Consent and MOUs

Oneida County, New York (2014 ISCP)

• • Description: Create an MOU to facilitate data-sharing that will be needed in order to support their implementation of a diversion program, focusing on youth age 16-18 (who are currently in adult court in NY). The MOU will also formalize current information sharing procedures and standards, to ensure that they will continue even when current administrators retire. It may also expand upon current information sharing, while also ensuring that it is legally permissible. 

    • Update (2016): The team developed an MOU to facilitate data sharing and created the Oneida County Arrest Diversion Governing Board (ADGB) that handles operation and legal aspects of information sharing in their jurisdiction. The team also created a legislation subcommittee as part of the ADGB to establish pilot legislation for the Arrest Diversion Program. On a related note, Oneida County scaled up their School-Based Arrest Diversion program to include more partners at the table, and also plan to roll out a community arrest diversion program at the end of 2016.

  • Contact:

    • Randal Caldwell, Honorable Randal Caldwell - New York State

    • Colleen Fahy-Box, Deputy Commissioner - Oneida County Department of Social Services

    • James Franco, Director of Operations - Utica Safe Schools Healthy Students Partnership, Inc.

    • Anne Lansing, Executive Director - Utica Safe Schools Healthy Students Partnership, Inc.

    • John Syrotynski, Director of Security - Utica City School District

    • David Tomidy, Director of Probation-Oneida County

Arizona (2013 ISCP March)

• • Description: Develop MOUs and data sharing capacities

    • Update (2015): The MOU and LOU were developed and are being executed with Maricopa County Education Services' collaborative justice partners and 41 community schools. In addition, Derrick and his team designed and implemented release of information and consent forms. As a result of improved data sharing, there is an increased discussion and communication on recidivism and system challenges within Maricopa County youth-serving agencies, as well as an improved efficiency to share educational records and enroll youth in schools.

  • Contact: Derrick Platt, Regional Coordinator - Maricopa County Educational Services Agency

Illinois (2013 ISCP March)

• • Description: Early identification of crossover youth through MOUs

  • Contact: Juliana Stratton, Executive Director, Justice Advisory Council - Cook County

Maryland (2013 ISCP Dec)

• • Description: Sharing education data for foster children served in the child welfare and juvenile services, as well as sharing education data in the Interagency LINKS (Linking Information to eNhance Knowledge). The team will solidify data sharing protocols and file structure, and develop a MOU.

  • Contact: 

    • David Ayer, Deputy Executive Director of Operations - Maryland DHR Social Services Administration

    • Janice Johnson, Director, Accountability and Data Systems - Maryland State Department of Education

    • John McGinnis, Pupil Personnel & School Social Worker Specialist - Maryland State Department of Education

    • Jacqueline Powell, Education/Health Policy Analyst - Maryland Department of Human Resources

    • Terry Shaw, Assistant Professor - University of Maryland, School of Social Work

    • Tracy Watkins-Tribbitt, Director - Foster Care Court Improvement Project - Maryland Judiciary

Massachusetts (Dec. 2013 ISCP)

• • Description: To develop a confidentiality and information sharing guide and conduct a multi-disciplinary research to study education stability and outcomes for children involved in the MA CW systems. Project includes revising existing MOUs with partner agencies and using the findings to help identify policy implications.

    • Update (2016): The team worked with the RFK National Resource Center to develop the guide and is in the process of completing the draft. The team also released an RFP to study educational experiences and outcomes for students involved in juvenile dependency proceedings in MA, and is working with the School of Social Work at Boston University to analyze data.

  • Contact:

    • Amy Karp, Training Director - Massachusetts Committee for Public Counsel Services

    • Melanie Malcolm, Child Welfare Data Analyst - Massachusetts Trial Court

    • Ilene Mitchell, Case Manager - Massachusetts Trial Court

    • Sally Padden, First Justice of Essex County Juvenile Court - Massachusetts Trial Court

    • Andrew Rome, Deputy General Counsel - Department of Children and Family Services

    • Craig Weller, Supervisor of Data Analysis and Reporting - Massachusetts Department of Elementary and Secondary Education

Texas (Dec. 2013 ISCP)

• • Description: To assess the current school mobility among foster students, the team will track changes in foster care students' school placements in Texas through the collaboration between the Texas Education Agency (TEA) and the Texas Department of Family and Protective Services (DFPS).

    • Update (2015): The team has developed a shared definition and a clear method to measure school mobility; the team has also developed cross-tabs to compare educational outcomes for foster care students. As a result of these initiatives, the team has established a stronger collaboration between education, child welfare, and court systems in Texas, and a Foster Care and Education Committee was created to oversee the implementation of the Texas Blueprint report. Last but not least, Bill 3748, which requires the development of a data-sharing MOU between the state child welfare and higher education agencies, was passed.

  • Contacts:

    • Denise Brady, Senior Policy Attorney - Texas Department of Family and Protective Services

    • Kelly Kavitz, Foster Care Education and Policy/Title 1 Part D Coordinator - Texas Education Agency

    • Tiffany Roper, Assistant Director - Supreme Court of Texas Permanent Judicial Commission for Children, Youth and Families

    • Nina Taylor, Director of Information Analysis, Research and Analysis Division - Texas Education Agency

    • Catherine Walsh, Independent Consultant - Results for Children

New York (2012 ISCP)

• • Description: Gather and summarize laws and MOUs surrounding confidentiality; train staff.

  • Contact: 

    • Kathleen DeCataldo, Executive Director, New York State Permanent Judicial Commission on Justice for Children - New York State Office of Court Administration

    • Lisa Grumet, Chief of Policy and Planning, Family Court Division - New York City Law Department

    • Sara Hemmeter, Associate Commissioner for Family and Youth Justice Programs - Administration for Children's Services

    • Sarah Sandelius, Executive Director of Policy and Student Advocacy - New York City Department of Education

    • Maryanne Schretzman, Executive Director, Center for Innovation Through Data Intelligence - New York City Office of the Mayor, Deputy Mayor of Health and Human Services

    • Meridith Sopher, Director of Child Welfare Training - The Legal Aid Society, Juvenile Rights Practice

Connecticut (2009 MSI)

• • Description: Ensure that successful identification, screening, and case-planning protocols and treatment options for target youth (some of whom are crossover youth) - as outlined by the Emily J. Settlement Agreement - become ongoing  Department of Children and Families practice. Target youth include children incarcerated on a pre-trial basis, who are at imminent risk for residential placement at the time of sentencing, and who can be diverted from residential treatment through comprehensive community-based treatment and joint case planning. Accomplish this by revising current MOU and corresponding services and mechanisms.

  • Contact: Anne McIntyre-Lahner, Program Director - Interagency Strategic Planning and Coordination, State of Connecticut, Department of Children and Families