ORD-2025-012-Acceptance of the sobriety treatment and recovery teams start grant with the North Carolina Department of Health and Human Services

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Docusign Envelope ID: 50585F21 -A738-4303-BD3F-60841076ED5E 12 Contract Number 00048145 / Page 10 of 30 • Foundations IV: Child Welfare Practices — This 6-hour training supports front-line practice of the START model, builds on the material from Foundations I and H and is required for newly formed START teams . This training will be offered for each START team (supervisor, social worker, and family mentor) before they begin to serve families . Child welfare management is encouraged to attend . The goals of the training, coaching, and consultation are to : • Ensure that the START model is first understood and selected to match the capacity and readiness of each site, adapted to the jurisdiction with the guidance of the TTA consultants , and then implemented with fidelity. • Reinforce and coordinate START implementation with related child welfare, court improvement efforts, and other initiatives in the jurisdiction. + Build the capacity of leaders and practitioners to implement and sustain START independently following consultation, training, and technical assistance. + Support the development of a learning organization culture incorporating program evaluation principles , ongoing quality improvement, and data-driven decisions. SCOPE OF WORK (PERFORMANCE REQUIREMENTS) By September 2025 , the Grantee shall implement the START program into the county ' s Child Welfare Practice for families with at least one child from ages birth (0) through five (5 ) , and their siblings, who become involved with child protective services due to the parent ' s substance use . The Grantee shall use START model ' s strategies of, peer mentor supports , coordination to intensive SUD treatment, intensive case management, while using a family-centered approach. The expected outcomes once fully implemented and fmnly established within a community include : + Ensure child safety; and • Reduce entry into out-of-home care, keeping children in the home with the parents when safe and possible ; and I • Achieve child permanency within the Adoptions and Safe Families Act (ASFA) timeframes , preferably with one or both parents or, if that is not possible, with a relative, and • Achieve parental sobriety in time to meet ASFA permanency timeframes ; and • Reduce repeat child maltreatment and re-entry into out-of-home care ; and E • Expand behavioral health system quality-of-care and service capacity as needed to effectively serve families with parental substance use and child maltreatment issues ; and f • Improve collaboration to transform the system of service delivery between child welfare and SUD/mental health treatment providers. f PERFORMANCE STANDARDS The Grantee shall: • Ensure participation and coordination with the Grantee and CFF for ongoing technical assistance (TA), coaching, and consultation. • Demonstrate a commitment to meaningful parent engagement and leadership opportunities . • Promote racial equity, diversity and inclusion within the agency. • As a part of Continuous Quality Improvement practice, encourage ongoing staff development. • County DSS reporting systems shall be kept up to date, for the data integrity via the DSS Data Warehouse. { • Ensure Data reporting to CFF and the University Research Evaluator of outputs and outcomes for monitoring the program implementation. Reports require the CLADS information for each child in a family which receives START services . Necessary data points for collection, for evidenced model fidelity : 0 County Staff participating in webinars, technical assistance and Foundations Tramnigs 0 Number families referred to the START team 0 Number of children and families served by the START team 0 Number/percentage of parents who, during their START services episode: ■ Receive timely substance use assessment and substance use services i i i I