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Increased ability for transparency and accountability for DCYF recruitment duties.Garnering buy-in from foster youth who will have more choice in their future family.

#From day one update

DCYF case workers will continually update the court about the efforts DCYF is making to recruit permanent homes for the youth on their caseload. Matching events may be held virtually due to COVID.Д®YR will also add a вЂњrecruitment planвЂќ for each child needing recruitment of a permanent home. EYR will have three reverse matching events each year. The EYR strategy includes reverse matching, where profiles of foster parents will be shared with youth, allowing youth to help identify the family with whom they would like to live. This intervention will add to the ways in which DCYF recruits permanent homes for youth. The second grant intervention is Enhanced Youth Recruitment (EYR). Intervention #2 вЂ“ Enhanced Youth Recruitment

An increase in kinship placement and family connections.

Clarification on roles and responsibilities.

Increased understanding of the dependency process.

Meetings will continue to occur every 90 days throughout the life of the case until it is dismissed by the court.Д«enefits of Enhanced Permanency Planning Meetings include: Each successive meeting will occur within 90 days of the previous meeting. This intervention will include an expedited timeline such that the first meeting will occur within 30 days of the establishment of dependency. Eligible cases will be run through a randomization tool to determine if they will receive the Enhanced Permanency Planning Meetings or the officeвЂ™s вЂbusiness as usualвЂ™ permanency planning meetings.Д®nhanced Permanency Planning Meetings will be scheduled, facilitated and documented by a neutral facilitator embedded in each intervention office, provided by the grant.

#From day one trial

The first grant intervention is a random control trial that will provide Enhanced Permanency Planning Meetings for some Child and Family Welfare Services (CFWS) cases in offices participating in the grant. Intervention #1 вЂ“ Enhanced Permanency Planning Meetings All вЂњlegally freeвЂќ youth, statewide, who are not in their permanent home and are developmentally able to participate in choosing their potential permanent home.All families/cases in the intervention offices for whom a child/youth has become dependent during the intervention period.There are two target populations for the Permanency From Day One grant interventions: An external evaluation of the interventions will be conductedВ byВ the Kempe Center at the University of Colorado. In addition, this greater engagement will reach the extended family network, aiding in early relative identification and engagement so as to increase the likelihood of permanent placements with kin. With increased engagement the grant strives to achieve greater child and family involvement in case planning which will result in individualized case plans that meet the needs of children and families. The grant will address systemic barriers to permanency and will increase engagement between workers and families, including parents, youth, and extended kin. The PFD1 grant outlines a data-driven approachВ to align and support the Program Improvement Plan (PIP) and Court Improvement Plan (CIP). This five-year grant began in October of 2018 and will end Sep. Washington State was one of just five states chosen for this grant and is the only public child welfare agency chosen as a grantee.

The Permanency from Day One Grant (PFD1) is a $7.7 million grant awarded to Washington State in 2018 by the ChildrenвЂ™s Bureau. What is the Permanency From Day One Grant?