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Child and Family Services Review (CFSR) and Program Improvement Plan (PIP)

How We Can Help

NCWRCYD staff can work with States to enhance programmatic and organizational capacity in a variety of areas, most notably the CFSR process.

Promoting Stakeholder Involvement

NCWRCYD has worked successfully with both States and Tribes to bring stakeholders together in an environment that promotes constructive dialogue. NCWRCYD can:

  • Facilitate diverse groups for the purpose of strategic planning, collaboration, and consensus building.
  • Work with States to draw youth into all three stages of the CFSR in order to benefit from their unique contributions and perspectives.
  • Work with States to engage Tribes as stakeholders.
  • Facilitate planning sessions during the development, implementation, and evaluation of the PIP.
  • Evaluate statewide assessments, final CFSR reports, and PIPs with a dual focus on improving services for youth and highlighting opportunities to engage youth in the planning and implementation process.
  • Work with States and Tribes to recognize barriers and identify solutions to successfully include youth and families in case planning and services.

Technical Assistance and Training

To create systemic change, technical assistance (TA) must be provided prior to and concurrent with training activities. TA sessions should include those administrative staff ultimately responsible for the managing the change that is needed.

Technical assistance activities for administration and other key staff can include:

  • Facilitation of work groups and committees
  • Strategic planning sessions (initial and on-going)
  • Action planning sessions

The NCWRCYD offers a variety of trainings that focus on both organizational and skill development levels. The Center can modify training to meet an organization’s needs in any of the following areas:

Organizational Development

  • Positive Youth Development
  • Youth/Adult Partnership Building
  • Permanency Planning
  • Cultural Diversity
  • Collaboration

Skill Development

  • Strength-Based Assessment and Case Planning
  • Ethnographic Interviewing
  • Conflict Resolution
  • Family Group Decision Making
  • Youth Leadership Development
  • Life Skills Assessment and Transition Planning
  • Life Skills Instruction Preparation
  • Permanency Planning for Adolescents
  • Permanency and Concurrent Planning
  • Working with Native American Youth
  • Preparing Youth for Transition
  • Foster and Adoptive Parent Training
  • Managing Aggressive Behavior
  • Residential Child Care Programming
  • Working with Runaway and Homeless Youth
  • Youth Engagement
  • Substance Abuse
  • Pregnant and Parenting Teens