cyfs section meeting 4-3-13

7/28/2019 CYFS Section Meeting 4-3-13

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Welcome & Thanks for

Joining Us Today!

Todays facilitators:

Debbie Snapp - Chair

Catholic Social Service of Dodge City, KSJean Beil Section Staff

Catholic Charities USA

Karabelle Pizzigati & Ron Jackson SocialPolicy Liaisons - Catholic Charities USA


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Agenda

Social Policy Update

Membership Survey Results

What else can you tell us Section Steering Committee

Current members

How to become a member Bishop Sullivan Award

What it is

Application Process


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Social Policy: Budget and

Funding Significant discretionary program cuts already taken place over the last

few years to address deficit reduction, and most (70%) of recent policysavings to reduce deficits have come from program cuts

This years sequestration slices 6% deeper, and additional reductionsare slated in coming years under current Budget Control Act of 2011

Impact of sequester reductions just now becoming known (servicesreductions, federal furloughs, etc.)

House and Senate recently passed their separate and vastly differentbudget plans:

The House plan balances the federal budget in 10 years with deep programreductions . The Senate plan achieving significant deficit reduction over thesame period with package of new revenues and spending reductions

House and Senate are not expected to agree on a single budgetresolution; each chamber will rely on its own to guide appropriations

discussions.


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Budget and Funding

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Appropriations are major focus for efforts going forward this year

Before recess, House and Senate agreed to a Continuing Resolution(C.R.) to fund the government through the fiscal year and avert ashutdown

C.R. keeps in effect the approximately 6 percent sequester reductions

The C.R. also extends TANF through this fiscal year and allows someagencies to apply cuts with discretion. The Department of Health andHuman Services, providing support to most CYFS programs, did notreceive that general flexibility

Raising the debt ceiling this summer provides the next critical pressurepoint in budget and funding debates

Going forward, it remains critical to put a human face on program andservices changes and responses to funding reductions


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Issues to Receive Attention

in 2013

All Program Appropriations

TANF support and program reauthorization

Head Start reauthorization and quality improvements, alongwith broader early childhood education and child care issues

Child welfare improvements Adoption

Support for older youth in and transitioning from foster care

Financing for child welfare programs

Child welfare and immigration issues

Trafficking Victims Protection


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Membership Survey

CYFS has 278 members

20 members participated in the survey

Executive/Diocesan Director 5.0% Senior Management/Vice President/Chief

Program Officer 15%

Division Director 10%

Program Director/Manager 35%

Program Staff 35%


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Representing These

Service Areas

Daycare/Early Childhood Education 25%

After School/Summer programs 10%

Child Welfare Foster Care 15%

Residential or Shelter 10%

Childrens Health/Behavioral Health 20%

Family, Marital Counseling/Mental Health

20%

Independent Living 5%

Family Centers 20%

Disaster Response 10%

Adoption 60%

Pregnancy Support 60%

Youth/Family Mentoring 10%

Teen Moms 35%Healthy Marriage 5%

Family Preservation 5%

Human Trafficking 5%

Immigrant/Migrant Families 20%Mixed Status Families 5%


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Future Focus

Training

Best Practices

Information exchange system Advocacy

Trends in the field


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Topics for Webinars

Top Seven

Training for Out of School program staff

Working with Biological Families of Foster

Kids (Family Group Decision Making?)

Support Programs for Children of Military

Families

Trends in Early Childhood Education My Adoption Advisor

Dually Diagnosed Children

Fostering Teen Moms A Special Situation


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What Else?


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Steering Committee

Members

Angela Di Novella Monterey

Barbara TenBroek - Dallas

Darlene Darnell - Yakima Jarrod Sanderson Kansas City, MO

Landis Rossi Idaho

Mary Sullivan Minneapolis Ron Gering Trenton

Debbie Snapp Dodge City, KS


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Steering Committee

Guidelines

No less than 9 nor more than 15 members

Serve no more than two three year terms

Attend monthly conference call meetings Represent your constituency

Two face to face meetings annually travel

and lodging at your agencys expense At the Annual Gathering

At a warm location in January or Feb


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Desired Representation

Geographically

Type of Service and/or population served

Agency size

Application Deadline: COB, April 26th


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Bishop Sullivan Award

The Bishop Joseph M. Sullivan Award is

presented annually to an individual (or

couple) from the Catholic Charities network

that has made a significant contribution to

the lives of children, through direct service,

through program development and

administration, or through social policyadvancement and advocacy.


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Bishop Sullivan Award

Process

Complete nomination of someone from

your agency that fits the description

Send nomination by COB, April 30th to

[email protected]

Steering Committee reviews the

nominations and decides the recipient

Award given at AG in San Francisco

includes travel and one night hotel
mailto:[email protected]:[email protected]


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Comments & Questions

Who are you?

What would you like to share?

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