Practice Resources

Click 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  NEW

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  NEW

Restraint & Seclusion

Suicide Prevention

Support Services

Transitional Age Youth  NEW

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   NEW

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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