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resource references. Questions about the materials should be
directed to the Harrisburg Council office at hbgoffice@pccyfs.org:
QUICK INDEX
Adoption
Child
Welfare Funding
Coping
with Disasters
Delinquency Services
Diversity of How Youth Relate
Foster Care
Fostering Connections
HIPAA
Independent Living Services
Immunizations
Juvenile Justice
Limited English Proficiency
Medicaid
Realignment Q&A
Medicaid
Realignment Residential Continuum
Treatment Facility Program Description
Placement
Services
Public Policy
Residential &
Residential Treatment Facilities
Restraint & Seclusion
Suicide Prevention
Support
Services
Transitional Age Youth
Truancy
PRACTICE AREAS & RESOURCES
Adoption
2010 Adoption Tax Credit Brochure
Produced by Together as
Adoptive Parents, Inc. (www.taplink.org)
Child
Welfare Funding
Casey Child Welfare Financing Survey - Report Published
December 2008
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
Mental Health/Juvenile Justice Model Pre-Adjudication
Diversion "Draft" Policy for Pennsylvania, dated 10/21/2008
Advancing Community Protection: A White Paper for
Pennsylvania, published by the National Center for Juvenile
Justice, dated 2008
Pennsylvania’s Juvenile Justice System Goals
(companion four-page overview for white
paper above, 2008)
Building Pennsylvania's
Comprehensive Aftercare Model: Probation Case Management Essentials for Youth in
Placement, published by the National Center for
Juvenile Justice, dated March 2008
Competency Development: A Resource Guide for
Pennsylvania
Juvenile Justice & Child Welfare System Coordination and
Integration: A Framework for Improved Outcomes, 2008
Guidebook published by CWLA
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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Fostering Connections
Guidance on Fostering Connections to Success and Increasing
Adoptions Act of 2008
distributed by the US DHHS-ACY
on 7/9/2010
Attachment A - Agency Plan for Title IV-E of SSA, Foster
Care and Adoption Assistance
OMB Approval No.
0980-0141, exp. date 10/31/2012
Attachment B - Implementation of the Fostering Connection to
Success and Increasing Adoptions Act of 2008
working document as of
6/7/2010 (with working links)
Attachment C - Children's Bureau Regional Program Managers
and Addresses
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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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Immunizations
Allegheny IU Immunization Regulations (Mon Valley School),
FY 2009-10
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Juvenile
Justice
Follow-up Letter from Andrew Snyder, Director of Juvenile
Justice Services (JJS), dated 01/11/2010, subject: Youth
Development Center/Youth Forestry Camp findings included in
the "Sexual Victimization in Juvenile Facilities Reported by
Youth, 2008-09
PCCYFS
Testimony presented to Interbranch Commission on Juvenile
Justice, PA Judicial Center, on 2/1/2010
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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
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
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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