CFSP 5 Year Plan - RI Department of Children, Youth & Families

of the data and Department experience over the years prior to FFY 2004 and subsequent, it was
agreed that FFY 2004 was not an appropriately representative year for which to set the baseline.
Given the new baseline established for FFY 2007, the Department’s target objective would be
12.4% or less. With our performance in FFY 2008 of 9.6%, this objective has been met. The
Department worked with the National Resource Center on Child Protection during the PIP period
to implement appropriate systemic changes designed to address risk and safety concerns through
structured decision-making processes.
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CHILD AND FAMILY SERVICE PROGRAM IMPROVEMENT PLAN – SUMMARY
OVERVIEW 2005-2009
During the five year Child and Family Service Plan (CFSP) for the period 2005 through
2009, the Department was implementing its Program Improvement Plan (PIP). This overlap
presented an opportunity for the two plans to become integrated, and it was beneficial for DCYF to
maintain a single document. As shown below, the CFSP and PIP were organized with five
overarching goals aligned with seven major strategies targeting specific improvements in the
outcomes for children and families. This strategic focus was then placed within the framework of
the National Child Welfare outcome measures and indicators for safety, permanence and wellbeing.
Child and Family Service Plan Goals PIP Strategies National Outcomes
Measures
#1: Create a community-based, family-centered
service system.
Improve agency
partnership with
community
Fully implement Family
Centered Practice
Reduce recurrence of
maltreatment within 6
months
Improve Family Court
Relationship and Legal
Issues
#2: Establish a continuum of high quality, culturally
relevant placement resources in proximity to each
child’s home.
Establish System of Care
and Array of Services
Establish Quality
Assurance/CQI
Fully implement Family
Centered Practice
Reduce maltreatment in
foster care
Increase % of children in
foster care for less than 12
months who experienced 2
or fewer placements.
R.I. Department of Children, Youth and Families
Title IV-B Child and Family Service Plan – 2010 - 2014
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