Agenda Welcome 20132014 Data Program Updates Contracted Community Agencies Check and Connect Model Human Trafficking Sexually Exploited Youth Mandated Reporting Truancy Educational NeglectChild Protection ID: 731894
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2013-2014 School TrainingSlide2
AgendaWelcome 2013-2014 DataProgram UpdatesContracted Community Agencies
Check and Connect Model
Human Trafficking:
Sexually Exploited Youth Mandated ReportingTruancyEducational Neglect/Child Protection
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be@school Mission Statement www.be-at-school.org be@school Line: 612-348-6041
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The
be@school mission is to increase school attendance and improve community connections across Hennepin County through a collaborative early intervention providing education and support services to school-age youth and their families.Slide4
2013-2014 School Year Recap
The Data for 2012-2013 School Year
12,095 Referrals
A 26% increase in referrals from the 2011-2012 school year
8.2%
resulted in
Child Protection
investigations
1.9 % of all students were petitioned
to court
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2013-2014 School Year Recap
The Data for 2012-2013 School Year
School Districts: Superintendents emailed
district report
card
Average Unexcused Days at
First
Referral
12.33 Unexcused Days
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In a Nutshell Multi- colored table Schools yellow
be@school
program
blueChild Protection & Courts purple
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In a Nutshell Days align with the Child Protection reportingPGM 6 unexcused daysSTAR 9 unexcused daysChild Protection/Truancy Report – 15 unexcused Days Report will be investigated
by CP
Updated Child Protection /Truancy Report- 22 Days
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Online PGM
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be@school
Online
PGM
Pilot last school year
Almost 1000 families viewed
Updated this summer
Will be Available in
English
Hmong
Somali
SpanishSlide9
The STAR ProcessStudent Team Attendance Review (STAR)Families have a deadline to reach contracted agency New
Agency name and phone provided in letter
New
Date of meeting is determined with the family NewScheduled by the contracted agency New
94% of STAR participants had zero unexcused absences after 30 days and nearly 70% after 60 days.
– U of M Evaluation results
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The STAR ProcessSTAR Hearing: Track II This intervention started last school year
Ages
12 - 15 years of age
Previous school year(s) be@school interventionsAgency assigned
Juvenile Justice Center location: Scheduled meetingAttorney facilitation
94% of STAR participants had zero unexcused absences after 30 days and nearly 70% after 60 days.
– U of M Evaluation results
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Contracted Community AgenciesSpring of 2013Three Request For Proposals (RFP) Focuses
Education Neglect
Truancy
Truancy Court 9/24/2013
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Contracted Community Agencies29 proposals submitted 3 review committees formedRepresentatives from SchoolsChild Protection
Truancy
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Request for Proposals (RFP)Resulting in: 1.5 million dollars worth of contracts awarded 11 agenciesServing all of Hennepin
County
611
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Contracted Community AgenciesShort Intervention 90 days
Communication with Schools
Referrals for other services
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Contracted Community AgenciesWhat does “Contact Family” mean? 3 Phone calls
Attempted Home
visit
Contact with school:possible updated contact information
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The be@school Program Relies on school provided family contact informationContracts with community agencies to contact reported families and offer voluntary servicesDoes not have an independent way to locate families
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Contracted Community Agencies: Truancy Court The Link Attend court with student & family
Assist student with court orders
Prepare court reports
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Questions?
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Every Day. On Time.Slide19
Check & Connect Presented by Colleen M. Kaibel
612-618-5068
kaibe001@umn.eduSlide20
Minnesota History 1885 State Legislature passed a law requiring every parent or guardian of a child between 8-18 to send their child to a public or private school 12 weeks a year. Disobeying the law was a misdemeanor.Slide21
Minnesota History 1899 State Legislature authorized school boards in large cities and villages to appoint truant officers with power to arrest truants, take them to school, and file complaints against their parents or guardians.Slide22
Why Don't Students Go to School?Can't-something prevents them from going to school.
Won't-
avoiding
something at school or on the way to/from school.Don't-decide they would rather be elsewhere.Slide23
What Students Say:Problems getting along with teachersGetting suspended or expelledUnfair discipline policies
Bad grades
Not liking school
Peers dropping outInability to get into desired programsNeed to support family by working or providing day care to younger siblings (Kortering &
Konold, 2003)Slide24
Reasons for Leaving SchoolClasses were not interesting 47%Missed too many days and felt they 43% could not catch up
Spent time with people who 42%
were not interested in school
Started high school poorly prepared 45% by their earlier schooling yearsIn hindsight, most expressed remorse for dropping out and if given the opportunity to relive the experience would persist in school.
(The Silent Epidemic: Perspective of High School Dropouts, 2006)Slide25
TruancyIn 2003, Egger et al reported that among children with truancy, as many as 88% had a psychiatric disorder. Children with a history of pure truancy had high rates of oppositional defiant disorder, depression, and conduct disorder.Slide26
Obstacles to SuccessHealth and Well-beingConfidenceMotivationFamily Involvement
School Climate and Policies
Rapid Response, Evidence -based Interventions.Slide27
What is Check & Connect?Check & Connect is a model of sustained intervention used to enhance and maintain students’ engagement with school. Slide28
Four Themes from Student Interviews on Attendance ImpactSchool ClimateAcademic EnvironmentFair DisciplineRelationships with School StaffSlide29
What is Check & Connect?Check & Connect is a model of sustained intervention used to enhance and maintain students’ engagement with school. Slide30
Check & Connect ModelStudent’s engagement with school is a process
(Finn)
Need to build on protective factors, by promoting (Masten)resiliency thru mentoring-type approach (Masten)competency thru cognitive-behavioral approach (Bloomquist
, Walker, Sugai, Horner, Gresham, Lewis)home-school collaboration thru family-centered approach (Christenson)Problem solving steps, based on a cognitive-behavioral approach.Slide31
Check & Connect ModelKey FeaturesStrength basedPersonalized and Flexible interventions
Teaches students to be self-managers
Parental/Family Involvement
School & Community PartnershipSlide32
Check & Connect ModelKey ElementsRelationship Building – mutual trust and open communication, nurtured through long-term commitment focused on students educational success. Routine Monitoring of Alterable Indicators
– systematic check of warning signs of withdrawal (attendance, grades, suspensions) using data readily available to school personnel.Slide33
Check & Connect ModelKey ElementsIndividualized and Timely Intervention – support that is tailored to individual student needs, based on level of engagement with school , associated influences of home and school, and the leveraging of local resources
Long-term Commitment
– committing to students and families for at least 2 years, including the ability to follow mobile youth from school to school.Slide34
Check & Connect ModelKey ElementsPersistence Plus – persistent source of academic motivation, continuity of familiarity with youth and family, and consistency in the message that “education is important for your future”.Affiliation with School and Learning - facilitate student’s access to and active participation in school-related activities and events.
Problem-solving and capacity building
– promote the acquisition of skills to resolve conflicts constructively and to look for solutions - avoid the tendency to place blame and diminish potential to create dependencySlide35
Check & Connect ModelProtective and Risk Factors: FamiliesProtective RiskAcademic support Low educational expectationsMotivational support Mobility
Parental involvement Permissive parenting stylesSlide36
Check & Connect ModelProtective and Risk Factors: SchoolsProtective Risk
Committed, caring staff Weak adult authority
Orderly school environment Lost in large environment
Fair discipline policies Low expectations High truancy Few caring relationshipsSlide37
Check & ConnectBuilding RelationshipsSuccessful Mentors….Commit to a long-term relationship
Prioritize relationship over outcomes
Promote strength-based development
Have a framework for guidanceHave strong relational skillsSlide38
Focus on SuccessConcentrate on what you can change.Be persistent in your message.Pre-teach, teach, and re-teach.Recognize all accomplishments, set goals, plan next steps.
Be authentic in your relationship.Slide39
Build ResiliencyGoal SettingAcademic ConfidenceStrong Connection with OthersStress Management
Balanced Sense of Well-being
Intrinsic MotivationSlide40
Promote CAT SkillsConnect: Healthy relationships, connected How student relates to others, teamwork, communication, respect and shows empathy.Achieve: Preparing for success in life. Goal focus, creative – new ideas, organization skills, critical thinking skills.Thrive: Physical and mentally healthy
Self-advocacy, how student relates to self, takes responsibility, acknowledges strengths and challenges.Slide41
What is MPS Check & Connect?Only district-wide MPS intervention aimed specifically at dropout prevention and 1 of only 11 models approved by the USDE What Works Clearinghouse
Assumes
Student Engagement
is a key feature/predictor of high school completion (see Sinclair, 2008)Identifies alterable indicators of student disengagement (course fails, attendance) early (generally by MS years if possible)
Individualized long-term case-management approach that works with student, school and family to continuously monitor indicators throughout high schoolAttempts to build students’ academic and social/problem-solving competenciesSlide42
Class of 2010 Group StatisticsSlide43
Summary and ConclusionsCheck & Connect appears to be a highly cost-effective program. For every cohort observed under every computational graduation rate formula, costs were found to be significantly lower than benefits.For each of three different graduation rate computational formulas Check & Connect was found to significantly improve graduation rates and prevented dropouts.
The state of Minnesota and taxpayers overall benefit anywhere from $6 to $18 for every dollar invested in Check & Connect. The social economic benefit of every dollar spent on Check & Connect ranges from $28 to $83.Slide44
Summary and ConclusionsMust be careful how to operationally define program success Trend toward holding schools accountable for four-year rates only. However, economic benefits are not limited to just students who can graduate ‘on-time’ (Rouse, 2007).Paradoxical effect found if study outcomes were defined by attendance or graduation-readiness indicators.
Limitations
Grade 8 course fails
Always possible that certain program costs were not properly assessedThe need for replication
Did not consider results by gender (may not impact program effects but is stratified in terms of benefits)Slide45
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Every Day. On Time.Slide46
HUMAN TraffickingJamie CorkAssistant Hennepin County AttorneySlide47
VICTIMSSlide48
Sex Trafficking the Problem Conservative estimate 100,000 children are exploited each year for prostitution in the USAverage age girls trafficked for sex are first victimized is 11-14FBI has identified Minnesota as one of the top 13 U.S. states where children are exploited through prostitutionSlide49
Schapiro Group StudyStudy from February to November 2010 showed adolescent girls sold in Minnesota online and through escort services increased by 166%www.backpage.comStudies have proven that children are being sexually exploited in every county in MinnesotaSlide50
Schapiro Group Study continuedResults from the study showed that on any given weekend night in Minnesota 45 girls under age 18 are commercially sexually exploited via internet classified websites and escort servicesSlide51
Extent of the Problem ComparisonMore adolescent girls are prostituted in one month in Minnesota (213) than there areTeen girls who died by suicide, homicide and accidents in one year (29)Women who died from complications due to AIDS in one year (11)Female infant who died from SIDS in one year (6)Women of all aged murdered in one year (37)Slide52
Swedish Prostitution LawIn 1999 Sweden enacted a law which makes it legal to sell sex but illegal to buy sex.The premise behind this move was that the prostitutes themselves are victims in all situations and should never be criminalized.Additionally addressing the demand side of the problem automatically decreases the supply side.Sweden is reporting a 40% decrease in prostitution and claim that recruiting is non-existent.There are criticisms to this model stating that it forces everything underground and has made it more violent for the prostitutes. However overall there are positive reports.Slide53
NO ONE IS SOMEONE’S PROPERTYSlide54
Federal Law – Trafficking Victims Protection Act of 2000“The recruitment, harboring, transportation, provision or obtaining of a person for the purpose of a commercial sex act in which the commercial sex act is induced by force, fraud or coercion, or in which the person induced to perform such an act is under 18 years of age”. Most recently amended in 2008, 2011 amendment still pending in Congress. Slide55
What is being done in MinnesotaWoman’s Foundation CampaignMinnesota Girls are Not For Sale A Future not a Past5 year, $4 million campaign to end the sex trafficking of girls in Minnesota.Grant making, research, public education, convening and evaluationGoals: Redefine commercially sexually exploited girls as victims of a crime, Decrease the demand and Educate and mobilize public supportSlide56
TaskforcesStatewide Human Trafficking TaskforceGerald Vick Human Trafficking TaskforceSeveral collaborations between government and non-government agenciesSlide57
Minnesota State Statute Changes to Move Toward a Victim Based ResponsePassed by Minnesota Legislature and signed by Governor Dayton in July, 2011, the Safe Harbor bill decriminalizes juveniles who have been commercially sexually exploited. Child protection statute expanded to include sexually exploited youth effective August 1, 2011Child victims (under the age of 18) cannot be charged with prostitution charges effective August 1, 2014. Full implementation pending 2014. Slide58
260C.007, Subd. 6 (17)Effective August 1, 2011 the statute defining a child in need of protection or services changed to include “sexually exploited youth”While juvenile prostitution has been in the child protection statute for several years it was rarely used and was more limited in definition than “sexually exploited youth”Slide59
No Wrong Door ModelThe idea behind the No Wrong Door model is that there is no wrong door for a victim to come into the system. No matter where the victim enters the system there is help available.To enact this model the Minnesota Legislature has allocated funds for: * A Statewide Human Trafficking Director * 6 Regional Navigators * Training
for many different
disciplines including law enforcement
and prosecutors * Housing.Slide60
Why Child Protection?Slide61
What happens when a report is made to Child Protection?Child Protection intake will determine if the information rises to the level of a child protection assessment and if so what type of assessment. If the information does not constitute a report for assessment, the reporter will be told/notified that the report has or will be Ruled Out.Slide62
Two types of Assessments for accepted reportsInvestigative Response (complete investigation with possible maltreatment determination, services and/or court involvement)(39% statewide)Family Assessment (no maltreatment determination, services offered but not required)(61% statewide)Slide63
Hennepin County Working Definition of Sexually Exploited YouthA sexually exploited youth is one who has received drugs, food, shelter, protection, other basics of life and/or money in exchange for sex or sexual acts. A sexually exploited youth also includes youth that are used in sexually explicit photography (including photos on cell phones), pornography or sexually explicit websites. Slide64
Mandatory Report of Sexually Exploited YouthMinn. Statute 626.556, subd. 2 (d) defines Sex Abuse in significant part as follows: (d) Sexual abuse also includes any act which involves a minor which constitutes a violation of prostitution offenses under sections 609.321 to 609.324 or
617.246
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Therefore all mandated reporters must report sexually exploited youth to child protection.Slide65
Child Protection Report of Sexually Exploited YouthSo if it is a mandated report why aren’t county agencies investigating sexual exploitation reports?Minn. Stat. 626.556, Subd. 3e states that the local welfare agency is the agency responsible for investigating allegations of sexual abuse if the alleged offender is the parent, guardian, sibling, or an individual functioning within the family unit as a person responsible for the child's care, or a person with a significant relationship to the child if that person resides in the child's household.Slide66
“Jacob’s Law” 626.556, subd. 10a(c)If a child is the victim of an alleged crime under paragraph (a) (which is neglect, physical abuse or sexual abuse by a person who is not a parent, guardian, sibling, person responsible for the child's care functioning within the family unit, or a person who lives in the child's household), the law enforcement agency shall immediately notify the local welfare agency, which shall offer appropriate social services for the purpose of safeguarding and enhancing the welfare of the abused or neglected minor."Slide67
What Hennepin County is doing in the Child Protection ArenaChild protection screeners are taking the sexual exploitation reportsScreeners determine if the facts fall under regular maltreatment report if yes then it goes to a child protection investigatorIf no then it goes to a triage team that reviews the facts and determines if the case should go to child welfare for voluntary services, if a court petition should be filed through child welfare or if it should just be referred to law enforcement with no further intervention at this time. If only sent to law enforcement then a letter is sent to the family pursuant to “Jacob’s Law” that offers services.Slide68
Who are the victims?Slide69
CasesVictims come from a variety of locationsCovers girls of all ages, races and socio-economic classesMany times victims have a history of physical and sexual abuse, TBI (traumatic brain injury), developmental delays, FASD, mental illness and chemical addictions Slide70
In re B.H.15 year old, Caucasian, female, suburbanDevelopmentally delayedMultiple absenting from home citationsTruancyPolice began seeing her in vehicles with men at the age of 11Victim of multiple pimpsWas brought to the attention of child protection when busted on a sting from Backpage.comSlide71
In re BR17 year old, Native American, female, suburbanPrior child protection history-no longer in mother’s custodyMultiple incidents of absentingTruancyTaken over state lines found in IndianaFacebook pictures indicate traffickingBrought to attention of police during a routine traffic stop in IndianaSlide72
In re AB16 year old, African American, female, urbanDevelopmentally delayedMultiple incidents of absenting from homeHistory of child protection-no longer in parent’s care-reports abuse in grandmother’s homeTruancyMultiple violent pimpsBrought to attention of child protection through law enforcement investigationSlide73
How can you get involvedBe aware of the problemUnderstand the nature of the abuseReport to child protection if you think a child is being exploitedContact your legislator to support laws and funding that assist these victimsJoin a taskforce or volunteer to helpSlide74
GET THE MESSAGE OUTSlide75
Final noteSlide76
Contact InformationJamie L. CorkAssistant Hennepin County AttorneyJamie.cork@co.hennepin.mn.us612-348-9248Slide77
Educational Neglect Child ProtectionTerri PowellSupervisor, Investigations612-348-4200
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Truancy
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