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Florida Department of Children and FamiliesCase Management Services - 2009-2010 Quality Assurance ReportSupervisory Reviews and Follow ThroughFY 2008/2009 Compared to FY 2009/2010100%80%76%60%66%61%50%53%49%40%37%38%FY 08-09FY 09-1020%0%20 Qualitative supervisoryreviews & follow throughwere conducted asneeded and required.20.1 Reviews werecompleted quarterly.20.2 Supervisorconsidered all aspects ofthe child's safety, wellbeingand permanency.20.3 Supervisor ensuredfollow through onguidance & direction ordocumented reasons theywere no longer necessary.Source: FY 2009-10 QA Web ToolGraph III e-1f) Placement StabilityPlacement stability is important for children to develop healthy secure and serves to reducethe potential stressors that arise from being displaced multiple times relationships (Leathers, S.J(2002). Foster Children’s Behavioral Disturbance and Detachment from Caregivers andCommunity Institutions. Children and Youth Services Review, Vol. 24, No. 4, pp 239-268).Frequent placement moves not only compound the issue of being separated from one’s parents,but can also result in separation from siblings, relocating to a new geographical area, andexperiencing a sense of not belonging. All of these can have a profound negative emotionalimpact and produce a fear of forming secure healthy relationships. Additionally, placementstability is especially important for youth success in foster care.Youth who experience minimal placement changes are more likely to experience fewerschool changes, less trauma and distress, less mental health and behavioral problems andincreased probabilities for academic achievement and experiencing a lasting positiveOffice of Family Safety | Page 25
Florida Department of Children and FamiliesCase Management Services - 2009-2010 Quality Assurance Reportrelationship with an adult (Gauthier, Fortin, & Jeliu,2004; Rubin, Alessandrini, Feudtner, Mandell,Localio, & Hadley, 2004). Every child who must beremoved from their own home because of abuse orneglect deserves to be placed in an out-of-homecare setting that is safe, stable and nurturing. Safe,stable and nurturing out-of-home care settings arecritical to achieving optimum outcomes andpermanency for children whether the goal is“If someone would have listened to me ortried to understand what I was saying, ortook the time to figure out why I was actingout, maybe I wouldn’t have ended upjumping around from home to home,committing a crime, getting pregnant, ordropping out of high school. “Former Foster Care Youthreunification, guardianship, adoption, or Another Planned Permanent Living Arrangement. Themore that a child remains in a stable placement while in out-of-home care, the more likely thatchild will thrive into the future. Quality of practice data indicates improvement is neededregarding planning placement moves, a critical factor in avoiding placement change.Quality of Practice for Placement StabilityStd# Standard # Cases Yes No# of ApplicableCasesPracticeRating13The child's current placement is stable and appropriate to meet the child'sneeds with no apparent or significant risks or projections of disruption.1575 1040 87 1127 92%14Concerted efforts were made to identify, locate and evaluate other potentialrelatives and possible permanent placements for the child.1575 658 174 832 79%151619The child experienced no more than two out-of-home care placement settingsduring the period under review.If No was entered for #15, all placement changes were planned in an effort toachieve the child's case goals or to meet the needs of the child.The court was informed of the child's placements and reasons for changes inplacement.1575 1084 164 1248 87%1575 93 92 185 50%1575 581 68 649 90%Table III f-1Office of Family Safety | Page 26
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