{"id":3190,"date":"2019-11-19T15:13:40","date_gmt":"2019-11-19T21:13:40","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/uwm.edu\/icfw\/?p=3190"},"modified":"2023-10-19T13:32:03","modified_gmt":"2023-10-19T18:32:03","slug":"family-first-prevention-services-act-explained","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/uwm.edu\/icfw\/family-first-prevention-services-act-explained\/","title":{"rendered":"Family First Prevention Services Act Explained"},"content":{"rendered":"

By Gabe McGaughey<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n

Child-parent separation is an adverse event that can contribute to negative lifelong health and well-being outcomes. Historically, federal, state, and local funding for child welfare has placed very few resources into preventing child removals, with funding for services that preserve or reunite children and families only accounting for about 8% of the roughly $8 billion in federal child welfare spending.[i]<\/sup><\/p>\n

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In Wisconsin, between 2010 and 2017 there was a 12.6% increase in the annual number of children removed from their caregivers and placed in foster care.[ii]<\/sup>\u00a0The Family First Prevention Services Act (FFPSA) presents a significant opportunity to prevent children from experiencing the trauma of being placed in foster care.\u00a0Currently, Wisconsin uses 4.5% of child welfare funds for child abuse prevention services.[iii]<\/sup>\u00a035% of Wisconsin\u2019s child welfare funding comes from federal sources, mostly Title IV-E (72%).[iv]<\/sup>\u00a0Wisconsin spends a smaller proportion of state\/local child welfare funds on preventative services, and a larger proportion on out-of-home placements when compared to the overall state average in the US.[v]<\/sup>\u00a0The FFPSA shifts federal funding from congregate care to evidence-based services to prevent children at imminent risk of entering foster care, designated as \u201ccandidates for foster care,\u201d[vi] [vii]<\/sup>\u00a0from being separated from their family.<\/p>\n

Funding provisions related to the Act are available starting in October 2019, after states submit their initial state plan.\u00a0Wisconsin opted to defer implementation of FFPSA for two years; 17 states have also deferred implementation.[viii]<\/sup><\/p>\n

The FFPSA is tied inextricably to the child welfare system; the purpose of FFPSA is to prevent the entry of children into the foster care system, and children cannot be deemed a candidate for foster care without child welfare involvement and creation of a family-specific prevention plan. Accordingly, the prevention services funded by the FFPSA is early intervention for families. The early intervention model, and the funding to support it, represents a significant shift from the traditional mindset related to the child welfare system and provision of evidence-based services.<\/p>\n

FFPSA provides an opportunity to bring together mental and behavioral health providers, child welfare systems, child abuse prevention efforts, and substance abuse treatment providers to collaborate to meet the needs of families often served by several of those systems. While the FFPSA requires a systemic shift that will take years beyond the initial implementation date to realize, it represents the most significant opportunity in years to revisit how we serve families differently across systems to prevent children from entering foster care while also advancing proven practices.<\/p>\n

ICFW issue brief on Family First Prevention Services Act to be released soon.<\/em><\/p>\n

Learn More:<\/span><\/strong><\/h3>\n

IV-E Prevention Services Clearinghouse<\/a>
\nPCIT International<\/a>
\nTF-CBT<\/a><\/p>\n

Sources:<\/strong><\/h3>\n
[i]<\/sup>\u00a0Stoltzfus, E. (2014). Child welfare: An overview of federal programs and their current funding. Washington, DC: Congressional Research Service.
\n[ii]<\/sup>\u00a0Wisconsin Out-of-Home Care Reports, 2010-2017, retrieved from https:\/\/dcf.wisconsin.gov\/reports
\n[iii]<\/sup>\u00a0Rosinsky, K., & Williams, S., (2018). Child welfare financing SFY 2016: A survey of federal, state, and local expenditures. Retrieved September 12, 2019 from: https:\/\/www.childtrends.org\/research\/research-by-topic\/child-welfare-financing-survey-sfy-2016
\n[iv]<\/sup>\u00a0Rosinsky, K., & Williams, S., (2018). Child welfare financing SFY 2016: A survey of federal, state, and local expenditures. Retrieved September 12, 2019 from: https:\/\/www.childtrends.org\/research\/research-by-topic\/child-welfare-financing-survey-sfy-2016
\n[v]<\/sup>\u00a0Rosinsky, K., & Williams, S., (2018). Child welfare financing SFY 2016: A survey of federal, state, and local expenditures. Retrieved September 12, 2019 from: https:\/\/www.childtrends.org\/research\/research-by-topic\/child-welfare-financing-survey-sfy-2016
\n[vi]<\/sup>\u00a0Kelly, J. (2018). A Complete Guide to the Family First Prevention Services Act. Retrieved from https:\/\/chronicleofsocialchange.org\/finance-reform\/chronicles-complete-guide-family-first-prevention-services-act\/30043
\n[vii]<\/sup>\u00a0Family First Prevention Services Act, Bipartisan Budget Act of 2018, H.R. 1892, 115th Cong., Title VII (2018).
\n[viii]<\/sup>\u00a0Kelly, J. (2019). At Least 17 States Have Requested Delay of Family First Act Since November. Retrieved from https:\/\/chronicleofsocialchange.org\/child-welfare-2\/seventeen-states-have-requested-delay-family-first-<\/h6>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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