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The Oklahoma Pinnacle Plan:
An Improvement Plan for Child Welfare Services
APPENDICES
March
2012
PINNACLE PLAN INITIATIVES
SFY 2013 SFY 2014 SFY 2015 SFY 2016 SFY 2017
Quarter Quarter Quarter Quarter Quarter
Initiative 1 2 3 4 1 2 3 4 1 2 3 4 1 2 3 4 1 2 3 4
Pinnacle Point 1 (cont.)
11. By July 1, 2013, OKDHS increases the percentage of Native American children whose Tribes
are notified so they can be involved in placement and other case decisions.
• • • •
12. By September 30, 2013, OKDHS develops and implements a system to match children’s needs
with the capacities of families to meet those needs.
• • • • •
13. By September 30, 2013, engage with an agency that provides technical assistance and data
analysis to focus on long-term cultural changes in how OKDHS interacts with resource • • • • •
parents and how the community views foster parenting.
14. By September 30, 2013, OKDHS improves the preparation, training and support of resource
parents by implementing four solutions:
• • • • •
a. Provide specific online training focused on trauma. This training will also be
available through some other method, such as DVD, for resource parents without • • • • •
web access.
b. The National Resource Center for Youth Services (NRCYS) will implement a model of
support groups (network groups) for resource parents in Tulsa, Pottawatomie and • • • • •
Lincoln Counties.
c. If the network support groups are successful, based on surveys of resource parents,
the groups expand to three to five additional counties of the state per year through
• • • • • • • • • • • • • • •
SFY 2017.
d. Support a pilot project for a parenting curriculum and support model for keeping
resource parents and kin supported and placements stabilized. This project is
modeled after an evidenced-based program and supported through an existing
• • • • •
relationship with Center for Child Abuse and Neglect (CCAN).
15. By December 31, 2013, OKDHS increases the number of cases where initial meetings are held
with biological parents and resource parents to open and improve the lines of
• • • • • •
communication.
16. By March 1, 2014, OKDHS creates performance metrics and a contract template for foster
care agencies for approval by the Co-Neutrals. This will move the agency towards utilization
of performance-based contracts during the next contracting cycle. The metrics will focus on • • • • • • •
quality of care and recruiting the types of homes needed to care for the children and youth in
need of a particular level of care.
17. By June 30, 2014, no child under 13 years of age will be placed in a placement other than a
family-like setting.
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