Fiscal Essentials for Children's Services Forum 2008

May 20, 2008, UC Davis

Agenda

Facilitator: Larry Lobre, UC Davis Extension

9:00 a.m. Welcome
Dennis Pendleton, Dean, UC Davis Extension

9:15 a.m. Opening Keynote: The View from Sacramento
John Wagner, Director, California Department of Social Services

10:15 a.m. Break

10:30 a.m. Small Group Discussion

10:45 a.m. Child Welfare Outcomes in Counties
Lori Clarke Balzano, Convergent Horizons Consulting

11:45 a.m. Lunch

1:00 p.m. Keynote: The View from Washington, D.C.
Jerry Friedman, Executive Director, American Public Human Services Assocation

2:00 p.m. Break

2:15 p.m. Panel Discussion: Challenges, Innovations and Best Practices in Counties
Tracy Buckingham, San Luis Obispo County of Social Services Department
Bethany Christman, Kern County Department of Human Services
Laura Coulthard, Sacramento County Department of Health and Human Services
Ray Gallagher, Orange County Social Services Agency
Leo Levenson, San Francisco City and County Human Services Agency
Linda Orrante, Solano County Health and Social Services Department
Patty Smith, Butte County Department of Employment and Social Services

3:45 p.m. Evaluations/Adjourn

Featured Speakers

Lori Clarke Balzano provides consultation and training locally, regionally and nationally on child welfare and family support through her own child welfare consulting organization, Convergent Horizons. She was the chief facilitator and a consultant for California’s Child Welfare Services Stakeholders Redesign Group. Clarke Balzano has served on the national faculty for the California Breakthrough Series Collaborative (BSC) on Differential Response, as well as the California Evidence-Based Clearinghouse for Child Welfare Practice.

Jerry Friedman is the executive director of the American Public Human Services Association. Before joining APHSA in 2001, he spent more than 30 years in state and local public human services administration. He served as executive deputy commissioner of the Texas Department of Human Services, assistant secretary of economic services for the Washington State Department of Social and Health Services, and deputy secretary of income maintenance in the Pennsylvania Department of Public Welfare.

Larry Lobre, M.P.A., is the professional services director at The Center for Human Services, UC Davis Extension. He has 40 years of experience in social services and has worked with The Center since 1986.

Dennis Pendleton, Ph.D., has served as dean of UC Davis Extension, the professional and continuing education arm of the University of California, Davis, since 2001. Through extensive partnerships with campus faculty, public agencies and community organizations, the educational programs and research-based initiatives of UC Davis Extension address key issues of society and help to improve the quality of life in our communities. University outreach and community engagement have been the principal professional emphases for Pendleton over the past 25 years.

John Wagner, M.P.A., M.P.P., was appointed director of the California Department of Social Services in April 2007. With nearly two decades of experience in human services, he has served as senior policymaker and advisor to six gubernatorial administrations in Wisconsin and Massachusetts. Most recently, he concurrently served in the Massachusetts Executive Office of Health and Human Services as assistant secretary for Children, Youth and Families and as commissioner for the Department of Transitional Assistance. He was an integral part of the design and implementation of welfare reform in Wisconsin, including the nation's first statewide replacement of the existing welfare system with the "Wisconsin Works" model. In Massachusetts, he oversaw the development and implementation of innovative efforts to combat family homelessness, increase access to the Food Stamp Program and pilot interagency efforts to better serve low-income adults with disabilities.

Improving County Outcomes Panelists

Tracy Buckingham, Assistant Director, San Luis Obispo County Social Services Department
Bethany Christman, Assistant Director, Child Protective Services, Kern County Department of Human Services
Laura Coulthard, Deputy Director, Child Protective Services, Sacramento County Department of Health and Human Services
Ray Gallagher, Deputy Director, Children and Family Services, Orange County Social Services Agency
Leo Levenson, Fiscal Officer, San Francisco City and County Human Services Agency
Linda Orrante, Deputy Director, Child Welfare Services, Solano County Health and Social Services Department
Patty Smith, Assistant Director, Adult and Children’s Services, Butte County Department of Employment and Social Services

General Information

Forum date and time
Tuesday, May 20, 9 a.m.-4 p.m.

Location and accommodations
Activities and Recreation Center (ARC) at UC Davis
Corner of La Rue and Orchard Rds., Davis
Phone: (530) 754-5306

A map with directions to the forum site and a list of local hotels will be emailed to you upon receipt of your enrollment.

Meals
Continental breakfast and lunch will be provided.

To enroll

Enroll by May 9!

There is no enrollment fee for the forum. Course handouts and materials will be provided at the forum. Enrollment is limited to county/agency employees only. Please complete the enrollment form by the enrollment deadline. A maximum of four staff persons per county may attend. A waiting list will be kept should more space become available. Be sure to complete the waiting list section of the enrollment form if you have more than four staff members who want to attend. Enrollments are on a first-come, first-served basis.

Be sure to complete the waiting list section of the enrollment form if you have more than three staff members who wish to attend. Enrollments are on a first-come, first-served basis.

Map and directions to forum site
A map with directions to the forum site will be emailed or faxed to you upon receipt of your enrollment form two weeks prior to the forum.

Travel expense
No travel stipends will be issued from the state. Travel funds are dependent per county agency regulations.

For more information
If you have any questions about the forum session, please call Beth Parks or Ginah Monroy at (530) 757-8643. You may also email bparks@unexmail.ucdavis.edu or gmonroy@unexmail.ucdavis.edu.