TACFS Logic Model

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ACTIVITIES

INPUTS

• Host Annual Texas Child Welfare Administrators Conference
• Cultivate & Enrich Membership Network
• Advocacy
• Year-Round Training/Learning Opportunities
• Systems advancement:
• Legal & Regulatory Improvement
• T3C
• Heart Galleries of Texas

• Communications

• Full and supporting members
• Staff
• Board of Directors: TACFS & the Center
• Community Partners

• Office & Equipment
• Funding Sources

OUTPUTS

OUTCOMES

IMPACT

Children, youth, and families have the services and support s they need to thrive in their communities.

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INPUTS

ACTIVITIES

OUTPUTS

OUTCOMES

IMPACT

Full and supporting membersStaff

• Executive team

• Advocacy team

• Learning team

• Communications team

• Systems advancement team

• Finance team

Boards of directors

• TACFS and The Center

Community partners

• State agencies
• National organizations
• Philanthropic organizations
• Children’s Commission and the judiciary
• Texas Legislature
• Lived experience experts
• Universities

Funding sources

• Member dues

• Conference revenue

• State and federal grants

• Private foundation grants

• Service revenue (paid engagements)

INPUTS

Inputs are the resources the organizations has/needs to make the activities possible.

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INPUTS

ACTIVITIES

OUTPUTS

OUTCOMES

IMPACT

T3C:

• Downgrant state T3C readiness funds to providers

• Support providers in transition to T3C via office hours, online and in-person trainings, readiness assessment, facilitating committees and workgroups

Heart Galleries of Texas:

• Collaborate with UT Austin to establish Heart Galleries around the state and downgrant state post-permanency funding to providers

Communications:

• Maintain social media accounts and TACFS website

• Design external products (white papers, flyers, pamphlets, conference materials)

Systems advancement:

• Training, technical assistance, and consulting services

• Supporting the continuum of care and best practices for transition-age youth through Youth Villages, Alliance for Our Futures, Wendy’s Wonderful Kids, and Thrive by 25

• Supporting Community-Based Care readiness

• Training in Adoption Competence

• Research, program evaluation, and data analysis

• Texas Permanency Outcomes Practice Model

• Kinship Advocates of Texas

Legal and regulatory:

• Mental health advancement through the Texas Mental Health Partnership, SMART downgranting, and the Resilient Families program

• Communicate with stakeholders on Texas regulatory framework

Host annual Texas Child Welfare Administrators Conference Membership:

• Hold member calls and meetings

• Produce newsletter and other communication

• Site visits

• Host and facilitate provider committees and workgroups

Advocacy:

• Advocate for legislative priorities

• Host Advocacy Day

• Track bills and testify at hearings

Learning:

• Family strengthening via the Texas Family Support Network

• Supervisor professional credentialing

• Online Learning Center

• Anti-trafficking initiatives

• Equity in Mandated Reporting partnership

ACTIVITIES

Activities are the actions needed to achieve the organization's goals.

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INPUTS

ACTIVITIES

OUTPUTS

OUTCOMES

IMPACT

T3C:

• Providers successfully implement T3C and receive rates sufficient for high quality programming

Heart Galleries of Texas:

• Communities are equipped with flexible resources to meet local needs
• All children in foster care can access a permanent home

Systems advancement:

• Technical assistance and consulting services provide resources to organizations that help them better serve families
• Research, evaluation, and data analysis generate evidence to improve programs

• Young people aging out of foster care are engaged in practice and policy decisions that affect them and are served by innovative and effective programs

• Local communities understand Community-Based Care and are prepared for implementation

• Mental health providers understand the unique strengths and challenges of adoptive families

• Organizations have knowledge and tools to engage families and center child and family voice

Legal and regulatory:

• Providers serving children with unmet mental health needs have support and resources to offer effective services
• Providers have accurate information to navigate a complex oversight system

Host annual Texas Child Welfare Administrators Conference Membership:

• Members have access to accurate and up-to-date information on issues that affect them
• Members feel that TACFS is a supportive resource
• Members feel connected to provider peers

Advocacy:

• Legislative priorities are achieved
• Providers are satisfied with advocacy achievements

Learning:

• Organizations that meet families’ basic needs in their communities have resources they need
• Providers are prepared to competently work with CSEY survivors and those at risk of CSEY

• Permanency supervisors have the tools to be successful managers

• Professionals have access to training material when they need it

• Mandated reporters understand non-discrimination obligations

OUTPUTS

Outputs are the measurable results of the organization's activities.

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INPUTS

ACTIVITIES

OUTPUTS

OUTCOMES

IMPACT

• Competent, qualified, and well-trained professionals provide optimal services that promote permanency, safety, and wellbeing

• Better public policies create sustainable positive changes to child and family serving systems in Texas

• Child and family serving organizations have the information, skills, and resources to improve programs and outcomes

• Families have the resources and opportunities to thrive in their communities

• CSEY survivors experience healthy development, healing, and restoration

• Non-discrimination in mandated reporting leads to family preservation, fewer unnecessary removals, and more culturally competent support

• Young adults who age out of foster care have what they need to be successful and self-sufficient, and contribute to solutions that improve the system
• All children in foster care reach positive permanency and stay in their permanent homes until adulthood
• The T3C system elevates the delivery of high-quality services and gives children better outcomes during and after leaving care
• Children with unmet mental health needs remain in their homes and communities instead of entering foster care

OUTCOMES

Outputs are the results/change in the population or system that we seek to achieve.

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INPUTS

ACTIVITIES

OUTPUTS

OUTCOMES

IMPACT

Children, youth, and families have the services and supports they need to thrive in their communities.

IMPACT

The ultimate change in the system or population the organization hopes to see.

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