Request for Input--Foster Care Youth Summit Next Steps

1. Please select your top 2 priorities for these awareness building initiatives
(resources may be in place but we need to build awareness that they exist):

Please select your top 2 priorities for these awareness building initiatives (resources may be in place but we need to build awareness that they exist): Use a “child-centered” philosophy around case management

Allow for incentive payments to service providers in high need areas

Encourage the development of life long connections for children within an agency’s goals

Improve the quality of education for foster parents

2. Please select your top 2 initiatives with quick returns (resources may be in place but we need to build awareness that they exist):

Please select your top 2 initiatives with quick returns (resources may be in place but we need to build awareness that they exist): Increase funding for extra curricular activities

Increase funding for early intervention services

Increase youth awareness of vocational/educational preparedness

3. Please select your top 2 short term initiatives (One year or less):

Please select your top 2 short term initiatives (One year or less): Increase youth involvement/participation in decision making

Address over-medication of foster youth

Heal the healer in order to decrease burnout

Survey to assess needs of children and stakeholders

Expand Medi-Cal to include increased mental health services, in-patient drug treatment, mental health housing and flexible spending

Increase use of licensed therapeutic staff in Foster Family Agencies

Focus on maintaining foster youth in their communities and maintain normalcy

Train non-therapeutic staff to identify mental illness

Mandate assignments of foster youth to employment specialists

Increase the frequency of the “independent city” presentations

Increase communication and collaboration between agencies and resources

Further align the mental health system with foster care distinct needs

Develop more peer support groups

4. Please select your top 2 long term initiatives (3-5 years):

Please select your top 2 long term initiatives (3-5 years): Network with institutions of higher learning

Coordinate effort to recruit, train and retain mentors of all ethnicities

Continuity between teachers, schools, districts and education programs

Allow for incentive payments to service providers in high need areas

1. Department Control

1. Please select your top 2 priorities for these awareness building initiatives (resources may be in place but we need to build awareness that they exist):

2. Please select your top 2 initiatives with quick returns (resources may be in place but we need to build awareness that they exist):

3. Please select your top 2 short term initiatives (One year or less):

4. Please select your top 2 long term initiatives (3-5 years):

1. Please select your top 2 priorities for these awareness building initiatives
(resources may be in place but we need to build awareness that they exist):