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on the links below to review the best-practice documents or
resource references. Questions about the materials should be
directed to the Harrisburg Council office at hbgoffice@pccyfs.org:
QUICK INDEX
Coping
with Disasters
Delinquency Services
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Diversity of How Youth Relate
Foster Care
HIPAA
Independent Living Services
Limited English Proficiency
Medicaid
Realignment Q&A
Medicaid
Realignment Residential Continuum
Treatment Facility Program Description
Placement
Services
Public Policy
Residential &
Residential Treatment Facilities
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Restraint & Seclusion
Suicide Prevention
Support
Services
Transitional Age Youth
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Truancy
PRACTICE AREAS & RESOURCES
Coping
with Disasters
Coping with Disasters and Strengthening Systems: A Framework
for Child Welfare Agencies, developed by NRCOI and US DHHS
Children's Bureau, dated Feb 2007
Delinquency
Services
Juvenile Justice & Child Welfare System Coordination and
Integration: A Framework for Improved Outcomes, 2008
Guidebook published by CWLA
NEW
Aftercare Reality and Reform (article
appearing in the January 2007 issue of Pennsylvania
Progress, a Juvenile Justice Research, Policy and
Practice Series produced by PCCD)
Advancing Accountability: Moving Toward Victim Restoration,
2006, National Center for Juvenile Justice
Advancing Competency Development: A White Paper for
Pennsylvania from the National Center for Juvenile Justice,
dated 2005 (Authors Torbet and Thomas)
Summary of a White Paper - Advancing Competency Development
in Pennsylvania's Juvenile Justice System from the
Pennsylvania Commission on Crime & Delinquency, dated 2005
Transmittal Form Letter
Competency Development Advanced PowerPoint Presentation of
the White Paper, prepared by the National Center for
Juvenile Justice (August 2006)
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Diversity of How Youth Relate...
PowerPoint Presentations from
Fall 2005 Membership Meeting
Examining Gender-Specific Issues & Responsive Programming
presented by Knezevich
(Gwen's Girls), Sabol (Gannondale) & Yeager (VisionQuest)
Non-traditional Supports and Services for Older Youth
presented by Jenny Pokempner (Juvenile Law
Center)
Services for Males
presented by Chuck McLister (Cornell)
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Foster Care
Enrolling a Child from Out-of-Home Care in School
published by the Education Law
Center on 7/26/2007
Resource Parent Registry Protocol for ROI, dated 01/13/2006
How and Why
Current Funding for CW Fails to Meet Need
ASPE-DHHS Brief, June 2005
Supporting Foster Youth to Achieve Employment &
Economic Self-Sufficiency, dated 10/18/2005
by
the National Collaborative Workforce and Disability for
Youth (NCWD/Youth)
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Health Insurance
Portability & Accountability Act (HIPAA)
NOTE: Several
items below are large files and take a few minutes to
open/download.
Confidentiality, Privacy & Ethics Training Objectives &
Agenda
Confidentiality, Privacy & Ethics Training Presentation
Intro
The Alcohol & Other Drug (AOD) Confidentiality Rules
(42 CFR Part 2)
The HIPAA Privacy Rules (45 CFR Parts 160 & 164)
The HIPAA Privacy Rules Presentation
HIPAA You're Hip - The Confidentiality of Alcohol and Drug
Abuse, Patient Records Regulation and the HIPAA Privacy
Rule: Implications for Alcohol and Substance Abuse Programs
Collection of Resources and Sample Forms
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Independent Living
Services
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Limited English Proficiency
Interpretation and Translation Services
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Medicaid Realignment
Questions & Answers (updated 03/2005)
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Placement
Services
Visitation
Manual
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Public
Policy
Economic
Impacts of Private Agencies in PA (03/20/05)
Funding
for Child Welfare and Juvenile Justice Services
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Residential & Residential
Treatment Facilities
Residential Facilities: Improved Data and Enhanced Oversight
Would Help Safeguard the Well-Being of Youth with Behavioral
and Emotional Challenges, GAO-08-346, dated May 2008
NEW
NOTE: This is a large files and
may take a few minutes to
open/download.
Concerns Regarding Abuse and Death in Certain Programs for
Troubled Youth (published by GAO 10/10/2007)
State Regulation of Residential Facilities for children with
Mental Illness by U.S. DHHS-SAMHSA, Center for MH Services,
2006, DHHS Publication # SMA 06-4167
RTF Cost Reporting (July 2005 presentation)
-Sample
Joint Financial Schedule (Schedule B)
-Instructions
for Joint Financial Schedule
OMHSAS Advisory Children's Committee Update -
IPRO Summary "RTF 2004-2005 Remeasurement" (undated;
released Nov 2005)
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Restraint & Seclusion
Living Sanctuary: Creating Trauma-Informed Systems That
Promote Recovery by Sandra Bloom, MD (Sep 2006)
A Parent's Guide to Protecting Your Child From the Use of
Restraint, Aversive Interventions, and Seclusion
distributed by The Alliance to Prevent Restraint, Aversive
Interventions & Seclusions (APRAIS), 2005
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Suicide Prevention
PA 2nd Annual Suicide Prevention Conference: Outreach to
Diverse Populations - Finding What Works, Sep 9-10, 2008
PA's 5-Year Suicide Prevention Action Plan (2004-2007)
Safe and Caring Schools: A Response to Youth Violence (STAR)
Services for Teens At Risk (STAR-Center Brochure)
Suicide Rates in Pennsylvania and the U.S. (STAR-Center)
Youth Suicide Risk Factors and Implications for Prevention
(STAR-Center Presentation)
Suicide's Toll in Pennsylvania (1990-2003
Statistics)
Psychiatric
Beds in Pennsylvania Declined Since 1995
Pennsylvania
Suicides (Age 60 and Up vs. Ages 15-24)
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Supportive Services
Untapped Anchor: A Monograph Exploring the Role of
Spirituality in the Lives of Foster Youth
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Transitional Age Youth
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Aged-Out and Homeless in Philadelphia (Executive Summary),
published by Philadelphia Safe and Sound, 2007
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Truancy
School-Family Conference & Truancy Elimination Plan
Compulsory Attendance & Truancy Elimination Plan,
PDE/PreK-12 Schools
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