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Indiana Department of Child Services
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What/Who is DCS?
Indiana Department of
Child Services
Mission:
DCS protects children from abuse and
neglect, and works to ensure their
financial support
Agency Structure
Agency Divisions
Permanency and Practice Support
Policy development, and permanency support
Services and Outcomes
DCS and provider outcomes, and services offered to families
Juvenile Justice Initiatives and Support
Oversee all initiatives where child welfare and juvenile
justice systems intersect
Agency Divisions
Staff Development
Training for staff, foster parents and adoptive parents
Placement Support and Compliance
Licensing of foster homes and residential facilities, and
foster care and relative support services
Legal Operations
Local Office attorneys, contracts, and administrative
appeals
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Agency Divisions
Information Technology
Maintenance of DCS computer systems
Finance
Human Resources
Communications
Legislation
Child Support Bureau
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Field Operations
Field Operations
Deputy Director
North Assistant
Deputy Director
South Assistant
Deputy Director
Regional
Managers
Regional
Managers
(9)
(9)
Local Office
Directors
Local Office
Directors
FCM Supervisors
Prevention
Preservation
Placement
and Reunification
Permanency
& Supports
After Case
Closure
Child Support
Core Functions:
Responsible for administering the Title IV-D child
support program in Indiana
Child support is state administered and county
operated
Federally required child support functions:
- Locate
- Payment Processing
- Paternity Establishment
- Disbursement
- ISETS /INvest
-Enforcement
- Medical Support
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Child Support
Indianas IV-D caseload (FFY 15): 279,327
4% Current Assistance (TANF, IV-E Foster Care)
45% Former Assistance
51% Never Assistance
Child Support
Building Relationships County collaboration
is key:
Cooperation with local elected officials:
- County Prosecuting Attorneys
- County Auditors
- County Councils
- County Sheriffs
Statewide Associations
- Indiana Prosecuting Attorneys Council - Clerks Association
- Association of Indiana Counties
- Sheriffs Association
Child Support
Federal Performance
FFY 2015 overall ranking is 9th
Up from 34th in SFY 2005
DCS Performance
National Average
Support Order
Establishment
93.21%
84.69%
64.78%
64.21%
71.85%
62.69%
Paternity Establishment
104.41%
99.64%
$5.69
$5.25
Cost Effectiveness
Child Support
KIDSLine
Indianas statewide customer service call
center 24/7 Integrated Voice Response
(IVR) gives automated payment
information, with an option to speak to a
Customer Service Representative (CSR)
during the business week
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Child Support
2014 KIDSLine Statistics
4,916,443 calls
409,704 per month (average)
13,470 per day (average)
Collaborative Care
Collaborative Care
Extension of Foster Care until the day before the youth
turns 20 years of age
- Continuation
- Re-entry
Collaborative Care
Placement
- Traditional foster care
- Supervised Independent Living
CMHI
Some children struggle with significant mental health
issues
Their families have difficulty accessing services
(generally due to inability to pay)
Some families get bounced from agency to agency
trying to access services
Other families end up in the child welfare system as a
way to access services when parents have not abused
or neglected their child
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CMHI
Finding a solution:
DCS and FSSA began meeting to brainstorm solutions.
A child should not have to be a CHINS for the sole purpose
of accessing services
What is best for families?
Need to:
Remove agency silos
Keep it simple
Multiagency solution
CMHI
Target Group Eligibility
Child or adolescent age 6 through the age of 17
Youth who is experiencing significant emotional
and/or functional impairments that impact their level
of functioning at home or in the community (e.g.,
Seriously Emotionally Disturbed classification)
CMHI
CMHI
Rolled out Statewide (all 92 counties) in March 2014
1,636 Referrals to Access Sites
1,057 Family Evaluations
433 youth served
289 youth currently in CMHI
Residential Placement as a result of CMHI
63 Placements
34 Current Active Placements
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Hotline: 800.800.5556
Central point of contact for all child abuse and neglect reports
throughout Indiana
Five locations across the state:
Marion County
Saint Joseph County
Blackford County
Lawrence County
Vanderburgh County
Hotline: 800.800.5556
Impact in Helping Children:
More than 198,000 reports of child abuse or neglect
received in 2014
Calls answered promptly:
Law enforcement answered in 12 seconds (on average)
General calls answered in 23 seconds (on average)
68 percent of all calls answered in less than 8 seconds
Hotline: 800.800.5556
Indiana is a mandatory reporting state
Any person who has reason to believe a child is being
abused or neglected shall make a report
Hotline: 800.800.5556
To Report Child Abuse or Neglect:
Call the Indiana Child Abuse and Neglect
Hotline
800.800.5556
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Thank You.
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