TO: Board of Supervisors
FROM: Jennifer Yasumoto, Director of Health and Human Services Agency
REPORT BY: Jennifer Ivancie, Staff Services Analyst I
SUBJECT: Napa County System Improvement Plan (SIP) (2023-2028)
RECOMMENDATION
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Approve and authorize the California - Child and Family Services Napa County System Improvement Plan for submission to the California Department of Social Services; and the Notice of Intent for Child Abuse Prevention, Intervention, and Treatment Program, Community-Based Child Abuse Prevention Program, and Promoting Safe and Stable Families Program Funding Assurances for Napa County for the Period of Plan, both for the term of June 4, 2023, through June 4, 2028. (No Fiscal Impact; Mandatory)
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BACKGROUND
Federal and State authorities providing funding for local child welfare services have engaged in various legislative and regulatory initiatives to develop detailed information regarding the effectiveness of local child welfare services and to promote programmatic improvements to increase their effectiveness. In California, the "Child Welfare Services Outcome and Accountability Act of 2001" enacted a structured process of continuous quality improvement comprised of five basic components:
1. A uniform set of periodic data reports that track key indicators of the effectiveness of local child welfare programs;
2. A Peer Quality Case Review (PQCR) process centered on the formal and structured review of county child welfare activities by peers from other counties;
3. A County Self-Assessment (CSA) of its child welfare programs;
4. A System Improvement Plans (SIP) developed by every county to address challenges identified in the county self-assessment phase; and
5. A State technical assistance and monitoring program.
The primary purpose of this five-component quality improvement process is to better serve children and families receiving local child welfare services. In addition, it is intended to ensure compliance by county child w...
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