CalWORKs 2.0 | Next Generation

WEBINAR 12 Redesigning Orientation with CalWORKs 2.0 In Mind

admin — Tue, 30 Oct 2018 15:04:02 +0000

Thank you to everyone who attended our Webinar #12 on October 24, 2018, entitled Redesigning Orientation with CalWORKs 2.0 In Mind. This webinar will help to re-imagine orientation using the CalWORKs 2.0 framework. The presentation will focus on the purpose and goals of orientation, as well as provide ideas on what a re-imagined orientation may look like. Lastly you will hear about one county’s experience with redesigning orientation. Featuring the Center on Budget and Policy Priorities’ LaDonna Pavetti and Global Learning Partners’ Val Uccellani. The slide deck and participant packet are below.

Watch the webinar below, or view it directly in YouTube here.

Webinar 12 Slide Deck

Participant packet Webinar 12

WEBINAR 10: Using CW2.0 County Guide to Improve Implementation

admin — Fri, 26 Oct 2018 14:12:51 +0000

Thank you to everyone who attended our Webinar #10 on August 29, 2018, entitled County Level Guide. This webinar covers how counties that are in the middle of implementation or are planning for implementation can use the latest CalWORKs 2.0 County-Level Guide to improve implementation, drive program change and develop a continual program improvement process. Featuring Mathematica’s Natasha Nicolai. Slide deck and packet are below.

Watch the webinar below, or view it directly in YouTube here.

Webinar 10 slide deckl

Webinar 10 participant packet

WEBINAR 11: Implementing CalWORKs in a Group Setting using GPDR/R

admin — Fri, 26 Oct 2018 14:00:05 +0000

Thank you to everyone who attended our Webinar #11 on September 12, 2018. This webinar provides frontline staff with strategies for using group workshops to teach, model and practice the GPDR/R framework. The webinar provides guidance on how to maximize the effectiveness of groups. Counties that have integrated some of the CalWORKs 2.0 tools into their group activities share their experiences. Slides and packet are below.

GPDRR webinar 11 slide deck

GPDRR participant packet webinar 11

CalWORKs 2.0 Moving Forward Together

admin — Fri, 26 Oct 2018 13:51:23 +0000

The second CalWORKs 2.0 Stakeholder Webinar was held on October 17, 2018.

The webinar highlighted client involvement in the development of CalWORKs 2.0, presentations from advocates who went on site visits and responses to pre-submitted questions from advocates.

Redesign Orientation with CalWORKs 2.0 in Mind guide

admin — Tue, 16 Oct 2018 14:57:42 +0000

Coming soon! After October 24 webinar.

CalOAR Process and Logic Model pdf and doc

admin — Tue, 16 Oct 2018 14:42:30 +0000

A document on the CalWORKs Outcomes and Accountability Review (CalOAR) process was given out at the September 25th convening.

A statewide work group consisting of stakeholders including state agencies, counties, advocacy groups, research teams, the legislature, and CalWORKs recipient populations developed a plan for systematically collecting and disseminating data. This will help county staff improve their decision making about program management.

Download the documents here: CalOARLogic Model pdf OR CalOAR_Logic Model doc

Connection Corner Photos

admin — Thu, 04 Oct 2018 18:14:48 +0000

A critical objective of the September 25, 2018 convening was for you to have multiple opportunities to connect with other counties and to share information. One way we facilitated this was an in-person “Connections Corner.”

This space served as a show-and-tell, Q & A, and communications platform to get the word out about exciting innovations. We invited each county to share samples of CalWORKs 2.0 innovations, materials, posters, tools, road test findings, and so on.

CalMAP Instructional Video

admin — Fri, 14 Sep 2018 16:16:42 +0000

This video helps train staff on the principles and techniques for effective use of the CalMAP worksheet. A demonstration shows a staff member and customer using the CalMAP worksheet for the first time.

This video is best used as part of a staff training event, either individually or in a small-group setting, with interaction with a facilitator before and after viewing. Additional directions for use can be found in the Frontline Staff Guide.

Goal, Plan, Do, Review and Revise Guide: An Executive-Function Informed Goal Achievement Framework for use in Human Services Program

admin — Wed, 15 Aug 2018 21:10:33 +0000

Center for Budget and Policy Priorities and Global Learning Partners, CalWORKs 2.0 development and implementation support partners, have created a new in-depth guide on the Goal, Plan Do, Review and Revise goal achievement framework. The strategies presented in the guide are adaptable to all human service programs, with a special emphasis on job search programs. While the guide has been influenced by many programs nationally, we believe it aligns especially well with the core principles and approaches of CalWORKs 2.0.

Download word version here.

The terms “executive function” and “self-regulation” describe the foundation skills that help us to focus, make decisions, and control impulses – as well as to create, execute and adjust plans. Research has shown that we can increase our chances of successfully achieving our goals by reducing competing demands on our weaker skills and by tapping our stronger skills. One proven strategy for doing this is by establishing routines that we use over and over again. Through repeated practice, routines require less and less effort – and they build skills in the process.

A new guide introduces human service staff to practices that lead to successful goal achievement, regardless of an individual’s unique skill strengths or weaknesses. The guide is built around one comprehensive adaptable multi-step framework called Goal, Plan, Do, Review and Revise (GPDR/R). Each step builds on the last and leads to the next; the final step feeds back into earlier steps in an ongoing process of successfully setting and achieving goals.

The GPDR/R framework works best when used in its entirety, again and again—set a goal, craft a detailed plan, put the plan into action, review progress and revise. This process is deceptively simple, but the purpose and intentionality of each step—and the relationship among the steps—is profound.

The strategies presented in the guide can be used in individual meetings or group settings. The guide includes insights and ideas from Global Learning Partners on how to creatively teach GPDR/R. Here are a few additional ideas to get started.

Send chapters 1 and 2 to your colleagues, and invite them to a conversation: How s this look at goal achievement through the lens of executive skills useful for you, personally? How might it support our work with participants?
Distribute chapters 3 -5 to staff who work directly with participants. Invite those staff to a workshop in which you practice the steps of GPDR/R among each other and reflect on the experience.
Invite a small group of colleagues to be part of a road test in which they use the Chapter 5 tools with a few participants and track the effect overtime.
Invite your staff facilitators to participate in a workshop using the materials in Chapter 6. Then, see what happens as they, in turn, use these designs to lead workshops with participants. Ask participants how they feel about the GPDR/R process and how it is affecting them in their life goals.

In brief, we hope you will use this opportunity to extract whatever chapters of the guide that appeal to you and your colleagues. Read, experiment, test, track and innovate!