Okdhs Child Welfare Assessment Recommendations - Oklahoma ...

OKDHS Child Welfare Assessment Recommendations
Performance
Areas
Permanency
Adoption
Reasonable
caseloads for
child welfare
workers
Organizational
Structure
Continuous
Quality
Improvement
processes
Foster Care Task Force
Recommendations ==>
Expand partnerships between
state/tribal/public agencies and private Child welfare history can be made
sector resources for increased capacity available to any federally
and efficiency with proper court and recognized tribe seeking to
agency monitoring and enforcement in approve individuals as placement
the involvement of community groups for resources or appointed as legal
local support, community resource guardians.
development, and participation.
Enact legislation that eliminates jury
trials for termination of parental rights.
Workforce development is critical in
improving the level of service provided to
our children and families. We must
develop, recruit, retain and raise the rate
of compensation and then tie salary
increases to on-the-job performance to
maintain a quality workforce.
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