FY2019 New Capacity Building Center for States Community of Practice: County Administered State Support Interest Survey

FY 2019 New CBCS Community of Practice: County Administered State Support (CASS) – Interest Survey

THE PAPERWORK REDUCTION ACT OF 1995 (Pub. L. 104-13) Public reporting burden for this collection of information is estimated to average 5 minutes per response, including the time for reviewing instructions, gathering and maintaining the data needed, and reviewing the collection of information. An agency may not conduct or sponsor, and a person is not required to respond to, a collection of information unless it displays a currently valid OMB control number. The control number for this project is 0970-0401. The control number expires on 5/31/2021.

The Capacity Building Center for States is conducting a survey to better understand the needs for Community of Practice activities that support county administered chid welfare systems . This feedback will be used to inform the Center’s future efforts to plan and implement a Community of Practice. All information you provide is voluntary and anonymous. The survey should take about 5 minutes to complete. If you have any questions, please contact Christine Leicht, Capacity Building Center for States Evaluation Lead at [email protected].

1. Would you participate in a Community of Practice (CoP) (e.g. peer to peer group, workgroup) with other states to support efforts to address county administered state challenges?

1. Yes

2. No

2. Are you currently participating in any other CoPs that specifically support the work of county administered states (e.g. groups hosted by Casey Foundation)?

1. Yes

2. No

If so, what additional support could this CoP offer to differentiate it from the other groups?

3. When you think of team members that would most benefit from participation in this CoP, what roles or functions are they in? (Please do not provide names or titles)

4. What topics would best support a CoP for county administered states? (select all that apply)

1. Hear about what other states are doing to create positive reinforcements for counties

2. Hear about strategies and best practices to increase consistency between counties

3. Hear about strategies to strengthen the state and county partnership

4. Hear about strategies to monitor the work in localities

5. Hear about ways to incorporate PIP strategies and to monitor those strategies specific to county administered states

6. Other: [write-in text]

5. What methods of communication or engagement would best support your participation? (select all that apply)

1. Listserv to facilitate communication between group members and the CB/ Center for States

2. Online digital sharing platform for discussions and sharing of resources

3. Conference calls to discuss common challenges and strategies to get through them

4. Peer to peer webinars or virtual events to discuss and share visually best practices and common challenges with the group.

5. Webinar events that bring in subject matter experts on various topics of group interest to discuss how they apply to county administered states.

6. Other: [write-in text]

6. How frequent would you be willing or available to participate in the following methods of communication of engagement?

	Monthly	Bi-monthly	Quarterly	Semi-annually	Not at all
Listserv to facilitate communication between group members and the CB/ Center for States
Online digital sharing platform for discussions and sharing of resources
Conference calls to discuss common challenges and strategies to get through them
Peer to peer webinars or virtual events to discuss and share visually best practices and common challenges with the group.
Webinar events that bring in subject matter experts on various topics of group interest to discuss how they apply to county administered states

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