The Department of Children and Families is convening a Peer Review Team to investigate the problems in Miami. I don’t know if it’s a public meeting, but it should be. See email below for details.
| From: Mike Carroll <Mike_Carroll@info.dcf.state.fl.us> Date: 04/25/2017 10:30 AM (GMT-05:00) To: “Ferradaz, Gilda” <Gilda.Ferradaz@myflfamilies.com> Subject: Miami Peer Review Launch Meeting (5/1/17: Miami, Florida) The Department of Children and Families will convene a peer review team to conduct an assessment of current operations and to develop recommendations to improve the relationships of stakeholders within the Miami-Dade child welfare system of care, strengthen behavioral health services for teens, and to clarify information-sharing. The commencement of the Miami Peer Review Team will take place on Monday, May 1, 2017 (9am) at 401 NW 2 Ave, Suite North-1011/Visionary Room, Miami, FL 33128, and you are invited to attend. The team will facilitate multiple discussions with individuals and groups involved in the local child welfare system to engage various community stakeholders. The team’s work will build upon prior work completed in the region, including the Child Welfare and Behavioral Health Integration Self-Study and Peer Review, Southern Region Miami-Dade and Monroe Counties’ Child Welfare System of Care Peer Consultation Team Summary [found here], and relevant CIRRT reports [eventually will be found here]. The team, led by Lee Kaywork, CEO of Family Support Services of North Florida, consists of DCF leadership and external stakeholders. Team members include:
If you have any questions or need more details regarding the meeting, please contact Gilda P. Ferradaz at 786-257-5059 or Gilda.Ferradaz@MyFLFamilies.com. We hope you will be able to join us for this important meeting to help ensure that the state and community are working together to meet the needs of Florida’s children and families. Sincerely, Mike Carroll |
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