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CYF asks commissioners to approve CAPS data agreement and read child welfare appreciation proclamation
Summary
CYF staff asked commissioners to approve a CAPS (Child Accounting and Profile System) agreement with a 1.9 increase in cost from last year and requested the board read a proclamation recognizing Child Welfare Professional Appreciation Week; staff noted CAPS connects to the state CCWIS system but does not allow full cross-county record viewing.
A representative from the county’s Children and Youth (CYF) office asked the board on June 1 to consider a data agreement for the county’s child welfare database (referred to in the transcript as CAPS and once as CAHPS). The presenter said the system stores demographics, notes, assessments and reports and that the county began using CAPS about two years ago after an earlier database could not be sustained.
The CYF representative said there is a "1.9" increase in the cost from last year to this year; the transcript did not specify the units for that figure. The presenter also explained that while CAPS does not permit viewing other counties’ full records, it connects to a state system called CCWIS where limited pieces of information are visible.
CYF also asked commissioners to read a proclamation on Thursday recognizing Child Welfare Professional Appreciation Week and credited Rachel Hanley with helping to spearhead appreciation activities. Commissioners asked whether CAPS is a state system and whether it interoperates with other counties; CYF staff answered that the connection is through CCWIS and that the initial transition to CAPS had some issues but has since stabilized.
No formal vote or contract action was recorded in the work session transcript; CYF requested the proclamation be placed on the Thursday agenda for the commissioners to read.
