Our Community Our Kids Releases Outcomes For First Six Months Of Foster Care Redesign Contract; Performance Exceeds Targets

For the first six months after starting its Texas foster care redesign contract in September 2014, Our Community Our Kids (OCOK), a subsidiary of ACH Child & Family Services (ACH) announced that its performance has exceeded the contract baselines and targets for new children referred between September 1, 2014, and February 28, 2015. The Texas Department of Family and Protective Services (DFPS) selected ACH for the Region 3b Single Source Continuum Contractor (SSCC) contract on November 8, 2013.  ACH formed OCOK as a subsidiary, and OCOK began accepting referrals from DFPS on September 1, 2014.  Under the SSCC contract, OCOK . . .