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ASK-Y Meeting Minutes - June 7, 2004
- Intro/Welcome - Jim Theofelis
- $35.5 Million Fiscal Note for PIP (Program Improvement Plan) - Jim
- The most ambitious plan as compared to all other states
- May mean that residential programs need to re-evaluate service delivery
- We need to determine where we can have an impact with the PIP
- PIP Recommendations Summary - Kat
- Safety
- Permanency
- Engagement
- Child and family well-being
- Adolescents
- Kinship Care
- Resource family recruitment
- Consultation/collaboration
- Array of services
- Quality assurance
- PIP Issues and Key Points - Group Discussion
- How will CPS workers be held accountable for frequent, timely visitations?
- Pro: less bouncing from placement to placement
- Con: difficulty reunifying with parents; need to ensure youth input
- How will the work be accomplished in the workgroups?
- Increasing and Extending Care Through Age 21-Jim
- Make ILP come alive
- Make up for deficits
- Younger kids see model of premature termination vs. role-modeling
- Training Older Youth to Survive the System
- Building world-class foster care should extend to all youth populations
- Caseworkers need to be trained for the older adolescent group
- Encourage school
- Engage in supportive services
- Sub-Committee Action Item
- Research how other states provide extended care to older adolescents
- Chafee Program: Increasing Effectiveness - Jim
- Draft a group letter from ASK-Y to UMA
- Youth can email UMA with their own perspective on the system
- Sealing Records Bill Effective This Month - Jim
- Action Item: Obtaining ID for Homeless Youth
- Curtis will talk with Susan
