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LCPA’s are listed under the target population in the previous IV-B services standards for Foster/Adoptive/Kinship Caregiver TOT training. They are not listed under the target population for the same standard for the 2009-2011 contract period. Will LCPA’s be able to continue to participate in TOT trainings? |
LCPA’s are welcome to attend FAKT TOT although they do not appear in the target population. |
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Will FAKT Coordinators be expected to provide FAKT TOT trainings in conjunction with Pre-Service and In-Service Trainings or can contractors propose to only provide FAKT TOT trainings. Will LCPA’s continue to be served in these trainings? |
Providing FAKT TOT is a DCS Central Office function. |
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(FAKT TRAINING) “When appropriate and when available, introduction to foster parent supervised visitations should be included”. Is there a specific curriculum for this training since DCS approval is required? Would a specific DCS referral be required for this particular training other than the referral for FAKT training since foster parents who are already licensed would also likely be attending this? |
There is no Central Office curriculum. Please get DCS approval for curriculum used. Referrals are not required for in-service training. Please handle introduction to foster parent supervised visitations as any other in-service trainings. |
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Please define “Pre-service training is to be offered monthly.” Does this mean at least one NEW session has to be started each month or if a session is continuing, the classes being offered to complete that session can be counted? |
The requirement that pre-service training is offered monthly, is to ensure it is offered “on a regular, timely basis”. This does not require the initiation of a NEW session if continuing sessions are not yet completed and/or based on need. |
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Please clarify: Is the 6 hours of Permanency Training that is currently being offered separately to prospective foster families supposed to now be folded in to the current 20 hour pre-service curriculum? |
The 6 hours of permanency training is separate is not being combined. Please handle this the same as what was previously done |
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Please clarifiy: A referral from DCS is or is not required before an adult can participate in FAKT training. (Counties are currently making their own decisions on this.) |
Referrals are not required. |
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One of the FAKT outcome measures states that “100% of foster parents licensed will complete the required number of in-service hours annually.” FAKT providers do not monitor the families for on-going training hour compliance nor do they have any control over the licensed families. How can providers be held to this standard? |
An attendance record should be kept. Non compliance with annual in-service training requirements will be handled by licensing. |
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Please define the “mentoring process as developed by the FAKT Training Coordinator.” (pg 60) |
This is determined by each coordinator to ensure each trainer has the following qualities: training style, curriculum knowledge, adult learning/content, etc. |
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FAKT - Please clarify the accuracy of the following: FAKT Service Standard page 58: “Provision of foster/adoptive/kinship caregiver training (FAKT), which include 20 hours of pre-service training covering the competencies listed below: A. This will include permanency training for prospective foster, kinship, and adoptive parents.” In the past, Permanency training has been 6 hours of training, separate from and in addition to, the 20- hour pre-service training. Is it going to continue to be delivered as 26 hours of training for Sessions 1 – 12 or has there been a change? |
The 6 hours of permanency training is separate is not being combined. Please handle this the same as what was previously done. |
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FAKT - Under In-service Training: “Monthly in-service training will be provided for licensed DCS foster/kinship/adoptive families . . .” Is there a geographical area in which monthly in-service training must be offered, i.e. region, such as is specifically stated regarding pre-service? |
No, yet it is best practice to make available in-service training when/where needed. The FAKT Coordinator should work with their counties/regions to determine possible locations and rotations of training. |
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Please clarify the accuracy of the following: FAKT Service Standard page 59: “II Target Population 1. Prospective foster parent who have passed a criminal history check or current foster parent of DCS. (County receives the application, runs the State background check and sends results along with the FAKT training request to the agency that will doing the training . . .” See information from a letter from Celia Leaird: |
If your question is the FAKT Coordinator has no means of knowing if a potential foster parent has had a criminal history check if no referral is required from the local offices who have this information, the answer is yes, the FAKT Coordinator cannot be held accountable for the requirement in the service standard for the Target Population that requires a criminal history check prior to FAKT at this time. The standard will be changed to show that the criminal check does not need to be completed prior to FAKT. |
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Will contact information be provided to the contractor in reference to all individuals who should receive the news letter? |
It is assumed that the contractor is compiling their own contact listing through collateral contacts with local offices and ongoing inquiries for foster parenting. |
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May an LCPA who receives this contract provide their own FAKT trainings to their potential foster home if said trainings are kept separate from the required county FAKT trainings? |
Not sure of the question. The LCPA's are required to provide training to their Foster Parents. If the question is "can they use these funds to pay for the training of their foster parents" the answer is no. Now is it allowed to use good judgment and help each other out the answer is yes. The agreements need to be written and the Regional Managers must approve. |
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Under In-service Training it states that foster parents are required to obtain 10 hours of in-service training annually. Special needs providers are required to obtain 20 hours annually. Since some county DCS’ license special needs homes, can this difference be clarified for this section? |
This requirement is in both the DCS manual and Indiana Code and the DCS offices should have that information. The 20 hours for special needs providers will be added to the standard. |
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Often families are referred to service providers (Training Coordinators) to be registered for training upon initial contact with the DCS or IFCAA, prior to the completion of the criminal history checks. Will this still be allowed or will a new referral system be put into place so that only those passing the criminal checks will be registered for training? This could delay the family in fulfilling their training requirements |
This will still be allowed. |