Services ▪ Healthy Babies system of care

1 Focus groups were held with staff, Resource Coordinators, foster parents, adoptive parents, Juvenile Justice Workgroup, parents and youth, Vermont Coalition of Residential Programs, University of Vermont CW Training Partnership, Vermont Foster and Adoptive Parents Association, and Agency of Human Services Field Directors. 2 Surveys include a youth survey, court survey, Juvenile Court Reassessment survey, and other Family Service Division CFSR surveys. Some of the assessments/tools/surveys referred to: ▪ SDM tools ▪ Safety/risk assessments ▪ Family Risk Assessment of Abuse/Neglect ▪ Youth Assessment and Screening Inventory (YASI) ▪ Health Intake Questionnaire (HIQ) ▪ Training System Self-Assessment