2YP - Statement of Work

Request for reimbursement for work described by this Statement must be referenced by the following number:

This is an official part of the Interagency Agreement between the Network and the Family Policy Council (FPC). It must be signed and filed with the Network’s and its Fiscal Agent’s Interagency Agreement records, and at the FPC.

Focus Issues and Populations
The South King County Community Network (SKCCN) has identified two populations that will be the focus of its work in the 1999-2001 biennium. Within those populations, the Network has further identified specific behaviors and prioritized risk and protective factors. Each short-term outcome that the Network has defined for this biennium is designed to be an interim step toward influencing the risk and protective factors and thus ultimately reducing these behaviors within the specified populations.

The following statement of work outlines short-term outcomes within the Network’s defined focus areas. These outcomes are those that will be pursued by the Board members and staff of the SKCCN, and they are organized into two categories: 1) the Board and its relationship to the community, and 2) the prevention and intervention system. Please note that some of the outcomes in these categories apply to both focus populations. In addition, the Network will pursue outcomes for both focus populations in a third category: youth and families. The overall outcomes in this category will be to increase the prioritized protective factors and/or decrease the prioritized risk factors in each of the Network’s defined focus areas. The Network’s strategy in this area (in addition to the strategies related to technical assistance detailed in the following pages) will be to provide funding to community-based services and projects for activities that are working toward these overall outcomes. Hence, specific interim outcomes and strategies for the category of youth and families will be defined at a later date through a Request for Proposals process and incorporated into separate statements of work.

Time Period
The Network will work toward achieving its desired outcomes over the upcoming biennium, from July 1, 1999 through June 30, 2001.

Key Partners
Key partners in all of the Network’s efforts will include, at minimum, South King County youth, parents of young children, social service providers, prevention workers, state agencies, other King County networks, and the Family Policy Council.

Outcome	Strategy	Indicator
Increased influence of youth and families with young children on Network activities and decisions	Create and utilize a structure(s) for obtaining regular input from representative members of focus populations	Information gleaned from youth (through direct participation and summits) will be incorporated into Network decisions and direction
Increased collaboration between the Network and community organizations, groups, and task forces focused on the problems of domestic violence and child abuse	Build ongoing relationships with these groups, identify common goals, and share resource to meet these goals	There will be an increased number of mutually initiated contacts between Network and identified groups Activities will be implemented with shared resources
Increased effectiveness and quality of projects funded by the Network	Create and use a structure to ensure comprehensive contract management and support	Systems for tracking contract-related data and monitoring/reviewing project progress will be set up and in use
Increased community perception of the Network as a resource for technical assistance and limited financial support to community based prevention efforts and activities	Develop a "proactive response strategy" that guides the Network in responding to and providing short-term support to community events and initiatives that fall within its two focus areas Implement a visibility campaign	An identified percentage of people reached through a visibility campaign will respond with requests for help and support from the Network, or with offers of their volunteer time and effort to support the Network

Outcome	Strategy	Indicator
Improved system capacity to support non-licensed relatives who provide care for children facing out-of-home placement	Collaborate with other King County networks and DSHS to study the issue and make recommendations for change	King County networks will issue a joint report to the state focused on this topic
Improved system capacity and coordination in the Network’s two focus areas	Conduct 1-2 year assessment of local services, gaps, policies, and obstacles related to preventing and intervening in the problem behaviors defined in the Network’s focus areas	Based on its assessment, the Network will issue recommendations for change to state and/or local entities
Increased level of collaboration among the communities/projects funded by the Network, resulting in increased effectiveness of prevention and/or early intervention services	Require applicants to demonstrate partnerships through the RFP process, provide appropriate technical assistance to applicants/contractors related to building partnerships, and provide training opportunities on collaboration to communities	To be further defined by September 30, 1999

Ultimate Outcome
The work outlined above will be an interim step toward the Network's ultimate goals of reducing 1) the incidence of violence and substance abuse among youth, and 2) the incidence of domestic violence and child abuse/neglect among parents of young children. These long-term goals are consistent with those identified by the Network during its original ten-year plan.

Strategy and Rationale
The Network’s short-term outcomes and strategies, designed to achieve its ultimate goals, are heavily focused on achieving systems reform through building collaboration and influencing state and local policy decisions. In defining its focus areas, outcomes, and strategies for the biennium, the Network relied on information gathered from a variety of sources. These sources included: individual interviews with youth, families, and providers; group interviews with city planners and school personnel; data from seven local planning reports and needs assessments; and data related to the problem behaviors from the Youth Risk Assessment Database and the South King County Data Resource Library. The Network believes that its chosen short-term outcomes and strategies will lead toward its ultimate goals by enhancing the efficiency and effectiveness of already-existing services. When providers and their communities are supported in their efforts to work together on common goals, and when state and local policies support such collaborative work, the end result will be that families and youth are in turn supported through greater access to more coordinated services. This theory of change is consistent with the Network’s ten-year plan, as updated in the 1999 plan update submitted to the Family Policy Council.

Reimbursement
The Network reimbursement for this work will not exceed: $216,600