Actions and metrics to achieve core strategic priorities
1) Safely reduce the number of children in foster care
Ohio START Program Actions: 1. Complete application process. 2. Identify mentors. 3. Link to Drug Court. 4. Link LCCS staff to DART officer.
Join 30 Days to Family Program Actions: 1. Hire dedicated caseworkers. 2. Provide training on program.
Overall metric: reduce the length of time children are in care.
2) Develop cultural competence
Offer town halls with state and local government and community partners (Metric: # of town halls).
Collaborate with the community partners for training (Metric: # of training sessions).
3) Develop a parent and kin training institute
Create summer Parent Empowerment Institute (Metric: number of attendees baseline).
Launch three-month parent empowerment program (Metric: number of attendees baseline).
Overall metrics: assess parent learning on
Navigating government processes
Advocating for their family
Understanding how they influence family success
4) Leverage strategic collaborations
Secure LCCS representation on state-level task forces (Metric: number of appointments).
Become an FFPSA Pilot County. Actions:
Implement Title IV-E services per FFPSA.
Test state service model to keep children within their family system.
5) Implement technology best practices
Progress towards paperless operations Actions:
Implement document management system.
Acquire technology for work-at-home practices.
Implement financial system procurement module.
Implement financial system accounts payable module.