January 1, 2008

Training of Child Welfare Agency Supervisors in the Effective Delivery and Management of Federal Independent Living Service for Youth in Foster Care

This final report discusses the activities and accomplishments of a federally funded grant designed to develop, implement, evaluate, and disseminate a competency-based training curriculum for public child welfare agency supervisors to insure the effective delivery and management of federal independent living services for youth in foster care. The Hunter College School of Social Work, in collaboration with the National Foster Care Coalition and other partners, developed and disseminated Preparation for Adulthood - Supervising for Success (PASS), a competency-based training program for supervisors and an on-line transfer of learning guidebook consisting series of activities, checklists and informational resources to enhance supervision. This competency-based training program addresses both the continued acquisition of knowledge and skills in the areas of positive youth development, collaboration, cultural competence, and permanent connections, as it relates to the effective management delivery and management of federal independent living services for youth in foster care and the development of tools to promote educational supervision, assessing outcomes, monitoring systems and managing resources. Project implementation, curriculum development, training delivery, and program evaluation are described.