2015-2019 Final Progress and Services Report
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State of Delaware 2015-2019 FINAL PROGRESS AND SERVICES REPORT DELAWARE DEPARTMENT OF SERVICES FOR CHILDREN, YOUTH AND THEIR FAMILIES 1825 FAULKLAND ROAD WILMINGTON, DE 19805 June 30, 2019 Table of Contents I. General Information and Collaboration 4 II. Update of Assessment of Performance 6 Context Statistics 6 National Standards 6 Safety 7 Permanency 7 III. Update to the Plan for Improvement and Progress Made to Improve Outcomes 15 Update on Progress Made to Improve Outcomes (2019 CFSP Progress Report) 15 Safety 16 Permanency 40 Well-Being 60 System Supports 78 Feedback Loops 83 IV. Update on Service Description 83 Stephanie Tubbs Jones Child Welfare Services Program -Title IV-B, subpart 1 83 Promoting Safe and Stable Families Program (PSSF) -Title IV-B, subpart 2 84 Monthly Caseworker Visit Formula Grants 85 Chafee and Education and Training Vouchers 85 Services for Children Adopted From Other Countries 90 Services for Children Under the Age of Five 90 Populations at Greatest Risk of Maltreatment 94 FY2018 Kinship Navigator Funding 94 Child Welfare Waiver Demonstration Activities 94 Adoption and Legal Guardianship Incentive Payments 94 V. Statewide Community Partner Updates 95 Internal Partners 95 Community Partners 118 VI. Program Support 133 DFS Training 133 Office of Evidence-Based Practice 140 Technical Assistance, Capacity Building, Quality Assurance, 141 Information System, Infrastructure Support Quality Assurance System 145 VII. Consultation and Coordination Between States and Tribes 143 VIII. Child Abuse Prevention and Treatment Act State Plan Requirements 144 and Update 2019 APSR Delaware 2 IX. Statistical and Supporting Information 149 Information on Child Protective Service Workforce 149 Juvenile Justice Transfers 151 Education and Training Vouchers 151 Inter-Country Adoptions 151 Monthly Caseworker Visit Data 151 X. Attachments 2015-2019 CFSP 83 Education and Training Vouchers Awarded - Federal Attachment F 90 Delaware Child Maltreatment Prevention Plan 123 Enrollment Summary Reports – Pre-Service Training FY2019 133 Enrollment Summary Reports – In-Service Training FY2019 134 Training Progress Summary Pie Charts FY2019 134 Enrollment Summary Reports – Supervisor Training FY2019 135 DFS New Worker Training FY2019 135 Evaluation Reports – Pre-Service Training FY2019 135 Evaluation Reports – In Service Training FY2019 135 DFS Midpoint Evaluations FY2019 136 DFS System Evaluations FY2019 137 A.I. DuPont Hospital for Children – Emergency Department, Division of Family Services, January –December 2018 Statistics 145 Delaware Infants with Prenatal Substance Exposure 2018 Year in Review 146 Attachment C – CAPTA Assurance 148 2019 APSR Delaware 3 2019 Annual Progress and Services Report I. General Information and Collaboration This is the fifth and final annual report for Delaware’s 2015-2019 Child and Family Services Plan (CFSP) approved November 17, 2014. The Division of Family Services (DFS) of the Department of Services for Children, Youth and Their Families (DSCYF) is the child welfare agency for Delaware (DE) and the primary author of this annual progress report. As a continuous quality improvement activity, DFS held an annual stakeholder meeting March 27, 2019 to present program accomplishments and priorities, review performance measures and gather stakeholder input to inform strategic planning. One hundred nine stakeholders were invited, sixty stakeholders attended representing community service agencies, advocates, Family Court, Administration for Children and Families (ACF) Region III, foster parents, caseworkers and Chief of the Nanticoke Indian Association. The Division of Prevention and Behavioral Health Services (DPBHS) and the Division of Youth Rehabilitative Services (DYRBS) were represented. Family Service regional administrators and state office program managers were in attendance. The DFS Director and Deputy Director also participated. The agenda included a review of agency priorities and updates, the agency’s mission and vision, guiding principles, contextual data, population statistics and performance measures. The group provided input on child welfare strengths and areas of concern. Comments and suggested edits to the 2020-2024 CFSP were accepted until April 23, 2019. Delaware sent a team to two federally sponsored planning conferences focused on collaborative planning between federal grantees for Community-Based Child Abuse Prevention, Court Improvement Program and child welfare. Delaware’s three grantees agreed at the first August 2018 meeting to align our plans using common goals. Anticipating actions needed to draft a new Child and Family Services Plan for the 2020-2024 cycle, these grantees formed a CFSP Steering Committee to guide the self-assessment phase of the new strategic plan. The Steering Committee formed in December 2018 and met monthly through April 2019. Three workgroups were organized under that group: system data, focus groups and stakeholder surveys. Findings from those activities are referenced in Section II, Update of Assessment of Performance. The second collaborative team planning convening occurred April 2018 in Washington, DC. The state team used that time to explore implications for improving child welfare, especially in light of Family First Prevention Services Act opportunities for federal funding for prevention and quality legal representation. During this reporting period, Delaware completed a Child and Family Services Review (CFSR) Program Improvement Plan (PIP). ACF approved the PIP May 3, 2017 with an effective date of April 1, 2017. The two year implementation period ended March 30, 2019 and a final report on activities was submitted April 27, 2019. The plan contained 65 activities under 20 strategies to address these areas needing improvement: • Priority 3 (10 day) investigation timeliness • Assessing safety in treatment cases • Establishing and working towards timely permanency goals 2019 APSR Delaware 4 • Foster parent recruitment targeting sibling groups • Consistent notice of hearings to caregivers • Children’s physical and dental health services and documentation • Quality assurance case review system • Child welfare supervisor training • Private agency foster parent training • Service array • Family engagement in assessment, planning and placement activities; targeting intact families and fathers Delaware continues to measure case review results for another 12 months to achieve improvement goals for 6 of 8 remaining items. DFS aligns the CFSR Program Improvement Plan accomplishments with the CFSP. In preparing the Annual Progress and Services Report (APSR), DFS shares writing and editorial input with over 20 agency and community partners. Internal contributors for the APSR include representatives from DFS, DYRS, DPBHS, Division of Management and Support Services (DMMS) Interstate Compact Unit and Center for Professional Development, and Office of Child Care Licensing (OCCL). External contributors are Court Improvement Program (CIP), Court Appointed Special Advocate Program (CASA), Office of the Child Advocate (OCA), Children’s Advocacy Center (CAC), Prevent Child Abuse DE (PCAD) and Division of Public Health (DPH). Section III., Update on Progress Made to Improve Outcomes and Section V., Statewide Community Partner Updates document collaborations and shared activities to implement the CFSP. DFS proposes these priorities for the coming year: • Continue CFSR PIP measurement reporting for two 6-month reporting periods or until goals are met. • Form and implement a new five-year strategic Child and Family Services Plan. • Implement applicable provisions of the Family First Prevention Services Act. • Use continuous quality improvement protocols for general and selected child welfare improvements. • Continue to implement, train and promote Safety Organized Practice (SOP), Structured Decision Making® (SDM®), differential responses to reports of abuse and neglect, Team Decision Making (TDM), family search and engagement, and timely permanency strategies. • Enhance and tone the automated case management system FOCUS. • Promote Trauma Informed Care through DSCYF training and communications. • Continue provisions and operations for Plans of Safe Care for substance-exposed infants. • Continue collaboration with community partners in developing, implementing and monitoring goals and activities of the CFSP through quarterly Child Protection Accountability Commission (CPAC) meetings, CPAC committee meetings and the CFSP annual stakeholder meeting. Family Court, private foster care providers and health care representatives are involved in CFSP activity implementation and monitoring. 2019 APSR Delaware 5 Delaware’s Annual Progress and Services Report, Child and Family Services Plans and Child and Family Services Review are accessible at this web address: http://kids.delaware.gov/fs/fs_cfs_review_plan.shtml Annual Reports are posted upon ACF approval. State contact is Keith Zirkle, Division of Family Services, 1825 Faulkland Road, Wilmington DE 19805; 302.633.2709; [email protected] II. Update of Assessment of Performance Context Statistics Delaware’s child welfare scope of service and achievement of outcomes correlates to the population served. For context here are some statistics describing the current population. DFS received 20,528 reports of abuse, neglect and dependency referrals in FY2018 and, screened-in 8,646 or 42% of those reports. Compared to FY2017, the number of reports received increased by .68%, while the number screened-in increased by .2%. Of