Screening
Criteria Checklist for Eligibility
Tool to screen referrals within one week of received
This analysis is comprehensive, addressing multiple factors in each of the 3 categories
Programmatic
2. Demographic
3. Social and compares these factors between those who accept and those who decline during the same time period.
The screening tool for the one-step process and identifies families that are eligible for services
Eligibility is determined by 1) participant age, the participant must be 13 to 24 years of age (some exceptions for fewer than 13 yrs. old), 2) Must be expecting or first-time mother, and 3) must reside in the geographical area of services.
Once the referral is received, the FSSC will make the initial contact with the participant. The FSSC will ask a series of questions to determine if the participant is eligible for services. The FSSC will schedule a home visit and bring the appointed FSS to the home visit to introduce the FSS to the participant. The FSS will schedule the first official home visit with the participant and complete the intake on the first visit and the assessment on the second visit.
Parent Survey is administered in
The 2nd home visit within 30 days of the 1st home visit.
When a participant is missing for 3 weeks or 30 days
It is called creative outreach
HFA screening tool
Tool to screen referrals within one week of receipt
Unidos Formando Un Futuro, staff members from the program inform the referral that the services provided are:
The services are voluntary and free of charge
Unidos Formando Un Futuro uses the Parent Survey for the two-step process.
Screening result is documented and monitored in the Referral Tracking Log by the FSSC on a monthly basis.
The score for the parent survey is
Families with a positive score of 25 or higher on the Parent Survey are eligible for intensive home visiting services
Families on creative outreach and continues creative outreach for at least three months,
Families on creative outreach and continues creative outreach for at least three months,
The Parent Survey
is conducted within two weeks of a positive screen
Name 3 or more services UFUF provides
Support groups
Screen and Assessment results are documented
in the participant level data system at the end of each month and transferred to the HFA Standard 1 Spreadsheet monthly and monitored by the Program Director quarterly.
The FSS assesses and documents according with the outline expectation in the Parent Survey for creative Outreach training and records scores
The program has a written policy that states that every family entering the program needs to have a score of 25 pts and no more than 40 pts in order to qualify
Unidos Formando Un Futuro utilizes the Retention Rate Analysis Table
Teen moms that refuse services are mostly in level one
Participants live in unstable homes
Reviewing assessments, most participants with scores of 25 pts were teen mothers who have dropped out of high school and 19 years old
Referrals to Outcomes Spreadsheet
The referrals, screening and Parent Survey outcomes are tracked
Creative outreach means
when a participant is pretty much put on hold due to unable to contact and trying to engage.
The Parent Survey is scored according to
Guidelines outlined in the Parent Survey for Community Outreach training manual.
FSS informs the family that the program services Unidos Formando Un Futuro offers are solely
Voluntary, confidential, and free of charge
Unidos Formando Un Futuro completes the HFA Retention Worksheet
On a yearly basis and discusses the results with the advisory committee.
Two-step process; utilizing the screening tool HFA
Screening result is documented and monitored in the Referral-Tracking Log by supervisor on a monthly basis.
Screen and Assessment results are documented in the participant level data system at the end of each month and transferred to the HFA Standard 1 Spreadsheet monthly and monitored by the Program Director quarterly.
The goal of the program Unidos Formando Un Futuro is to
ensure that ninety-five percent (95%) to one hundred percent (100%) of the first home visits occur prenatally or within the first three months after the birth of the baby.
The outline of the assessment is as followed:
Childhood History,
Substance Abuse,
Mental Illness,
Criminal history,
previous or current CPS Involvement,
Self-Esteem,
Available Life-lines(possible Depression),
Coping Skills,
Stressors/Concerns,
Potential for violence,
expectations of Infants’ Milestone/Behavior, Discipline of Infant /toddlers/Child,
Perception of new infant, and Bonding/Attachment Issue.
A Parent survey is conducted how many times a year
Twice a year
Once a participant is on creative outreach how long are they on for.
3 months