Families With Service Needs (FWSN) Advisory Board

AGENDA

Monday, November 26, 2007

1:30 PM in Room 2B of the LOB

I. Remarks By Co-Chairs, Preston Britner And Martha Stone

II. Presentations On Girls’ Services

Tammy Sneed, Director of Girls’ Services, Department of Children and Families (DCF)

· Current Plans Regarding a Secure Girls’ Facility and Girls’ Parole Group Homes

· Status of Implementation of Beyer Plan and Girls’ Juvenile Justice Plan, Including Current Utilization of Community-Based Services for Paroled Children

Alyssa Benedict, Consultant for the Department of Children and Families

· Study Presentation: Touchstone, Stepping Stone and Natchaug

III. Evaluation Contract

Kimberly Sokoloff and Peter Kochol, Court Support Services Division (CSSD)

· Introduction of Evaluation Contractors

Kristen Winokur, Stephanie Bontrager and Melissa K. Smith, The Justice Research Center, Tallahassee, FL

· Overview of Evaluation Efforts

IV. Discussion Of Recommendations

1. Truancy Subcommittee Recommendations

2. Draft FWSN Advisory Board Recommendations

V. Date And Time Of FWSN Advisory Board Meetings

Monday, December 17, 2007, 1:30 p.m. in Room 2B

VI. Adjournment