CJA TASK FORCE MEETING July 12, 2019, 9:00 Am-1:00 Pm Sheraton Austin at the Capitol 701 East 11Th St., Austin, TX 78701

CJA TASK FORCE MEETING July 12, 2019, 9:00 am-1:00 pm Sheraton Austin at the Capitol 701 East 11th St., Austin, TX 78701 TABLE OF CONTENTS Agenda……………………………………………………………………………… 1 Task Force Roster…………………………………………………………………. 2 Meeting Minutes (April 12)…..…………………………………………………… 4 FY19 Second Quarter Program Updates……….........……………………….….. 7 FY19 Third Quarter Program Updates……...…………………………………... 11 FY19 Grant Project Summaries………....……………..………………………... 16 FY2019 Budget…………………………………………………………………… 34 Grants Committee Report………………………………………………………. 35 FY2019 Grant Application Scoring Form……………………………………….. 39 FY2019 Grant Proposal Summaries….………..………………………………... 42 CJA Membership Committee Report…………...……………………………… 54 Slate of Nominations for New Members………………………………………... 57 Slate of Members for Re-Election...……..………………………………………... 62 CJA Task Force Bylaws…………………………………………………………... 63 Recent Articles…………………………………………………………………… 71 Children’s Justice Act Task Force Quarterly Task Force Meeting July 12, 2019 9:00 AM‐ 1:00 PM AGENDA 8:30 Networking Breakfast 9:00 Welcome and Introductions – Aurora Martinez Jones 9:05 Approval of April 12, 2019 meeting minutes – Action Item 9:10 Legislative Recap: Lisa Harst, Strategic Partnerships Associate, Children's Advocacy Centers of Texas 9:40 Grantee/Budget Update – Heidi Penix/Steve Geiser 9:50 Break 10:00 FY19 Grants Discussion – Action Item 10:45 Membership Committee Update – Action Item 11:00 Statistical Analysis of the Links between Child Exploitation and Hands on Child Abusers – Dan Powers & Jeff Rich 12:00 Lunch 1:00 Adjourn 1 TX Children’s Justice Act Task Force Members 2018‐2019 Aurora Martinez Jones, Chair Meredith Chacon, Vice‐Chair Stephanie Stephens, Chair‐Elect Associate Court Judge Director of Special Projects Assistant County Attorney Travis County Civil Associate Courts ChildSafe Nacogdoches County Attorney’s Office Austin, TX San Antonio, TX Nacogdoches, TX 512‐854‐2484 210‐208‐5772 936‐560‐7788 [email protected] meredithc@childsafe‐sa.org [email protected] Isidro Alaniz Tymothy Belseth Kriste Burnett District Attorney Research Coordinator District Attorney Webb Country District Attorney’s Office University of Texas at Austin, Texas 29th Judicial District Laredo, TX Institute for Child & Family Wellbeing Palo Pinto, TX 956‐523‐4912 Austin, TX 940‐659‐1251 [email protected] [email protected] [email protected]‐pinto.tx.us Ed Drain Sonya Eddleman Jon Evans Chief of Police CARE Team Clinical Coordinator Attorney and Counselor at Law City of Amarillo Driscoll Children’s Hospital Austin, TX Amarillo, TX Corpus Christi, TX 512‐476‐4075 806‐378‐3055 361‐739‐0293 [email protected] [email protected] [email protected] Jesse Gonzales, Jr. Denise Hyde Ann Johnson Attorney at Law Attorney at Law Attorney at Law Fort Stockton, TX Austin, TX 78701 Johnson Martinez LLC 432‐ 940‐5646 512‐474‐9911 Houston, TX [email protected] denise@hyde‐law.com 713‐523‐5000 [email protected] Natalie Kissoon Gil‐Rey Madrid Lindsay Mullins Child Abuse Pediatrician Assistant Superintendent Executive Director, State Government Center for Miracles‐Children’s Hospital pf Fort Stockton Independent School District Affairs San Antonio Fort Stockton, TX BNSF Railway San Antonio, TX 432‐336‐4101 Austin, TX 210‐704‐3878 [email protected] 512‐473‐2823 [email protected] [email protected] Cordelia Perez Dan Powers Joy Rauls Sergeant Chief Operating Officer Executive Director City of Laredo Police Department Collin County CAC Children Advocacy Centers of Texas Laredo, TX Plano, TX Austin, TX 956‐242‐1624 972‐633‐6615 512‐258‐9920 [email protected] [email protected] [email protected] 2 TX Children’s Justice Act Task Force Members 2018‐2019 Monica Reyes Connie Ricketts Jeff Rich Parent Liaison Executive Director Detective, Criminal Investigations Division The Children’s Partnership/Travis County CASA of Galveston County Plano Police Department Health and Human Services Galveston, TX FBI VCAC Task Force Austin, TX 409‐572‐2552 Plano, TX 512‐854‐7872 [email protected] 972‐941‐2631 [email protected] [email protected] David Rodriguez Dustin Rynders Elizabeth Senger Director of Investigations Staff Attorney Chief Executive Officer Texas Education Agency Disability Rights Texas El Paso Center for Children Austin, TX Houston, TX El Paso, TX 512‐463‐9734 713‐974‐7691 915‐269‐1148 [email protected] [email protected] [email protected] Vicki Spriggs Jim Sylvester Hon. Angela Tucker CEO Associate Commissioner of Investigations Judge Texas CASA, Inc. Texas Department of Family and Protective 199th Judicial District Court – Collin County Austin, TX Services McKinney, TX (512) 473‐2627 Child Protective Services 972‐548‐4415 [email protected] Austin, TX [email protected] [email protected] Staff Heidi Penix Steve Geiser Program Director Grant Administrator (512) 482‐8986 512‐482‐8986 (517) 974‐8009 cell [email protected] [email protected] 3 MINUTES of Texas Children’s Justice Act Task Force Meeting Date: April 12, 2019 Call to order: A regular meeting of the Texas Children’s Justice Act (CJA) Task Force was held at the Texas Association of Counties Building on April 12, 2019. The meeting was called to order at 9:00 a.m. by Heidi Penix with Task Force Chair‐Elect Stephanie Stephens presiding. Members in attendance: Tym Belseth, Kriste Burnett, Ed Drain, Jon Evans, Ann Johnson, Gil‐Rey Madrid, Lindsay Mullins, Cordelia Perez, Connie Ricketts, Dustin Rynders, Vicki Spriggs, Stephanie Stephens Members not in attendance: Isidro Alaniz, Meredith Chacon, Jesse Gonzales, Denise Hyde, Aurora Martinez‐ Jones, Dan Powers, Joy Rauls, Monica Reyes, Jeff Rich, Elizabeth Senger, Jim Sylvester, Angela Tucker Also in attendance: Catherine Bass, Steve Geiser, Christina Green, Lisa Harst, Lindsay Jordan, Heidi Penix, Monica Ruiz, Jeannine Von Shultz Welcome and Introductions: By CJA Task Force Chair‐Elect, Stephanie Stephens. Ms. Stephens welcomed those in attendance and introductions were made around the room. Approval of Minutes: CJA meeting minutes from January 25, 2019 were disseminated to Task Force members for review on April 9, 2019. Kriste Burnett made a motion that the minutes be accepted. Vicki Spriggs seconded the motion and the minutes were approved unanimously. Membership Committee Report – Action Item: The Membership Committee discussed at the January 25th Task Force meeting and in a subsequent conference call how to fill the recent health professional vacancy. The committee chose to nominate 2 individuals to serve in this role: Sonja Eddleman who is a SANE nurse and Dr. Natalie Kissoon, a child abuse pediatrician. Nomination forms were provided in the Task Force materials. Kriste Burnett made a motion that the two nominees be approved. Vicki Spriggs seconded, and the nominees were approved unanimously. FY 19 Grantee & Budget Update: Ms. Penix provided an overview of progress by CJA subgrantees for quarter 2 and reviewed the grant budget for FY 2019. Project Spotlight: CACTX Medical Pilot – Lindsay Jordan: Through its FY 2019 CJA grant project, CACTX initiated a pilot project to examine medical evaluation data from 4 participating CACs located in Comal, Smith, Tarrant and Collin counties to investigate why Texas has a low rate of referrals for child abuse medical evaluations. In 2012, CACTX determined that in Texas 21% of child abuse intakes received a medical evaluation compared to 34% nationally. The following year, the University of Texas School of Social Work conducted a study to identify factors causing the low examination rate. Some of the barriers that came to light included a lack of consistency in decision‐making around when children should be referred, complicated billing structure, absence of providers, misunderstanding of what a child abuse medical evaluation entails, and lack of awareness about the benefits of an examination. In 2014, to help address questions about when to refer children for medical evaluations, CACTX worked with Texas Pediatric Society and Children’s Hospital Association of Texas to create guidelines containing specific referral criteria. However, the guidelines did not result in an increase in referrals. A survey of CACs conducted in 2017 indicated that the referral rate had dipped to 16%. For the 2019 pilot study, participating CACs were asked to track intakes meeting each of the referral criteria listed in the 2014 guidelines as well as the number of children who received evaluations: Criteria A: When a child is first encountered by a non‐medical MDT member and has not yet had a medical evaluation after an injury or outcry of abuse. 4 Criteria B: When a child has been treated for suspected abusive injuries by a medical provider, including a first responder (EMS), who is not part on the MDT. Review of the case by the MDT’s medical consultant is recommended. Criteria C: Other specific situations that should be reviewed with the MDT medical consultant to determine the need for medical evaluation. Data was collected in Q1 of FY ‘19 and analyzed in Q2. The results showed that 32% of intakes met Criteria A and 72% of intakes met any of the Criteria A‐C. For children meeting Criteria B and C, pilot CACs were not asked to track data on consultations that might have taken place with a medical provider, so it is unknown how many of these cases represent instances where a child needed a medical evaluation but did not receive one. In its concluding analysis, CACTX determined that the goal of CACs should be to get the rate closer to the 32% who meet Criteria A since these are children who most need exams. Additional data is needed for children who meet Criteria B and C to learn more about their outcomes and determine whether they are experiencing gaps in services. CACTX Mental Health Services Survey & Legislative Update – Lisa Harst: CACTX recently conducted a survey of all 71 CACs to gauge the need for mental health services as well as the availability of resources. Results indicate that a clear majority of CACs face a shortage of clinicians and long waits for mental health services.

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