June 17, 2002

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Table of Contents

CHILD WELFARE.. 1

FINAL BUDGET UPDATE. 1

DCFS. 2

DOC.. 2

ISBE.. 2

DHS. 2

PUBLIC HEALTH.. 2

DCFS TO HOST MEETINGS ON PERFORMANCE CONTRACT CHANGES. 3

FAMILY CENTERED SERVICES STEERING COMMITTEE. 3

TRAINING GRANT REMINDERS. 4

GENERAL.. 4

TEMPORARY INCREASE FOR MEDICAID FUNDING TO STATES. 4

SACWIS/MEDICAID MEETING.. 5

MEMBERS IN THE NEWS. 5

Starbucks Winner. 5

UPCOMING EVENTS. 5

Downstate Performance Based Contract Meeting. 5

SACY TRAINING.. 6

SACY Legal Issues and Accountability (NEW)     June 19. 6

First Nonprofit Mutual to Hold Drucker Collaboration Challenge Seminar in Minneapolis. 6

First Nonprofit Mutual to Hold Corporate Can-dos Seminar in Chicago. 7

CALENDAR.. 7

FINAL BUDGET UPDATE

The Governor called a special session of the General Assembly last week to share his vetoes to the spending plan submitted to him after the adjournment of the regular session on May 31. The Governor conducted line item vetoes or reduction vetoes totaling $564,217,200 in order to balance the budget based on the revenues provided. Highlights of these vetoes are as follows:

DCFS

�        Foster Care reduction veto of $1,914,900 million

�        Institutions and Group Homes reduction veto of  $1,225,600 million

�        Adoptions and Guardianship reduction veto of $1,550,500 million

�        Personal Service reduction veto of $450,000 for Downstate Child Welfare

�        Personal Service reduction veto of $329,900 for Cook Child Welfare

�        Central Cook Region line item veto of $2 million

DOC

�        Reduction veto of $5,724,400 to eliminate Illinois Youth Center, Rushville

�        Reduction veto of $12,462,700 to eliminate Illinois Youth Center, Valley View

�        Elimination of $25 million lump sum that was earmarked to not privatize dietary/commissary duties

ISBE

�        Reduction veto of $1 million to Special Education Orphanage Tuition Line

�        Reduction veto of $471,300 for Special Education Private Tuition Line

�        Reduction veto of $6.2 million to Early Childhood Block Grant

�        Reduction veto of $651,000 to Early Intervention line

DHS

�        Reduction veto to eliminate 2% COLA for providers serving individuals with dd/mi

�        Reduction of funding of $442,600 for personal services at Elgin Mental Health Center

�        Reduction of funding of $17, 555, 700 for Zeller Mental Health Center

�        Reduction of funding of $823,100 for Community Based Addiction Treatment Services

�        Reductions in childcare appropriations of $3,341,400 and $1,578,000

PUBLIC HEALTH

�        Line item vetoes of $748,150 and $2,251,850 of AIDS prevention, outreach and treatment services for minority populations

�        Line item veto of $250,000 to eliminate the Hepatitis C Awareness Program in Cook County

The $5 million to the DCFS budget for partial restoration of Family Centered Services remained in the final budget.

Restoration of the Teen REACH Program remained in the budget

In all, the vetoes totaled $556, 957,200 from GRF.

With some minor changes (none of which impacted the lines above) the General Assembly voted late Tuesday to accept the budget.

CCAI will send all members a more detailed list of the cuts along with the voting record of all General Assembly members. We encourage all members to use this information as they meet with legislators and candidates at their sites over the next few months. It is unclear at this point how the cuts to the program lines of DCFS will be applied. We are meeting with the DCFS Director this week to obtain clarification. We will keep you posted. (MB)

DCFS TO HOST MEETINGS ON PERFORMANCE CONTRACT CHANGES

The Department has scheduled two meetings to discuss the changes to FY03 contracts and provide an opportunity for questions about any potential impact on your agency.  The meetings will focus on changes to both Cook and Downstate Performance Contracts, including an overview of the FY03 performance expectations and outcome measures to be included in the contract(s).  You need only attend one location, as the agenda will be the same.

Cook County Providers                                Downstate Providers

Wednesday, June 26^th                                 Friday, June 28^th      

1:00 � 2:30 pm                                              10:00 am � 12:00 pm

6201 S. Emerald                                           Illinois State Museum

Chicago, IL                                                    Corner of Spring and Edwards Streets

Auditorium in the lower level

Springfield, IL

Your attendance at both meetings is encouraged. 

The Department will also provide detailed information on how to access your local ITS provider, as well as clarification on what services are currently available to your agency due to the reorganization of ITS services in LANS. A meeting is scheduled to discuss the process with both foster care and ITS providers immediate following the Foster Care meetings outlined above. The times are as follows:                       

Cook County Providers                    Downstate Providers

Wednesday, June 26^th                     Friday, June 28^th      

3:00 pm � 5:00 pm                           1:00 pm � 3:00 pm

6201 S. Emerald                               Illinois State Museum

Program directors are also encouraged to attend the ITS meeting. A memo from DCFS dated June 12, and sent to all Executive Directors outlines the complete plan for use of ITS, use of wrap services for children and access instructions.   If you have any immediate questions, please contact Melissa Ludington at 312-814-6819 or Jeff Buhrmann at 217-557-0761 of DCFS. (MB)

FAMILY CENTERED SERVICES STEERING COMMITTEE

The Family Centered Services Steering Committee changed its originally scheduled meeting date from June 13^th to June 10^th to allow participation of Director McDonald.  Director McDonald noted that there were budget meetings with the legislature that day, but they were hopeful that the $5 million for Family Centered Services would remain in the budget and final action by the Governor and legislature did maintain the $5 million for FCS in the DCFS budget.  Director McDonald noted that the legislature who supported continuing the program wanted to see results of the program related to the deflection of children from the system, effectiveness in reunification, reduction of abuse and neglect and family preservation.  Those programs that continue beyond the July 1, 2002 must be able to demonstrate outcomes that clearly impact those areas required by the federal government. 

The Steering Committee did review various criteria to be used in determining how the money should be redistributed and if the LANs should be a part of the process.  Final decisions will need to occur within the next few weeks.  Criteria discussed included the ability of the LAN to develop capacity, geographic distribution based on a floor, need based on the number of individuals in placement, sustainability, effectiveness of LAN in working with DCFS and administrative compliance with reports.  It was also suggested that the DCFS use what information it does have from reports and previous review of applications for funding.  In addition as the FCS program moves forward with reduced funding are there resources available within DCFS to support an evaluation capacity to individual programs and what outcome criteria should agencies be using to demonstrate program effectiveness?  (JMS)

TRAINING GRANT REMINDERS

Agencies with Traditional/HMR performance contracts received Training Grants last year to improve the quality of the foster care workforce. DCFS has not budgeted such grants for next fiscal year. As a reminder, the grant was issued for a period of 2 years, from FY�01 through FY�02. This grant must be expended on training related activities by June 30, 2002. Funds not utilized will be subject to recovery by DCFS. (MB)

TEMPORARY INCREASE FOR MEDICAID FUNDING TO STATES

Various actions still continue in Congress around the proposal of a temporary increase for Medicaid funding to states in order to reduce the magnitude of further cuts to Medicaid, as well as other programs that serve vulnerable low-income populations.  This includes new legislation being introduced and efforts to include this funding in the Supplemental Appropriations bill to be considered by Congress in the next couple of weeks.

Sens. Susan Collins and Ben Nelson introduced S. 2110, a bill to provide temporary fiscal relief to state Medicaid programs.  Endorsed by the National Governors Association, this bill seeks to boost Medicaid funding by increasing federal payments and provide states with increased social services block grant for 18 months.  Under the proposal, the federal Medicaid matching payments to states � formally known as Federal Medical Assistance Percentage (FMAP) � would increase by 1%.  This would cost between $4.3 million and $5.3 billion. 

An earlier state fiscal relief bill was added to the Senate economic stimulus package, but this bill was pulled from consideration after failing to get sufficient votes to cut off debate.  Sen. Rockefeller�s bill, S. 2221 has not been acted upon.  CWLA is working to include this temporary fiscal relief package that is based on legislation offered by Senators Collins and Nelson.  The Supplemental Appropriations bill currently does not contain this provision.  We are awaiting Senate action on this proposal, and it is unclear at this point if this amendment will be offered.  The bipartisan package includes:

CWLA has also signed on with other national organizations and sent a letter to all Senators asking for their support of two bills (S. 2221 and S. 2570) that would provide a temporary increase in the federal Medicaid matching rate.   (JMS)

SACWIS/MEDICAID MEETING

With the implementation of Phase I for SACWIS related to intake and investigation effective May 20, 2002, POS representatives continued to pursue efforts to discuss the integration of Medicaid documentation and billing with the SACWIS system as part of the Phase II case management development.  Will the recent changes with spec foster care no longer considered as part of the Medicaid funding impact the continued need to integrate Medicaid documentation with SACWIS? A meeting was held on June 12, 2002 in Bloomington with POS representatives from the CWAC Medicaid Workgroup, the SACWIS Advisory Committee and DCFS to review the issues and identify potential options.   General agreement was reached on the options for inclusion of the Medicaid documentation in the SACWIS system especially as it relates to elimination of duplication of the case note function.  Sam Traylor would develop a draft of options discussed and circulate to everyone in attendance.

The issue was also raised as to how SACWIS would impact the residential piece of Medicaid, which accounted for the majority of the Medicaid program.  It was the understanding from the POS perspective that the residential programs would not be a part of SACWIS as indicated from DCFS during previous discussions.  It was recommended that access to SACWIS for the residential programs be revisited due to the fact that children would move from different levels of care and how would records be handled and maintained during the time a child would be transferred to a residential program from foster care services.  How much information would be maintained in the system for the residential program and how would the integrity of the information be insured for the POS if information were provided through DCFS worker.  The POS representatives agreed to convene a small group to address these issues and develop recommendations for DCFS.  (JMS) 

Starbucks Winner

Congratulations to Mary Hollie, CEO of Lawrence Hall Youth Services, for winning the CCAI Returned Badges Drawing.  Her name was drawn from a box filled with returned badges that were used at the June CCAI Membership Meeting.  Mary wins a $50 gift certificate Starbucks Coffee from 1^st Nonprofit. 

Downstate Performance Based Contract Meeting

The Downstate Performance Based Contract Meeting has been rescheduled for July 10th from 1:00 p.m. to 3:00 p.m. in the 2nd floor conference room at DCFS, 628 E. Adams, Springfield, IL.  The Providers meeting has been rescheduled for 10:30 a.m. at the CCA office on July 10th. (MB)

SACY TRAINING

SACY Legal Issues and Accountability (NEW)                       June 19

Illinois Criminal Sexual Assault Statute ∙ involvement of Youth ∙ Court Authorities ∙ confidentiality ∙ mandated reporting and Tarasoff issues.

Location: Catholic Charities of Chicago

St. Vincent Hall

721 N. LaSalle

Chicago

Time: 9:00 am till 4:00 pm

Lunch on your own

Topics tailored to meet the current role of individuals working with sexually abusive/ aggressive children and youth.

All training meets SACY standards and presented by certified trainers.

The curriculum meets the requirements for those agencies providing SACY services with the Illinois department of Children and family Services

Complete up to 54 hours of training in less than 5 months.

CEU credit offered.

Special session for Foster Parents.

COST:  $85.00 per person per session

For registration simply go to the CCA Training site www.cca-il.org/training/htm or call Sandy Armstrong at 217-528-4409.

First Nonprofit Mutual to Hold Drucker Collaboration Challenge Seminar in Minneapolis

Chicago, IL � On Thursday, June 27, 2002, First Nonprofit Mutual will hold a seminar in Minneapolis entitled Drucker Collaboration Challenge from 8:30 a.m. to 4:00 p.m. The presentation will be given by Gary J. Stern of Stern Consulting International.

This full-day, interactive program developed by the Drucker Foudnation, will teach the audience techniques on how to develop strategic alliances between nonprofit organizations and businesses. This workshop will help participants appreciate the assets that nonprofits bring to strategic alliances with businesses and clarify key elements for successful management. You�ll return to the office with a new change of perspective and confidence that your nonprofit can accomplish your mission.

Gary J. Stern is the president of Stern Consulting International. Stern has written Marketing Workbook for Nonprofit Organizations Volume I: Develop the Plan (Second Edition, 2001) which was adapted as the official marketing workbook of United Way of America. Most recently, he co-developed the Drucker Foundation�s Meeting the Collaboration Challenge Workbook, based on Dr. James Austin�s, The Collaboration Challenge: How Nonprofits and Businesses Succeed through Strategic Alliances.

For additional information about this seminar, contact Sue Alcantar at (312)627-1531.

First Nonprofit Mutual to Hold Corporate Can-dos Seminar in Chicago

Chicago, IL � On Thursday, June 20, 2002, First Nonprofit Mutual will hold a seminar in Chicago entitled Corporate Can-dos  from 9:00 a.m. to 12:00 Noon. The presentation will be given by Hugh Parry of Prevent Blindness America and Rick Garcia of Uproar Communications.

This seminar program will teach nonprofit organizations strategic planning techniques for resource development. How to discover new and innovative ways to tap resources from the small business market. Learn how organizations can bring the skills and disciplines associated with strategic planning to your fundraising programs. Participants will learn how to identify strengths and opportunities in annual fundraising campaigns.

Hugh Parry is president and CEO of Prevent Blindness America. Hugh�s career path has taken his work through the areas of organizational development, volunteer recruitment and training; governance; marketing and communications; fundraising; labor relations; field service and public policy. Mr. Parry holds advanced degrees in public administration and law.

Rick Garcia is vice president of Uproar Communications. Formerly the Director of Services of the Michigan Association of United Ways, Rick brings 16 years experience in the nonprofit and association industry, specializing in marketing, fundraising, facilitation, technology and planning.

For additional information about this seminar, contact Sue Alcantar at (312)627-1531.

CALENDAR

June 19          SACY Legal Issues & Accountability, 9 a.m. � 4 p.m. � Catholic Charities of Chicago, St. Vincent Hall, Chicago, IL

June 19          Juvenile Court Forum, 8^th Circuit, 11 a.m. � 1 p.m., Jury Assembly Room, Adams County Courthouse, 521 Vermont, Quincy, IL

June 20          Juvenile Court Forum, 18^th Circuit, 11:30 a.m. � 1:30 p.m., Multi-Purpose Room 104, DuPage County Courthouse, 505 N. County Farm Road, Wheaton, IL

June 21          Juvenile Court Forum, 10^th Circuit, 11 a.m. � 1 p.m., Jury Assembly Room 215, Peoria County Courthouse, 234 Main Street, Peoria, IL

June 27          Juvenile Court Forum, Cook County Circuit, 11 a.m. � 1 p.m., Cook County Juvenile Court, Auditorium, 2245 W. Ogden Avenue, Chicago, IL

June 28          Juvenile Court Forum, 1^st Circuit, 11:30 a.m. � 1:30 p.m., Kokopelli Golf Club Restaurant Meeting Room, Marion, IL

July 10            Downstate Performance Contract Meeting, 1:00pm - 3:00 p.m., 2nd floor conference room at DCFS, 628 E. Adams, Springfield, IL.