A Working PartnershipIdaho Department of Health & Welfare,
Region II, Lewiston, Idaho&
CPS Liaison Services for Child WelfareRoad to Recovery, Inc. Region II
Accessing Services in Rural and Frontier
Arenas:
“Helping Children and Families Reunite Through Collaboration”
Merging Service Systems and Network
Building
Program Overview & PurposeState-wide Initiatives
Community Programs Public Perception
Idaho: A Unique State
• Clearwater• Idaho• Latah• Lewis• Nez Perce
Region II Specifics
• smallest of all 7 regions in the state
• highest use of substances per capita as other larger regions
• methamphetamine capital of the Northwest
• one of the highest unemployment rates in the state
Substance Abuse Specific (OC)
How It Works
• define the role of CPS & other stake-holders
• common ground and goals
• allocation of resources
• workforce
• public perception and influence
Work Force Training• finding out about the base line of
awareness
• staff development and training
• what works?
• specific needs for specific people
• motivational interaction and awareness building
Using Resources Wisely
• defining outcomes
• science to service and best practices
• less fragmentation and more community sharing
• the role of education and information sharing
Our Client System
• client identification
• what is our role and how do we know?
• treating the ‘identified client’
• educating the client and defining with the client their needs
• who knows who?
Our ‘Other’ Client System
• judicial personnel
• school personnel
• psycho-social rehabilitation
• attorney work force
• co-workers
• community members
Merging Services
• time limited and driven by the legal system
• defining what is needed and why
• redefining service delivery and client outcomes
• what we need
The Role of Empowerment
• work force
• community work force
• awareness building
• the role of motivation
• redefining the client and their world
Outcomes
• family reunification
• permanency
• other arrangements
• pending cases
Trends
• assumption is that the epidemic use of Methamphetamine is durable
• multiple substances of abuse
• single parent
• low motivation to change
• limited resources for rehabilitation