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Foster Care Prevention ServicesOctober 2020Issue 10DCF.FamilyFirst@ks.govPrevention in KansasIn this issue.QRTPs, 1 year in KansasRegion Round up news:Progress toward preventionThe Kansas CrossoverYouth State Policy Teampg 1-2pg 3-4pg 5Send us a message to be added to ourlistserv, or send feedbackDCF.FamilyFirst@ks.govView past issues in the archive* DCF Service CenterAvailable QRTP bedsPre-QRTP status/pending bedsQRTPs, celebrating one year in KansasFamily First celebrated one year ofimplementation on Oct. 1. Although theFamily First Prevention Services Actfocuses on candidates for care or childrenat imminent risk of removal from theirhome, there are aspects of the law thatapply to children or youth in foster care.One such example is when a foster youthis pregnant and/or parenting, they areautomatically eligible for Family Firstservices. In that case, the foster careprovider and DCF will work together torefer that child to the Family Firstprogram best suited to their needs.Above: Questville Services QRTP staff prepare tocelebrate graduating youth. Families are encouraged toparticipate in celebrations like this, or through phonecalls, sending mail, day passes and home visits, andparticipating in treatment plan meetings.A Serves males ages 12-18B Has exception for 4 over capacityC Beds reserved for femalesD Four separate homes in Wichita for males, 13-18serve children who are at-risk ofbecoming sex trafficking victims.After placement in a QRTP, childrenmust be assessed within 30 days by theindependent assessor*. QRTPs need tobe able to implement the necessarytreatment identified in the child’sassessment. Within 60 days ofplacement, the court considers theassessment to determine if the placementis necessary. At each followingpermanency hearing, evidence must besubmitted to ensure the QRTP is meetingFamily First also introduced Qualifiedthe child’s needs. When the child/youthResidential Treatment Programs, ortransitions home, the QRTP offersQRTPs. QRTPs are high quality, traumaindividualized aftercare services to theinformed, supportive services in a homebased setting for children who may have child and family for six months postdischarge.emotional or behavioral disorders andwhose needs aren’t met in a less(continued next page)restrictive environment. QRTPs also*see issue 01 for independent assessor

Qualified Residential Treatment Programs in Kansas (cont.)To become a licensed QRTP, a facilitymust apply to an accrediting agency andwork through a strict set of conditions.Policies and procedures need to be rewritten to meet the accrediting agenciesstandards and site visits should show thefacility is practicing what is in the policymanual. QRTPs must provide at least sixmonths of data showing they areproviding therapeutic services.Here is unique information about some ofthe licensed QRTPs in Kansas.Aahn’s Place– Wellington is home toAahn’s Place, serves up to twenty-eightyouth, ages 10-18 from allover the state.Allowing both boys and girls enablessiblings to be kept together. The word“Aahn” means pride which is a focuswhile teaching and restoring hope toyouth in care. Situated in the small, tightknit town of Wellington, the kidsexperience community support andinvolvement and regularly volunteer.Staff care for the kids and instill kindness,pride and hope, for a successfultransition.EmberHope Youthville– Thistherapeutic environment in Newton,serves girls ages 6-17, and seeks toimprove their decision making, coping,and social skills and to address anyunderlying issues which may beimpacting them. Their improved abilitiesutilize trauma-informed and evidencebased practices.Aftercare services may include therapy,medication management, medical followup as needed, family therapy, addictionservices, and a referral to the localCommunity Mental Health Center forcommunity-based services.KidsTLC in Olathe specializes in youth,ages 6-17, with trauma and attachmentmental health issues. With the ability toserve 12 youth at one time, KidsTLC iscommitted to embedding, embodying andenacting the principles of DyadicDevelopmental Psychotherapy, Practiceand Parenting (DDP) in order to createsupportive, family-focused therapeuticteams that build resilient, trustingrelationships. KidsTLC is the onlyresidential program in the world currentlyto be certified in DDP.KVC– The sixteen bed QRTP inWyandotte county serves girls 12 andolder. Through a partnership with KVCOutpatient Services, onsite individual andgroup therapy family therapy is providedwhen appropriate. On almost two acres ofland, the girls can play volleyball,basketball, walk laps or visit with familyat the picnic tables. There is also agardening areaswhere they raisefood for the house.Partnering with thegirl’s local schooldistrict, they canattend middle orhigh school offsite.After care support is provided on aweekly basis for the first month afterdischarge and weekly contacts for thefollowing five months. It is focused onplacement stability and offers communityresources as well as ideas on how toimplement positive behaviorinterventions and support.Lakeside Academy- Located inGoddard, Kansas on 52 acres, this fortyfive bed QRTP serves adolescent males,ages 13-18. Additionally, Lakeside is ableto accommodate students with sexualmaladaptive behaviors, providingcurriculum-specific programming andindividual therapy.While at Lakeside, importance is placedon outdoor and physical activity. Studentslearn to fish at the on-site lake, andengage in recreational activities in thelarge gym and weight room, a basketballcourt, and football field. The “SpartanStrong” group motivates students tomaintain and/or improve their physicalhealth. Student Government Association(SGA) is another large part of the culture,which allows an organized way toprovide feedback and participate in thedesign of their programming and facilitymanagement.Saint Francis Ministries– SFM SalinaWest QRTP offers trauma-focused,unique and individualized treatment foreach of the youth and their family.Services may be provided to youth thathave experienced substance abuse andhuman trafficking. The array of programsinclude an Equine Therapy Program, aRopes Course Program, and a therapeuticGardening Program. Staff receive2monthly training to ensure best quality ofcare is beingprovided with anemphasis onsafety andhealing as toppriorities.Once a youthhas completedthe QRTPprogram, aftercare is offered through theoutpatient Behavioral Health Program.These services include individual andfamily therapy, medication management,and outpatient substance use treatment tohelp ensure the youth and family aresupported.Questville Services located in Wichita, isa nine bed QRTP equipped to meet thespecific needs of youth and their families.Services are under the supervision of alicensed master’s social worker and amedical doctor. With a unique familytreatment model and a strengths-basedapproach, families are encouraged toparticipate through engaging in phonecalls, sending mail, day passes and homevisits, participating in treatment planmeetings and attending special events.Experienced and caring professionalschallenge and guide the youth on the pathto self-awareness while encouragingteamwork and individual skilldevelopment. Youth enjoy home cookedmeals, with each youth taking turns tocook dinner with staff’s assistance andsupervision. The youth share favoritefamily recipes.Youngblood Youth DevelopmentHomes– This eight bed home in Topeka,provides a structured environment with24/7 supervision. The team consists of anadministrator, assistant administrator,case coordinator, counselor, direct carestaff, head of operations, nurse,supervisor and therapist and believeeveryday is anew day atYoungblood.Residentspractice socialskills, copingskills and theirtargeting skillsdaily.

Region Round up: Progress towards PreventionOur six DCF Regions have been working hard to move toward a prevention focused agency.Here are some current projects and recent highlights .Thank you to region leadership and staff for gathering and providing these updates.Northeast Region : As the newNortheast region kicks off, our leadershipheld virtual coffee dates with contractors,grantees, stakeholders, and communityproviders for introductions and to buildconnections, as well promotingconversations about service arrays orgaps in our communities.group will expand and diversify by ournext meeting in January.This quote from Robin Sharma seemsrelevant to the efforts Kansas is makingtoward prevention: “Change is hard atfirst, messy in the middle and gorgeous inthe end.” The NE Region will go livewith Team Decision Making (TDM)The Northeast co-hosted the Family First October 19th. The Northeast is inspiredInteragency Advisory Board meeting,by the successes other regions are havingwith the KU Evaluation Team, bringing with TDM and is looking forward totogether a team of stakeholdersembracing a new way of interacting withpassionate about preventing foster carefamilies. Ultimately it’s having faith andand improving how systems align andtrust in the process of learning as weserve Kansas families. We anticipate our grow alongside Kansas families.Southeast Region: The Southeast is seeing the benefit of having a Family First protection specialist. Gloria Montes startedher new role at the DCF Service Center in Pittsburg this August. She assists the entire region in connecting families to the bestevidence-based programs based on their need and communicates directly with the Family Firstproviders. During her short amount of time with the agency she has been able to participate in theFamily First Interagency Board and has made suggestions to make the Family First services moreinclusive to Spanish speaking families. She assisted the Prevention team with Spanish translation toimprove the service menus. During the home visits, she has been able to assess for safe sleep forfamilies with infants, assist families in learning more about DCF’s Economic and EmploymentServices, specifically the GOALS program, and model behaviors for parents set forth by the FamilyFirst providers. Along with assessing, and modeling, Gloria is making referrals and very importantly, engaging with families,which will make a huge impact. We are proud of her accomplishments!Kansas City Region– The Kansas City region continuesto move forward with the Kansas Practice Model and isseeing first-hand benefits of using genograms and mapping tolearn more about families, said one CPS in Johnson County,“In completing a genogram with the family, I learned moreabout the dynamics, which included an ex in-law, who is ahuge support for the mom and kids. I probably would not havefound that information out as easily or at all if I did notcomplete the genogram and ask about the relationships.”Team Decision Making (TDM) “GOES LIVE” in ThreeCounties and Hits Milestone in Two Others: The KansasCity Region recently hit a milestone of holding the 200th TDMin Wyandotte and Johnson counties since implementation onNovember 4, 2019. Kansas City will also “go live” with TDMimplementation in our final three counties, Douglas,Leavenworth and Atchison, on Monday, October 5, 2020. Ourteams are very excited to offer the benefits of Team DecisionMaking to families across our entire region. A family’s ownsupport system when combined with the open communicationwith DCF while facilitating a Team Decision Making meetingis very powerful.school year, as in previous ones, DCF is partnering withMcKinney-Vento liaisons across the Region for ImpactEvents. Impact Events are a one-stop resource for homelessfamilies who have been referred by the schools through theMcKinney-Vento liaisons. The focus is on the child, but theservices provided are wrap around services to include the entirefamily. The goal is for the child to attend school, advance tothe next grade, ultimately graduate, possibly attend postsecondary education, and go on to be a contributing member ofsociety.Current Impact events arebeing staffed with theKansas City Kansas Schooldistrict in Impact KCK, thatis hosted by Avenue of Life,also called ImpactWednesday; ShawneeMission School Districtthrough ProjectHome; Olathe SchoolDistrict through ImpactOlathe. Events are staffedPartnering with Schools-Impact Events: With a new school virtually, so there is no inyear upon us, even with some districts going to virtual learning, person contact.children are still at risk of becoming or being homeless. This 3

Region Round up: Progress towards Prevention (cont.)Northwest Region- It’s exciting tohear of engagement with families as wecontinue to grow as a prevention state.One refreshing aspect as we reflect onour work with families, there is progressin putting aside the old mindset toautomatically remove a family’s newbornto out of home placement just becausesiblings are removed. Safety is alwaysbeing considered, but these partnershipsbetween Family First services and courtsare allowing families the time they needto grow, learn and put safety networks inplace.included meeting with the family in theirhome two to three times per week as wellas checking the baby’s weightweekly. Through their ongoing work tosupport the mother through her healthissues and the family’s willingness toaccept the Family First PAT program(which is more intensive than localcommunity PAT referrals), the father isgaining skills needed to care for theirnewborn.“The (PAT) program is wonderful as thefamilies that accept this service learnbonding techniques, stages ofdevelopmental growth and proper careRecently, a family already receivingfor newborns. The home visitor teachesfoster care services had a new baby. Ourall this and more with the curriculum.DCF Practitioner was able to talk withThe biggest thing that I've noticed is howthe county attorney about the Family Firstthey work on the bond between the parentKansas Parents as Teacher’s Associationand the child. That bonding needs toBright Future Program and their capacityhappen early and I've seen some goodto work with this mother and father tosuccesses,” said a DCF supervisor.provide parent skill building. ThisIt may be too early to know the longreaching impact with this particularfamily, but the discussion of preventionand the availability of this program is astep in the right direction for our region.Southwest Region- The Southwest Region is proud tocontinue our work in prevention as a newly establishedregion, effective July 1. The Southwest Region coversthirty-three counites in western and central Kansas. Theeight DCF service centers in the Southwest have made 61referrals to Family First Providers since during the firstquarter (Jul-Sept).In addition, staff have held 60 Team Decision Making(TDM) meetings with families since the Southwest Regionwas established. As we work to engage and be transparentwith families one of our staff and supervisors were able toexpress, they feel TDM meetings are very beneficial to both DCF staff and families. Our worker shared, “Every day we makedecisions for family and it is stressful to make these bigger ones however it is easier when we can speak with family, learn abouttheir protective factors, and work with them on how to resolve this issue.” The worker and supervisor felt it helpful the familybe a part of the brainstorming for where the child could reside safely, also understand what services and supports would beneeded to make the placement safe for the child.The Wichita Region, Immediate Response Team AddedCarePortal comes to Sedgwick County DCF- SedgwickCounty DCF was added to the CarePortal in August, whichOn August 16, 2020 an Immediate Response Team was addedallows for a CPS to make requests for hard goods or serviceto DCF’s Exploited Missing Children’s Unit. This safelymoney to help a family. Previously only limited Family Servicereduces the need for police protective custody and entails afunding was available and to overcome concerns about theDCF Supervisor and Child Protection Specialists be on callanticipated volume of requests from Sedgwick county, Thefrom 5 p.m. to 10 p.m. weekdays and weekends 8 A.M. to 10CarePortal added a special project, where Sedgwick countyp.m. DCF staff then can respond immediately to Lawwas “adopted” by a collegeEnforcement if there are concerns of abuse or neglect thatfootball team. Sedgwickresult in forensic interview requests, or in humancounty was able to fulfill sixtrafficking concerns/situations, or in a same day response andfamily requests in August andsafety assessment. The Immediate Response Team had positivefifteen in September, whichresults where five families avoided the trauma of policeincluded anything from beds orprotective custody with instead having placement with abedding to monies donated torelative and other families where the children were allowed tocover electric bills. This has beenstay at home. These positive results were achieved with only 15such a positive step for thehours of staff time, which is flexed wherever possible.community and DCF staff areseeing these met requests stabilize families.4

Agency Collaboration Spotlight: Crossover Youth State Policy TeamThe Kansas Crossover State Policy Teamfosters a system of care inclusive of childwelfare, juvenile justice, education,mental and behavioral health, and legalstakeholders that is comprehensive andadaptable to meet the unique needs ofcommunities. The intentional and genuinepartnership among these agenciesstrengthens the system of care by enablinginformation sharing, striving forcontinuous improvement, and purposelyincorporating the voices of youth andfamilies into all decisions affectingthemselves and their communities.Community Corrections, Judges and/orAttorneys, CASA, and Youth and ParentAdvocates.ambiguity regarding what is and is notpermitted by statute and/or memorandumof understanding (MOU). The StatewideThe purpose of the Statewide Policy Team Policy Team is also exploring ways tois to establish reliable partnerships among help with data collection and analysisagencies in order to facilitate information efforts that can be sustained over time.sharing and to improve how agenciesserve youth and families. A huge part ofthat is ensuring that youth and familieshave opportunities to be heard. The teammeets once a month and is open to thepublic.Four workgroups were created by theStatewide Policy Team to tackle variousThe statewide policy team is spearheaded issues; Information Sharing and DataCollection, Local Policy and Support,by Office of Judicial Administration(OJA), Kansas Department of Corrections Prevention, Service Quality and(KDOC), and the Department for Children Accessibility. This work will largelyand Families. Membership is alsoinform how the counties carry out thecomposed of partners from the following Crossover Youth Practice Modelfields: Georgetown University, Education/ (CYPM), such as expanding informationSchools, Law Enforcement, Kansassharing capacities and delivering thisService Providers, Court Services,guidance to the counties so there is noWhat is a crossover youth?The StatewidePolicy Team hasdefined crossoveryouth as: A youngperson age 10 andolder with anylevel of concurrentinvolvement withthe child welfareand juvenile justicesystems, inclusiveof ionPrograms (IIPs),and voluntary/preventativeservices (definedas Child in Need of Care (CINC) cases that are open forservices such as Family Preservation, Family First andFamily Services). This definition is to be used by alljurisdictions that adopt the Crossover Youth Practice Model(CYPM ) but can be expanded if necessary.services, the need for enhanced trauma-informed practices,cross-system coordination to enhance case planning whileavoiding duplication of services, etc. In addition tofacilitating the policy team the coordinators will providetraining, technical assistance and support of community-levelinitiatives with juvenile and family courts, agencies, and localcommunities to implement the CYPM.To learn more about the Crossove

Counties and Hits Milestone in Two Others: The Kansas City Region recently hit a milestone of holding the 200th TDM in Wyandotte and Johnson counties since implementation on November 4, 2019. Kansas City will also “go live” with TDM implementation in our final three counties, Douglas, Leavenworth and Atchison, on Monday, October 5, 2020. Our

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