SAFE BABIES COURT TEAM A Model of Collaboration

WHAT IS SAFE BABIES?

FAMILIES IN NEED Families with Infants and Toddlers In Foster Care CT B S Families with Infants and Toddlers in Need of Supportive Community Services Families with Infants and Toddlers at Risk of Entering Foster Care

• Concurrent planning SBCT OBJECTIVES • Evidence-based practices • Minimize placement changes GOAL: Achieve timely and nurturing permanent placement of infants and toddlers under the Court’s jurisdiction. • Access to mental health services • Access to early intervention services • Comprehensive and consistent healthcare • Post-permanency services and supports

Judge Healthcare Provider THE SAFE BABIES COURT TEAM Community Coordinator Famil y CPP Therapist Child(ren)’s Attorney Parents’ Attorneys CASA DHS

CORE COMPONENT #1 Judicial and Child Welfare Leadership Local leadership establishes and champions a vision of equity, respect, and well-being for infants and their families, leveraging support and influencing policy and practice for system transformation. VISION

CORE COMPONENT #2 Local Community Coordinator • The Community Coordinator plays a pivotal role in coordinating local services and resources and organizing the community stakeholder team focused on the big picture, on service gaps, disparities, and needed system reforms. ADVOCACY

CORE COMPONENT #3 Active Community Stakeholder Team We enlist the help of community champions to engage in collaborative work that transforms systems and creates opportunities for infants, toddlers, and their families. COLLABORATION

CORE COMPONENT #4 Meeting Parents Where They Are We practice and actively encourage empathy from everyone who interacts with our families, understanding that parents were once children too. EMPATHY

CORE COMPONENT #5 Concurrent Planning and Limiting Placements • We work closely with the Family Team to: • Prioritize relative placements • Minimize placement changes • Ensure placement fit INTENTION

BRIDGING CORE COMPONENT #6 Mentoring and Co. Parenting Between Parents and Resource Families We strive to facilitate natural relationships between parents and caregivers to nurture communication and coordinated caregiving for the benefit of the child.

INCLUSION CORE COMPONENT #7 Pre/Post-Removal and Monthly Family Team Meetings We embrace parents and relatives as partners and encourage them to have an equal voice in planning for their children.

CONNECTION CORE COMPONENT #8 FREQUENT, QUALITY FAMILY TIME We promote frequent, quality family time to maintain and strengthen attachments between babies and their parents.

WELL-BEING CORE COMPONENT #9 Continuum of Parenting Interventions, Mental Health, and Substance Use Prevention and Treatment Services • We ensure timely access to quality services and supports for both children and parents to promote wellbeing.

REFLECTION CORE COMPONENT #10 System Commitment to Continuous Learning and Improvement We engage in self-evaluation and continuous quality improvement to ensure program implementation follows the intention of our design and make adjustments as needed along the way.

SBCT IMPACT

Every 6 minutes in the U. S. , an infant or toddler is removed from their parents’ care due to abuse or neglect and sent to live in a new home. 17 U. S. Department of Health & Human Services AFCARS,

SBCT IMPACT: SAFETY & PLACEMENT MALTREATMENT RECURRENCE IN 12 -MONTH PERIOD TWO OR FEWER PLACEMENTS FOR CHILDREN IN CARE 12 -23 MONTHS Tulsa SBCT National Standard 0. 0% 0. 7% 9. 1% 83. 0% 79. 4% 66. 1% QIC-ITCT (2018). Keeping Children Safe: Maltreatment Recurrence

S BCT IM PACT: PERMANENCY REACHED WITHIN ONE YEAR AVERAGE LENGTH OF TIME IN FOSTER CARE All SBCT National Standard 83. 7% 40. 5% Tulsa SBCT Tulsa County 15 Months 20 Months Casaneuva, et al. (2018). Adverse Childhood Experiences, Family Risk Factors, and Child Permanency Outcomes of Very Young Children Involved in Safe Babies Court Team. TM Sites. Quality Improvement Center for Infant-Toddler Court Teams.

2019 ACCOMPLISHMENT S

2019 ACCOMPLISHMENT S American Institute for Research (AIR) completed the research and presented positive findings regarding the SBCT model.

Added 2 nd Docket Doubled Cases TULSA COUNTY SBCT 2021 SBCT Pilot Takes First Case Mar. 2018 Oct. 2018 All Traditional 0 -3 Cases July 2015 SBCT Pilot ends

Cases with a Child Age 3 and Under 7% 93% SBCT Training Lab C ASES EXPECTED TO BE IMPACTED BY THE SBCT APPROACH : 2020

CONTACT INFORMATION Sarah Beilke Tulsa Safe Babies Court Team Community Coordinator sbeilke@parentchildcenter. org (918)513 -2286 Elizabeth Fisher Executive Director Tulsa CASA Elizabeth. fisher@tulsacasa. org (918) 584 -2272