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County agencies describe new DFCS legal‑consultation protocol and corrective action plan tied to a five‑year system improvement plan
Summary
Department of Family and Children Services officials and county counsel briefed the committee on roll‑out of a legal consultation policy, staff training and the county's corrective action plan and system improvement plan (SIP). DFCS reported increased tracking of safety plans, training rollouts, listening sessions and a plan to embed corrective‑
County child‑welfare leaders told the committee they are implementing a legal consultation policy and a corrective action plan (CAP) tied to a five‑year system improvement plan (SIP) after state review and on‑site findings.
Wendy Kinnear Rauch, acting director, Department of Family and Children's Services (DFCS), Sarah Duffy (Social Services Agency deputy director) and program leads described a package of operational changes designed to increase safety planning, improve supervisory review and build a continuous quality improvement (CQI) system. DFCS said it rolled out legal consultation trainings for social workers, supervisors and managers and that roughly 69% of staff had attended an initial set of sessions; make‑up…
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