Recent & Ongoing Membership Services & Support
Collaboration
Creating networking and collaborative opportunities with other member agencies and child welfare, juvenile justice, behavioral health and education partners
Policy & Practice
Supporting provider compliance with the federal Preventing Sex Trafficking and Strengthen Families Act/Reasonable and Prudent Parent Standard
- Taking a lead role in advancing related state legislation that supported normalcy for children while tempering the impact on private providers
- Taking a lead role in facilitating the State convened workgroup addressing implementation of these laws
- Developing a training curriculum for member agencies to meet compliance deadlines with the Federal and State Laws
Addressing concerns with Bureau of Human Services Licensing
- Requesting policy clarifications and posing questions
- Convening educational sessions addressing the roles and responsibilities of OCYF and BHSL in the oversight of providers
- Identifying the intended and unintended impacts of licensing decisions
Addressing the challenges of private providers related to the delivery of an array of children’s behavioral health services - Outpatient, BHRS, Family Based, MST and FFT, HFW and Residential Treatment Facility services – with DHS OMHSAS and BHMCOs
Engaging in ongoing discussion the Council of Chief Juvenile Probation Officers, the Juvenile Court Judges Commission and the PCCD Juvenile Justice and Delinquency Prevention Committee related to Juvenile Justice Enhancement Strategies
Funding
Pursuing legislative solutions to deem child welfare and juvenile justice services as "essential" to prevent disruption of funding in the event of a budget impasse.
Advocating for a realistic payment process to address the costs incurred for services purchased by counties
Protecting the provider community by initiating legal action during the extended budget impasse to address the essential nature of child welfare and juvenile justice services
Information & Membership Support
Offering training and staff development opportunities. This included both service & position focused work groups & an annual conference
Providing regular and timely “need to know” information to member agencies
Offering consultation and problem resolution with state and county leadership – running interference and posing questions
Providing opportunities to address issues and concerns at local, regional and state levels