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OTHER KEY RECOMMENDATIONS RELATED TO THE FWSN POPULATION A. Recommendations related to FWSN Population Type of Recommendation 1.Prevention 2. Expansion of Services Detail Fund and implement an evidencebased parent education program that targets high risk, runaway, beyond control, truant behavior (e.g. Parent Project). Initially implement in the middle schools in the five cities that have the highest number of FWSN accepted referrals. Allocate sufficient funds to SDE to establish desired outcomes, monitoring and independent evaluation of the parent education program. Expand the number of FWSN Liaisons from 8 to 10 for statewide coverage of all courts and Family Support Centers. Primary Agency SDE DCF 3. Data Collection and Evaluation CSSD will work to ensure data collection systems for providers and the evaluation contractor exist and are secure and adhere to all state and federal laws requiring confidentiality. Efforts should be made to obtain funds and modify the data collection systems of CSSD and DCF to ensure the collection of the following information: 1. Racial and ethnic disparities at all stages of the FWSN system 2. Timeliness and appropriateness of services for all FWSNs 3. Effectiveness of community- CSSD CSSD & DCF 13
ased preventive programs 4. Flex funding for FWSN population separated from delinquency population 4. Systemic, longitudinal evaluation and planning DCF, CSSD, and SDE will coordinate plans for research and evaluation of expanded prevention strategies, services and coordination across systems with focus on systems-level outcomes such as drop-out; FWSN recidivism. (See Appendix VII for further information) Create a Joint Strategic Planning Committee with representatives from CSSD, DCF, SDE, OPM, Child Protection Commission, Division of Public Defender Services, and the Division of Criminal Justice in order to: A. Enhance coordination between agencies in regard to initiatives that involve FWSN and other at risk youth. In particular, the following initiatives under the auspices of four different agencies need coordination: 1. DCF (community collaboratives, voluntary services, some Juvenile Review Boards, Safe Harbor Respite Home, MST) 2. CSSD (Family Support Centers, CARE Centers, FWSN Centers, MST); 3. SDE (Youth Service Bureaus and Juvenile Review Boards) 4. OPM (Neighborhood Youth Centers, Governor’s Urban Violence initiative, Consortium on School DCF, CSSD & SDE CSSD, DCF, SDE, OPM, CCPA, Division of Public Defender Services, Division of Criminal Justice 14
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Page 33 and 34: are truant. The focus is to provide
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4. Systemic, longitudinal evaluatio
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3. Crisis/risk determination traini
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SDE’s Secondary School Redesign D
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truant students who attend school r
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Handling of FWSN cases. Confidentia
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In response to Special Act 04-5, DC
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for all DCF Social Workers and CSSD
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IX. APPENDICES Table of Contents Ap
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Appendix II FAMILIES WITH SERVICE N
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FWSN ADVISORY BOARD - TRUANCY SUBCO
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LEGISLATIVE DRAFTING SUBCOMMITTEE M
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States continue to struggle with th
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Appendix IV Detailed Population Dem
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Chart 1 shows a detailed analysis o
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Most of the assessed children score
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Appendix V Highlights of Other Prog
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The programs also provide preventio
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Appendix VII Evaluation of FWSN sys
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Table of Contents Introduction Page
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considered “gender-specific” or
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filed during the months of April, M
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or guardian, the child, parent or g
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general statutes, as amended by thi
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X. GLOSSARY OF TERMS ADP - Alternat
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