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The Division
of Children and Family Services (DCFS) formed an Advisory Board
to advise DCFS on our policies, management, planning, use of
resources, and service delivery. The DCFS Advisory Board will:
- Reflect
the interest of the citizens of the State of Arkansas,
especially Arkansas children and their families
- Reflect
the demographics of the State of Arkansas (i.e. Will reflect
the geographic, racial, and cultural diversity of the state)
- Ensure
the organization’s policies and performance uphold the
public interest
- Include
consumers of DCFS services, and
- Serve
as the link between DCFS and the public (i.e., will serve as
a source of information and communication both ways).
DCFS will
present to the Board:
-
Policies, either proposed or contemplated, and other policy
issues pending;
-
Demographics and statistics on children and families
receiving services;
- Data on
outcomes of service
- CQI
Committee reports, Risk Management reports, QA reports and
other reports issued by or about DCFS;
- Plans
and status reports on implementation of plans;
-
Budgets;
-
Information on allocation of staff and workloads;
-
Information on services purchased; and
- Other
issues or concerns on which DCFS desires advice.
The Advisory
Board will advise on issues that DCFS presents and will also
bring to DCFS and to the Board concerns that they have or that
have been brought to their attention about DCFS policies,
management, plans, use of resources, and service delivery.
The Board
will meet quarterly, beginning in October 2003. Minutes will be
taken at each Board meeting and share with DCFS management and
staff and with board members.
The Board
will be comprised of at least one person from each of the ten
DCFS Service Area. Members will include the following:
- DCFS
Family Service Worker or Specialist
- DCFS
county Supervisor
- DCFS
Area Manager
- DCFS
Foster parent
- DCFS
Adoptive Parent
- DCFS
Provider
- Two
consumers of DCFS services
- Child
Advocate
-
Juvenile Court Judge
-
Legislator
-
Community member at large
- 3 other
members at large
-
Attorney Ad Litem
- OCC
Attorney
- Court
Appointed Special Advocate
- Mental
health provider
-
Representative of the Disability Community
- An
Educator
- A
Representative of the Faith Community
COA Standards for Advisory Board:
ADVISORY
BOARD:
An organized, voluntary group formally established by the
organization to consider all aspects of the organization's
operations and make recommendations to the governing body
regarding policies, programs, community needs, organizational
resources, etc. Such disinterested citizen participation in
overseeing the affairs of the organization is a fundamental
expectation of organizations seeking COA accreditation.
Instances in which an advisory board is appropriate include:
a. an organization that has a governing body of one, as
may be the case in a corporation sole;
b. a governing body composed of owners or investors, as
may be the case in a privately held for-profit organization; or
c. a governing body that exercises ultimate authority over
the organization along with other governmental entities, as may
occur in public organizations |
