THE FOUR PILLARS

• Maintains CFSA’s focus of

by keeping children and youth at

home and supporting families in their communities

• If a child cannot remain safe in the home,

in-home staff supports kin to provide a

• Promotes for children and

families by ensuring their healthy growth

and development

• Strengthens community capacity to provide support to families and children as

they

IN-HOME SERVICES APPROACH

Teaming

Strategic partnerships with families and communities

Information sharing, consultation, and decision-

making

Teaming to plan and

mobilize services

Involve families in decision-making

Safety, Assessment, Planning, and Intervening

Safety Assurance and

Crisis Management

Functional Assessment

Functionally-based Case Planning

Evidence-informed Interventions

Progress Monitoring Towards Family and Child Outcomes

Training and Continuous Quality Improvement

RISK FACTORS AT THE TIME OF CASE OPENING

36%

40%

23%

21%

6%

17%

23%

81%

17%

32%

9%

4%

0% 10% 20% 30% 40% 50% 60% 70% 80% 90% 100%

Active/History of Caretaker Substance Use

Active/History of caretaker Mental Illness

Family is homeless

Active/History child mental health issues

Parent cognitive or physical disability

Child cognitive or physical disability

History of domestic violence

Prior CPS reports

Prior removal

Prior in-home case

One or more caretakers is a former ward

Teen parent

SUMMARY: IN-HOME DEMOGRAPHICS • AS OF JUNE 15, 2015, COMMUNITY PARTNERSHIPS WAS SERVING 426 FAMILIES (77% OF

TOTAL FAMILY POPULATION) AND 1180 CHILDREN (79% OF TOTAL CHILD POPULATION)

• 45% (530/1180) CHILDREN ARE UNDER THE AGE OF 6

• AVERAGE AGE OF CHILD IS 8

• AVERAGE # OF CHILDREN IN THE HOME IS 3

• AVERAGE AGE OF CARETAKER IS 31

VISION FOR SAFE AND STABLE FAMILIES Community-

Based Prevention

Secondary Prevention

Intervention Services

Intensive Family

Preservation

Project Connect Home Builders

Mental health Substance abuse Domestic violence Infant and maternal health DHS/CFSA case integration SDM Enhancements (Strength and Barriers Assessment)

Community “hubs” School-based services Family support service centers Safe Families for Children Neighborhood Legal Services

Family diversion Home visitation HFTC Collaboratives Parenting education and support PASS

• FAMILIES WITH YOUNG CHILDREN (AGES BIRTH – 6)

• FAMILIES WITH YOUNG CAREGIVERS (AGES 17-15)

SAFE AND STABLE FAMILIES: TARGET POPULATION

711, 44%

542, 33%

383, 23%

Ages of Children Served by In-Home (as of 6/15/2015)

Birth - 6

7 - 12

13 - 18

CMT 364

SAFE AND STABLE FAMILIES SERVICES

• INTENSIVE FAMILY PRESERVATION

• HOMEBUILDERS

• PROJECT CONNECT

• EARLY INTERVENTION SERVICES

• HOME VISITING

• PARENT EDUCATION AND SUPPORT

• COMMUNITY/COLLABORATIVE CAPACITY

BUILDING

• CO-LOCATED STAFF IN EACH WARD

• INFANT & MATERNAL HEALTH

SPECIALISTS

• BEHAVIORAL HEALTH SPECIALISTS

• ADDITIONAL SERVICES/RESOURCES

• SAFE FAMILIES FOR CHILDREN

• NEIGHBORHOOD LEGAL SERVICES

• SUPPORTIVE HOUSING SERVICES

• Strong correlation between foster care and homelessness:

Over 39% of homeless adults report being in foster care as

either a child or youth

• ¼ of former foster youth experience homelessness within 4

years of exiting foster care

• CFSA families and youth must compete for housing in a

highly competitive and costly housing market

Sources: Chapin Hall, University of Chicago; U.S., Interagency Council for the Homeless; DC Fiscal Policy

Institute

WHAT WE KNOW….

WHAT WE KNOW… • COMPETITIVE & COSTLY HOUSING MARKET

• CONDO CONVERSION = SIGNIFICANT LOSS OF

AFFORDABLE HOUSING STOCK

• HOUSING BURDEN APPROACHING OR EXCEEDING

50% OF MONTHLY INCOME

• IN THE DISTRICT, A MINIMUM WAGE WORKER EARNS

AN HOURLY WAGE OF $9.50. TO AFFORD THE FMR

FOR A TWO-BEDROOM APARTMENT ($1469), A

MINIMUM WAGE EARNER MUST WORK 119 HOURS

PER WEEK, 52 WEEKS PER YEAR.

SOURCES: CNHED, NATIONAL LOW INCOME HOUSING

COALITION “At 14th and R Streets NW, the old Central Union Mission building will soon house Detroit-based luxury brand Shinola. Source: The Washington Post, 10-23-2014

HOMELESS SERVICES…WHAT WE KNOW

CFSA Families Receiving Homeless Services through the Continuum

Total Families Families at DC

General

CFSA In-home 31 16

CFSA CPS 14 7

CFSA FA 10 5

Youth 0 0

Totals 55 28

55, 42%

9, 7%

37, 29%

28, 22% Frontline Shelter

Permanent SupportiveHousing

Rapid Rehousing

Transitional Housing

129 In-home families have accessed the homeless services continuum, as of March 2015

HOUSING INSECURITY AMONG CFSA FAMILIES AND CHILDREN…WHAT WE KNOW

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CFSA RAPID HOUSING CLIENTS: Oct 1-May 31, 2015

Type of Case # of Requests Number of Children Served

Emancipating Youth 8 4

Guardianship 6 14

Kinship Care 11 15

Preservation 84 231

Reunification 54 102

Transitional 1 1

Total 164 367

HOMELESS PREVENTION EFFORTS VISION: ZERO TOLERANCE OF HOMELESSNESS FOR CFSA INVOLVED FAMILIES

• END HOMELESSNESS AMONG CFSA INVOLVED FAMILIES

• ELEVATE CFSA FAMILY’S HOUSING NEEDS IN THE CITY’S STRATEGIC PLANNING PROCESS

• JOIN FORCES WITH DC HOUSING ENTITIES

• EMBRACE SUPPORTIVE HOUSING MODELS

• PROMOTE VIGOROUS INTERAGENCY COOPERATION

• LEVERAGE CITY WIDE RESOURCES

• IMPLEMENT INNOVATIVE SOLUTIONS

HOMELESS PREVENTION: NEXT STEPS

• BRINGING MORE RESOURCES TO PREVENTION

• FACILITATING “WRAP AROUND” SUPPORTS ALONG WITH HOUSING TO FACILITATE

INDEPENDENCE

• ASSISTING FAMILIES TO SECURE PERMANENT OR TRANSITIONAL HOUSING

• ENHANCE PARTNERSHIP WITH DCHA, PROPERTY OWNERS, NON-PROFIT HOUSING

PROVIDERS, AND DC GOVERNMENT HOUSING AGENCIES

• TRAINING PROGRAM FOR WORKERS ON HOUSING PROGRAMS AND FINANCIAL RESOURCES

SINCE WE LAST MET…WHAT’S NEW?! • RAPID HOUSING

• STRATEGIC HOUSING PLAN

• GENERATIONS OF HOPE (YOUTH & ELDERS/REUNIFYING FAMILIES)

• WAYNE’S PLACE

• MASTER LEASE OF TRANSITIONAL HOUSING UNITS

• INTERAGENCY COLLABORATION/TRAINING

• COORDINATED YOUTH ENTRY AND ASSESSMENT

• ADVOCACY

• EXPEDITED SHELTER/HOTEL – SPECIAL PROJECT

• EMERGENCY FAMILY FINANCIAL PROGRAMS

• ICH YOUTH SUBCOMMITTEE

27 UNITS OF 1-3 BEDROOMS CENTRALLY LOCATED, INTENTIONAL INTERGENERATIONAL COMMUNITY

THE GENERATIONS INITIATIVE

TRANSITION TO INDEPENDENCE 150 WAYNE PLACE

• DBH & CFSA & FSSC COLLABORATION

• 20 UNITS OF SHARED HOUSING

• UTILIZING TIP MODEL

• BASED ON FOYER MODEL

• EMERGING COMMUNITY IN WARD 8

• ADMINISTRATIVE SPACE

• COLLABORATIVE SPACE

• COMPREHENSIVE SERVICES LEVERAGING

EXISTING RESOURCES

• ON-SITE SUPPORTIVE SERVICES

THE WAYNE PLACE PROJECT

HOUSING RESOURCE SUMMARY Provider Program Type Program Capacity Target Population Brief program overview

SOME Transitional Supportive Housing Capacity 5 units

(At full capacity –currently

researching securing additional

units using Rapid Housing

dollars)

Families with 3 or more children;

The family requires additional

clinical support; and housing is a

barrier to reunification; and/or

the lack of housing is a

significant contributing factor to

neglect.

Intensive case management

services, development of a

comprehensive Family Goal Plan,

with regular updates.

Program Length of Stay up to

two years

Elizabeth Ministry Transitional Supportive Housing Capacity 7 units

(At full capacity-CFSA is

exploring expanding it’s capacity

to 8)

Young women with 2 or less children; 21-24 years of age who have aged out and are at risk of having children placed in the child welfare system

Intensive case management

including onsite therapeutic

groups

Program Length of Stay up to

two years

Provider Program Type Program Capacity Target Population Brief program overview

Hope and a Home Transitional Supportive

Housing

Capacity 2 units

(At full Capacity)

Families with 2 or more children;

Reunifying families who require

additional clinical support;

Families for whom the lack of

housing is a leading factor

contributing to neglect

Provides a family-centered approach to case

management with a key emphasis on

education, financial literacy, and job readiness.

Program Length of Stay up to two years

FUP

(Family Unification

Program)

DCHA vouchers under the

Federal Family unification

Program; CFSA families can

choose their housing.

Capacity: 33 vouchers

(Not at Capacity)

11 applications completed

8 applications pending

submission to DCHA

Housing Triage team met on

7/1/2015 to review potential

new FUP applicants

Families requiring housing for

reunification/permanency goals

Youth aging out of foster care.

Youth at least 18 years old and not more than

21 years old who left foster care and who lack

adequate housing.

FUP vouchers used by youth are limited, by

statute to 18 months of housing assistance.

In addition to rental assistance, supportive

services must be provided to FUP youth for the

entire 18 months in which the youth

participates in the program.

Examples of the skills targeted by these services

include money management skills, job

preparation, educational counseling, and

proper nutrition and meal preparation. Note

these services can be obtained from the

Collaboratives.

Provider Program Type Program Capacity Target Population Brief program overview

Wayne Place Transitional Supportive

Housing

Capacity 40 units (not at

capacity)

Current Occupancy: 24

(8 CFSA/16 DBH)

Pending Occupancy: 5

(3 CFSA/2 DBH)

No Shows: 2

(0 CFSA/ 2 DBH)

CFSA

Males and Females 21-24 years

old; Enrolled and participating in

Aftercare through CFSA

DBH

Males 18-24 years old

Females 21-23 1/2 years old

Enrolled and participating in the

TIP program

Joint effort of Child and Family Service Agency and the

Department of Behavioral Health to provide transitional

supportive housing for youth aging out of the foster care

system or psychiatric residential centers that require intensive

services to stabilize them in a community environment. A major

component of the program is the evidence based model,

Transition to Independence Program (TIP). The TIP model

contains educational and employment preparation and support

services.

Program Length of Stay up to 18 months

Generations

of Hope

Permanent Supportive

Housing

Capacity 8 CFSA Parenting

Youth;

Note: The 8 young CFSA

parents have already been

identified.

(Anticipated program startup is

September 2015)

CFSA Parenting youth who are

aging out of foster care and

their children. The other target

population is elders who earn

less than 60% of AMI.

Elders agree to volunteer to

work with parenting youth in

exchange for reduce rent.

Mi Casa, through its partnership with Generations of Hope,

Office of Aging, and DC Child and Family Services is building

community among priority populations----transition aged

parenting youth with child welfare involvement, their children

and the elderly.

The project addresses the housing and social well-being needs

of three generations.

The intergenerational, intentional community prevents

homelessness and housing insecurity by providing PERMANENT

supportive housing for residents at rents affordable to persons

at or below 50% of AMI.

No Program Length of Stay as this new development offers

permanent supportive housing

Provider Program Type Program Capacity Target Population Brief program overview

New Day Transitional Supportive

Housing

22 units: New Program to

commence mid July 2015

CFSA families currently

residing in shelter and/or

hotels and are not eligible for

DHS long term housing

resources

Intensive case management

including onsite therapeutic

groups

Program Length of Stay up to

18 months

Rapid Housing Rental Assistance Capacity: $1 million dollars

Approximately $700,000

spent as of mid-June 2015

CFSA involved Families and

CFSA Emancipating Youth

Families: One-time or time-

limited rental assistance to

families to find and/or

maintain stable housing to

prevent children from

entering into care.

Emancipating Youth: One-

time or time-limited rental

assistance to youth aging out

of care or post-care to find

and/or maintain safe, stable

housing, also includes

housing cost for college

bound youth.