About
FMHI Technical Assistance

The Florida Community-Based Care Partnership Project staff will share resources and expertise that will promote and facilitate community ownership related to child welfare services and Community-Based Care (CBC). This project assists the Department of Children and Families (DCF) and local communities with outsourcing foster care and related services. Tasks include: 

• Developing and maintaining a Web-based information and technical assistance site for use by Florida providers and DCF staff.
• Providing on-site technical assistance to DCF employees, lead agencies, and other key stakeholders in the areas of local capacity building for transition to community-based care and the development of Quality Assurance (QA) and Quality Improvement (QI) mechanisms.
• Working with the DCF's Office of Provider Relations to establish procedures to track and respond to technical assistance requests.
• Preparing Districts/Regions and Community-Based Care agencies for a Peer Review for Readiness Assessment using approved training curriculum and materials.
• Coordinating Quality Assurance Peer Review Team site visits for all Community-Based Care projects as required by statute.
• Completing and submitting Peer Review Team Reports, in which an assessment of strengths and needs are identified, and recommendations for activities necessary to be completed by the district and CBC agency are identified prior to certification of readiness.
• Researching, developing and deploying a DCF approved Viability Assessment process and procedure.
• Coordinating and providing support for the DCF’s Progressive Intervention to include development of progressive intervention strategies and provide department-approved training to Team members.

TA/Partnership staff may also be contacted via email or phone
TA/Partnership Director: Don Policella Phone: 813-974-8531

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