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Marion County Family Systems Investment

Consortium

A Visual Walk Through Time

November 1997 to February 2004

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The Beginning

• November 1997 – Marion County Children and Families Commission initiates Wellness Goals Team:

• Coordination. Integrate efforts of current CFC committees (early childhood, teen parent, youth investment)

• Policy. Develop a filter for evaluating the impact of public policies and practices on children and families.

• Community-Based Support System. Guide implementation of positive change in supporting children and families, based on the Community Investment Initiative.

• Funding. Guide the use and development of the CFC Investment Matrix.• Information. Guide the development of an electronic information and referral

system.• Best Practices. Shape policies for CFC consideration in best practice areas,

such as family center, family support, youth development and leadership.

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Wellness Goals Team August 1998

• Wellness Goals Team “launch;” recommendations:

• Independent, not a “committee” of CFC• Model after Portland Leaders Round Table• Address key issues: Access, Data, Common

Planning, Role and Function, System Capacity, Funding Processes, Outcomes

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Family Systems Investment Consortium

• October 1998 – Randy Franke, chair of Marion County’s Children and Families Commission, convenes Family Systems Investment Consortium (FSIC).

“Why this Consortium—and how will it differ from other groups working on similar issues? The Community Investment Initiative, a countywide study, found an emphasis and integration around single issues: child abuse, homelessness, teen parenthood, early childhood, health, after school activities, and juvenile crime. It also found multiple agencies developing resource

directories and providing case management to families. But no one entity is considering the interdisciplinary, systemic issues across city, school district, and county jurisdictions.”

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FSIC Original Invitation List

• Pamela Abernethy (Circuit Court)• Pinna Arnold (At-large - South

County)• Ron Bassett-Smith (Workforce

issues)• Russ Beck (United Way)• Ginger Bensman (Healthy Start)• Holly Berry (Teen

parents/community leadership)• Jerry Burns (DHS-AFS)• Jan Calvin (MCCFC – Vice Chair)• Jeff Davis (Health Dept.)• Len Federico (Willamette ESD)• Vickie Fleming (Systems expert)

• Randy Franke (MCCFC – Chair)

• Tina Garcia (At-large - North County)

• Marilyn Herb (24J Schools)• Chuck Keers (Community Action)• Paul Logan (Shelter and crisis

services)• Sue Miller (At large – Salem area)• Jim Russell (Behavioral Care

Network)• Jim Seymour (H2O, children and

families services)• Susan Srnec (DHS-SCF)• Rachel Woods (Early Childhood

Consortium)

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First meeting discussion

• Do you want to continue meeting?• What is “low hanging fruit” we can work on first?

• Eradicate head lice• Outstation services• Engage communities• Replication• What is working?• Safety Net• CHIP data• Engaging high risk families• Polk County model – Service

Integration Teams

• Courts as a natural touchpoint• Family resource center,

community dispute resolution center

• Field test, pilot a variety of ideas

• Best practices, don’t reinvent the wheel

• Project or neighborhood-based• Sharing forms, common intake• Common grant application

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Early Learnings

Presentations: • Data systems, • Family resource centers, • Tioga County,Pennsylvania service integration model

Field trip: Family resource centers• Lane County (Springfield)• Josephine County (Coalition for Kids)• Jackson County (Rogue Family Center)

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Cadillac Cafe

GEOGRAPHIC BOUNDARIES - All people living within school catchment areas can participate.GOVERNANCE - Schools represented on advisory board, voice in decisions.

FAMILY SUPPORTS - Schools are the natural "touchpoint" for information and activities which support education outcomes; e.g., parent involvement, after school programs, etc.

COMMUNITY CONNECTOR - Serves as a school-community link.EXTRA SUPPORT TO SCHOOLS - Schools benefit from community volunteers and programs.

FOCUS GROUPS: * Early Childhood Consortium

(Examples) * At-Risk Youth (Youth Investment) Consortium* Community Safety Net/Lifespan Respite* Teen Parent Consortium* Youth Compact

HIGHLAND ELEMENTARY

SCHOOL

SUPPORTTEAM

SolutionsCoordinator

COUNTY SERVICES* Health

* Mental Health* Juvenile

* Corrections*Courts

KEIZER ELEMENTARY

SCHOOL

NONPROFIT AND OTHERSERVICES

* Healthy Start*Family Building Blocks*Community Safety Net

*Head Start*Energy & Weatherization

*Substance Abuse Programs*Domestic Violence Shelter

* Family basic needs

GRANTELEMENTARY

SCHOOL

NATURAL COMMUNITY SUPPORTS* Faith organizations

*Service clubs*Community Progress Teams

* Recreation activities*Community education

*Family resource centers

STATE SERVICES* Health Plan

* Emergency Assistance* Child Protective Services* Oregon Youth Authority

*Employment*Senior Services

*Vocational Rehabilitation

INFORMATION AND REFERRAL* Parent Warmline* Lifespan Respite

* Crisis Line* Child Care Information Service

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February 1999 Work Plan1. Identify school areas Phase I – Keizer

2. Identify target population All ages – children & families

3. Aggregate profile data State and county – mapping

4. Raise issues to leadership Connect with CPTs

5. Define outcomes Based on OSU research

6. Identify start date July 1, 1999

7. Explore categorical $$ Options for flexibility

8. Identify court services Incorporate into system

9. Identify family supports Maximize prevention

10. Identify Solutions Coords. Loaned staff, $$ grants

11. Establish agreements Memo of Understanding

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Common Purpose - October 1999

“To strengthen community through

integrating services and family support”

• Adopted FSIC role, mission, vision, message

• Align with Marion County Children and Families Commission

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Common Vision

A community where…Everyone is committed to the well-being of children

Families are nurturedAll community members are healthy

Diversity is honoredPeople live and work together

Encouraging and supporting one another.

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Six Common Goals and Benefits

1. Neighborhood Focus - Promote a neighborhood approach to service delivery and family support in order to meet the unique needs of each community.

2. Peaceful Problem-Solving - Strengthen families and neighborhoods through encouragement and education about peaceful problem solving.

3. Service Integration - Create community capacity for a collaborative team approach to service delivery.

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Goals (cont.)

4. Family Support - Encourage the development of family resource centers in Marion county’s communities.

5. School-Community Partnerships – Make every school in Marion County a “Lighted School.”

6. Access to Information – Provide every person in Marion County with a single point of access to information about services and family support.

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Outcomes

Increase the safety, caring, and engagement of people in

communities

Performance Measures to be defined later …

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Demonstration Projects

• Grant-Highland Neighborhood

Solutions Coordinators Community Learning

Centers Housing – Community

Development Corp. Community Justice

• Lifespan Warmline• County Connector

Our intent is to expand service integration and family support in urban

and rural areas of Marion County…

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Memorandum of Agreement

• October 11, 2000 - First MOA signed– Members commit to FSIC’s Purpose, Vision,

Goals– Fourteen agencies sign– Members commit their organization’s resources

to implement goals through “addendum” from each agency

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Commitments

• Information Sharing – client and group data

• Data – Collect, analyze and distribute at the neighborhood level

• Community Responsiveness – adapting practices, open to feedback

• Planning - Within each of our organizations, we agree to clarify how the mission, vision and processes described in MOA fit within our own organizations…

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FSIC Key Messages – December 2000

Tabloid, Power Point presentation

– The problems we face are too big to solve on our own.

– Healthy children, families, and neighborhoods are everyone’s responsibility.

– Working together works!When government, non-profits, education, communities and volunteers come

together forming collaborations and sharing resources and responsibility for solutions, children, families and neighborhoods win.

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Family Support System Development Policy December 2000

• Marion County Children and Families Commission will invest in the development of a comprehensive family support system…

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More on Outcomes February 2001

• Children and Family Outcomes– Decrease the number of people living in poverty

– Scope: Limit data collection to Highland and Grant neighborhoods

– Tool: Jackson County service integration assessment tool

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Outcomes (cont.)

• Collaboration Outcomes– Increase positive relationships/trust building among

family serving agencies/organizations– Increase effectiveness of service delivery to children and

families (cross-training, best practices)

– Increase the gathering and dissemination of useful information (shared data, marketing)

– Increase social cohesion in communities and neighborhoods (community mobilization outcomes)

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Progress Report February 2001

• Format IdeasProblem solving “Fish bowl” for

information sharingMonthly report from

North Neighborhood

• Issues to ResolveDelegates attending

for agency leadershipRepresentation from

others not at the table -- increase through connections with other groups we attend

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February 2002 to February 2004• June 14, 2002

– MOA revised

– Signed by 19 partners

– Statements of Commitment

• FSIC serves as focus group and clearinghouse for:– Faith-Based (Pastoral) Initiatives

– Goal 1: Comprehensive Planning

– Education-Social Service Partnerships

– Grant Communication and Networking

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Integration Projects Supported by FSIC

• North Neighborhood (Highland-Grant) Integration• Project BOND• Community Data Link• CHIP (Community Health Indicators Project)• Lifespan Warmline• Community Safety Net• System of Care• Common Grant Application Form

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Successes to Celebrate

• North Neighborhood (Highland-Grant) Project• Canyon Family Resource Center issues resolved

through collaboration and partnership• Linn-Marion Service Area agreements leading to

an Intergovernmental Agreement • Faith-Based Initiatives – CAN centers• CHIP is online through Willamette University

partnership• FSIC serves as System of Care advisory committee

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Successes (cont.)• Grant resource clearinghouse under development

• Lifespan Warmline still operating at Community Action

• Discussion forum for Medicaid (Child Health Initiative) issues

• Ford Family Foundation grant for web accessibility of Community Data Link (database) and GOODS (information and referral)

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Next Steps

• Where do we go from here? Family support coordinator Replication of North Neighborhood Evaluation – let’s begin! Coordinated planning Reauthorization of MOA 7.1.04 …