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

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In the first thirty two (32) months of operation, mid-April 2006 to December 31, 2008, there were 1,455 children under the age of 3 who were referred for services. Of this, 68% were referred to Early Intervention Number of Children < 3 Involved in a CPS Investigation in SFY 2008 – Referred for Services # Indicated Referred to an EI Program. programs and 32% were referred to other early childhood and family support programs. However, in the table below, for SYF 2008, we’re seeing the percentage of referrals to EI programs increasing to 81% compared with 18% being referred to other early child development community programs. On average, DCYF conducts about 120 investigations per month in which a child under the age of three is involved. Approximately 55% of these investigations will result in a substantiated case of child abuse and/or neglect for the involved child. Not all children identified in a substantiated investigation will be referred to EI services, which is the purpose and benefit of having the nurse liaison working with CPS investigators to assist in determining which children are most likely to be eligible for EI services. The Department continues to make progress in tracking the outcome of its referral process for Early Intervention program services. An inter-departmental agreement was recently updated between DCYF and the Department of Human Services (DHS), which administers the EI program. The EI programs report to DHS on the number of children referred from DCYF to their programs. Of relevance is that DCYF made a referral for 284 children who were victims of an indicated investigation for SFY 2008. The DHS data show that 292 referrals were received from DCYF by an EI program. It is expected that the DHS number also includes some of the referrals from non-indicated investigations. The DHS data also provide a breakdown of the enrollment status and the eligibility criteria on which the referral was based. For SYF 2008, data represent that 172 children referred through DCYF were enrolled in an EI program. Safe Families Collaboration – 284 # Non-Indicated Referred to an EI Program. 176 Total Referred to Early Intervention (EI) Program 460 (81%) # Indicated Referred to Other Community Program. 76 # Non-Indicated Referred to Other Community Program. 29 Total Referred to Other Program. 105 (18%) The Department is continuing its Safe Families Collaboration program with the Rhode Island Coalition Against Domestic Violence which also has a co-location liaison working Total Indicated 360 Total Non-indicated 205 Total All 565 Law Enforcement Reported Data for 2007 Statewide DCYF Region III (26% of Statewide) DCYF Region IV (37% of Statewide) Number of DV Reports to State and Local Police 5,066 1,323 2,006 Number of Children Present 1,446 377 534 Percent of DV Incidents with Children Present 28.5% 28.5% 26.6% through CPS. The program Source: Rhode Island Kids Court 2009 Factbook works with cases involved in Regions III and IV where there is a marked prevalence of domestic violence impacting families 65
coming into care. The Safe Families Collaboration Program, supported by funding through the Children’s Justice Act/CAPTA grant, was begun in December 2004 to assist the Department to address the needs of children who are exposed to violence in the home and the adult victims of domestic violence. The Safe Families Collaboration seeks to preserve families by linking them with community-based services and strategies that include domestic violence support, employment counseling, parenting skill development, financial management assistance, substance abuse treatment, as well as other identified needs. This collaboration is one of a few in CPS operations around the country in which a domestic violence advocate is co-located within the Child Protective Services offices. The experience has been quite positive at DCYF as investigators now more regularly seek the advocate’s assistance on cases in which family violence is identified. In some situations, the advocate has accompanied DCYF staff on investigations. The project was begun in Region IV and expanded to Region III in 2006 as a result of findings in Timeframe of CPS Investigations CPS Investigations with Domestic Violence Identified # Families referred to Safe Families Liaisons for Assistance the quality assurance mini- CFSR review which identified domestic violence as a factor in a substantial number of the cases reviewed. Increased awareness among DCYF staff about the program has produced noticeable linkages with the Family Support Advocates. As referenced in the above table, contacts with Family Support Advocates have increased in the past year – providing assistance and services to address issues relating to domestic violence. Citizen Review Panel – # of Contacts with Co-Location Liaison(s) Avg. # of Family Contacts – Assistance Jan- Dec. ‘06 584 3,445 5.89 Jan.-Dec. ‘07 563 3,227 5.73 Jan.-Dec. ‘08 491 3,517 7.16 Source: Safe Families Collaboration Project, RI Coalition Against Domestic Violence CAPTA funds support the Citizen Review Panel (CRP) which works closely with DCYF’s Child Protective Services Division to assist in determining whether cases involving child injury may have actually been accidental or intentional. The Citizen Review Panel also provides a forum for representatives of multiple disciplines to discuss complicated cases and receive guidance in making appropriate determinations regarding such cases where the evidence is ambiguous. As pointed out in the CRP report, the child abuse reporting statutes in Rhode Island present a broad legal definition which can create a degree of ambiguity, particularly for primary care physicians who do not specialize in child abuse. In the 2008-2009 reporting period, the Panel met 49 times and reviewed a total of 501 cases, averaging approximately 10 cases per session. 66
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