Webinar To Examine Three Key Fiscal Elements for Using the Family First Act

On Wednes­day, Nov. 13, the Annie E. Casey and William T. Grant foun­da­tions will host a webi­nar on three key fis­cal ele­ments that child wel­fare lead­ers should under­stand to use the Fam­i­ly First Pre­ven­tion Ser­vices Act to bet­ter serve chil­dren and families.

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Dur­ing the ses­sion ― part of the Lead­ing With Evi­dence webi­nar series ― experts will share their insights on design­ing and financ­ing ser­vices to pre­vent chil­dren and young peo­ple from becom­ing involved in the child wel­fare system.

Mar­garet Fly­nn-Khan of Main­spring Con­sult­ing will pre­view a tool being pilot­ed with sev­er­al states that helps child wel­fare lead­ers ana­lyze the fis­cal impli­ca­tions of pre­ven­tion ser­vices. Par­tic­i­pants will learn about key con­sid­er­a­tions for estimating:

1. the costs of evi­dence-based pro­grams as well as case man­age­ment and oth­er admin­is­tra­tive support;
2. the rev­enues to off­set costs, includ­ing pro­ject­ing the Title IV‑E rev­enue that a state can draw down and con­sid­er­ing oth­er poten­tial sources of rev­enue, such as Med­ic­aid; and
3. pro­ject­ed cost sav­ings in spend­ing on out-of-home place­ments and relat­ed admin­is­tra­tive costs gen­er­at­ed by suc­cess­ful imple­men­ta­tion of pre­ven­tion services.

The Lead­ing With Evi­dence series explores how child wel­fare lead­ers, researchers and pro­gram devel­op­ers can work togeth­er to fur­ther the use of evi­dence in the child wel­fare field.

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What: Plan­ning for Fam­i­ly First Pre­ven­tion Ser­vices: Three Key Fis­cal Ele­ments to Consider

When: Wednes­day, Nov. 13, 2019, at 1 p.m. EDT

Pass­word: Fiscal

Pan­elists:

• Mod­er­a­tor Suzanne Barnard, direc­tor of the Casey Foundation’s Evi­dence-Based Prac­tice Group
• Mar­garet Fly­nn-Khan, part­ner at Main­spring Consulting
• Alyson Goed­ken, assis­tant vice pres­i­dent for Strength­en Fam­i­lies, Nebras­ka Chil­dren and Fam­i­lies Foundation
• Jen­nifer Skala, senior vice pres­i­dent for Nebras­ka Chil­dren and Fam­i­lies Foundation
• Jamie Kramer, admin­is­tra­tor with the Nebras­ka Depart­ment of Health and Human Services