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Secretary’s GuidanceThe Department of Children and Families serves the most vulnerable people and families inFlorida. We must constantly keep our focus on these needy Floridians. Whether it’s an abusedchild or vulnerable adult who needs to be protected, a homeless veteran who needs a place tolive, a single mother who needs welfare assistance to feed her children, a parent with a substanceabuse problem who needs treatment, a person with a mental illness who needs medication, orother needy people who rely on our services; when these Floridians need our services, they needthem NOW. Therefore, during 2008 we shall streamline our processes and deliver services tocustomers quicker. We will embrace a sense of urgency in all that we do.Not only do our customers need services quicker, many of them require more than one service toaddress their needs. However, in the past, the Department frequently thought about anddelivered services from a single-program perspective. We can no longer do work this way. Ourcustomers need services provided in an integrated and complementary approach. So, we shallintegrate child welfare, domestic violence, substance abuse, mental health, homelessness, andother services provided by the Department into both the development of policy and delivery ofservices. This year we must refocus our efforts to integrate Substance Abuse and Mental HealthServices into local Circuit operations.We shall broaden the use of common sense throughout the Department, including our partners,contractors and stakeholders. During 2008, we must aggressively reduce regulatory andadministrative burdens on the public, our partners and staff. Additionally, we shall continue toassure compliance with the Plain Language Initiative so our correspondence with the public isclear and concise.An important feature of common sense government is customer service. As we mentionedabove, serving vulnerable people and families is why the Department exists. Therefore, we shallprovide extraordinary customer service to these needy people. To this end we will ask customersto determine how they define good service; develop, publish and distribute customer servicestandards; survey customers to find out how well we are living up to those standards and useresponses to improve service; and compare operations and results to “world-class” organizations.Last year was a noteworthy year for the Department. We shall continue to build on our effortsfrom 2007 in gaining and maintaining the public’s trust and confidence. Every action we take,every service we deliver, and every impression we make has the potential to increase or decreasepeople’s perception of both our competence, and the efficiency and effectiveness in which theDepartment delivers services.In 2007 we will continue to gain the public’s trust by –• Demonstrating that we are building an action-oriented agency focused on helpingcommunities pursue opportunities and resolve issues;• broadening the public’s knowledge of the program and services provided by the Department;3 Updated January 17, 2008
• improving accountability by developing meaningful performance measures, focusing onpriority outcomes, enhancing quality assurance, and increasing local control of operations.To maintain the trust of the people they must believe we are open and transparent. This year weshall continue to educate the leadership of the Department to assure full and expeditiouscompliance with Florida’s open government and public records laws. We shall also seeklegislative changes to further make the Department more open and transparent.Finally, we must change the Department’s governance model to align with one of our keyprinciples – pushing decisions to the lowest appropriate level. Department field staff along withour partners have extensive knowledge on how to deliver efficient and effective services. Wemust tap into this expertise. Therefore, we shall increase the use of workgroups, teams, etc. withrepresentation from the field to implement a “push up” model of policy development.Workforce . . .______________________________________________________________________________Key Department InitiativesThe Secretary has determined that the successful execution of the initiatives outlined below iscritical to the overall success of the Department. Therefore the Secretary will be personallyinvolved in planning, implementing and overseeing these key strategic areas.Actions to protect the vulnerableCHILD WELFARE1. Independent Living: Enable children in foster care and young adults who wereformerly in foster care to develop the skills necessary for successful transition toadulthood and self-sufficiency.(a) Increase the number of youth graduating from high school and post-secondary education.(1) Increase the educational stability of children in foster care by increasing the numberof foster children remaining in their same school, when feasible, or improve thetransition between schools and school districts when school moves occur.(2) Facilitate youth having supports to enter into, and complete high school and postsecondaryeducation.(3) Balance Road to Independence stipends with the number of young adult seeking postsecondaryeducation.4 Updated January 17, 2008
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AttachmentManaging Disaster:1. Asse
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His Name is TodayWe are guilty of m
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TABLE OF CONTENTSI. Mission 8II. Ac
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Participation at reviewsParticipant
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VI. SYSTEM BARRIERS.Federal law pro
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VIII. HISTORY AND PROGRAM DESCRIPTI
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federal and state laws and improved
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March,2008EXECUTIVE SUMMARYCase Act
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CHARGE 1: Review the reports of the
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CHARGE 3: Conduct public hearings a
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CHARGE 5: Identify specific concern
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availability of front end services
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9. Is there a type of family and/or
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services in place. Given the recent
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Findings: Courtney Clark entered th
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Appendix 1Child Location ProcessDep
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Appendix 2Listing of ProfessionalsN
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10/30/2006 - Case manager contacted
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01/08/2007 - E-mail correspondence
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02/14/2007 - Ms. Laurella, Florida
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1. Runaways comprise the majority o
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Final Progress Report on the Recomm
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