Family Ties Project Annual Report: Project Year 5

Table of Contents

Background

Permanency Planning

Overview of Year 5

Client Enrollment

Figure 1. Number of New Families Enrolled in Family Ties Project by Agency, October 2000­September 2001

Figure 2. Collaborating Agencies and Case Managers Participation in Family Ties Project Enrollment, October 2000­September 2001

Figure 3. Family Ties Project Enrollment of Families, January 1997­September 2001

Figure 4. Number of New Families Enrolled per Quarter,January 1997­September 2001

The New Role of Life Planning Specialist

Multidisciplinary Team Work

Policy Development

Prevention of Abandonment through Life Planning

Figure 5. Types of Legal Issues Ever Adressed by Legal Services, January 1997­September 2001

Figure 6 Permanency Goals and Status for the 202 Children Ever Known to Family Ties Project, January 1997­September 2001

Figure 7. Permanency Goals and Status for 38 Children Newly Enrolled October 2000­September 2001

Figure 8. Permanency Goals and Status for Children Newly Enrolled for Family Ties Project Services, October 2000­September 2001

Working with Collaborating Case Management Agencies

Figure 9. Number of Multi-Disciplinary Case Conferences Held and Proportion Held as Due, October 2000­September 2001

Figure 10. Family Ties Project Training: Topics, Type and Attendance, October 2000­September 2001

Figure 11. Brown Bag Lunch Training Series Evaluation,October 2000­September 2001

Figure 12. Brown Bag Type of Participant

Resources and Information Dissemination

Figure 13. Family Ties Project Presentations at Conferences, FY 2001

Utilization of Services

Figure 14. Proportion of Enrolled Families Utilizing Family Ties Project Services, October 2000­September 2001

Mental Health Services
Kinship Care Utilization
Utilization of Legal Services

Figure 15. Status of Non-Custody Legal Issues Addressed by Legal Services, January 1997­September

Figure 16. Status of Non-Custody Family Ties Project Legal Cases, All Families Ever Enrolled

Figure 17. Status of Non-Custody Legal Issues Addressed by Legal Services for Families Newly Enrolled,October 2000­September 2001

Figure 18. Status of Non-Custody Family Ties Project Legal Cases, Families Newly Enrolled October 2000­September 2001

Scaling of Individual Client Goal Attainment

Figure 19. Support Group Goal Attainment Scaling, October 2000­September 2001

Figure 20. Art Therapy Individual Completed Treatment Plan Goal Attainment Scaling, October 2000­September 2001

Figure 21. Kinship Care Case Management Individual Completed Treatment Plan Goal Attainment Scaling, October 2000­September 2001

Client Satisfaction

Figure 22. Client Satisfaction, October 2000­September 2001

Figure 23. Summary of Client Satisfaction, October 2000­September 2001

Figure 24. Client Satisfaction: Mean Responses to Survey Questions, All Services, October 2000­ September 2001

Conclusions

APPENDIX: Sample agency memorandum of agreement