Carbondale Reporter

The Illinois Department of Children and Family Services met June 20 to discuss population based goals.

Here are the meeting's minutes, as provided by the department:

Children’s Cabinet Minutes June 2016 1:03- Secretary Beth Purvis Call to order Roll Call: Governor Bruce Rauner- Chair Lt. Governor Evelyn Sanguinetti- Member Deputy Governor Trey Childress- Member Secretary of Education Dr. Beth Purvis-Vice-Chair Superintendent Dr. Tony Smith- Member- Remote DCFS Director George Sheldon- Member DCEO Director Sean McCarthy- Member IDHS Secretary Dimas- Member- Remote IDJJ Director Jesse Montgomery-Member IDPH Director Nirav Shah-Member GAC Director Mary Milano- Member IBHE Executive Director Dr. Jim Applegate-Member ICCB Executive Director Dr. Karen Hunter Anderson- Member ISAC Executive Director Eric Zarnikow IMSA President Dr. Jose Torres- Member DoIT Secretary Designate Hardik Bhatt- Member 14 present in person Motion to adopt remote attendees carries Tony Smith-Motion-Bhatt seconded. Unanimous Dimas-Motion Seconded, carried-minutes approved and seconded Governor Rauner Welcoming Comments o Foundation from process based to results based in Illinois Purvis gives Task Force analysis update. o Will be using next few months to do in-depth review of these taskforces/councils. o Ultimate recommendation at October meeting. Lt. Gov- Walk through current goals o Introduction/ Overview o Where are we: Initiative started at March meeting- identified goals/subgroups o Subgroups used evidence based metrics, reviewed by external partners o Goals- review proposals/adopt. Self- Sufficiency Goal: Trey Childress discussion o Health /Human Services Transformation w/Children’s Cabinets’ goals o 1 st Goal- Healthy- guiding metrics- LT.GOV ? “We know children/youth are healthy when _____ “- used as guidance. ? Large/ aspirational goals- will take time to accomplish ? 2 pronged approach- data and analysis, who the target population is and what their needs are o thanked external partner Healthy Goal: Shah o Measuring health is challenging o 2 population based goals 1. Infant mortality rate 2. Percentage of Children/youth in very good/excellent health o Infant mortality rate is very predictive of population o Goal- no community in Illinois with Infant Mortality greater than 6 o Urges cabinet to consider standard deviation, not mean. o Next Goal- Percentage of children/youth in very good/excellent ages 0-17 o Goal- 90% in Very good/excellent Governor suggested wants comparison to other states/ America benchmark by percentage Safe Goal: George Sheldon have to compare state to national average and other similarly situated states. o Look at unsafe sleep conditions safety and child safety o Partner with Juvenile Justice metrics to determine rate of arrests/rates of admission into juvenile Justice system Well-Educated Goal: Anderson o Look at percentage of Illinois youth holding a high quality post-secondary degree by 6 years after graduation o Civic Engagement Index Governor raised concerns about self-sufficiency o Civic Engagement not on the same level as well- educated o 3 categories- divide up well-educated- measurements outcomes not inputs Tony Smith- Remote o International measures literacy, particularly early literacy o empathy index- talk about empathy index instead of civic engagement Applegate- Need to focus on younger populations to compete internationally o IDES/ Higher Ed data is synched- talk about returns on investments Dr. Rauner’s Presentation o Illinois leads nation in early childhood education. o Emotion Drives attention- Learning o Children need to learn to self- regulate o High quality research based programs building early childhood system in Illinois since 1985 o Flat funding over past 6/7 years Governor closing comments Lt. Governor closing remarks Public Comment- Arden Barnet- Illinois o Society o Psychiatrist o Consider funding for docket program at UIC Motion to adjourn- Bhatt McCarthy Seconded