New Reports from the Department of Family and Protective Services Rider 39 Conservatorship Caseloads This report details the decline in conservatorship caseloads at the Department of Family and Protective Services. The 2nd Quarter of Fiscal Year 2024 remained below the caseload target of 14.5 with an average daily child count of 10.7 assigned per caseworker. Community-Based Care Quarterly Report This quarterly … Read More
New Reports from the Department of Family and Protective Services
- Rider 39 Conservatorship Caseloads
- This report details the decline in conservatorship caseloads at the Department of Family and Protective Services. The 2nd Quarter of Fiscal Year 2024 remained below the caseload target of 14.5 with an average daily child count of 10.7 assigned per caseworker.
- Community-Based Care Quarterly Report
- This quarterly report provides an overview of the Community-Based Care readiness and implementation progress across the state and in each community area that has gone live in Community-Based Care.
- Rider 15 Community-Based Care Update
- This report highlights and analyzes the performances of each Single Source Continuum Contractor that has gone live in any stage of Community-Based Care.
Community-Based Care Update
The Department of Family and Protective Services and the Office of Community-Based Care Transition (OCBCT) have released Requests for Applications (RFA) for the next four community areas. These RFAs are for Region 6A (Harris County), Region 6B (Bay Area/Montgomery), Region 8A (Bexar County), and Region 10 (El Paso). DFPS hopes to award contracts for these areas by the Fall of 2024.
Region 3E (EMPOWER) officially went live in Stage II on March 1, 2024. Stage II focuses on expanding the current continuum of services to include services for families and to increase permanency outcomes for children. Additionally, EMPOWER will provide case management, kinship, and reunification services in their community. Region 5 (Texas Family Care Network) went live in Stage II on April 1, 2024. Region 4 (4Kids4Families) remains on track to go live in Stage II on May 1, 2024.
Region 1 (St. Francis), Region 2 (2Ingage), and Region 3W (Our Community Our Kids/OCOK) officially went live in Stage III on March 1, 2024. This is the first time any SSCCs have begun Stage III of Community-Based Care rollout. In Stage III, Single Source Continuum Contractors (SSCC) will begin to see financial incentives and remedies tied to their performance in reducing the number of days children spend in paid foster care. Region 8B (BELONG) will be eligible for Stage III in April 2024. Additionally, Denton, Wise, and Cooke counties in Region 3W (OCOK) went live in Stage I on April 1, 2024, and are expected to go live in Stage II on May 1, 2024.
For more information about Community-Based Care, watch the CBC Webinar hosted by Texas CASA and read the 3rd Edition of our Community-Based Care Guide. Additionally, the Public Policy team recently developed a new resource highlighting the importance of CASA during every stage of CBC transition, which is available for programs to utilize here. We look forward to keeping the CASA network informed and supported during this transition while working together to ensure the successful implementation of Community-Based Care!
Supporting Older Youth in Foster Care + CFE For All: Statewide Offering
Supporting Older Youth in Foster Care – May 7 Are you and your volunteers aware of all the great resources that are available to support advocacy for older youth in foster care? Join us on May 7 from 12:00 -1:00 p.m. to hear about these resources and how different CASA programs are supporting youth to make sure they are aware of … Read More
Share Your Success Story
Do you want to show off your extraordinary CASA volunteers and staff to supporters from all over the state?! The Texas CASA Communications team wants to tell stories of your success. If you have an inspiring volunteer or staff story you want to share with the network and general public simply send us the idea and we will write the … Read More
VFC ROAR: A Volunteer-Match Program for Individuals Seeking Short-Term Projects
Voices for Children’s Recruitment, Outreach & Advocacy Representatives program (VFC ROAR) is a volunteer-match program for individuals seeking short-term projects. The ROAR program consists of a team of volunteers & community partners dedicated to helping Voices for Children CASA with community engagement, child abuse awareness/prevention, and related activities. Although ROAR volunteers do not undergo the 30 hours of training and additional … Read More
Unlocking the Recruitment Code at the 2024 Volunteer Power Unleashed Summit
On the morning of February 28, 2024 more than 100 CASA recruiters, volunteers and staff became detectives and set out on the ultimate two-day challenge: improve volunteer recruitment. Not only did attendees create plans to achieve this, but they also shared a multitude of ideas on creative recruitment, how to effectively make first contact with potential volunteers, how to use … Read More