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APPENDIX A: <strong>Child</strong> Abuse Prevention <strong>and</strong> Treatment Act (CAPTA) Plan Report In the past year, selected areas for improvement from Section 106 (a) <strong>of</strong> CAPTA in 2008 were: 1) Sec. 106(a)(1) Improving the intake, assessment, screening <strong>and</strong> investigation; To accomplish the goal, several statewide policies have been or are being updated. These included 0506 Intake <strong>and</strong> Initial Response Times <strong>and</strong> 0513 Substantiation. Significant revisions were made to both policies <strong>and</strong> these were approved <strong>and</strong> implemented in the spring <strong>of</strong> 2010. In addition, 0516 Overturning <strong>Child</strong> Maltreatment Findings, 0507 Investigating Corporal Punishment in Schools <strong>and</strong> an updated 1202 Appeal Policy are all in various stages <strong>of</strong> development. In response to training needs, several trainings were developed <strong>and</strong> implemented. For example, training on 4 th <strong>and</strong> 14 th Amendment Rights has occurred throughout DCFS - Rural Offices. This training was conducted by Nevada Deputy Attorney Generals. In addition, Nevada has contracted with ACTION for <strong>Child</strong> Protection to develop an investigative specialty core curriculum which will be designed as an advanced training for investigators. Investigative competencies include, but not be limited to; dynamics <strong>and</strong> indicators (including past history <strong>of</strong> reports) <strong>of</strong> child maltreatment; critical thinking as it relates to decision making; safety planning decisions <strong>and</strong> reconciling different explanations <strong>of</strong> injuries or allegations. This curriculum is almost complete. Training this curriculum will begin this summer. 2) Sec. 106 (a)(3) Improving the case management, including ongoing case monitoring <strong>and</strong> delivery <strong>of</strong> services <strong>and</strong> treatment provided to children <strong>and</strong> their families; To address improving case management, Nevada has participated in several initiatives. For example, The Nevada Training Partnership completed <strong>and</strong> piloted the development <strong>of</strong> the Nevada New Worker Core training series for new workers in the spring <strong>of</strong> 2009. All new workers hired since January 2009 have participated in this training over the past 18 months. In addition in the past year four additional Specialty Core trainings have been developed, topic areas include; sexual abuse; domestic violence; mental health <strong>and</strong> substance abuse. These four trainings are currently being piloted across the state. A second initiative was the revision to the case plan templates in UNITY. Over the past year, each child welfare agency has revised their case plan template to include all <strong>of</strong> the IV-E federal assurances. Those templates are now located in Nevada’s SACWIS system, UNITY. 3) Sec. 106 (a) (4) Enhancing the general child protection system by developing, improving, <strong>and</strong> implementing risk <strong>and</strong> safety assessment tools <strong>and</strong> protocols. In response to the September 2008, ACTION For <strong>Child</strong> Protection Case Review <strong>of</strong> the Nevada Initial Assessment (NIA) <strong>and</strong> Safety Assessment practices, DCFS began working with the NRCCPS <strong>and</strong> the statewide NIA/safety workgroup on revisions to the NIA policy <strong>and</strong> assessment tool to address the areas <strong>of</strong> concern that were identified in the September 2008 case review. A revised NIA was developed <strong>and</strong> presented to administration for approval. This policy is currently pending approval. In addition, new court report templates that articulate safety threats, child vulnerability factors <strong>and</strong> deficit caregiver protective capacities are now being utilized in some courts across the state. 4) Sec. 106 (a)(7) Improving the skills, qualifications, <strong>and</strong> availability <strong>of</strong> individuals providing services to children <strong>and</strong> families, <strong>and</strong> the supervisors <strong>of</strong> such individuals, through the child protection system, including improvements in the recruitment <strong>and</strong> retention <strong>of</strong> caseworkers; CAPTA funds provide Nevada with an opportunity to exp<strong>and</strong> training coursework for staff <strong>and</strong> stakeholders in the child welfare system. As has been done in the past, these funds were used this past year to provide extensive training to child welfare workers. One priority, identified by the DCFS – Rural Region is to improve the use <strong>of</strong> multidisciplinary teams <strong>and</strong> interagency protocols to enhance investigations. Identifying sources to provide this training is currently underway. As a result, statewide training topics for the future year include, but are not limited to, <strong>Child</strong> <strong>and</strong> <strong>Family</strong> Team (CFT) building, CFT facilitation, <strong>and</strong> case planning, among others. Nevada APSR – SFY 2010 Page 87 <strong>of</strong> 108
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