Results Achieved through previous Breakthrough Series Collaboratives

The information below highlights results achieved within aspects of child welfare, which are reflective of outcomes achieved within the healthcare BSCs as well. These results demonstrate the outcomes that can be anticipated and achieved by the Juvenile Justice and Child Welfare Integration BSC.

Educational Stability and Continuity BSC:
(Individual target site results)

30% dip in the suspension of children in the foster care system.
Of the 42 children who had a move while in foster care, 100% remained in school.
Of the 50 schools in a school district, 100% entered into a Memorandum of Understanding between the school and the child welfare system.
90% of the children who are in foster care have educational information in the statewide database.

African American Children in Care-

Counties involved in the BSC
2002 48.5%
2007 34.6%

Non BSC Counties
2002 25.9%
2007 21.8%

Foster Family Recruitment and Retention BSC:

Vermont's target site reported a 38% increase in the number of homes for teens.
RamseyCounty, Minnesota reported a 26% increase in the number of resource families for teens, and a 24% decrease in the number of movies for all children in placement.
Catawba County, North Carolina reported a 79% increase in the number of resource families, and a decrease in the time rtaken for children to be placed in kinship care.

Kinship care BSC:

The kinship placement rate in Washington's target site almost doubled from 24% to 42% of youth in kinship placement.
In Wyoming, the number of licensed kinship providers increased from 10 to 30, a 200% improvement.
Within three months after using a new form that asks about relatives, an investigation unit in Arizona identified 59 potential kinship.

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