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An Improvement Plan for Child Welfare Services
OKDHS settled a class action, civil rights lawsuit against its foster care system by agreeing to make improvements in targeted areas of the state’s Child Welfare system. As part of this settlement agreement OKDHS is developing an improvement plan, called the Oklahoma Pinnacle Plan, which will guide the agency in the years ahead as it works to make improvements in the way it cares for children in foster care.
First Draft - The Oklahoma Pinnacle Plan (.pdf, 84 pp, 4.5 MB) Draft Pinnacle Plan - Revised May 1, 2012 (.pdf, 39 pp, 1.2 MB) Updates May 1, 2012 March 5, 2012 March 12, 2012 March 19, 2012 >> View past updates Communications Child Welfare Communications Plan (.pdf, 13 pp, 225 KB)
First Draft - The Oklahoma Pinnacle Plan (.pdf, 84 pp, 4.5 MB)
Draft Pinnacle Plan - Revised May 1, 2012 (.pdf, 39 pp, 1.2 MB)
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Communications
Improvement Plan for OKDHS Child Welfare Services Topic of April Lecture Series -- The state’s plan to improve child welfare services will be presented in April as part of...
This video documents the summits held in February 2012 with OKDHS child welfare staff. The summits were held to solicit recommendations for the child welfare improvement plan.
Deborah G. Smith, Director of the OKDHS Children and Family Services Division, will be giving a lecture about OKDHS’s efforts to make improvements... Find out more information
As part of the settlement agreement, three out-of-state child welfare experts were named to oversee the development of the child welfare improvement plan and its implementation. These experts are called “co-neutrals”. Select their names below to read more about them.
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