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State releases progress report on Child Welfare Transformation By Christina Dettman/Anya Armes Weber Frankfort, KY - The Kentucky Department for Community Based Services (DCBS), part of the Cabinet for Health and Family Services, has released its one-year report for its Child Welfare Transformation (CWT) efforts, and it shows progress in outcomes for children and a planned path toward greater preventive and community-based care for families. DCBS Commissioner Eric Clark said the effort began in 2018 in conjunction with several recent legislative gains for the department that provided additional state budget appropriations and improved options and resources for families and children. These gains include improvements such as the "fictive kin" placement option, the codified Foster Youth Bill of Rights, and the improved relative services array. Other positive factors were new opportunities for more flexible federal funding, particularly through the federal Family First Prevention Services Act of 2018, and the strong commitment of Gov. Matt Bevin and First Lady Glenna Bevin to making Kentucky the best child welfare system in the nation. "There is no denying that Kentucky is experiencing an unprecedented opportunity to transform its child welfare system," Clark said. "This report was created upon DCBS' own initiative to document the tremendous work and accomplishments that have been made during the last year and share our vision going forward." Clark credited the effort's workgroups, which include staff, national experts, advocates, providers, and project manager/DCBS Executive Advisor Jennifer Warren with developing the project's scope of work, strategies and tasks. Some of the projects positive outcomes include the following:
DCBS has identified three goals for its child welfare transformation:
"We are committed to being a data-informed, outcome-driven agency that will be more responsive to the serving the needs within our communities and families," Clark said. "I cannot thank all of the incredible DCBS employees, foster youth, advocates, community partners, and the many others enough for their time and inputs into helping us seize this special moment and initiate an ongoing radical transformation effort." Working with the central CWT Steering Committee and Stakeholder Advisory Council are the effort's nine workgroups, each consisting of a multidisciplinary panel of stakeholders and meeting multiple times over the past 14 months to concentrate on the core strategies of Culture of Safety, Aligned Service Array, Shared Focus on Outcomes and Collaborative Practice Approach. The nine workgroups are:
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