Children's Services Act Meeting Agendas

City of Suffolk Community Policy and Management Team July 20, 2022 9:00 am - 12:00 pm Social Services Building, Third Floor Training Room A 1. Call to Order 2. Approval of the minutes of the June 15, 2022 meeting (enclosure) 3. Financial Report 4. Closed Session to Consider Pending Cases: All cases involve funding requests unless otherwise noted: See attached list 5. Old Business A. ARPA Mental Health Grant/Community Violence Initiative Update B. Items from Members 7. New Business A. Memo from City Attorney, RE: 2022 Legislative Update (enclosure) B. Admin Memo OCS- CSA Related Items in the State Budget (enclosure) C. Admin Memo OCS- Changes to Code of VA regarding Parent Representatives (enclosure) D. Family Satisfaction Surveys FY 2022 (John Lewis presentation) E. Vendor Surveys FY 2022 (John Lewis presentation) F. Items from the Members (Updates from Member Agencies) 8. Adjourn CPMT Officers Effective July 1, 2021 Chair – Donna Boykin, WTCSB Vice-Chair - Randah Gaitan, City Representative Secretary - Kimberly Jennings, Court Services Benchmarks/Objectives for FY 2021 1) Reduce the number of children in congregate care placements. a) Increase public awareness of CSA b) Increase referrals of at risk youth at a younger age than the average age at which youth are entering foster care c) Provide annual and stop gap training to case managers from all public agencies who make referrals to CSA regarding the purpose and benefits of referral to CSA as well as the use of evidence based practices and least restrictive community based alternatives. 2) Reduce the length of stay in congregate care placements. a) Continue intensive care coordination on all congregate care cases. 3) Maintain the cost per child at or below the state average. a) Educate stakeholders regarding community resources, including evidence based practices, that can be utilized to maintain children in the community and provide potential alternatives to congregate care. 4. Maintain minimum attendance at CPMT and FAPT. (75% per year per agency). a) Continue alerting all members of annual calendar of regularly scheduled meetings as well as emailing meeting reminder and agenda one week ahead of each meeting. b) Restructure CPMT meetings to focus less on cases in closed session and focus more on long range community wide planning and continuous quality improvement (CQI).