Update from Systems Subcommittee

The committee plans to meet regularly and will post their meetings on the SB 64 blog. One meeting will always be at 7:30 am prior to the regularly scheduled SB 64 task force meeting. All meetings will take place at Mile High United Way

The committee reviewed their charge and discussed the following areas:

-Consult with CDHS on CFSR
-How to mediate conflicts
-Identify Best Practices and promising approaches
-Prevision of competent mental health services for children
-Issue of appropriate response to institutional abuse

The following items have been added to their agenda to discuss in more detail:

-Separating subsidies from the block grant
-Children moving from one school district to another losing credit within High School
-Identify best practice being used in mediation of conflicts with the goal of managing, nurturing placements
-Identify best practice recruiting, supporting foster parents /kinship and caring for children

For a copy of the complete meetings notes please e-mail kippi.clausen@unitedwaydenver.org

SB 64 Committee members:
Sharen Ford
Andi Leopoldus
Bunny Nicolson
Shari Shink
Jerri Spears