Report On Progress From The City Of Philadelphia Community Oversight Board For The Department Of Human Services

This April 2014 report was submitted to Philadelphia Mayor Michael Nutter in April 2014 by The City of Philadelphia Community Oversight Board (COB). The COB is charged with assessing the city’s compliance with recommendations developed by the city’s Child Welfare Review Panel (CWRP) to improve child welfare services. The COB report discusses DHS progress implementing the CWRP recommendations through the Improving Outcomes for Children (IOC) initiative. The IOC has four reform efforts: move responsibility for ongoing case management to the private CUAs; change child welfare practice by including parents and youth in decision-making Family Team Conferences (FTCs . . .