Children's Services Advisory Group (CSAG) Membership Application

A person-centered system of supports for all children and families will:

· Continue to evolve to support children living in the family home, or planning to return home, and fully engaging in their community

· Ensure services are accessible and easy to understand

· Provide equitable access for all families that honors the diversity of Oregon.

· Develop and enhance culturally responsive services that honor children and families’ inter-sectional identities, including race, culture, language, gender identity, sexual orientation, and disability.

· Maximize flexible child- and family-centered supports and service options within available resources

· Expand capacity for service options at the right level of support needs through inter-agency collaboration

CSAG will advise ODDS related to its full array of person-centered services and supports available to all children/youth birth through 17 years-old, and through the transition into adulthood. CSAG will provide informal input as well as formal recommendations in areas of policy, practice, communication, and collaboration related to children’s services.

Key Dependencies (what is needed for us to function effectively as a group):

· Lived experience, knowledge, and expertise of work-group members

· Lived experience, knowledge, and expertise regarding current system/programs

· Intentional representation of families from racially, linguistically, and geographically diverse communities Information regarding developments that impact current and potential program services (e.g., state and federal legislation, federal regulations)

· Support from ODDS staff (meeting logistics, training, information regarding the system)

· Support from non-governmental entities serving families

· Support from consumer and advocacy groups

· Children are living in family home or home-like environments whenever possible

· All families are satisfied with services and supports

· All families feel safe and heard

· All families receive culturally appropriate services and supports

· All families have responsive case management services

· Identified barriers and improvement strategies to improve access to services for children and families

· Individuals make meaningful contributions to their community

· Improved inter-agency collaboration for service capacity building

· Minimize the need for higher level of services and/or out of home placements

· Healthy families and strong communities

Please only answer questions with information that you feel comfortable sharing. Thank you for your interest in CSAG!