Division of Child Welfare
Division of Child
Welfare
Lloyd Malone, Director
News and Happenings at The Division of Child Welfare
2010 Excellence in Practice Awards - Call for Nominations
Submit your nominations online today! Deadline is Friday, February 19, 2010 to be held in June 2010, at Fort Logan, in Denver.
New DCW Staff
Introducing Our New Associate Directors - The Colorado Department of Human Services, Division of Child Welfare, is pleased to announce the selection of Dr. David Menefee as the Division’s new Associate Director of Operations and Mr. Daniel Makelky as the Division’s new Associate Director of Programs. Mr. Makelky and Dr. Menefee will begin their new roles effective February 1, 2010. They will be joining the Director of the Division of Child Welfare Services, Lloyd Malone, and the rest of the Division’s Leadership Team in leading multiple child welfare reform efforts.
New Project Director for the Differential Response Grant - We are incredibly fortunate to introduce Ida J. Schiebstad MSW, LGSW, the new Project Director for the Differential Response Grant. In what can only be described as impeccable timing, Ida joins us from Minnesota’s Child Welfare Systems Training Unit, where she worked for five years as a Social Worker, then as Team Lead, and then as a Program Administrator. Minnesota has been a leader in practicing Differential Response in county administered, State supervised systems. Both as a worker in MN’s Child Welfare System, and as an adjunct Professor in Social Work, Ida has copious experience in developing trainings to support changing policy environments, as well as in using CFSR instruments to review multi-agency collaboration. Her MSW from St. Ambrose University includes a concentration in Advanced Empowerment Practice.
New Safety, Planning, and Intervention Specialist - Stacee Read joined the Child Protection Services (CPS) Unit on February 2nd after nearly four years in County Child Welfare; first as a Child Protection Investigator in Illinois, and more recently as an Intake Caseworker for Jefferson and Douglas counties. Stacee also spent many years with an organization in Illinois that provides an assessment, treatment, and rehabilitation services for children, adolescents, and adults living with emotional disorders and mental illness; and served on the Board of Directors for a Not-for-Profit after receiving her MSW from the University of Illinois. We’re very excited to have her as a part of the team!
New Investigative Response Specialist - Alisa Marlatt joined the CPS unit December 7, 2009. Alisa comes to us with a variety of child welfare experience, most recently as a Family Support Supervisor at Family Tree, and as a Child Protection Intake Worker in Adams County. For more than ten years prior to that, she provided invaluable assistance to multiple divisions of California's Department of Social Services, and we're thrilled that she brings all of her experience to our team.
New Reports and Newsletters
The Child and Family Services Review Report
The Children's Bureau, Administration for Children and Families, in collaboration with the Colorado Department of Human Services completed a review of key areas of Colorado's child welfare policy and practice to ensure substantial conformity with the State plan requirements found in titles IV-B and IV-E of the Social Ser. The Child and Family Services Review (CFSR) process was initiated with an analysis of Colorado's child welfare data and the development of a Statewide Assessment of areas seen as critical to the effective functioning of Colorado's child welfare system. Colorado takes great pride in the areas found to be strengths in our child welfare system. The concerted efforts that Colorado has dedicated to improving child welfare policy and practice is clearly reflected in the Statewide Assessment and the onsite review.
Letter from the Children's Bureau, Administration for Children and Families
The Child and Family Services Review Executive Summary
For additional information the Colorado's Child and Family Services Review, please see our CFSR web page.
The tenth issue of the
Child and Family
Services Review (CFSR) Newsletter is now available. November 2009, Issue 10 is the Performance Improvement Plan (PIP) edition, and contains articles on What's Happening with the PIP, Colorado's PIP, The Child and Family Services Plan (CFSP) and Its Relationship to the PIP, General Themes from the Review, and PIP Tips, a new column.
The first edition of The CMP Quarterly Communiqué is now available. The purpose of this newsletter is to showcase and highlight the cutting-edge work being done by the Collaborative Management Program counties: integrating services for multi-system families and children.
The Core Services Annual Report for SFY 2009 (July 1, 2008 - June 30, 2009) has recently been released. For more information, please contact Melinda Cox.
New Funding:
Funding Now Available for Colorado Fatherhood Programs
In October 2006, the Colorado Department of Human Services was awarded a federal grant of $10 million to be distributed over five years with the focus and intent of improving paternal relationships and parenting. Of the $2 million received annually, more than $1.1 million is awarded to appropriate organizations statewide that meet the application requirements. Twenty-seven fatherhood programs are currently funded by the Colorado Promoting Responsible Fatherhood Initiative.
We are now receiving applications for the October 1, 2010 - September 29, 2011 funding cycle. Applications are due by May 3, 2010 at 5:00 p.m.
Funding priority is given to faith and community based organizations who provide fatherhood parent skills training and healthy marriage / couples relationships training as core services. Of the total community access funds available for service providers, 70 percent is allocated for grass roots and faith based organizations that have social services as a part of their mission, are headquartered in the local community, have a total operating budget of $300,000 or less or have six or fewer full-time equivalent employees.
The state awards grants of up to $50,000 each. Funded organizations are required to establish collaborations with local organizations including a domestic violence provider, the local workforce program, a local mental health provider and the local county department of social or human services to set protocol and meet the individual needs of participants. Services should target fathers of children who are at risk of negative outcomes due to limited father involvement and limited economic support. These include children whose fathers are low-income, teenage parents, fathers of children with disabilities, single custodial parents, non-residential fathers and families receiving child protective services.
Please visit this link to learn more about the application process and to download any necessary forms.
Researching and Engaging Colorado Fathers
Get Engaged - Building a Better Future For Our Children Child Welfare Training on February 17, 2010
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