Child & Family Services (CFS)
Probation
Behavioral Health (DBH)
Moving Beyond Coordination and Collaboration
Integrated Services in San Bernardino County
Nicky Hackett
Deputy Director
CFS – Placement
Resources Division
CMHACY 2017
Holly Benton
Deputy Chief
Probation Officer
Probation
Timothy E. Hougen, Ph.D.
Program Manager II
DBH – Children & Youth
Collaborative Services
www.SBCounty.gov
Administrative Joint Management Structure
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Quick Break for Abbreviations
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CPM: Core Practice Model
CCR: Continuum of Care Reform
CFT: Child and Family Team
FFA: Foster Family Agency
RFA: Resource Family Approval
STRTP: Short Term Residential Therapeutic
Program
State Agencies:
CDSS: Calif. Dept. of Social Services
CPOC: Chief Probation Officers of Calif.
DHCS: Dept. of Health Care Services
Child & Family Services
Probation
Behavioral Health
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What’s Working Well
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 Increasing Customer Voice
 Customer Reps meet monthly
 Customer testimonies at Steering
 Probation CCR/CFT Implementation
 Different Departments lead at different times
 “Same Page Messaging”
Child & Family Services
Probation
Behavioral Health
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Struggles and Challenges
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 Making sure everything works at the line
worker and customer level
 Every SW and PO follows the process
 Every Provider follows the process
 Every Caregiver follows the process
 Keeping up with staffing changes
 Keeping everyone involved and informed
Child & Family Services
Probation
Behavioral Health
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Deeper Collaborations
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 Combined Trainings
 Developing Trainings together
 Attending Trainings together
 Tailoring to meet your own needs
 Sharing Data
 Department Statisticians working together
 Joint creation of data reports
 Streamlining MOU’s
Child & Family Services
Probation
Behavioral Health
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Collaborative Funding
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 Budgets
 Collaborative Meetings
 Combining Funding Streams
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Foster Parent Recruitment, Retention, and Support
(FPRRS)
 Contracts
 FFA/MHS
 ChRIS
Child & Family Services
Probation
Behavioral Health
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Becoming Proactive
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 AB1299
 Reviewing Pending Legislation
 Identifying gaps and unintended
consequences
 Influence instead of react
 Involving other groups
 Schools
 Managed Care
 Transitional Assistance Department
 Juvenile Courts
Child & Family Services
Probation
Behavioral Health
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Relationships
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Collaboration is better
Learn from Each Other
Solve Problems Together
Appreciate each other’s
cultures
 Be Comfortable in Your
Own Role
Child & Family Services
Probation
Behavioral Health
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Thoughts and Questions
Child & Family Services
Department of Behavioral Health
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