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DFCS gives monthly corrective-action update; committee presses for safety-plan quality checks and real-time reviews
Summary
DFCS told the Children, Seniors and Family Committee that it finalized a safety-planning review tool and would start randomized CQI reviews in March while supervisors pressed the department to show how the tool will capture plan quality and real-time implementation.
Department of Family and Children Services (DFCS) staff presented a monthly update on the child-welfare corrective action plan to the Children, Seniors and Family Committee on March 27, outlining work in the areas of safety, workforce development and partnerships.
What DFCS reported Sarah Duffy, DFCS deputy director, said the department completed a final draft of a safety-planning review tool and will begin a randomized, qualitative continuous-quality-improvement (CQI) review in March in partnership with the California Department of Social Services. "We are finalizing the methodology for the randomized review of cases," Duffy said. DFCS staff also…
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