Pre-Service Workshop: Treatment Foster Care

DHHS UFACET and Levels of Care

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Where our youth come from

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• CFS - Division of Child and Family Services DCFS Referral
• Caseworker is the Guardian
• Child is usually referred because of family issues
• JJYS - Juvenile Justice and Youth Services JJYS Referral
• Caseworker is the Guardian
• Child is referred because of their actions/charges
• Can have a probation officer involved
• Private Placements/Post Adoption Private/Post Adopt Referral
• Parent is the Guardian
• Post Adoption referral may come from DCFS
• Usually shorter term placements
• CCS - Catholic Community Services CCS Referral
• Caseworker is the Guardian
• URM - Unaccompanied Refugee Minor, no parental involvement
• Usually longer term placements
• Youth generally have less restrictions
• UFS - Ute Family Services UFS Referral
• Caseworker is the Guardian
• Generally placed in the Basin area

Client Eligibility

UYV is a Level 4 treatment foster care program. TFPs are trained to safely manage youth with moderate behavioral and/or mental health needs.

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Youth posing a reported immediate danger to self or others would not be appropriate for the program.

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Youth with recent fire starting behaviors would not be appropriate for the program.

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Youth with a history of untreated violence are not appropriate for the UYV program.

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Youth whose primary diagnosis is a substance use/abuse disorder will need treatment for that disorder prior to placement in a UYV foster home.

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Youth with sexual reactivity and/or offense behaviors would be staffed and safety planned around before being accepted, if at the time UYV had an appropriate placement.

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DHHS Levels of Care

The purpose of Level 4 foster care is to provide treatment for the youth and prepare the youth for permanency.

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The objective is to provide as little disruption as possible by providing treatment at the least restrictive level of care.

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With this in mind, an agency may not accept youth to its program whose needs/issues exceed the agency’s scope of care.

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But how do we know what the least restrictive level of care is?

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• The referring DHHS agency makes the level of care determination with the assistance of an assessment called UFACET.

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UFACET

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• The UFACET stands for Utah Family and Children Engagement Tool.
• It is an evidenced based decision making tool for treatment and
• permanency planning.
• This tool is designed to help families succeed, thrive and reduce the need for future DHHS services; to strengthen the family, maximize the family’s ability to protect and care for its children.
• This tool assesses risks and protective factors regarding:
• family functioning, access to supports, ability to communicate and problem solve
• living environment, ability to meet needs
• caregiver strengths and needs
• child’s individual functioning (developments, social, behavioral, emotional)
• Once needs and strengths are identified, the treatment is created which includes the permanency goal, visitation plan, and services to be provided.
• The UFACET should be updated whenever there is a significant change in the family.

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Levels of Care

• Each level of care requires different contractual obligations/requirements for safety and treatment effectiveness such as how many youth of each level are allowed in the same home. Treatment Foster Care allows for up to 3 youth unless they are siblings.

Levels of Care

REFERRAL CODES

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PC1 - basic level (DCFS only)

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PC2 - specialized level (DCFS only)

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YIB/DIB - 1 youth in the home - JJYS/DCFS

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YPB/DPB* - up to 3 youth in the home - JJYS/DCFS

*First year foster parents can have only 1 youth in the home regardless of level of care.