Mississippi Administrative Code › Title 18 - HUMAN SERVICES › Part 6 - Division of Family and Children's Services › Chapter 1 - DFCS Policy Manual › Section 18-6-1-A - Administration › Subpart I - ADMINISTRATION › Section 18-6-1-A-I-VI - STRATEGIC PLANNING

Current through June 25, 2024
Strategic planning responsibilities include:
* envisioning and setting DFCS' strategic direction; and
* active support for inclusive, management-directed,
						DFCS-wide involvement in long term planning that occurs every 5 years.
The specific statewide strategic plans include:
* CFSP (5 year plan),
* APSR (due June 30th each
						year),
* Performance Improvement plans, Child and Family Service
						Review (CFSR) and Title IV-E State Plan,
* DFCS' CQI Annual Plan,
* Worker visits with child report (due to Children's
						Bureau by December 15th each year),
* Title IV-B State Plan,
* CAPTA State Plan,
* CFCIP, and
* ETV
The Deputy Administrator shall designate a coordinator
						for the CFSP.
The coordinator will assemble an implementation team to
						develop the five year planning conference and draft the CFSP. All plans are
						reported through the CFSP and APSR
A.
Child and Family Services Plan
The CFSP is a five-year strategic plan that sets forth
						the vision and the goals to be accomplished to strengthen the States' overall
						child welfare system.
The goals and objectives of the plan address improved
						outcomes in the following areas:
* Safety of children;
* Permanency for children;
* Well-being of children and their families; and
* The nature, scope, and adequacy of existing child and
						family and related social services.
The CFSP shall be developed by DFCS in collaboration with
						other MDHS divisions and an array of community partners and stakeholders.
						Stakeholders and partners with statewide jurisdiction or influence will be
						engaged at a state level strategic planning conference at which time the goals
						and objectives of the plan are communicated and finalized.
As a result of this process state level teams will be
						formed as needed. This process should be replicated in each DFCS Region in the
						state at which time these goals and objectives will be communicated to regional
						and county stakeholders.
From this process local and regional teams will be formed
						to develop implementation strategies and to implement practices that will lead
						to successful child welfare outcomes. These teams shall include, but are not
						limited to, those described in "Community Involvement, Advocacy and
						Representation and DFCS Oversight" above.
B.
Annual Progress and Services
					 Report
The Annual Progress and Services Report (APSR) due on or
						before June 30 each year, provides annual updates on the progress made toward
						the accomplishment of goals and objectives in the CFSP.
Completion of the APSR satisfies the federal regulations
						by providing updates on a State's annual progress for the previous fiscal year
						and planned activities for the upcoming fiscal year. These updates should be
						shared with state and local CFSP team members. To complete the APSR, Worker
						face-to-face contact data must be provided on or before December 15.
C.
Performance Improvement
					 Plans
The periodic CFSR and Title IV-E reviews may contain
						findings that require Performance Improvement Plans (PIP). The federal
						Administration for Children and Families (ACF), the CRP, appropriate DFCS staff
						and representatives of the statewide and community stakeholders identified by
						the CFSP shall be engaged to develop necessary CFSR and IV-E PIPs.
DFCS will designate PIP team leaders, and for Title IV-E
						PIP purposes, the Director of Eligibility will coordinate planning and
						achievement of a PIP. The PIP team designees shall develop a work plan and
						schedule to ensure:
1. appropriate
					 engagement of key DFCS staff and stakeholders,
2. development of substantive responses to
					 areas needing improvement and
3.
					 completion and timely submission of the PIP.