{"report_id":326,"form_id":"22","user_id":71,"organization_id":13,"question_id":"361","question_type":"Free_Text","text_answer":"LP #1:\r\nFurther contributing to not achieving permanency in this case is the incongruence that occurs between federal permanency timelines and the time it takes to provide services that will support reunification.  Staff noted that timelines are not realistic when you have a mother with a long history of chemical dependency problems.  It can take 30 days to obtain a chemical dependency assessment and once this is completed, it can take another 3-4 months then before someone can start inpatient treatment.  Once in treatment, it can be another 3-6 months putting you almost at the 12 month permanency timeline.  Staff indicated that they (permanency timelines) are simply not realistic with the needs of families that struggle with chemical dependency and are not conducive to supporting reunification within federally mandated timelines.  \r\nFurthermore, such timeframes and the time required to achieve ICWA and MIFPA requirements for active efforts can impact court proceedings which can further influence planning for permanency and therefore permanency being achieved within state and federal timelines. \r\n\r\nCommunication and coordination barriers were influenced by staff turnover both at the county and tribal agency.  Specifically, there is only one tribal child welfare worker at the Tribe that covers both Tribal Child Protection cases within the reservation and off the reservation.  The additional ICWA\/MIFPA related tasks places pressure on Tribal staff that already have limited resources to do the work and have not received additional resources\/funding to ensure they can manage the tasks associated with responding to the ICWA.    \r\nIn cases such as this, court proceedings including the number of court proceedings, the timing of them, and the Judges knowledge of when both ICWA and MIFPA requirements have been met can lengthen the time it takes local agencies and tribal staff to plan for permanency further creating barriers to both achieving permanency and achieving permanency in accordance with state a federal performance measures.\r\n\r\nLP #2:\r\nAn additional factor contributing to active efforts not being fulfilled is that staff have less time to complete active effort activities due to needing to prioritize and complete the significant amount documentation for all cases, including the documentation of active efforts.  Redundancies in documentation requirements increase the amount of time needed to document active efforts.\r\n\r\nLP #3:\r\nAs a result of the pressures associated with state and federal statutory permanency timelines, there was a need to move to permanency quickly in this case since statuary timelines had been met in the previous case in which the subject child had been placed out of the home prior to this case opening, automatically placing the agency near the 12 month permanency timeline. Furthermore, while county agencies are bound by the state and federal permanency definitions, Tribal agencies have a different definition of permanency which can also influence the final permanency decision.","created_by":71,"updated_by":71,"updated_at":"6\/1\/2021 2:05:30 pm","created_at":"6\/1\/2021 2:05:30 pm","id":42883}