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CLINTON LIBRARY PHOTOCOPY Families forKids Clinton Presidential Records Digital Records Marker This is not a presidential record. This is used as an administrative marker by the William J. Clinton Presidential Library Staff. This marker identifies the place of a publication. Publications have not been scanned in their entirety for the purpose of digitization. To see the full publication please search online or visit the Clinton Presidential Library's Research Room. The W.K. Kellogg Families/orKids Today, 494,000 Foundation's American kids are in Families for Kids 7,000 foster care. At least initiative is 100,000 have been creating waiting too long for new lives for many kids in foster care. Reasons to loving families. Smile Special 1997 Progress Report Learn how you can get involved in a national At Right: Seven of the 7,000 kids placed in reform that is loving homes since Families for Kids began. Center: Lovely, 10; Clockurise from Bottom: Pedro, 15; Sasha, 7: Nathaniel, 4; Ali, 11; making a Elisha, 14; and DeAndre, 5. The kids pictured here were placed by Kansas Families for Kids, difference. one of 11 Families for Kids communities across the country. Lovely and Sasha, the two Families for Kids staff pretty sisters at the center who would ultimately of the picture, waited change her life: "I want three-and-a-half years a family that's nice and for this happy occasion. that gives me healthy They are celebrating their food and who will let first few months as me sleep with them if members of an adoptive I'm scared of my own family they will never room sometimes. They have to leave. would make me do stuff (For a look at their new family, I need to do like take turn to page 5.) baths, not go on In the summer of 1994-half their lives ago- anyone's property, and never walk alone." they were removed from their biological family Sasha, who was only two at the time of because of neglect. What followed was a series of removal, developed a simpler dream: "I wanted a foster homes that left them with little more than family so we wouldn't have to change from place wistful dreams of what might be. to place to place." Lovely, who was five at the time her foster care Both wanted desperately to stay together. odyssey began, shared her dreams with the (continued on page 2: Numbers That Spell Trouble) MAILING AREA Clinton Presidential Records Digital Records Marker This is not a presidential record. This is used as an administrative marker by the William J. Clinton Presidential Library Staff. This marker identifies the place of a publication. Publications have not been scanned in their entirety for the purpose of digitization. To see the full publication please search online or visit the Clinton Presidential Library's Research Room. Families forKids Who Wait: PROMISING DIRECTIONS IN COMMUNITY-BASED ADOPTION REFORM Part Grind St 9 A Preview of National, State, and Local Change Efforts in the W.K. Kellogg Foundation's Families for Kids Initiative W.K. Kellogg Foundation Battle Creek, Michigan CLINTON LIBRARY PHOTOCOPY W.K.KELLOGG FOUNDATION One Michigan Avenue East Battle Creek, MI 49017-4058 W.K.KELLOGG USA FOUNDATION 616-968-1611 TDD on site Facsimile: 616-968-0413 Internet: http://www.wkkf.org CLINTON LIBRARY PHOTOCOPY FOUNDATION W.K.KELLOGG "Bookmark" us on the Web! http://www.wkkf.org Who Are Programming Grants SOLVAPI SEARCH TEXTONLY W.K. 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KELLOGG FOUNDATION FAMILIES FOR KIDS NATIONAL CONFERENCE ON POLICY PERSPECTIVES Agenda Wednesday, June 25, 1997 Registration Table Grand Ballroom Central 4:00 - 6:30 p.m. (outside of Ballroom) Reception Grand Ballroom Central 5:30 - 6:30 p.m. "Together, We Make The Difference" Congressman Dave Camp (R-MI) Opening Dinner Grand Ballroom Central 6:30 - 8:00 p.m. "Together, We Make The Difference" Senator Mike DeWine (R-OH) Congresswoman Barbara Kennelly (D-CT) Judge Julian Pinkham, Yakama Nation Tribal Court System Olivia Golden, Principal Deputy Assistant Secretary for Children and Families, Department of Health and Human Services Thursday, June 26, 1997 Breakfast 7:45 - 9:15 a.m. Grand Ballroom South Opening Session Renaissance Ballroom 9:30 a.m. - 12 noon "Families for Kids: A Vision for Children" 9:30 a.m. Welcome Valora Washington, Program Director, W.K. Kellogg Foundation, Battle Creek, MI Families for Kids: The Challenge "Through the Eyes of the Child" Shane Salter, Deputy Director - For Love of Children, Washington, DC Kevin Green, Mississippi SUN Team (Speak Up Now), Jackson, MS Community Visioning/Community Leadership The Honorable William Byars Jr. Judge of the Fifth Circuit Court, Kershaw County, SC 10:30 a.m. State Perspectives on Permanency The Honorable Bill Graves Governor of the State of Kansas 11:00 a.m. "Achieving Permanency: What We Must Do" Moderator: Pat Babcock, Program Director, W.K. Kellogg Foundation Panel - Kevin Fitzgerald, Director of NC Division of Social Services, Raleigh, NC Marva Hammons, Director of Family Independence Agency, Lansing, MI JoAnn Lawer, Deputy Secretary, Office of Children, Youth & Families, Harrisburg, PA Donna Starr, President, Native American Commission on Children and Families, WA Luncheon Grand Ballroom South 12:00 noon - 1:30 p.m. "Families for Kids - Our Mandate: Reduce the Backlog -- Change the System" Ernesto Loperena, Executive Director, New York Council on Adoptable Children Nicholas Scoppetta, Commissioner, Administration for Children's Services, City of New York The Honorable Rudolph W. Giuliani, Mayor of the City of New York Breakout Sessions Rooms 12 -16 2:00 - 4:15 p.m. "Implementing Change: Conversations About Permanency" Room 12 Session 1: Taking Action to Achieve Permanency for Kids Putting State Policy and Legislative Frameworks in Place Reasonable Efforts Court Management Enforcing Timeframes Permanency Options in Statute & Policy Room 13 Session 2: Building Blocks for Permanence Will the movement to restructure or privatize child welfare services ensure permanency for children? Public/Private Sector Roles Managed Care Integrated Children's Services Room 14 Session 3: Funding Mechanisms for Outcome-Based Systems Innovative alternatives are addressing reduced mainstream funding. How are states developing new resources? Managed Care Outcome-based Contracts New approaches to IV-E & IV-B Federal Funding Waivers Room 15 Session 4: Promising Practice Solutions: Early Interventions Innovative solutions that include intervention before children are removed from their family, reducing foster care drift and identifying critical cultural issues Kinship Care Models Concurrent Planning Family Decision-Making Conference Room 16 Session 5: Promising Practice Solutions: The Backlog Blitz How can we best achieve the outcome of moving children into permanent families? The End Result: Movement into Permanent Families How Best to Achieve this Outcome Family Advocacy Closing Session Renaissance Ballroom West 4:30 p.m. "Adoption 2002" First Lady Hillary Rodham Clinton First Lady of the United States of America Next Steps Adjourn -RENAISSANCE- -WASHINGTON D.C. HOTEL- N.Y. 58% T' in adoptions in 1995 787.7 over 1994 this year Outreach to recruit adoptive Families, based on one church, one child acioption fair B Preserving Families V. best interests of child Made social services positions at will appointments - - must have accountability Greater auth I Flexibility for people doing this over personel budget Raising quality of cave in foster care homes that we already have Drugs and alcoholism 999 9th Street, NW, Washington, D.C. 20001-9000 Telephone 1 (202) 898-9000 FAX I (202) 289-0947 RENAISSANCE HOTELS AND RESORTS RENAISSANCE WASHINGTON D.C. HOTEL In NL 8 Kellogg counties outpacing others 6 X in planng children Child in system were in 8 diff fumilies Subordinate programs to goals Medical history registry Making atty, aware of short lives of children Michigan - - shortening time lines Partnership in decessonmaters Permanency Focused demonstration - - IF meet timelines, see thru whole pours yes financial incentives 999 9th Street, NW, Washington, D.C. 20001-9000 Telephone I (202) 898-9000 FAX I [202] 289-0947 RENAISSANCE HOTELS AND RESORTS & RENAISSANCE WASHINGTON D.C. HOTEL Wraparound services to an adoptive family 999 9th Street, NW, Washington, D.C. 20001-9000 Telephone 1 (202) 898-9000 FAX 1 (202) 289-0947 RENAISSANCE HOTELS AND RESORTS Families forKids June 25, 1997 WELCOME TO THE FAMILIES FOR KIDS POLICY PERSPECTIVES ON PERMANENCY CONFERENCE We are pleased to have you here! The goal of the meeting is to focus national attention upon the critical issue of "waiting children" and create a sense of urgency about their plight which compels action and systemic change at the highest levels. We have exciting news to share with you about the W.K. Kellogg Foundation's Families for Kids Initiative. We especially want to thank the planning committee. Please join me in expressing appreciation to the following people: Sara Anderson-Mims Brenda Gadson Kathleen Hayes Wendy Lewis Jackson Marie Jamieson Renay Sanders Rita Wolf Kathy Bonk W.K.KELLOGG Jackie Kidd Nora O'Connell FOUNDATION Jeri Spann Eleanor Hinton-Hoytt Jean Kehoe Carole Smith One Michigan Connie Vunovich Karen Lake Avenue East Pat Babcock Tom Reis Battle Creek. MI 49017-4058 USA We have many things in store for you at this conference, and I hope you enjoy the 616-968-1611 opportunity to share ideas with our colleagues. Together, we make the difference. 100 on site Telex 4953028 Facsimile: 616-968-0413 To help people help themselves through the practical application of knowledge and resources to improve their quality of life and that of future generations Participant's List Families for Kids National Policy in Permanency Meeting Renaissance Washington DC June 25-26, 1997 ARIZONA Ms. Nicole Griffin Ms. Karen Abman DES/ACYF Young Adult Program Project Director c/o Ms. Chris Lautaret Pima County Families for Kids 1075 East Ft. Lowell Road 2700 South 8th Avenue Tucson, AZ 85719 Tucson, AZ 85713 520 887-7577 520 622-7611 x1335 520 624-7042 (fax) Mr. Jim Hart Assistant Director Mr. Rob Ameln Arizona Department of Program Manager Economic Security DES/ACYF 1717 West Jefferson Suite 420 P.O. Box 6123 400 West Congress Phoenix, AZ 85005 Tucson, AZ 85701 602 542-3598 520 628-6810 602 542-3599 (fax) Ms. Rhonda Baldwin The Honorable Freddie Hershberger Division of Behavioral Health The Honorable Arizona Department of Health Services District 12 2122 East Highland 402 West Congress Phoenix, AZ 85016 Tucson, AZ 85701 602 381-8999 x202 602 542-3394 520 628-6593 (fax) Mr. Peter Burns Director Ms. Chris Lautaret Office of Management and Budget DES/ACYF Young Adult Program 1700 West Washington 1075 East Ft. Lowell Road Phoenix, AZ 85007 Tucson, AZ 85719 602 542-5381 520 887-7577 Mr. Fred Chaffee Mr. Brian McNeil Chief Executive Officer Policy Advisor for Health and Human Arizona Children's Home Association Services 2700 South 8th Avenue Office of the Governor Tucson, AZ 85713 1700 West Washington 520 622-7611 Phoenix, AZ 85007 602 542-1316 Dr. Jamie P. Guitierrez Special Assistant to the President The University of Arizona Building Room 712 Tucson, AZ 85721 520 621-1501 520 621-9323 (fax) 1 The Honorable Tom Patterson Ms. Bernice Karstensen Chair Senate Government Lutheran Social Services Reform Committee 1855 North Hillside District 26 Wichita, KS 67214 1700 West Washington 316 686-6645 Phoenix, AZ 85007 316 686-0453 (fax) 602 542-5955 Ms. Teresa Markowitz The Honorable Ruth Solomon Commissioner of Youth Services 7026 E. Kenyon Drive West Hall Tucson, AZ 85710 300 SW Oakley 520 628-6593 Topeka, KS 66606 520 628-6615 (fax) 913 296-3284 913 296-4649 (fax) The Honorable Nanette Warner Associate Presiding Judge Ms. Sydney Pendleton Pima County Juvenile Court 3112 West 73rd Street 2225 East Ajo Way Prairie Village, KS 66208 Tucson, AZ 85713 913 432-1220 520 740-2075 The Honorable Marge Petty KANSAS United States Senator 105 SW Woodlawn Avenue Ms. Sylvia Crawford Topeka, KS 66606 The Villages, Inc. 913 232-4907 2219 SW 29th Street Topeka, KS 66611 Mr. David Scott 913 267-6990 1272 SW Buchanan 913 267-1224 (fax) Topeka, KS 66604 913 296-4763 Mr. Bob Hartman Kansas Children's Service League Mr. Wayne Sims P.O. Box 511 Kaw Valley Center Wichita, KS 67201 4300 Brenner Road 316 942-4261 Kansas City, KS 66104 913 621-0294 Ms. Linda Hobbs Wyandotte County Court Services Mr. Bob Smith 711 Armstrong United Methodist Youthville Kansas City, KS 66101 P.O. Box 210 913 573-4190 Newton, KS 67114 913 573-4196 (fax) 316 283-1950 The Honorable Jennifer Jones Judge 1015 South Minnesota Wichita, KS 67211 316 383-7487 316 383-8000 (fax) 2 Ms. Gloria Timmer The Honorable Thomas Finneran Division of the Budget Representative 1st Floor House Ways and Means Committee Capitol Building State House 300 SW 10th Avenue Boston, MA 02233 Topeka, KS 66612-1504 617 722-2500 913 296-2436 913 296-0231 (fax) Ms. Brenda Gadson Director Ms. Linda Weir-Enegren Massachusetts Families for Kids LS Industries 8th Floor 710 East 17th Street 105 Chauncy Street Wichita, KS 67214 Boston, MA 02111 316 265-7997 617 542-2366 316 265-0013 (fax) 617 542-2369 (fax) Ms. Donna Whiteman Mr. Peter Gibbs Kansas Association of School Boards Director 1420 SW Arrowhead Road Adoption Resources of JF&CF Topeka, KS 66604 1340 Centre Street, Suite 200 913 273-7580 Newton, MA 02159-2453 913 273-3600 (fax) 617 332-2218 617 332-2695 (fax) Ms. Rita Wolf Interim Project Director Ms. Gretchen Grozier Kansas Families for Kids Information Systems Coordinator Suite 206 Massachusetts Families for Kids 603 SW Topeka Avenue 8th Floor Topeka, KS 66603 105 Chauncy Street 913 354-4663 Boston, MA 02111 913 354-4684 (fax) 617 542-2366 617 542-2369 (fax) MASSACHUSETTS Ms. Veronica Melendez Mr. Miguel Arce Administration for Children New North Citizens Council & Families Region I 2383 Main Street Health and Human Services Springfield, MA 01107 JFK Building 413 747-0090 Boston, MA 02203 617 565-1148 Mr. Charles Baker Secretary Ms. Maria Mossiades Executive Office Administrative Attorney to Chief Justice Administration and Finance Supreme Judicial Court 1 Ashburton Place New Courthouse Pemberton Square Boston, MA 02108 Boston, MA 02108 617 727-2040 617 557-1194 3 Ms. Yamari Rodriguez Mr. John Wagner Office Administrative Assistant Executive Office of Health Massachusetts Families for Kids and Human Services 8th Floor Room 1109 105 Chauncy Street 1 Ashburton Place Boston, MA 02111 Boston, MA 02108 617 542-2366 617 727-0077 617 542-2369 (fax) MICHIGAN Ms. Carolyn Smith Director of Massachusetts Mr. Ron Apol Adopt Resource Exchange Supervisor 45 Franklin Street Performance Planning Department Boston, MA 02111 Kent County Juvenile Court 617 542-3678 1501 Cedar, NE Grand Rapids, MI 49503 Ms. Christine Stevens 616 336-3720 315 Washington Street East Bridgewater, MA 02333 Ms. Susan Broman 508 690-2180 President Steelcase Foundation Ms. Kim Stevens P.O. Box 1967 Family Advocacy Coordinator Grand Rapids, MI 49501-1967 Massachusetts Families for Kids 616 246-4696 105 Chauncy Plaza; 8th Floor Boston, MA 02111 Ms. Veneese Chandler 617 542-2366 Executive Director 617 542-2369 (fax) Family Outreach Center 1939 South Division The Honorable Jeremy A. Sthallin Grand Rapids, MI 49507 Chief Justice 616 247-3815 Suffolk Probate and Family Court 616 245-0450 (fax) 3 Center Plaza Boston, MA 02108 Mr. John Cole 617 742-9743 Program Manager Kent County Family Independence Mr. Michael Weekes Agency Commissioner 415 Franklin, SE Massachusetts Department Grand Rapids, MI 49506 of Social Services 616 247-6382 24 Farnsworth Street 616 247-6058 (fax) Boston, MA 02210 617 727-0900 Mr. George Grant 617 261-7438 (fax) School of Social Work Grand Valley State University 25 Commerce, SW Grand Rapids, MI 49503 616 771-6550 4 Mr. Steve Heacock The Honorable Kenneth Sikkema c/o Wendy Lewis Jackson Representative The Grand Rapids Foundation Michigan House of Representatives 209C Waters Building 161 Ottawa, NW State Capitol Building Grand Rapids, MI 49503 P.O. Box 30014 616 454-1751 Lansing, MI 48909-7514 517 373-0846 Ms. Wendy Lewis Jackson 517 373-5965 (fax) Program Director Families for Kids Initiative MISSISSIPPI 209C Waters Building 161 Ottawa, NW Mr. Terry Bonham Grand Rapids, MI 49503 Director of Marketing 616 454-1751 LDDS WorldCom 616 454-6455 (fax) 515 East Amite Street Jackson, MS 39201 Ms. Cynthia Lewis 601 360-8501 Administrative Assistant Families for Kids Initiative Ms. Debra Collier 209C Waters Building Governor's Budget Director 161 Ottawa, NW 303 Walter Sillers Building Grand Rapids, MI 49503 Jackson, MS 39201 616 454-1751 601 359-5758 616 454-6455 (fax) Ms. Wanda Gillom Ms. Jane Longstreet Director - Adoption Unit Director Mississippi Department of Human Services Adoptive Family Support Network P.O. Box 352 Suite 306A Jackson, MS 39202 245 State Street, SE 601 359-4500 Grand Rapids, MI 49503 601 359-4999 (fax) 616 458-7945 Mr. Kevin Green Ms. Diana Sieger SUN Team Member President 1900 North West Street The Grand Rapids Foundation Jackson, MS 39202 209C Waters Building 601 360-0591 161 Ottawa, NW Grand Rapids, MI 49503 The Honorable Gerald Hosemann 616 454-1751 Warren County Court 616 454-6455 (fax) P.O. Box 244 Vicksburg, MS 39180 601 638-8026 5 Mr. Jim Johnson Mr. Frank Steve Family Advocacy Coordinator Mississippi Band of Choctaw Indians Mississippi Families for Kids P.O. Box 6008 Suite B Philadelphia, MS 39358 1900 North West Street 601 656-5251 Jackson, MS 39202 601 360-0591 Ms. Lena Strange 601 360-0593 (fax) Permanency Planning Specialist Mississippi Families for Kids Dr. Paul Jones Suite B Mississippi Baptist Convention 1900 North West Street P.O. Box 530 Jackson, MS 39202 Jackson, MS 39205 601 360-0591 601 968-3800 601 360-0593 (fax) Reverend David Matthews Mr. Don Taylor General Missionary Baptist Convention Executive Director P.O. Box 627 Mississippi Department of Human Services Indianola, MS 38751 P.O. Box 352 601 887-1587 Jackson, MS 39202 601 359-4500 Ms. Delphine McBeth 601 359-4999 (fax) MS Children's Home Society and Family Service Association Ms. Linda West 1900 N. West Street - Suite 202 Project Director Jackson, MS 39202 Mississippi Families for Kids 601 360-0591 Suite B 601 360-0593 (fax) 1900 North West Street Jackson, MS 39202 Ms. Pam McCaffrey 601 360-0591 Communications Director 601 360- 0593 (fax) Mississippi Families for Kids Suite B MONTANA 1900 North West Street Jackson, MS 39202 Ms. A. June Atkins 601 360-0591 Office of Public Instruction 601 360-0593 (fax) State Capitol Building P.O. Box 202501 The Honorable Michael McPhail Helena, MT 59620-2501 County & Youth Court Judge 406 444-2089 200 West Pine Street 406 444-1373 (fax) P.O. Box 190 Hattiesburg, MS 39403 601 545-6100 601 545-6105 (fax) 6 Ms. Gail Clifford Ms. Arlene Templer Fiscal Bureau Program Manager Child & Family Services Division Tribal Social Services Department of Public Health Tribal Health & Social Services & Human Services P.O. Box 280 P.O. Box 8005 St. Ignatius, MT 59865 Helena, MT 59604-8005 800 823-8228 406 444-5908 Mr. Gary Walsh Ms. Allyn Ann Cummins Project Director Director Montana Families for Kids Montana Adoption Resource Center, Inc. P.O. Box 634 P.O. Box 634 Helena, MT 59624-0634 Helena, MT 59624 406 449-3266 406 442-9022 406 449-5648 (fax) Ms. Mary Jo Fox The Honorable Mignon Waterman Legislative Liaison Senator Governor's Office 530 Hazelgreen State Capitol Building Helena, MT 59601 Helena, MT 59620-0801 406 442-8648 406 444-3111 406 442-8783 (fax) Mr. Hank Hudson NEW YORK Administrator Child & Family Services Division Mr. Gary Anderson Department of Public National Council Health & Human Services on Permanency P.O. Box 8005 Hunter College Helena, MT 59604-8005 695 Park Avenue 406 444-5902 New York, NY 10021 406 444 5956 (fax) 212 472-4000 Ms. Sheila Howe Mr. Joseph Cardieri Permanency Planning Specialist Assistant Commissioner Child & Family Services Division Administration for Children's Services Department of Public Health 16th Floor; 80 Lafayette Street & Human Services New York, NY 10013 1211 Grand Avenue 212 266-3398 Billings, MT 59102 212 266-2493 (fax) 406 252-5601 Ms. Sheryl Dicker Ms. Tami Storton Executive Director Family Advocate Permanent Judicial Commission 840 El Rancho Dr. on Justice for Children Billings, MT 59105 c/o Pace University School of Law 406 256-5094 78 North Broadway White Plains, NY 10603 7 Mr. Aubrey Featherstone Ms. Maggie Lear Deputy Commissioner Director of Public Affairs Administration for Children's Services Administration for Children's Services 18th Floor; 80 Lafayette Street 18th Floor; 80 Lafayette Street New York, NY 10013 New York, NY 10013 212 266-2255 212 266-2255 212 266-3450 (fax) 212 266-3450 (fax) Dr. Trudy Festinger Ms. Antoinette Nelson Professor Project Director Shirley M. Ehrenkranz School of Social New York City Families for Kids Work 4th Floor; 150 William Street New York University New York, NY 10038 1 Washington Square North 212 676-9207 New York, NY 10003 212 676-9206 (fax) 212 998-5974 Ms. Rachel Pratt The Honorable Michael Gage Administration for Children's Services Administrative Judge 16th Floor; 80 Lafayette Street New York City Family Court New York, NY 10013 60 Lafayette Street 212 266-3398 New York, NY 10013 212 266-2493 (fax) Ms. Linda Gibbs Mr. Nicholas Scoppetta Deputy Comm. Commissioner Management and Administration Administration for Children's Services Administration for Children's Services 18th Floor; 80 Lafayette Street 80 Lafayette Street; 18th Floor New York, NY 10013 New York, NY 10013 212 266-2100 212 266-2255 212 266-3450 (fax) 212 266-3450 (fax) Ms. Anne Williams-Isom Mr. Gerald Harris Director Deputy Comm. Legal Services Community Planning & Development Administration for Children's Services Administration for Children's Services 80 Lafayette Street; 18th Floor 18th Floor; 80 Lafayette Street New York, NY 10013 New York, NY 10013 212 266-2255 212 266-2253 212 266-3450 (fax) NORTH CAROLINA Ms. Cheryl Larrier NYS Department of Social Services Ms. Sara Anderson Mims 80 Maiden Lane Families for Kids Program Coordinator New York, NY 10013 North Carolina Division of Social Services 212 383-1805 325 North Salisbury Street Raleigh, NC 27603 919 733-4622 919 715-3581 (fax) 8 Mr. Robin Britt Ms. Sherbia Jones Special Assistant for Children, Families and Family Advocate Non-Profits 2060 27th Avenue Drive, NE Governor's Office Hickory, NC 28601 Administration Building 704 328-1751 116 West Jones Street 704 322-9099 (fax) Raleigh, NC 27603-8001 919 715-9611 The Honorable Bill Martin Senator Ms. Sandy Cooke North Carolina State Senate Program Administrator 411 Legislative Office Building The Children's Home Society of Raleigh, NC 27601 North Carolina 919 715-3042 P.O. Box 14608 Greensboro, NC 27415-4608 Ms. Rachel Perry 910 274-1538 Special Assistant for Communications and Policy Mr. Kevin FitzGerald The Governor's Office Director Room 106, Administration Building North Carolina Division of Social Services 116 West Jones Street 325 North Salisbury Street Raleigh, NC 27603-8001 Raleigh, NC 27603 919 715-9614 919 733-3055 Mr. Bill Stanley Mr. Hobart Freeman Buncombe County Commissioner Director 60 Court Plaza Edgecomb County Department of Asheville, NC 28801-3565 Social Services 704 255-5533 3003 North Main Street Tarboro, NC 27886 Mr. Louis Stephens 919 641-7631 President (Retired) Jefferson Pilot The Honorable Charlotte Gardner Room 204 Representative P.O. Box 21008 North Carolina House of Representatives Greensboro, NC 27420 417 B Legislative Office Building 910 691-3475 Raleigh, NC 27601 919 715-3017 The Honorable Ken Titus Chief District Court Judge Mr. Charles Harris Durham County Judicial Building Project Director, Families for Kids Durham, NC 27701 Chief, Children's Services Section 919 560-6807 North Carolina Division of Social Services 325 North Salisbury Street Raleigh, NC 27603 919 733-4622 919 715-0024 (fax) 9 Mr. David Walker Mr. Russell Johnson Executive Director Ohio Department of HS North Carolina Partnership for Children Cleveland District Suite 300 Frank J. Lausche Bldg. 1100 Wake Forest Road 615 Superior Ave. NW Raleigh, NC 27604 Cleveland, OH 44113 919 821-7999 216 787-3563 Ms. Nina Yeager Reverend Calvin Matthews Budget Administrator Mount Haven Baptist Church Office of State Budget and Management 3484 Martin Luther King Jr. Boulevard 116 West Jones Street Cleveland, OH 44104 Raleigh, NC 27603-8005 216 787-3563 919 733-7061 Mr. Craig Neuman OHIO Trumbull County Children Services 2282 Reeves Road, NE Ms. Phelise Harris Warren, OH 44483 Cuyahoga County Children and Family 330 372-2010 Services 3955 Euclid Avenue Mr. Isaac Palmer Cleveland, OH 44115 Deputy Director 216 431-4500 Office of Child Care and Family Services 216 432-3391 (fax) Ohio Department of Human Services 9th Floor; 65 East State Street Mr. Russell Harris Columbus, OH 43215 Cuyahoga County Children and Family 614 466-1213 Services 3955 Euclid Avenue Ms. Renay Sanders Cleveland, OH 44115 Summit County Children Services 216 431-4500 Ohio Families for Kids 216 432-3391 (fax) 264 South Arlington Street Akron, OH 44306 Master Steven Harris 330 996-1028 Cuyahoga County Children and Family 330 379-1981 (fax) Services 3955 Euclid Avenue Mr. Douglas Stevens Cleveland, OH 44115 Assignment and Statistician Officer Supreme Court of Ohio Ms. Susan Ignelzi 3rd Floor; 30 East Broad Street Office of the Governor Columbus, OH 43266 77 High Street 614 752-8967 Columbus, OH 43215 614 752- 4044 Mr. Mario Tonti 614 728-9441 (fax) 3737 Lander Road Cleveland, OH 44124 216 831-2255 10 Ms. Teri Worthington Mr. James Clark Lake County Department of HS State Director 177 Main Street South Carolina Department of Social Painesville, OH 44077 Services 216 350-4274 P.O. Box 1520 Columbia, SC 29202-1520 SOUTH CAROLINA 803 734-5760 Mr. George Bullwinkle Reverend J.H. Cokley Chair South Carolina United Way President Senior VP of Retail Electric SCENE One Church, One Child, Inc. 192 Columbia P.O. Box 4392 Columbia, SC 29218 2346C Two Notch Road 803 748-3429 Columbia, SC 29240 803 748-3336 (fax) 803 929-2590 Dr. Dolly Adams Dr. Charles M. Daly Supervisor Deputy State Director for Program Women's Missionary Society Policy and Oversight AME Church SC Department of Social Services 2420 Bermuda Hill Road PO Box 1520 Columbia, SC 29223 Columbia, SC 29202-1520 803 699-8935 803 734-5880 803 734-5597 (fax) Ms. True Applegate Liaison to the United Way Board of SC Mr. Morgan Denney 40 King Street Deputy State Director Charleston, SC 29401 Fiscal and Information Management 803 722-8168 P.O. Box 1520 803 577-9113 (fax) Columbia, SC 29202-1520 803 734-6222 Ms. Sue Berkowitz Legal Services Association The Honorable Ernest A. Finney Jr. P.O. Box 7187 Chief Justice Columbia, SC 29202 SC Supreme Court 803 777-0082 1231 Gervais Box 11330 Columbia, SC 2921 The Honorable William Byars 803 734-1080 5th Circuit Family Court Judge 803 773-3113 (fax) Kershaw County Courthouse Camden, SC 29020 The Honorable John Felder 803 425-1518 Representative 803 425-1942 (fax) House of Representatives P.O. Box 11867 Columbia, SC 29211 803 734-2402 11 Mr. Charles Hayes Ms. Marie Jamieson CPO/President Project Director United Way of South Carolina Washington State Families for Kids Suite 307 P.O. 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Kellogg Foundation Staff University of Michigan Law School One Michigan Avenue East 313 Legal Research Building Battle Creek, MI 49017-4058 Ann Arbor, MI 48109-1215 616 968-1611 313 763-5000 616 968 0413 313 647-4042 (fax) Valora Washington, Ph.D. Ms. Gila Shusterman Program Director Walter R. McDonald Families for Kids & Associates, Inc. 12300 Twinbrook Parkway Mr. Patrick Babcock Suite 310 Program Director Health & Public Policy Rockville, MD 20852 301 881-2590 Ms. Jean Kehoe 301 881-0096 (fax) Executive Secretary Youth & Education Ms. Jeri Spann Spann Publications Consulting Mrs. Karen Lake 6957 Edgerton Avenue Director of Communications Pittsburgh, PA 15208 412 363-5677 Dr. Anne Petersen 412 441-4888 (fax) Senior Vice President Ms. Charlotte Vick Mr. Tom Reis Asst. Executive Director Director of Marketing & Dissemination North American Council on Adoptable Children Ms. Paula Sammons 970 Raymond Avenue Executive Secretary Suite 106 Youth & Education St. Paul, MN 55114-1149 612 644-3036 Ms. Carole A. Smith 612 644-9848 (fax) Administrative Assistant Special Initiatives Ms. Jeanette Wiedemeier-Bower Youth & Education North American Council on Adoptable Children Mr. Paul VanderVelde 970 Raymond Avenue Program Director-Youth Suite 106 St. Paul, MN 55114-1149 Mrs. Connie Vunovich 612 644-3036 Conference & Meetings Planner 612 644-9848 (fax) 22 Session Number One - Room 12 Thursday, June 26, 1997 1:30 - 3:30 p.m. "Taking Action to Achieve Permanency for Kids" Putting State Policy and Legislative Frameworks in Place Session Description: True system reform in child welfare services requires a fundamental paradigm shift away from programs and policy developed to suit specific interest groups, agencies and funding sources towards services needed to assure all children find permanent homes. Eleven (11) Families for Kids communities, funded by the W.K. Kellogg Foundation, have encouraged policy makers and legislators to make this shift by establishing a clear vision of permanency for all foster children and specific goals that improve the child's stability and reduce the child's time spent in foster care. Panelists in this session will address those policy and legislative issues that most clearly support the type of reforms necessary to institutionalize improved outcomes for children. Learning Objectives: Session participants will learn the following: Reasonable Efforts Court Management Enforcing Timeframes Permanency Options in statute & policy Moderators: Kathleen Hayes, South Carolina Families for Kids Sara Anderson Mims, North Carolina Families for Kids Presenters: Mark Hardin, Director, Child Welfare, American Bar Association, Center on Children and the Law, Washington, DC Ron Haskins, Staff Director - Subcommittee on Human Resources, U.S. House of Representatives, Committee on Ways and Means, Washington, DC Cassie Bevan, Staff Professional Assistant - Subcommittee on Human Resources, U.S. House of Representatives, Committee on Ways and Means, Washington, DC Barbara Pryor, Legislative Assistant to Senator John D. Rockefeller (D-WV), Washington, DC Judy McKenzie, Executive Director, Spaulding for Children, Southfield (Detroit), MI Session Number Two - Room 13 Thursday, June 26, 1997 1:30 - 3:30 p.m. "Building Blocks for Permanence" The movement to restructure or privatize child welfare services. Will these efforts ensure permanency for children? Session Description: A number of states are restructuring their child welfare services as a way to support reform and provide better permanency options for children. Major examples include the transferring of child welfare services to the private sector through an outcomes-based contractual agreement, privatization of state agencies, or the partial or full combining of mental health, social services and/or public health departments at the state or local level. A critical factor for consideration is how these new structures will impact permanency, casework decisions, and costs. Learning Objectives: Session participants will learn: Public/Private Sector Roles Managed Care Integrated Children's Services Moderators: Wendy Lewis Jackson, Kent County, Michigan Families for Kids Antoinette Nelson, New York City Families for Kids Rita Wolf, Kansas Families for Kids Presenters: Teresa Markowitz, Commissioner of Children and Family Services, State of Kansas, Topeka, KS Karabelle Pizzigati, Director of Public Policy, Child Welfare League of America, Washington, DC Gary Crow, Executive Director, Lorain County Children Services, Elyria, OH Michael Weekes, Deputy Commissioner for Quality Management & Program Development, Massachusetts Department of Social Services, Boston, MA Session Number Three - Room 14 Thursday, June 26, 1997 1:30 - 3:30 p.m. "Funding Mechanisms for Outcome-based Systems" Innovative alternatives are addressing reduced mainstream funding. How are states developing new resources? Session Description: Public agencies are exploring new methods to involve private agencies in the delivery of child welfare services. Panelists will describe a spectrum of options from small purchase of service contracts to system wide managed care. What are the advantages and disadvantages of various approaches? What safeguards should decision makers have in place before they move into a privatization of services or contracting out of services? How are outcomes measured? Learning Objectives: Session participants will learn: Managed Care Outcome-based Contracts New approaches to IV-E & IV-B Federal Funding Waivers Moderators: Marie Jamieson, Washington Families for Kids Renay Sanders, Ohio Families for Kids Presenters: Isaac Palmer, Deputy Director, Office of Family and Children Services, Ohio Department of Human Services, Columbus, OH Fred Wulczyn, Research Fellow, Chapin Hall Center for Children, the University of Chicago, Chicago, IL Chuck Harris, Chief of Children's Services, Division of Social Services, Raleigh, NC MaryLee Allen, Director of Child Welfare and Mental Health, Children's Defense Fund, Washington, DC Session Number Four - Room 15 Thursday, June 26, 1997 1:30 - 3:30 p.m. Promising Practice Solutions: "Early Interventions" Innovative solutions that include intervention before children are removed from their family, reducing foster care drift and identifying critical cultural issues Session Description: Prevention and intervention measures to reduce the length of time children lack permanence are helping to reshape child welfare as we know it. Family involvement and child centered decision making are critical to reforming child welfare systems. This session will discuss innovations in family group conferencing, kinship care and concurrent planning and critical culture considerations. Learning Objectives: Session participants will learn: Kinship Care Models Concurrent Planning Family Decision-making Conference Family Advocacy Moderators: Jacquelyn Kidd, North American Council on Adoptable Children, St. Paul, MN Linda West, Mississippi Families for Kids Gary Walsh, Montana Families for Kids Presenters: Linda Katz, Program Director, Lutheran Social Services of Washington and Idaho, Mountlake Terrace (Seattle), WA Veneese Chandler, Executive Director, Family Outreach Center, Grand Rapids, MI Ernesto Loperena, Executive Director, New York Council on Adoptable Children, New York, NY Session Number Five - Room 16 Thursday, June 26, 1997 1:30 - 3:30 p.m. Promising Practice Solutions: "The Backlog Blitz" The end result: Movement into permanent families. How best can we achieve this outcome? Session Description: This session will identify system change strategies designed to eliminate the backlog. The presenters will share how important families are to the success of moving children into permanence. From specialty agencies to one casework team to advocating for policy changes, these presenters will offer solutions that work. Learning Objectives: Session participants will learn: The End Result: Movement into Permanent Families How Best to Achieve This Outcome Moderators: Joe Kroll, North American Council on Adoptable Children, St. Paul, Minnesota Brenda Gadson, Massachusetts Families for Kids Karen Abman, Pima County, Arizona Families for Kids Presenters: Ruth Amerson, Program Administrator, Another Choice for Black Children, Inc., Sanford (Raleigh), NC Kim Stevens, Family Advocacy Coordinator, Massachusetts Families for Kids, Boston, MA Polly Pfeuffer, Permanency Planning Specialist, Arizona Department of Economic Security, Administration for Children, Youth and Families, Tucson, AZ BIOGRAPHIES OF PRESENTERS MaryLee Allen MaryLee Allen is the Director of the Child Welfare and Mental Health Division for the Children's Defense Fund (CDF), and in that role has primary responsibility for CDF's programmatic and policy work in the areas of family support, family preservation and a range of other services and supports for vulnerable children and families. Ms. Allen has played a leadership role in the development, passage, and implementation of major child welfare and children's mental health reforms over the past decade and currently co-chairs a coalition of national child welfare, mental health, and juvenile justice organizations seeking to improve services for abused and neglected children and others with special needs. She is co-author of two major CDF reports, Helping Children by Strengthening Families: A Look at Family Support Programs and Children Without Homes, as well as numerous articles and presentations. Ruth Amerson Ruth Amerson founded and served as program administrator for Another Choice for Black Children, Inc. (the state's first adoption agency focused on finding adoptive homes for African American and special needs children). She directed and successfully implemented three federal grant projects, in addition to securing funding from public and private foundations, enhance adoptive placements of African-American children. In addition she hired and supervised staff, conducted performance appraisals as outlined by state policy. Another Choice has been successful in placing 125 children since they opened their doors. C. Patrick Babcock C. Patrick Babcock is the director of public policy at the W.K. Kellogg Foundation in Battle Creek, Michigan. Mr. Babcock also serves as a program director where he is the director of Comprehensive Community Health Models of Michigan, a Foundation initiative to become partners with three Michigan communities that want to reform their health care systems. Mr. Babcock has a long career of service with the state of Michigan, and has held several leadership positions with human service agencies. Before joining the Foundation, he directed the Michigan Department of Social Services. Prior to that he headed the Michigan Department of Mental Health and the Michigan Department of Labor. His governmental career spanned 20 years and several Democratic and Republican administrations. His other roles with the state included adviser and administrator of programs related to aging services, substance abuse, and legislative affairs. 2 Carol "Cassie" Statuto Bevan Carol "Cassie" Statuto Bevan received her doctorate in Child Development from Columbia University. She completed a Post-Doctoral Fellowship in the Bush Program for Child Development and Social Policy at the University of Michigan. Dr. Bevan went to Washington, D.C. on a Congressional Science Fellowship under the auspices of the Society for Research in Child Development and the American Association for the Advancement of Science. Upon completion of this Fellowship, she joined the Family Impact Seminar at Catholic University of America in Washington, D.C. In 1984, she went to the U.S. House of Representatives to work for the newly established Select Committee on Children, Youth, and Families and after several years became the Republican Staff Director. Cassie joined the National Council for Adoption in 1993 to become the Principal Investigator of the Child Protection Project and to head the Council's Office of Public Policy. Currently, Dr. Bevan is a Professional Staff Member of the Subcommittee on Human Resources of the Committee on Ways and Means in the U.S. House of Representatives. Judge William R. Byars, Jr. Judge William Byars, Jr. was elected and has served as the Family Court Judge for the Fifth Judicial Circuit in South Carolina since 1989. He serves as the Chief Administrative Judge with administrative responsibility over a circuit serving approximately 400,000 people. He has taken an active interest in helping to streamline the legal, court and child welfare systems and to make them more child centered. His work in facilitating coordination of services between families, courts, state and private helping agencies is widely noted and respected in the state. Veneese Chandler Ms. Veneese Chandler is the Executive Director and CEO of Family Outreach Center, a not for profit, comprehensive family service agency in the city of Grand Rapids, MI. Under her leadership, this agency has grown from a single-focused outpatient mental health program to a multifaceted comprehensive agency whose services include: outreach counseling to families at risk of having their children removed due to abuse or neglect; culturally specific parenting initiatives; and the Families for Kids - Family and community Compact to reduce the number of children of color entering foster care in Kent County. Prior to joining the Center, she worked as a Coordinator of Prevention and Education at the Advisory Center for Teen, and the Director of Special Services for Continuing Education Students at Aquinas College. First Lady Hillary Rodham Clinton The Honorable Hillary Rodham Clinton served as First Lady of Arkansas for twelve years. She graduated from Yale Law School, where she served on the Board of Editors of the Yale Review of Law and Social Action. In 1973, Hillary became a staff attorney for the Children's Fund. A year later, she joined the Impeachment Inquiry staff of the Judiciary Committee of the U.S. House of Representatives to work on the Watergate impeachment proceedings. She married Bill Clinton in 1975. They both were professors at the University of Arkansas at Fayetteville. 3 Gary Crow Gary Crow is the Executive Director of Lorain County Children's Services (LCCS) in Elyria, Ohio, part of the nine-county Ohio Families for Kids consortium. In the two years he has been working at LCCS, Gary's accomplishments include closing a substandard group home and channeling the funding into expansion of the number of caseworkers and upgrades in their skills. He has also expanded parent education, mental health and substance abuse treatment programs available to biological parents. Kevin Fitzgerald Kevin Fitzgerald is director of North Carolina's Division of Social Services and has responsibilities of Work First, Governor Jim Hunt's Welfare Reform Initiative, Child Support Enforcement, Adult Services and Child and Family Services. Prior to working at the state level, Kevin spent nearly ten years in county management. Mayor Rudolph W. Giuliani In the three years that Rudolph Giuliani has been Mayor of New York City, he has placed a strong emphasis, on children's issues by initiating reforms in both child welfare and education. In 1997, Mayor Giuliani created a new agency for children called the Administration for Children's Services (ACS) to solve many of the problems that plagued New York City's past children's agencies. ACS has placed an emphasis on reviewing investigative procedures and reducing the backlog of children waiting to be adopted. A recent New York Times article noted that a record number of New York City foster children would be adopted this fiscal year because of recent efforts to achieve this. ACS is one of [1 Kellogg Families for Kids grantee sites. Olivia Golden Olivia Golden, is Acting Assistant Secretary for Children and Families in the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services. She directs the activities of HHS' Administration for Children and Families. She has served since 1993 as Commissioner on Children, Youth and Families. Before coming to HHS, she was director of programs and policy for the Children's Defense Fund in Washington, D.C. Bill Graves The Honorable Bill Graves is the 43rd Governor of Kansas. He is a native of Salina. He served two terms as Secretary of State. Governor Graves' emphasis during the first two years of his administration has been on lowering taxes, common sense regulation and sound fiscal management. Kevin Green Kevin is a 19-year-old former foster child. He is a founding member of the SUN Team (Speak Up Now), which was formed in 1995 through a grant from Mississippi Families for Kids. The SUN Team enables youth who have grown up in the child welfare system to share their experiences with others, so that no child will be left behind and have to grow up in the system. 4 Kevin is employed full-time by Wendy's Restaurants. He was chosen as the Mississippi Families for Kids 1996 Youth Advocate of the year, for his outstanding work with children in foster care. Marva Livingston Hammons Marva Livingston Hammons was appointed director of the Michigan Family Independence Agency by Governor John Engler January 20, 1997, effective February 18, 1997. Prior to that she was administrator/commissioner, New York City Human Resources Administration She received her education at the University of Colorado at Denver, Rocky Mountain Program for Senior Executives in State and Local Government; the University of Utah Graduate School of Social Work, MSW, and The College of St. Catherine, St. Paul, Minnesota, B.A. Sociology. Mark Hardin Mark Hardin, is the director of Child Welfare for the ABA Center on Children and the Law in Washington, D.C. He conducts research, consults, and trains throughout the United States. He has worked in the field of child welfare and children's law for 22 years. Prior to coming to the ABA in 1980, he worked for the Oregon Permanency Planning Project at the Regional Research Institute for Human Services, Portland State University. Before that, he worked at the Family Law Center, Multnomah County Legal Aid Service in Portland, Oregon. Chuck Harris Chuck Harris is chief of Children's Services for the North Carolina Division of Social Services. His responsibilities include Family Preservation, Child Protective Services, Foster Care, and Adoptions. He believes the Families for Kids initiative provides the basic framework for future directors in children's services in the state. He has worked in the North Carolina Social Services system for the past 18 years, including 10 years at the county level. Ron Haskins Ron Haskins is the staff director for the Subcommittee on Human Resources of the Committee on Ways and Means, U.S. House of Representatives. Prior to this, he was the Republican Welfare Counsel for the Ways and Means Committee. Previously, he was a research professor at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill and a non-commissioned officer in the United States Marine Corps. After completing his undergraduate degree in history, Haskins obtained an M.A. in education and a Ph.D. in developmental psychology from the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. Linda Katz Linda Katz, is the co-author of the guidebook for child welfare agencies, Concurrent Planning, and the article, "Foster Care Drift: A Risk-Assessment Matrix." She does training on early permanency nationally and internationally, for Washington State's Families for Kids and Lutheran Social Services of Washington and Idaho. She is widely sought to do trainings nationally and internationally, in the area of permanency planning. She is one of the pioneers of early permanency goals for children. 5 Jo Ann R. Lawer Ms. Jo Ann R. Lawer is the Deputy Secretary for Children, Youth and Families, Pennsylvania Department of Public Welfare. She oversees the department's efforts to protect children and support families, including the licensing and regulating of child care facilities, private adoption and foster care agencies and other family services. She directs the department's child abuse and neglect prevention efforts; and oversees the ten state-operated residential facilities for juvenile offenders. Ms. Lawer received a bachelor's degree in political science from Susquehanna University in 1972 and a juris doctorate from the Widener University School of Law in 1995. Ernesto Loperena Ernesto Loperena is the Executive Director of the New York Council on Adoptable Children, the first organization in New York City to declare that "Every child, no matter how old and regardless of physical, mental or emotional handicapping conditions of whatever race or creed, is adoptable." Since 1970 COAC has helped place over 2, 100 children in permanent homes. His major contributions at COAC include the city-wide expansion of the African-American and Hispanic Child Adoption Program and his pioneering work in establishing New York City's first private adoption program for children orphaned by AIDS. Recently, he was appointed to the advisory board by New York City's Commissioner of Administration of Children's Services. Teresa Markowitz Teresa A. Markowitz, ACSE, is Commissioner of Kansas Children and Family Services and the Kansas Department of Social and Rehabilitation Services. During the past year, the department has privatizated Family Preservation, Adoption and Foster/Group Care services. Judith K. McKenzie Judy has served as Executive Director of Spaulding for Children since 1978. She has provided the leadership for Spaulding as a comprehensive child welfare agency and national training organization. She provides consultation to agencies developing special needs adoption programs and has helped a number of agencies, projects and organizations develop new perspectives on services through strategic planning. Judy received her MSW degree from the University of Michigan. Isaac R. Palmer Isaac R. Palmer, is Deputy Director of the Office of Family and Children Services. He was recognized as Who's Who in Government in 1990. Isaac's office provides administrative support for county operated public children service agencies that operate Ohio's child protection, adoptions, foster care, licensing, child care, adult protection and domestic violence. Prior to becoming a deputy director in 1994, Isaac was the Executive Director of Montgomery County Children Services, Ohio's fourth largest county children services agency. 6 Pauline Pfeuffer Since March of 1995, Pauline Pfeuffer has been the Arizona Department of Economic Security, Administration for Children, Youth and Families District II Permanency Planning Specialist. She received her B.S. from Central Michigan University. She has been a foster parent and is the adoptive parent of a son. Judge Julian Pinkham Judge Julian Pinkham is currently a Children's Court Judge with the Yakama Nation in central Washington state and has been an associate judge with the Yakama Nation since 1990. As a children's court judge, his jurisdiction includes termination of parental rights and dependency petitions. He is a member of the national board for Families for Kids, and a tribal elder and religious leader. In 1996, he was awarded an Advanced Kellogg Law Fellowship at the Child Advocacy Law Clinic of the University of Michigan Law School, during which time he developed "The Uniform Children's Code," guidelines to assist tribal courts in processing child abuse and neglect cases. Karabelle Pizzigati Karabelle Pizzigati is the Director of Public Policy at the Child Welfare League of America, Inc. She has dedicated her professional life to developing, analyzing, and administering programs and policies that serve children and families. Before joining CWLA in 1993, she served for 10 years, the last three as staff director, with the Select Committee on Children, Youth and Families of the U.S. House of Representatives, charged with assessing the condition of children and families and making policy recommendations to improve their health and well-being. Barbara Pryor Barbara is legal assistant to Senator Jay Rockefeller. She is responsible for advising and representing the senator on a wide range of issues, including education, job training, children's issues, Social Security, research and development including the National Science Foundation and general human services. Her responsibilities include developing legislation and organizing political strategies to enact more bills into laws. She received her BSFS from Georgetown University School of Foreign Service. Shane Salter Shane Salter is the Deputy Director of For Love of Children in Washington, D.C. He grew up in the foster care system of New York City and from the age of four to eighteen, Shane was shuffled to a series of foster homes, group homes, and an orphanage. Mr. Salter graduated from college and completed a successful career in the Navy and the Air Force Reserves. Before coming to For Love of Children, he served as a hospital administrator at Children's Hospital in Washington, DC and as the President of Salter Consulting Services. Shane is an adoptive parent and serves as President of the Board of Adoptive Families of America. 7 Kim Stevens Kim Stevens is the Family Advocacy Coordinator for Massachusetts Families for Kids. Before this, she worked as a school-based mental health counselor for Brockton Family and Community Resources. She has been a MAPP (Model Approach to Partnerships in Parenting) trainer for adoptive families for the past eight years and has hands-on experience as the mother of six children, four of whom are adopted children. She received her M.Ed. from Cambridge College. Valora Washington Valora Washington, Program Director, W.K. Kellogg Foundation, Battle Creek, MI. Named one of Working Woman magazine's 25 most influential working mothers in 1997, she has led the Foundation in expanding community support for children and families for more than six years. Dr. Washington has developed and managed more than $86 million in programs, including the Families for Kids Initiative, to reform the adoption and foster care systems in 11 states; a project to promote child care and school readiness; and a program to improve science education in low-achieving elementary schools. Educated at Michigan State University and Indiana University, Washington was vice president and professor at Antioch College in Ohio and held faculty positions at American University, Howard University and the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill She has authored six books and more than 40 other publications. Michael Weekes Michael D. Weekes is the deputy commissioner for Quality Management & Program Development at the Massachusetts Department of Social Services. Prior to that, he served as area director of the DSS Area Offices in Springfield and Westfield. In his capacity as deputy commissioner, he oversees all of field programs, family support, child care, domestic violence, adoption, policy development, and quality assurance. He was a member of the governor's special commission on foster care appointed in 1992. Weeks was one of the founding members of Massachusetts Families for Kids. He was recently elected vice president of the New England Association of Child Welfare Commissioners and Directors. Fred Wulczyn Until recently, Fred Wulczyn was Director of the New York State Department of Social Services' Managed Care Initiative for children and family services. As part of his responsibilities, he designed the state's HomeRebuilder Program, the nation's first managed care demonstration project in foster care Presently, he is a Research Fellow at the Chapin Hall Center for Children at the University of Chicago, where he oversees Chapin Hall's Managed Care Forum. He is also co-director of the multistate foster care data archive, a Chapin Hall research project that explores national trends in the utilization of foster care and the policy and programmatic implications of these trends. In addition, he is an assistant professor at the Columbia University School of Social Work. W.K. Kellogg Foundation Families for Kids National Conference on Policy Perspectives Thursday, June 26, 1997 For each session that you attended, rate the session from 1 (not at all useful) to 5 (very useful), and list up to three proposed policy solutions, which will be useful to you. If you did not attend a specific session, write "NA" in the Rating column. SESSION RATING USEFUL POLICY SOLUTIONS 9:30 1:30 Plenary Sessions 1:30 - 3:30 Breakout Sessions 1. Taking Action to Achieve Permanency 2. Building Blocks for Permanence 3. Funding Mechanisms for Outcome Based Systems 4. Promising Practice Solutions: Early Intervention 5. Promising Practice Solutions: Backlog Blitz 4:00 5:00 Closing Session Please continue on reverse side. Which policy ideas and solutions do you think will have the greatest importance in increasing the number of children who will achieve permanent homes? What next steps do you plan to take? Do you have suggestions of topics for future discussion or technical assistance on policy to achieve permanency? Please check your primary affiliation or group you are representing at this meeting. U.S. Executive U.S. Congress Federal Judiciary Tribal Executive Tribal Council Tribal Judiciary State Executive State Legislature State Judiciary Including State Agencies Local Executive Local Council/Board Including County Agencies Service Provider (Private Agency) Religious Organization Media FFK Project Other: Are you a member of an FFK site delegation? yes no THANK YOU FOR YOUR COMMENTS. PLEASE RETURN THIS FORM TO THE MEETING REGISTRATION DESK OR TO A CONFERENCE STAFF PERSON. Fact Sheet Families About the W.K. Kellogg Foundation: forKids 'Helping people help themselves' Established in 1930 by cereal industry pioneer W.K. Kellogg. who donated more than $66 million in Kellogg Company stock and other investments. The W.K. Kellogg Foundation Trust. which was set up by Mr. Kellogg. continues to own substantial equity in the Kellogg Company. The two organizations have enjoyed a long-standing relationship. However, the Foundation is governed by an independent Board of Trustees and receives its income primarily from the investments of the Trust. From modest beginnings. with programs serving the health and education needs of youth in south-central Michigan, the Foundation has grown to achieve national and international prominence. Today. it ranks among the world's largest private foundations. Since 1930. the Kellogg Foundation has made more than $2.95 billion in charitable distributions. Mission: "To help people help themselves through the practical application of knowledge and resources to improve their quality of life and that of future generations." Assets: More than $5.9 billion at the close of the past fiscal year. September I. 1995. through August 31. 1996. Grants are concentrated in the United States. Latin America and the Caribbean, and the southern African countries of Botswana. Lesotho. South Africa. Swaziland. and Zimbabwe. W.K.KELLOGG FOUNDATION During the 1995-96 fiscal year. the Foundation made payments to 1.413 of its 2.635 active projects. A total of 950 new commitments was made during the year. One Michigan Avenue East Programming areas include: Health: Food Systems and Rural Development: Youth and Education. Battle Creek MI and Higher Education: and Philanthropy and Volunteerism. Woven throughout these areas is funding 49017-4058 for Leadership: Information Systems/Technology: Capitalizing on Diversity: and Family, USA Neighborhood. and Community Development. 616-968-1611 TDD on site Telex: 4953028 In fiscal year 1995-96. the Kellogg Foundation made program payments of $252,578,741. The Facsimile 616-968-0413 primary areas receiving payments included: Health, 20 percent ($50.254,126); Youth and http://www.wkkf.org Education/ Higher Education. 26 percent ($65,170,806); Food Systems and Rural Development. 14 percent ($36,260,672): and Philanthropy and Volunteerism. 7 percent ($17,293,296). The balance of support was provided for special programming (13 percent): initiatives that continued from the previous year (3 percent): Greater Battle Creek programming (3 percent): programs operated (5 percent): and cross-cutting themes (9 percent). To help people help themselves through the practical application of knowledge and resources 10 improve their quality of life and that of lulure generations Page 2 For more information: W.K. Kellogg Foundation One Michigan Avenue East Battle Creek. Michigan 49017-4058 Phone: (616) 968-1611 Or call our toll free publication reques line at: (800) 819-9997 (Some limitations on quantities apply) Or explore our World Wide Web Site at: http://www.wkkf.org Fact Sheet Families Families for Kids: An Overview The Families for Kids Vision: A Permanent Family for Every Waiting Child forKids Nothing is more basic to a child's development or more essential to strong communities than nurturing. permanent families. Yet large and growing numbers of America's children are being deprived of the hope. love. and security that only lasting family connections can provide. Children are entering the public child welfare system because of abuse. neglect. or abandonment. Although the vast majority of children return to their families or are living with relatives, many will not. Children who are eventually legally free for adoption stay 100 long in the foster care system. and are typically in a series of foster homes or institutions. Too many exit the system at age 18 without ever having experienced a permanent family. Here are a few of the disturbing facts as outlined in a 1997 report published by the Congressional Research Service and other authoritative sources: In 1995. 494,000 children were in foster care. up from 468.000 in 1994. The number of children in care in 1995 has risen by 24 percent since 1990. 76 percent since 1986. and 89 percent since 1982. Data from selected states show that between 1983 and 1993, the number of children in foster care rose by 158 percent in Illinois. 154 percent III California. 123 percent in Texas. and 120 percent in New York. The number of foster children adopted annually through the child welfare system averaged about 19,000 between 1983 and 1992 and did not fluctuate widely during those years. In 1991. adoptions were finalized for only about 20.000 foster children. and about half were adopted by their foster parents. Approximately 7.000 were permanently placed in legal W.K.KELLOGG guardianship. FOUNDATION Although an additional 69.000 foster children had permanency goals of adoption. less than a third (about 20.000) were actually free for adoption. Of these children, almost half had One Michigan been waiting for an adoptive placement for two years or longer. Avenue East Those fortunate enough to be adopted are likely to have spent. on average, 3.5 to 5.5 years Battle Creek MI in a series of different foster homes. 49017-4058 Nationally. children of color make up 63 percent of children in the foster care system - USA 616-968-1611 nearly twice their representation in the general child population. The percentage is much TDD on site higher in cities like New York and Chicago where an estimated 75 - 85 percent of children Telex. 4953028 in child welfare are African-American. Facsimile: 616-968-0413 http://www.wkki.org It is a national tragedy that children waiting for permanent homes are among the most vulnerable and poorly served citizens in our society. There are reasons but no excuses. The many system-wide barriers to child welfare reform include: A child welfare system that is fragmented and uncoordinated; Lengthy delays including court processing of cases: To help people help themselves Children and youth getting "lost" due to non-existent or inefficient computer data through the practical management systems; application of knowledge Inadequate staffing: overworked. undertrained and high turnover of workers: and resources 10 improve Invisibility of foster children; their quality of life and that of future generations Limited child placement options; Families and communities with too little influence in the system: and Cultural insensitivity 10 children. families. and communities of color. Page 2 Launching Families for Kids In 1990. the W.K. Kellogg Foundation began to examine the problem of children languishing in foster care. To determine whether it could play a meaningful role in solving this problem, the Foundation convened the nation's leading experts including parents. professionals in child welfare. clergy. judges. attorneys, policymakers. academics. and child advocates. They convinced the Foundation to undertake a major national initiative. Families for Kids (FFK). These early consultations led to a year-long planning process called "community visioning" that involved more than 14.000 people from 15 states. In 1995-96. 11 states and localities were awarded grants averaging $3 million each to participate in a reform movement aimed at eliminating the backlog of waiting children and bringing fundamental change to the system. The Families for Kids sites are New York City: Kent County (Grand Rapids), Michigan: Pima County, Arizona; nine counties in northern Ohio: and the states of Kansas, Massachusetts, Mississippi, Montana. North Carolina, South Carolina. and Washington. Other grant programs were also begun to improve courts. achieve legal and policy reform, strengthen the voices of communities of color. and encourage employer-paid adoption benefits. Families for Kids has two important goals: To eliminate the backing of children waiting for permanent homes: and To reform systems so that each child has the following: - One year maximum waiting before permanent placement: - One stable foster care home: - One family-friendly assessment of the child's needs: - One caseworker or casework team: and - Comprehensive support for caregivers. Achievements of Families for Kids In 1996, 7.000 waiting children were placed in permanent families in the eleven sites. Many promising new partnerships and models of service have been developed to achieve Families for Kids goals. For example. to ensure only one year before placement. FFK sites have developed an aggressive campaign to place waiting children. sophisticated family recruitment campaigns, extensive church-based family recruitment and support. powerful new public/private partnerships, significant advances in legal and court reform. and special agencies and efforts to place children of color. To ensure that children are placed in only one foster home. FFK partners have expanded case planning models 10 eliminate multiple placements. To ensure that only one assessment and casework team works with the child. FFK has developed new interdisciplinary teams and case-processing methods. and arranged more family involvement in decision making. To ensure comprehensive family support, Families for Kids has promoted more flexible and available services to families and new family advocacy groups to push for sustained reform. All FFK sites have learned that a critical element of reform is data collection and analysis that provides regular. accurate information on the numbers of children in care. length of stay. families ready to adopt. and legally free children waiting for families. This is one important way families and communities can hold child welfare agencies accountable for the children they serve. Sources: McKenzie. Judith K., Adoption of children with special needs. The Future of Children: Adoption (Spring 1993) 3. I. 69: Spar. Karen, "Foster Care and Adoption Statistics." CRS Report for Congress. Congressional Research Service of the Library of Congress. January 15. 1997; and. "Adoption. Foster Care. and Child Welfare: Issues for Congress." CRS Report for Congress. Congressional Research Service of The Library of Congress, February 5. 1997: "A Comparison of Child Substitute Care Exit Rates Among Three Different Racial/Ethnic Groups in 12 States. FYX4 to FY90," VCIS Research Notes No. 10. Voluntary Cooperative Information System. American Public Welfare Association. Washington. June 1994. Fact Sheet Families Families for Kids: A Summary of Early Achievements forKids The child welfare system is really an interdependency of many different organizations and systems: state and county social service departments: nonprofit foster care and adoption agencies; juvenile and tribal court systems; advocacy organizations: foster and adoptive families; corporate partners; volunteers: and others. Clearly fundamental reform will take many years because the system is complex and barriers to reform are hard to address. (For a list of barriers, see the fact sheet titled "Families for Kids: An Overview".) Yet, since the start of implementation in 1995. Families for Kids has made progress toward achiev- ing its major goals: (1) dramatically reducing the large backlogs of waiting children in participating sites: and (2) reforming their systems SO that today's backlog will not simply be replaced by tomor- row's A summary of early achievements follows. Creating and Communicating A Reform Vision. FFK's reform vision permanent family for every waiting child-has had intuitive appeal across the political and professional spectrums because it is simple, clear. and focused on the real needs of children. Constant reinforcement of this vision and the five FFK outcomes has helped different parts of the system overcome turf disputes and form practical and effective working partnerships in pursuit of common ends. Intensive com- munications and dissemination activities by the Foundation and its partners continue to refine and sustain this vision for both current reformers and new allies. Empowering Many New Partners In Reform. FFK is based on the belief that all those with a stake in change must have a voice in the change process, otherwise lasting reform will not occur. Thus, W.K.KELLOGG the development of new partnerships has been a defining characteristic of reform planning and FOUNDATION implementation. as the following examples illustrate: One Michigan 14,000 stakeholders in 15 states participated in the planning process ("community visioning") Avenue East that helped shape reforms. Battle Creek. MI Most FFK leadership teams reflect strong partnerships between major public and private 49017-4058 child-serving agencies. USA New child welfare services involve community organizations. families, and their support 616-968-1611 systems as never before. TDD on site Many grantee sites are developing grassroots family advocacy groups to help sustain reform. Telex: 4953028 New alliances between child-serving agencies and corporations are helping to promote adoption. Facsimile 616-968-0413 According to site leaders. such partnerships have extended reform dialogue and impacts into http://www.wki.org areas of the system often overlooked. and lead to shared power. ownership. decision making, programming. and funding. Improving Information Technology and Child Tracking Data. Sites began the hard work of backlog reduction by deciding. after much discussion and exploration, that children in care for more than one To help people help themselves year needed permanency decisions. Identifying the kids who had been in the system more than a year through the practical was a daunting task, because inadequate data and child tracking information systems were widespread. application of knowledge and resources 10 improve their quality of lite and In part because of FFK's focus on permanency. all FFK sites have improved their child tracking that of future generations data and come to know statistically as well as personally the names, faces, histories, needs, and time-spent-in-care of thousands of individual children in the backlog. many of whom were previously "lost" because they were statistically invisible and not receiving the attention they deserved. Page 2 Initiating A Successful Backlog "Blite." Armed with knowledge like this. site teams have begun to fast-track backlog cases through a variety of methods including aggressive, child-specific advocacy, the addition of new placement staff. and special multidisciplinary teams. Since FFK began. 7.000 waiting children in participating states have been placed in permanent homes. Strengthening infor- mation on target group children and reducing backlogs are two of FFK's most important early accomplishments. Establishing Improved Models of Service. FFK-inspired service models are focused on achieving timely permanency and cultural sensitivity, support of participation by families and relatives. and broadening the range of services they provide. They are also contributing substantially to the achievement of FFK's five outcomes. 1. Only one year before permanent placement. Sites are conducting aggressive communication and marketing campaigns to increase the number of foster and adoptive parents. These campaigns are also involving churches in broad-based family recruitment and supportive services. Sites are also legitimizing and extending the use of new family structures formed through kinship care, open adoption. and guardianship. New standards of practice for agencies are being developed (e.g. fiscal incentives to encourage timely placement by child-serving agencies and new expectations regarding cultural sensitivity). Significant advances in court. legal. and policy reform are also being made. (See the fact sheet titled "Families for Kids: Court and Legal Reform Initiatives.") 2. Only one stable foster care placement. Several sites are expanding the use of "concurrent planning." a model of early permanency decision making that sharply reduces time spent in foster care and eliminates multiple foster care placements. 3. Only one family-friendly assessment. Several sites are assessing childrens' placement needs through "family group conferencing." a model of service that gives families a real voice in decisions affecting their lives, and greatly widens the circle of community and system players who are working to achieve permanency for children. 4. Only one case worker or case work team. Sites are, in many cases. creating promising new case work teams and case management systems; they are also working to remove organizational barriers that have traditionally lead to unnecessary delays and inconsistencies in case processing (e.g. the separation of foster care and adoption units within child-serving agencies). 5. Comprehensive support to caregivers. Noteworthy family support models include a voucher system that offers a broad array of flexible services. expanded use of employee-paid adoption benefits. newly developed family advocacy groups, and services to help preserve adoptive families. For more information about FFK's early achievements. readers may request "7,000 Reasons To Smile: A Special 1997 Progress Report." by writing the W. K. Kellogg Foundation, P. O. Box 550. Battle Creek, Michigan 49016-0550. Fact Sheet Families Families for Kids of Color The situation for children of color in the public child welfare system is particularly alarming. Nationally. children of color constitute an estimated 60 percent of the nearly 500,000 in the foster care system. nearly twice their representation in the total U.S. child population. In major metropolitan areas like New York. Los Angeles, and Chicago, children of color are an estimated 75 to 85 percent of foster care populations. Three-quarters of the children in the child welfare system nationally reside in foster homes or with relatives. Although foster care is temporary by design, children waiting for a permanent home are spending. on average, from 3.5 to 5.5 years each in such care. often moving from one foster home to another. Based on 1994 data from 21 states, the U.S. foster care population is: 47 percent African-American (compared to 15 percent of the U.S. population under age 18) 32 percent white (compared to 67 percent) 14 percent Hispanic (compared to 14 percent) I percent Native American/Alaskan Native (compared to I percent) 1 percent Asian/Pacific Islander (compared to 4 percent) 4 percent unknown ethnic origin Overall statistics on children in foster care mask the more dramatic differences among racial groups. According to a report by the American Public Welfare Association. the number of white children entering foster care in a given year is greater than the number of African-American children. Yet, African-American children make up a disproportionate, and increasing, share of those who remain. The percentage of Hispanic children in foster care has doubled from 7 percent in 1982 to 14 percent in 1994. W.K.KELLOGG In terms of their chances for adoption. African-American foster children are more likely to be waiting FOUNDATION for adoption than to be adopted. In 1990, African-American children were 29 percent of the children One Michigan who had finalized adoptions, but were 43 percent of the children who were legally available for Avenue East adoption and waiting for an adoptive home. A study of children in California who entered foster Ballle Creek. MI care in 1988 and early 1989 found that African-American children were five times less likely than 49017-4058 white children to be adopted during their first 3.5 years in care. Adoptions by families of color also USA took longer to finalize than those by white parents. 616-968-1611 TDD on site If current trends continue, a growing number of children will enter adulthood without permanent Telex: 4953028 families. The impact of this trend will be felt most heavily by African-American children. Facsimile 616-958-0413 http://www.wkkl.org How Families for Kids Is Helping Children and Families of Color. Families for Kids is designed to speed permanence for those children who cannot return to their biological parents and are languishing in foster care. Because children of color make up such a large portion of this target group, the W.K. Kellogg Foundation and its Families for Kids partners are making special efforts to understand and address the cultural dimensions of child welfare system To help people help themselves reform. While there is still much work to be done. progress is being made, including: through the practical application of knowledge Special Planning and Leadership Activities. In 1993-94, during the planning or "community and resources to improve their quality of life and visioning" phase of Families for Kids. the Foundation sponsored a series of dialogues involving that of future generations. child welfare system experts from African-American. Hispanic, and Native American communities. These sessions. documented in a special publication called Families for Kids of Color. defined challenges and actions needed to address the problems of children and families of color. Page 2 Representatives from each dialogue group have since undertaken Families for Kids projects and continue to participate in the reform efforts. In 1996. FFK supported the release of Latinos and Child Welfare by the National Latino Child Welfare Advocacy Group. It is a comprehensive study of six states representing the diversity among the nation's Latino population that includes 75 percent of the Latino child population. Family Recruitment. Recruiting more families of color to adopt is essential to reduce the number of waiting children. Many sites have engaged special recruiters to focus on outreach to communities of color and developed sophisticated adoption marketing campaigns targeted to media channels in communities of color. African-American churches are important partners in recruitment drives. In Mississippi. for example. "The Fortune 500 Churches." a network of both African-American and white churches. "adopts" social workers and helps them recruit families. The African-American Adoption Center. affiliated with One Church. One Child and the Reid House of Christian Associates, provides streamlined, personalized recruitment and assessment services to people of color interested in adopting waiting children in South Carolina. Culturally Sensitive Services. The child welfare system has historically lacked cultural sensitivity. Families and children usually have little power in system decision making and find their cultural traditions completely ignored in permanency plans for their children. Families for Kids' sites are developing models of service that are much more family-friendly and culturally sensitive than before. The Family and Community Compact program of Kent County Families for Kids in Grand Rapids, Michigan, is a case in point. Instead of initiating court action and foster care placement when children are removed from their families for abuse and neglect. the Compact offers biological parents the opportunity to participate in a conference with extended family members, friends, neighbors, and other community members. The group is empowered to assess the needs of the family. and determine who will care for the child while parents undergo treatment with a priority given to family members or kinship care. Culturally diverse casework and assessment teams also are critical elements for success. Family Advocacy Groups. Each site is in the process of developing grassroots-level family advocacy groups to offer support to parents. to advocate on behalf of particular cases, and to educate policy makers. Parents and teens of color are playing leadership roles in many of these groups. In May 1997. Families for Kids will convene a National African-American Leadership Summit, co-sponsored by National Black Child Development Institute; National Association of Black Social Workers; Children's Bureau/U.S. Department of Health and Human Services: National One Church, One Child; Black Administrators in Child Welfare: and Multicultural Network. The goal of the Summit is to expand the number of African-American leaders knowledgeable about and committed to work on behalf of African-American children now languishing in foster care. Sources: McKenzie. Judith K., Adoption of children with special needs. The Future of Children: Adoption (Spring 1993) 3. 1: 69. Spar. Karen, "Foster Care and Adoption Statistics," CRS Report for Congress. Congressional Research Service of the Library of Congress. January 15. 1997: and. "Adoption, Foster Care. and Child Welfare: Issues for Congress." CRS Report for Congress. Congressional Research Service of The Library of Congress. February 5. 1997; "A Comparison of Child Substitute Care Exit Rates Among Three Different Racial/Ethnic Groups in 12 States. FY84 to FY90." VCIS Research Notes No. 10. Voluntary Cooperative Information System. American Public Welfare Association. Washington, June 1994 Fact Sheet Families Families for Kids: Court and Legal Reform Initiatives forKids A child's life in foster care begins and ends in a courtroom. In fact. most of the major turning points in a child welfare case are legal in nature. Consider this rather typical scenario: A judge decides whether to remove a child from the biological family (because of abuse. neglect. or abandonment). Later, a judge determines whether the child should return home or stay in state care. If the child remains in care. a court is likely to review the progress of the child's permanency plan. One or more time-consuming extensions may be granted before the legal process is complete. If a child cannot return home. a judge. often a different judge. must order the termination of parental rights to clear the way for adoption. Then, if all goes well. a judge - frequently in a different court system - will finalize the child's adoption. Children lucky enough to be adopted are likely to first spend 3.5 to 5.5 years on average in a series of temporary (foster) homes. Problems with court structure and management. inadequate laws, and poor legal representation are major contributors to these long, damaging delays on the road to permanency. Barriers Being Addressed. Here are a few of the specific problems that Families for Kids is addressing: Court systems typically give child abuse and neglect cases low priority and do not honor children's emotional and developmental needs. In some states, two different court systems may have to hear a child's case, and the case W.K.KELLOGG may appear before as many as six different judges. FOUNDATION In urban areas where the need is often greatest, there is commonly il lack of resources to handle large caseloads efficiently. One Michigan Appropriate standards of legal representation are lacking in this area of the law. and attorneys Avenue East are often hampered by a paucity of basic office support, training, pay. and status. Ball'e Creek. MI Laws and policies haven't kept up with the best current thinking in the field. 49017-4058 USA 616-968-1611 Families for Kids Legal and Court Reform Efforts In Brief: Recognizing that comprehensive TDD on sile legal and court reform are essential to the achievement of the Families for Kids goals and out- Telex: 4953028 comes, the Foundation has made such reforms a major priority. Judges and other legal personnel Facs-mile 616-968-0413 are major players in all participating FFK sites. and site efforts are proceeding on many fronts. http://www.wkkt.org Statutory Changes. Many sites have made changes in the law to streamline case processing in the courts. by: Reducing time frames for abuse and neglect hearings (WA, SC. OH). Improving compliance with existing legal standards for judicial review of cases (SC, AZ). To help people help themselves Making it easier for judges to terminate the parental rights of parents who cannot parent through the practical effectively (MT. NY, and SC). application of knowledge Reducing the number of changes in court venues (MS. MA). and resources to improve Making courts more uniform in operations (WA, MA. MS). their quality of life and that of lulure generations Embracing the "one-case-one-judge"` principle by lengthening judicial assignments, improving court calendaring. and exploring the development of family courts (WA. MA. AZ. OH, NC). Supporting coordinated. interdisciplinary assessments of a child's needs (NC. KS). Page 2 Improving the Legal Representation of Children and Families. The University of Michigan Law School's Child Advocacy Law Clinic, an FFK grantee. has taken a leading role in advancing legal education for judges. attorneys, and other child welfare professionals through: Technical assistance to new child advocacy law clinics at major universities in site states (active: SC. WA, AZ, MT: planned: MS and MA). Development of a network of child welfare law offices in FFK-site states. A child welfare law resource center offering training and assistance to judges and lawyers. Special fellowships for law students and senior judges and law from FFK grantee communities. Developing A Comprehensive Policy Framework The child welfare system is really an interdepen- dency of several systems. including the courts. FFK is in the process of refining a framework to identify the central elements of policy, law. court structure. funding, and management practices nec- essary to implement the FFK goals and outcomes. Participation in the Court Improvement Program (CIP). The National Center for State Courts, an FFK grantee, is assisting 46 participating states (including all the FFK sites) in a federally-funded evaluation of court performance in child abuse and neglect cases. In some states. improvements consistent with the FFK philosophy and outcomes are already being put in place. For more information on court and legal reform, contact: Donald N. Duquette, Clinical Professor of Law. The University of Michigan Law School. Child Advocacy Law Clinic, Ann Arbor, Michigan 48109-1215. (313) 763-5598. [email protected]. Resource Guide Families Adoption Resources On-Line forKids The Internet includes information on a range of adoption and child welfare topics: federal and state child welfare policy updates: resources for employers interested in offering adoption benefits: guidance on how to adopt: and advances in child welfare legal reform. among others. Below are some excellent resources for investigating these issues on-line. The W.K. Kellogg Foundation's home page contains information about Families for Kids (FFK) including an overview of the initiative, past issues of their monthly fax Successes and Challenges. and links to key child welfare organizations. You can also read and download FFK publications. including Families for Kids of Color: A Special Report on Challenges and Opportunities: Families for Kids Who Wait: Promising Directions in Community-Based Adoption Reform: and Families for Kids: Building the Dream, How Nineteen Communities Planned Adoption Reform that Put the Needs of Children First. To get there from the main WKKF home page. click on the "Search" tab and go to "FFK" under "Education Initiatives." (www.wkkf.org) The University of Michigan Child Welfare Law Program home page features FFK's innovations in legal education reform. including information about local child welfare law offices. law school educa- tion in child welfare. direct legal reform assistance. and the Michigan Child Law Resource Center. (www.law.umich.edu/childlaw/) Faces of Adoption is a service of the National Adoption Center and Children Awaiting Parents, sup- ported in part by the Dave Thomas Foundation for Adoption. This site contains AdoptQuest. a library of adoption information and resources that includes topics such as how to adopt; financial assistance; employee adoption benefits and a listing of employers offering them; special needs adoption: adoption legislation: agency and organization listings; catalogues and resources to order: and conferences and seminars. (www.adopt.org/adopt) W.K.KELLOGG FOUNDATION From the Faces of Adoption home page. link to the Dave Thomas Foundation for Adoption site for information about the Foundation's programs and strategies. funding priorities. and employee adoption One Michigan benefits. (www.wendys.com/rdavidf.htm) Avenue East Battle Creek, MI The University of Minnesota Children Youth and Family Consortium AdoptINFO site includes 49017-4058 sections on research. opinion and policy documents. special needs adoption. and issues facing adoptive USA families. You can also search for the latest adoption policy developments by state. 616-968-1611 (www.cyfc.umn.edu/Adoptinfo/) TDD on sile Telex: 4953028 Link to the North American Council on Adoptable Children (NACAC) home page from the Facsimile 616-968-0413 AdoptINFO site for information about adoption assistance (subsidies). including eligibility. technical http://www.wkkd.org assistance, state programs. and how to apply. It also includes information about adoption advocacy. awareness and NACAC publications. (www.cyfc.umn.edu/Adoptinfo/nacac.html) The National Black Child Development Institute (NBCDI) site includes an overview of their programs and information about their affiliates. (www.nbcdi.org) To help people help themselves Adoption and the African-American Family. part of the Buppies on Line web site. gives information through the practical application of knowledge and some statistics on the need for African-American families to adopt. (www.buppie.com/Fam.html) and resources to improve their quality of lite and Handsnet is a comprehensive on-line resource for a variety of public interest issues. including child that of luture generations welfare. It includes a "welfare watch" feature that reports the latest developments in welfare reform at the local, state, and national levels. It also posts action alerts and hosts a child welfare forum managed by the Child Welfare League of America. (www.handsnet.org) Page 2 The Child Welfare League of America's own home page includes excellent data on children in the child welfare system. advocacy tips. and action alerts. as well as other information. (www.cwla.org) The American Public Welfare Association site offers current information about child welfare news and policy. including an analysis of recent federal welfare reform legislation. state-by-state activity updates. and a history of welfare reform over the past four years. It also links to federal. state. and private agencies involved in welfare issues. (www.apwa.org) The Administration for Children and Families' site contains information on President Clinton's Adoption 2002 initiative. the latest federal press releases on welfare reform. and reports such as guide- lines for implementing the new welfare reform laws for American Indian and Alaskan Native tribes. You can also link from here directly to the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services and White House home pages. (www.acf.dhhs.gov/) Go to the Thomas, Legislative Information on the Internet site. maintained by the Library of Congress. for current Congressional activities, committee reports and information. bill summary and status information. major legislation and an on-line Congressional Record searchable by keyword. (thomas.loc.gov) Adoption Advocates - Adoption Policy Resource Center contains legislative news and analysis, information on court decisions and statutes as well as links to other sites. They also feature selected articles from their bi-monthly newsletter. Issues in Adoption Advocacy. (www.fpsol.com/adoption/advocates.html) Adoption Information, Laws and Reforms is another good resource on adoption-related issues with a feature on pending federal adoption legislation and many links to other sites. (www.webcom.com/kmc/) AdoptioNetwork includes a feature on the Adoption 2002 initiative. From this site you can go direct- ly to "AdoptioNews." a feature that links directly to a listing of current adoption articles from newspa- pers on the Internet. In addition. AdoptioNetwork has a wealth of information. resources, and links covering federal programs. adoption agencies, legal resources. national organizations. and federal agen- cies concerned with adoption. It also contains lists of books. magazines. and newsletters about adoption: newsgroups and discussion groups; a calendar of upcoming conferences and speakers on adoption: as well as other adoption-related sites on the Internet. (www.adoption.org) Adopt: Assistance, Information, Support has a site full of adoption resources. It contains links to other sites and agencies as well as a listing of regional and national adoption resources with addresses and phone numbers. It also posts information on at variety of adoption topics including adoption Frequently Asked Questions (FAQ's). how to adopt. adoption law. and much more. (www.adopting.org) The American Bar Association Center on Children and the Law home page posts information about legal and court related issues. This includes a section where longer documents of interest can be downloaded. (www.abanet.org/child) Adoption Information on the Internet links to adoption-related sites organized by topics such as agencies, facilitators. attorneys: information. support and publications: usenet newsgroups. mailing lists. bulletin boards. telnet: and law and government. (adoption.com/precious/others.html) Adopting.com maintains a list of adoption resources on-line on topics including "getting started" (for parents who want to adopt): resources for special needs children: and general adoption information. support, and resources. (www.adopting.com) CLINTON LIBRARY PHOTOCOPY W.K. 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