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