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WORKSHOPS
WORKSHOP #1 1:30 PM THURSDAY • 10:30 AM SATURDAY • CAPTIVA 1-2
Building Systems of Care During Budget Shortfalls:
Serving More Youth with the Same or Less Money
OBJECTIVES—Participants will learn:
1. How to serve more youth in the community using a care management approach
2. To describe strategies for improving outcomes with Child and Adolescent Needs and Strengths Assessment (CANS),
data dashboards, and Child Family Teams
3. To apply strategies for using funders’ money more efficiently to serve more youth with the same or less
4. To define a tiered case rate system for funders based on their population needs
This Workshop will examine how some communities are finding success with care management opportunities that help
them to: 1) serve more youth in the community, 2) reduce expenses for out-of-home placements, and 3) improve
outcomes for youth. Faculty will discuss specific strategies including care management operations, case rate
development and implementation across various child-serving funding sources, and the use of quality improvement tools
to improve the clinical practice.
The information and strategies to be presented are based on the experience of Choices, a care management organization
that provides services to children and youth with mental health needs and their families in four states using the system
of care approach. Faculty will discuss the development of a tiered case rate system that Indiana’s child welfare system
supports and that has been made into a statewide service code, allowing Choices to sustain their operations and grow
the delivery of care across the state. Additionally, faculty will share the level of care instrumentation used that includes
CANS with a service matrix that sets the rate and service package for the families.
Data will be presented to demonstrate the outcomes that can be achieved by implementing this approach and
documenting that it offers a better way of investing resources. Choices will compare the existing child welfare data with
Choices Dawn data to show the cost savings potential with a care management approach. CANS data will show how the
development of strengths and needs can improve outcomes compared to the youth served in the public system.
Specific topics to be covered include:
• Case rate and tiered rate development metrics
• Using the CANS to drive quality child family teams
• Data dashboard development for care coordinators, supervisors, and directors
• Developing special pilots for child-serving system partners with care coordination to expand operation
The session will include opportunities for dialogue about the financial models for systems of care. The faculty team
includes the perspectives of the Choices CFO who brings extensive experience developing information management
systems, analyzing data, and presenting results. The team also includes the CEO of Choices who is a national consultant
regarding implementing and sustaining systems of care.
MODERATOR/PRESENTER: Knute Rotto, A.C.S.W., CEO, Choices, Inc., Indianapolis, IN
Shannon Van Deman, M.B.A., CFO, Choices, Inc., Indianapolis, IN
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