Orange County Children and Family Services

Self Assessment Participants

2004

Agency/Entity/Contact Person

Methodology

Birth Parents

Survey, mail

California Youth Connection/Herbie Vanderhorst

Focus Group

California Youth Connection/Herbie Vanderhorst

Interview

CalWORKs managers/Patsy Calvert, Phyllis Watanabe, Pam Boozan

Interview

CASA/Lynda Perring

Stakeholder interview form (written response)

CFS Staff

Focus Groups (3)

CFS Staff/Data Workgroup

Meetings (3)

Children and Families Commission of Orange County /Carole Mintzer, Evaluation Manager

Interview

Children and Family Futures/Sid Gardner

Interview

Community Stakeholder, Private Consultant, Dan McQuaid

Interview

Contract Providers Forum

Focus Group

County Counsel/Rachel Bavis

Interview

Diocese of Orange, Marywood Center/Carmela Treanor

Interview

Family Support Network/Linda Smith

Interview

Foster Care Nursing/Public Health Nurses

Interview/Staff survey

Foster Care Nursing/Sally Wurth, Deborah Chitty

Interview/Foster Care Nurse survey

Foster Parents
Focus Groups & surveys

Foster Parents, Spanish Speaking

Focus Group

FaCT/Staff, Mary Ann Soden

Focus Group

FaCT FRC Family Resource Center Coordinators

Focus Group

HCA Alcohol and Drug Abuse Services/Mary Hale, Mary Morris

Interview

HCA Behavioral Health/Dr. Todd

Interview

HCA Perinatal

Perinatal Therapist Survey

Housing Authority

Interview

Human Options/Cindy Campbell

Interview

Juvenile Court Bench

Interview

Juvenile Justice Commission/Bruce Malloy, Marcia Adler

Interview

Kinship Center/Sharon Roszia

Interview

Orange County Children's Attorney/Harold La Flamme

Interview

Orange County Department of Education Managers/Ellin Chariton

Focus Group

Orange County Department of Education Nurse Managers/Ellin Chariton

Focus Group

Orangewood Children's Foundation/Gene Howard

Interview

Orange County Child Welfare Redesign Planning Council

Monthly meetings

Parent Representatives/Lisa Carmel and Tim Workman

Interview

Probation/Connie Muckenthaler, Christina La Morte

Interview

Public Defenders Office/James Steinberg

Interview

Raise Foundation/Terri Paulick

Interview

Regional Center/Mary Kavli

Interview

Regional Training Academy/Linda Walker

Interview

Relative/NREFM caregivers

Surveys, telephone and mail

Orange County Sheriff's Department/Pete Ganon

Interview

SELPA, Lowell Joint School District Superintendent/ Joe Gillentine

Interview

Templo Cavario/Rev. Lee deLeon

Interview

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