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HomeMy WebLinkAboutMINUTES - 03191996 - D2 ®� 7. TO: y BOARD OF SUPERVISORS F&HS-3 1 °F Contra Costa FROM: FAMILY AND HUMAN SERVICES COMMITTEE 1��_' 's . ,► ��• . ,.;: DATE: March 11, 1996 °°r>�Co;K� County SUBJECT: STATUS REPORT ON THE COUNTY'S ADOPTIONS PROGRAM Id SPECIFIC REQUEST(S)OR RECOMMENDATION(S)&BACKGROUND AND JUSTIFICATION RECOMMENDATIONS: 1. ACCEPT the attached report from John Cullen and EXPRESS the Board's appreciation to staff for the excellent progress which is being made in implementing the improvements in the County's Adoptions Program. 2. REQUEST the Social Service Director to make a further status report to the Family and Human Services Committee on July 8, 1996, to include at least the following: ✓ An identification of each of the major completion dates included in the report by Breck and Associates reflecting the major activities recommended by the Child Welfare Research Center, a description of where the Department is in relation to each of those dates, an explanation of any deviation from those dates, and an estimate of when each major project will be completed. ✓ Comments and recommendations on how the Family and Human Services Committee can best receive unfiltered input from foster parents and adoptive parents on the extent to which they are satisfied with the out-of-home care system in this County and with the process by which children are placed for adoption. CONTINUED ON ATTACHMENT: YES SIGNATURE: i n RECOMMENDATION OF COUNTY ADMINISTRATOR RECOMMENDATION OF BOARD COMMIT E APPROVE OTHER SIGNATURE(S): ACTION OF BOARD ON March 19,19.96 APPROVED AS RECOMMENDED X OTHER VOTE OF SUPERVISORS I HEREBY CERTIFY THAT THIS IS A TRUE X UNANIMOUS(ABSENT ) AND CORRECT COPY OF AN ACTION TAKEN AYES: NOES: AND ENTERED ON THE MINUTES OF THE BOARD ABSENT: ABSTAIN: OF SUPERVISORS ON THE DATE SHOWN. ATTESTED March 19 , 1996 COntabounty Administrator PHIL BATCHELOR,CLERK OF THE BOARD OF cc. Social Service Director SUPERVIS AND COUNTY DMINISTRATOR County Counsel o BY ,DEPUTY F&HS-3 3. APPROVE the future directions in which the Department is planning to move, namely: • continuing development and implementation of a concurrent planning model; • improvement of the legal system; • inclusion of caregivers in decision making that will affect them and/or the children for whom they care, and; • continuing the development of training for workers. 4. REQUEST the Social Service Director to draft a letter for the Chair of the Board to send to the State Department of Social Services urging that the installation of the Child Welfare Services Case Management System in Contra Costa County be pursued as vigorously as possible so as to permit the earliest possible implementation of the System in this County and AUTHORIZE the Chair to sign such a letter. BACKGROUND: On December 19, 1995, the Board of Supervisors approved a report from our Committee which asked the Social Service Director to make a further report to our Committee on the subject of adoptions. On March 11, 1996, our Committee met with the Social Service Director, John Cullen, the Assistant County Welfare Director for Services, Danna Fabella, members of the Grand Jury and advocates for foster and adoptive parents. Mr. Cullen presented the attached report to our Committee and reviewed it in some detail. The attached report summarizes the numerous actions which have been taken since the original Grand Jury report on this subject was released. This report serves as a useful reference document for all of the activity which has taken place over the past two years. It is clear that in several cases the timelines outlined by Breck and Associates have slipped. Some of these are referenced in Mr. Cullen's report. Our Committee believes that it is important that we be aware of which of the timelines have slipped, why they have slipped, what work remains to be completed on each major task and to agree on a revised timeline in each instance. We are, therefore, asking that the Department's next report to our Committee be dedicated primarily to identifying these timelines, where the Department is in relation to each, what remains to be done and to reach agreement on revised deadlines for completion of each task. Mary Lou Laubscher from the Grand Jury expressed her appreciation for the gracious reception members of the Grand Jury have received from Department staff and for including them in training. Sheila Trokey outlined several points she wanted to make regarding the need for a client survey, a formal grievance policy, the initiation of the "red dot" program, recent legislation regarding permanency planning, the coding of children in the Foster Care Information System, the issuance of notices of action, the Aid for Adoption Program and guardianship program. -2- F&HS-3 Mary Tronvig from the Grand ,fury noted the high priority she places on getting the computer system in place as quickly as possible. Mary Lou Laubscher noted the importance of providing funds to do training of staff for the computer system. -3- SOCIAL SERVICE DEPARTMENT Contra Costa County TO Family and Human Services Committee DATE March 6, 1996 FROM John Cullen, Director SUBJ STATUS REPORT ON THE ADOPTIONS IMPROVEMENT PROJECT At the FHS Committee meeting of December 11, 1995, the Social Services Department was directed to update the Board on the progress being made with respect to the Adoptions Improvement Project and any other subjects which were felt to be pertinent to the committee. This report serves to summarize the efforts which have been made by the Department over the last year into one reference document. As the members of the committee will recall, the Department began its efforts to review and improve its adoptions program as a result of a report of the 1993-94 Grand Jury report. Subsequently, the Department contracted with the University of California, Berkeley, School of Social Welfare's Child Welfare Research Center (CWRC) to conduct an independent review of our adoption program and to make recommendations for improvement. CWRC organized their report and recommendations into six general categories. For purpose of evaluation of progress, this report will be organized into the same areas: • Operational Issues • Home Study Process • Legal and Judicial System Issues Y Foster Parent/Social Worker Relationships • Continuing Education Curriculum and Training for All Workers • Automation of the Adoption Program Family and Human Services Committee March 6, 1996 Page 2 OVERALL PROGRESS I. OPERATIONAL ISSUES CWRC identified four areas for attention: the need for a fost-adopt program; development of clear criteria to determine adoptability; a review of our organizational system; and, education of staff to the function of the adoption program. To date, the following activities have been accomplished or undertaken to address these identified issues. • An all day "summit" was held in January, 1995, involving all levels of staff, the Grand Jury, caregivers, the legal community and other interested parties in working on an action plan to address this issue. • A review of national literature and site visits to model programs in California was undertaken and completed. • Staff participated with CWRC in a presentation to the Juvenile Section of the Contra Costa County Bar Association on the subject of Concurrent Planning (i.e., a fost-adopt program). • An all day training forum was organized and sponsored by the Department in October, 1995, with Linda Katz, a nationally recognized leader in the field of "concurrent planning" as the featured speaker. (Members of the Grand Jury, caregivers and the legal community were invited to join staff at this event.) • Management staff participated in the statewide Adoption Policy Planning Summit in November, 1995, attending work groups on concurrent planning, fost-adopt programs; and kinship care. • During scheduled monthly meetings, management staff from the Department has regularly updated the Juvenile Court Judge, Juvenile Court Referees and members of the public and private Bar on the issue of concurrent planning and planning efforts to develop such a program in this county. • A "Concurrent Planning Work Group" was convened with the mission of developing a strategic plan to implement concurrent planning by June, 1996. Membership includes all levels of staff, representation of all three county districts, and union representatives. This group was also charged with reviewing the organization of service delivery in child welfare services and recommending needing organizational changes. Family and Human Services Committee . Y March 6, 1996 Page 3 • The emergency shelter system was evaluated and a model for emergency shelter care was developed which 'overlays" the principles of quality shelter care with the principle of concurrent planning beginning at intake. Community meetings have been held with the placement stakeholders (foster parents, Foster Family Agencies, and county-based group homes) to move the model into reality. • A new review form was developed by a work group with included staff of CWRC, adoptive and foster parents, and staff. This form serves as a guide to review the cases of all children in our system for adoptability. While barriers to adoption are evaluated as part of the process, the review begins with the assertion that all children are adoptable if suitable families can be recruited and prepared for caring for children with a variety of needs. • In terms of development of training and tools for child welfare staff to better understand the adoption option for families and the function of the adoptions unit, management staff has participated in a public-private forum to develop a manual for "consumers" (i.e., potential adoptive families) on their financial and service options. The first draft of this manual was issued to the participants for comment in late February, 1996, with an anticipated publishing date of mid- year. In addition, staff have drafted a pamphlet comparing and contrasting the differences among the options of long term foster care, kin care, guardianship and adoption which will serve as a training tool for staff and a decision-making tool for potential adoptive parents. (The draft, Attachment A, has not yet been reviewed by counsel but is.attached for reference.) • Management staff participated in the statewide Kinship Care Policy Planning Summit in February, 1996, held in this county. As kinship care serves the largest number of children in out-of-home placement in this county and across the state, county and state staff are working on ways to develop legal permanence for children in kinship care since many relatives do not choose adoption and guardianship has fiscal disadvantages for kin. II. HOME STUDY PROCESS One of the significant concerns of the adoptive parents identified to CWRC during their focus groups related to their perception that the home study process had been unnecessarily intrusive into their privacy. These caregivers had been caring for the children they adopted for months and, sometimes, years prior to being studied for adoption. The Department agreed with their concerns and has done the following to address these concerns. • To address the concerns of individuals, the Department met regularly with these citizens with individual members of the Board of Supervisors and their Family and Human Services Committee March 6, 1996 Page 4 staff. When requested, staff provided parents with copies of their home studies. Further, staff offered to either accept their editing of the original home study or have been willing to negotiate acceptable wording of individual home studies. • A new home study format has been developed specifically for relatives and foster parents who have a child in their care, focusing on the families' long term ability to meet the needs of the child in their care and eliminating intrusive/private issues. This format, in draft form, was presented to a committee consisting of staff and caregivers in February, 1996, for discussion, input, and revision. We are working on a revision that will incorporate this input and are currently "piloting" this format. • Consideration is being given to merging the licensing and adoptive home study units to streamline the process for potential adoptive or foster-adoptive parents. The Concurrent Planning Work Group is charged with developing a plan as part of their review of our organizational structure. • Management staff serves on the statewide committee implementing the Multi- Ethnic Placement Act, specifically developing guidelines for studying families interested in adopting children not of their ethnic or cultural background. III. LEGAL AND JUDICIAL SYSTEM CWRC's recommendations in this area related to interdisciplinary training for social workers and attorneys, recruitment specific to an individual child, guidelines for continuing family reunification services beyond 12 months, and continuances in Juvenile Court. Progress in this area is as follows. • An "Attorney/Social Worker Committee" was established in August, 1995, and has been meeting on a monthly basis. Issues regarding cross-discipline training are the primary agenda of this group. • March, 1996, is "Forensic Social Work Month" for purposes of Department training. Subjects of concern to both the legal and social work community are scheduled during the month. (See Attachment B.) • Attorneys, the Juvenile Court Judge, Juvenile Court Referees, and members of the public and private Bar are now invited to all child welfare related trainings available within the Department at no cost. • The Department is negotiating with the Juvenile Section of the Contra Costa County Bar Association to "co-sponsor" trainings so that Mandatory Continuing Family and Human Services Committee March 6, 1996 Page 5 Legal Education (MCLS) credits can be offered for attendance at Department trainings as an enticement to the legal community. • Department management staff participated on the planning committee for the Beyond the Bench Conference held in December, 1995. The conference is the statewide training meeting for the judiciary and social services. One of our staff members was a co-presenter with the Executive Director of the Youth Law Center at a workshop on "Working with Represented Clients." • Guidelines have been agreed upon with the Juvenile Court Judge limiting reunification services to twelve months unless the standard outlined in the law is met regarding "substantial likelihood" that a minor may be returned to his/her parent within the next six months. In contrast to when CWRC did their study, the court no longer grants 18 months of reunification service routinely; now it is the exception rather than the rule. • The Juvenile Court Judge, following discussions with Department staff, agrees that court continuances must be carefully evaluated, and again, should be the exception, rather than the rule. From our perspective, the litigious nature of our cases continues to impede moving children toward permanence smoothly. However, we find our current Juvenile Court Judge to be sympathetic to the needs of the children in our system and willing to provide leadership to improve the system. • CWRC included in their section on the legal system a recommendation regarding child-specific recruitment of adoptive families. They recommended and we have implemented expanded use of Brian's Kids on KPIX. In addition, we have strengthened our contacts with other public & private agencies through ongoing attendance at BASA (Bay Area Supervisor of Adoption) and PAAS (Public Adoption Agency Supervisors). Also, management staff had discussions regarding collaboration with executive staff of Sierra Adoptions, Future Families, and Lilliput (licensed private adoption agencies) and has a meeting scheduled with AASK staff in March. • As part of the technical assistance we are receiving from Region IX, staff is consulting with Sarah Ratterman-Baker from the American Bar Association regarding improvements in the judicial process for children. • The Department has collaborated with the Youth Law Center on a grant application to address improvements in the judicial process for children in this county. The grant application to the United Way has reached the second round of approval, with a final decision on funding expected by mid-summer, 1996. Family and Human Services Committee March 6, 1996 Page 6 IV. FOSTER PARENT AND COUNTY SOCIAL WORKER RELATIONSHIP Of particular concern in CWRC's study was the concern that foster parents do not always feel valued by staff. They expressed frustration about lack of communication and involvement in planning for children in their care. We believe strongly that the caregivers of our children, both kin and licensed foster parents, are the backbone of a viable out of home placement system. We further believe we have put into place the means to remedy problems we have had in this area. • A-data base was developed so that mass mailings could be sent both to licensed foster parents and relative caregivers to notify them of any/all Department trainings and announcements of events of interest in the community. Subsequently and consequently, mass mailings have been sent to all caregivers inviting them to every significant event and staff training the Department has sponsored. • The Department implemented the Foster PRIDE/Adopt PRIDE curriculum developed by the Child Welfare League of America. We have offered this curriculum four times now, each time expanding the targeted population. With our next module, we will have included applicants for foster home licenses, applicants for adoptions, Department staff, already licensed foster parents, and relative caregivers. It should be noted that foster parents serve as team trainers for this curriculum. • Foster parents who are contracted to provide emergency (shelter) care for children have been invited to participate both in planning meetings and on implementation work groups to develop shelter care into a "system" in this county, with an overwhelmingly positive response. • A quarterly newsletter for all caregivers is being developed; a monthly newsletter (on a smaller, less formal scale) is being developed specifically for emergency foster families. • The Department sponsored a foster parent to attend the statewide Foster Parent Training Conference held in Los Angeles in October, 1995. V. CONTINUING EDUCATION CURRICULUM AND TRAINING FOR ALL SOCIAL WORKERS CWRC's concerns in this area related to the seeming lack of knowledge that staff had about the "big picture" of child welfare services in this county. This related both to training and the organizational structure under which services are delivered to families. Also in this area, CWRC outlined a seeming lack of understanding of Family and Human Services Committee �' Y March 6, 1996 Page 7 laws relating to ethnic matching of children in placement and a need for automation in adoptions. • With CAO and Board support, the position of Child Welfare Training Coordinator was approved. The position was filled in July, 1995. • We have developed and implemented our plan of offering a menu of trainings to staff in a variety of intensities: monthly trainings at each district office, one and one-half to two hours in length; half-day and full-day trainings through UC Davis Extension; one- to three-day trainings through Fresno State University; and, quarterly "forums." A current calendar of planned events is Attachment C to this memo. • We have had two "forums" to date, a full day in October on Concurrent Planning with a nationally recognized presenter and a full day in February on Kinship Care, with a panel presentation that included a national authority. • We are planning our next full day forum for May or June on the topic of Cultural Competence. • Our Training Coordinator recently attended the first regional meeting of Bay Area Child Welfare Trainers to consider development of a regional training academy. • Management staff represent the region on the statewide Child Welfare Training Advisory Committee with staff of the California Department of Social Services to consider how best to deliver training to child welfare staff, with specific consideration of regional training academies. • We continue to contract with the University of California, Davis, for training and have scheduled 20 days of training in this fiscal year. Decisions made about what training to offer were reached after a survey was sent to all services staff. Topics have covered diverse subjects such as preparing for effectively testifying in court, psychopharmacology, and working as a team with foster parents. • The curriculum for new worker training continues to be in the developmental stage. A worker handbook/training manual will be assembled from materials presented in each module of new worker training. VI. AUTOMATION OF THE ADOPTION PROGRAM In their review, CWRC noted the lack of technological tools to track children in our system. All information on adoptions cases that would assist a manager in Family and Human Services Committee March 6, 1996 Page 8 planning or decision making could only be obtained by "hand counts" or was not quantified. • Systems staff met with the adoptions unit to assess needs for a local database. The basic parameters for a local database have been identified, now requiring the person time from Systems to work on programming. • Systems staff and child welfare staff have regularly participated on work groups to develop the adoptions sub-system of the statewide Child Welfare Services Case Management System (CWS/CMS) data system. CWS/CMS is targeted for implementation in our County for fiscal year 1996/1997. However, the Adoptions Subsystem will not be implemented until approximately one year after the larger system is operational. VII. ADDITIONALLY . . . In addition to the focus areas listed above, staff has taken the following actions which address the overall picture of permanency planning for children outside the scope of CWRQs recommendations. • Eliminated the "red dot" system which delayed prompt assignment of children to adoptions staff. As you may recall, this system was developed as a way of triaging cases after severe staff reductions occurred during the budget crisis of 1992. • Completed a six-month administrative review of all cases of children under 12 who had been in placement over 2 years and cooperated with CWRC in their review of our review. • Requested and cooperated with an audit of our SSI cases and policies. The conclusion of the federal audit was that there was "no misuse of funds" by the Department. • Hired a full-time recruiter for the Heritage Program, targeting recruitment of families to care for substance exposed young children. • Scheduled cross-disciplinary training for professionals involved in working with families where substance abuse is a primary problem. In terms of adherence to the timelines developed in conjunction with Breck & Associates, we are roughly within the timelines in terms of the major goals of the Adoptions Improvement Project. The Fost Adopt Program was broken down by structure and program in terms of timelines. With respect to the organizational structure changes necessary to achieve a concurrent planning program, the Family and Human Services Committee Dr March 6, 1996 Page 9 timelines indicate that we will finish that as of December 2, 1996. At this time, we plan to have the "Concurrent Planning Workgroup" complete its work on an implementation plan by June and to implement necessary organizational changes by the end of December, 1996. The Breck & Associates timeline actually gives us until October 6, 1997, to complete, implement and evaluate a complete "fost-adopt" program. We expect we can meet or exceed that expectation. The established timeline gives us until December 1, 1995 to revise a Home Study Format. Keeping in mind the focus of the CWRC study was relatives and foster families who already have children in their care, we are approximately three months behind in this effort. We have drafted our version, but want to include input from the caregiver community, a task not anticipated when Breck & Associates developed their guidelines. The timelines related to the Legal&Judicial System give a May, 1996, date as an end date. We have met most of the specific benchmarks established by Breck & Associates (e.g., planning a concurrent planning forum by June, 1995 and a kinship care forum by May, 1996). However, we are of the belief that there is no ending date in our partnership with the court. We intend to continue to work with all the parties in the court to review and make efforts to improve the legal system in which our families and children are immersed when intervention is necessary. Foster Parent/Social Worker Relationship Issues is another area where we do not necessarily see an end date. We have met the timeline of having an ongoing mechanism in place to address these issues by January, 1996. In terms of Training, we were six weeks behind in meeting the goal of hiring a Child Welfare Training Coordinator. We continue to work on induction training and a worker training manual. We do not anticipate meeting the goal of April, 1996, as set forth in the timelines. We would expect to run between three and six months behind in this effort, as we plan to develop the manual as we implement modules of new worker training. Automationwise, the statewide Child Welfare Case Management System (CWS/CMS) is being implemented. Contra Costa County's offices have been wired. We are awaiting the delivery of the equipment. We are contracting with Martinez Adult Education to do office automation training; i.e., Microsoft Word and E-Mail. This is phase one. Our County is scheduled for the CWS/CMS program in fiscal year 1996/1997 and has developed an implementation plan which received state approval. Family and Human Services Committee March 6, 1996 Page 10 CONCLUSION The statement made by the consultants when the timelines were first presented have proven to be true: adherence to the timeline is contingent upon no other issues diverting the attention of the Department from this project. While working on this project, staff has struggled with a number of significant issues that have affected strict adherence to the timelines. The closing of Lion's Gate, the Blue Ribbon Task Force, group home providers issues and staffing issues, including vacancies in.two supervisory positions, the impact of"temporary" positions in child welfare and the resignation of a Division Manager (thus reducing the number of person hours available) have affected the Department's ability to focus solely on this project. However, overall we believe we have demonstrated our commitment to the improvement of our adoption program and permanency planning for children by the accomplishment of the activities.outlined in this report. In terms of performance indicators, several areas should be noted. Foremost is the increase in adoptive placements over the last five years. In 1990 we completed 45 adoptive placements; in 1991, 50; in 1992, 81; in 1993, 68; in 1994, 101; and, in this past calendar year, there were 114 placements. Secondly, hours available for training have also increased dramatically. In the past, we have relied upon UC Davis training to provide our "core" curriculum. The implementation of trainings in the districts and the development of the forum concept have led to staff and other stakeholders receiving 2,361 additional hours of training since October. The administrative review of cases of children in care over two years has been completed. In terms of staff time, most of which was "contributed" by management staff after hours and on weekends, a total of approximately 900 staff hours was put into this review. VIII. NEXT . . . As a County, Department and Child Welfare Program, we are over the crisis and need to focus ont he future. Based on experiences and progress to date, we will now concentrate our resources and attention on the following areas: • continuing development and implementation of a concurrent planning model; • improvement of the legal system; • inclusion of caregivers in decision making that will affect them and/or the children for whom they care; and, Family and Human Services Committee March 6, 1996 Page 11 • continuing the development of training for workers. Additionally, we need to provide regular information to the community, Board, caregivers, etc., on our child welfare program. We also will step up our efforts to influence state policy changes. Management staff has started participating on the CWDA Adoptions Committee, state kinship care effort, AB 1524 adoption "fast tracking" and most recently have asked to advise on the Governor's Adoption Initiative. Involvement on this work group will help to utilize our views on concurrent planning to expedite the adoption process. We also hoped to be able to avail our County of additional state adoption resources which will help us work with more families. The Department is dedicated to improving services to children in our care, from the moment they require emergency shelter to the time permanence is achieved. Improvement is an evolutionary process to which we are committed. I believe the actions outlined above demonstrate that my staff has and continues to work very hard to improve our programs. 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The practice specialty in social work that focuses on legal matters and educating law professionals about social welfare issues and social workers about the legal aspects of their objectives." The Social Work Dictionary, Robert Barker, NASW, 1987. March 5 8:30-10:00 Hercules Implementation of the Mulit-Ethnic Placement March 6 8:30-10:00 30 Muir Act (Office Training) March 13 8:30-10:00 Antioch • Alice Bussiere, Attorney March 20 9:00-4:00 40 Douglas Preparing and Presenting $ Effective Testimony (U.c.D.) March 21 9:00-4:00 40 Douglas • Prank Tetley, Juvenile Court Commissioner March 27 8:30-10:00 30 Muir Attorney and Social Work Roles in Juvenile Court • Barbara Suskind, Attorney For more information • Judy Maynard, CPS call Mary Jensen Supervisor and Attorney (510) 313-7799 CONTRA COSTA SOCIAL SERVICE DEPARTMENT -- CHILDREN'S SERVICES Attachment C 4'41NG fly Children's Services Training Dates to Remember Dates Location Speaker/Sponsor Topic/Title 3/5 Hercules Alice Bussiere Office Traininos: 3/6 Muir/Douglas Implementing the Multi-Ethnic Placement Act 3/13 Antioch [Note:Staff may attend training at any office. You are not limited to trainings at your office.] 3/6&7 Martinez Fresno State Interdisciplinary Training in Substance Abuse and Child Abuse 3/12 Oakland Fresno State Medically Fragile Children 3/20 Martinez Frank Tetley Preparing and Presenting Effective Testimony 3/21 Martinez Frank Tetley Preparing and Presenting Effective Testimony 3/27 Martinez Barbara Suskind Attorney &Social Work Roles in Juvenile Court and Judy Maynard 4/2 Hercules Office Traininos: 4/3 Muir/Douglas Millie Gilson Working with CASRs 4/10 Antioch 4/3 Martinez Mary Ann Nihart Pharmacology 4/4 Martinez Mary Ann Nihart Pharmacology 4/9 &10 Oakland Fresno State Placement 4/16--am Martinez Lorraine Fox The Role of Foster Parents in Family Reunification 4/16--pm Martinez Lorraine Fox The Role of Foster Parents in Family Reunification 4/17--am Martinez Lorraine Fox The Role of Foster Parents in Family Reunification 4/17--pm Martinez Lorraine Fox The Role of Foster Parents in Family Reunification 4/23 Oakland Fresno State Medically Fragile Children 5/1 Muir/Douglas ER Shelter Unit, Office Traininas: 5/7 Hercules Licensing, and Placing Children 5/8 Antioch CRPU/SPP 5/1 Martinez Heritage Staff Heritage Project Cross-Training Day 5/2 Martinez Mary Ann Nihart Personality Disorders 5/16 Martinez Niki Delson Enhancing Interviewing Skills with Children 5/16 Pleasant Hill Supervisor's Workshop 5/28 & 29 Martinez Fresno State Placement 6/4 Hercules Office Traininos: 6/5 Martinez County Counsel Reasonable Services; The JV Forms 6/12 Antioch W ai