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

June 23, 2008
Caseworker Visits with Child Improvement Plan
Outcomes and
Indicators
Action Steps Benchmark Method of Measure Person
Responsible
Projected
Timeline
Accomplishments/Barriers
Comments
WB 1: Families have enhanced capacity to
provide for their children’s needs.
Item # Objective
19 -
Casework
visits
with child
Obj. 19 -
Achieve
90%
consistency
in monthly
face-to-face
caseworker
visits with
child by
2011.
19.1 – Make a
determination
whether to
resubmit FFY
2007 data to be
used to establish
a new baseline.
19.1.1 – Review data
categories used to
inform caseworker
contact for purposes of
face-to-face visitation.
Data categories used
are reviewed and
compared with data
categories captured in
the Dashboard
Reports.
Department
Caseworker
Visit
Planning
Group.
3 rd Quarter
FFY 2008
Completed
Caseworker Visit Planning Group met on March 17,
2008 to review federal requirements for improving
monthly caseworker visits with child. The group
reviewed two lists of data categories and identified
additional categories to include for a subsequent data
query using the ACF calculation guidance.
19.1.2 – Determine
whether additional
categories are
appropriate to
accurately reflect this
activity.
Determination made.
Department
Caseworker
Visit
Planning
Group.
3 rd Quarter
FFY 2008
Completed
The planning group met on April 4, 2008 to review
results of the new data report and found that the
additional categories did provide additional value. It
was agreed that the additional data categories would be
used to accurately reflect the activities relating to
caseworker visits with child.
19.1.3 – Review
frequency of
caseworker face-toface
visits with data for
AWOL youth included
in the denominator.
Data reviewed.
Department
Caseworker
Visit
Planning
Group.
3 rd Quarter
FFY 2008
Completed
The planning group met on May 2, 2008 to review
additional data and program guidance regarding the
inclusion of AWOL youth. ACF was contacted for
further guidance in light of the increased number of
categories identified to capture face-to-face caseworker
visitations. It was advised that a new baseline should
be established.
19.1.4 - Based on
inclusion of added data
categories including
AWOL youth,
determine whether a
new baseline should be
established.
Determination made.
Department
Caseworker
Visit
Planning
Group.
3 rd Quarter
FFY 2008
Completed
It was determined that the FFY 2007 data will be
resubmitted in the 2008 APSR to establish a new
baseline. This baseline will be inclusive of the
additional data categories for face-to-face visitation
and the AWOL youth in the denominator, which will
ensure that the Department will be using a consistent
methodology for projecting improved performance
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