City of Salina

This document outlines the Utah Department of Human Services Division of Child and Family Services' Foster and Adoptive Parent Diligent Recruitment Plan for the FFY 2025 to FFY 2029 period. The plan aims to ensure sufficient foster and adoptive homes are available to meet the needs of all children in foster care. Key strategic areas include diligent recruitment, comprehensive trauma-informed training, and robust retention efforts for foster and adoptive families. It prioritizes kinship care, addresses equity, diversity, inclusion, and accessibility, and outlines strategies for timely search and placement with prospective adoptive parents to achieve permanency and reduce the time children spend in out-of-home care.

This plan outlines the strategic direction for the Utah Division of Child and Family Services for FFY 2025-2029, aiming to achieve safe children through strengthened families within the context of a supported workforce and an integrated child welfare system and community. The plan focuses on enhancing safety, permanency, and wellbeing outcomes for children and families. Key strategic goals include increasing and improving the quality of parent and alternate caregiver engagement, formalizing a kin-first culture, and successfully addressing the strategies and objectives of its annual Results Based Accountability Plan.

This document outlines the Training Plan for the Utah Department of Health and Human Services, encompassing its Divisions of Child and Family Services (DCFS) and Juvenile Justice and Youth Services (JJYS). Serving as a component of the FFY 2025-2029 Child and Family Services Plan, it details comprehensive staff development and training activities. The plan is structured around the DCFS Practice Model Principles and Skills, covering initial and ongoing training for caseworkers, leaders, and support staff in areas such as child welfare, safety assessments, legal aspects, and specialized courses for foster/adoptive parents and community partners. The overarching goal is to cultivate a highly skilled and well-prepared workforce to meet the diverse needs of children and families.

This Annual Progress and Services Report provides the final review of the 2020-2024 Child and Family Services Plan (CFSP) for Utah. The plan's vision is to achieve safe children through strengthened families, supported by a strong workforce and an integrated child welfare system, focusing on outcomes of safety, permanency, and wellbeing. Key goals include ensuring child safety, strengthening family capacity through expanded services and kinship involvement, supporting the child welfare workforce, and integrating the child welfare and child abuse prevention network in local communities.

This Healthcare Oversight and Coordination Plan outlines strategies for the Utah Division of Child and Family Services to ensure comprehensive healthcare for children in foster care. The plan addresses initial and follow-up health screenings, monitoring and treatment of health needs, electronic health record management, continuity of care, and rigorous oversight of prescription medications, including psychotropic drugs, through the Utah Psychotropic Oversight Program (UPOP). It also details protocols for appropriate child diagnosis and placement, and provides support for the healthcare needs of youth aging out of foster care, focusing on health insurance options and healthcare proxy appointments. The plan emphasizes collaboration with the Department of Health and Human Services and other partners.