Passport to the Future: Using the ePassport Program to Ease the Transition to Adulthood

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Passport to the Future Using the ePassport
Program to Ease the Transition
to Adulthood
Ruth White, LSW, MSSA Child Welfare League
of America with the Community College Foundation
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• Agenda
• Introductions
• Overview
• Demo
• Discussion
• Conclusion

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Introductions

• The Child Welfare League of America is the
  nations largest,oldest membership- based child
  welfare organization
• The Community College Foundation is the largest
  contract provider of Foster Care Services in
  California (approximately 150 programs)
• Whos in the room?

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Obstacles

• Foster youth, particularly those making the
  transition to adulthood, are faced with limited
  access to education and health resources posed by
  the fragmentary and often incomplete nature of
  their medical, school, and other important
  records.

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The ePassport Solution

• The Community College Foundation spearheaded the
  development of the ePassport system in the U.S.,
  which provides compilation, archives, and
  immediate access to these records for youth.

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ePassports

• Secure and portable storage medium
• Empowers the youth to maintain and utilize their
  personal medical and educational information
• Provides a tangible hook and key to the youths
  records

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Student ePassport Features

• Instant access to information
• Standard computer database design for easy
  integration
• Information which prevent over immunization,
  medication interactions and misdiagnosis

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Community College Foundations Work on ePassport

• Developed and refined software and processes for
  ePassport smart card system
• Extensive testing
• California pilots LA, Amador
• National initiative

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National Foster Youth ePassport

• Conduct a pilot in several metropolitan areas
  serving several thousand youth
• Care Providers (Home, Medical, Educational,
  Social Service, and Dental) Participation
• Pilot period to be 1-3 years
• Assessment report to be published in the final
  year
• Implement National Foster Youth ePassport for all
  Foster Youth

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So, What does it look like?
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Emergency Medical Information
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Contact Information
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Social Services Advisors
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School Information
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School Course Information
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Medical Provider
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Immunization Records
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Birth Certificate
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Independent Living Program Info
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Phone Log
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Advisor History
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Data Collected

• Immunization history
• Emergency medical
• Basic medical history
• Allergies
• Educational records
• Individual Educational Plans (IEP)

• Dental history
• Insurance information
• Services available and/or provided
• Demographic detail
• Care provider
• Current photo of the youth

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How the Data is Collected

• Primary Source originating source is best
• Electronic elimination of duplicated efforts
  through automatic electronic transfer
• Manual
• Caregiver

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Benefit to the Schools

• Foster youth no longer have to wait to get into
  school
• New students have immunization records to enable
  them to start school immediately
• New students have credible education records for
  immediate correct class placement

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Value to the Medical System

• Provide a real and perceived value, make their
  life easier
• Provide succinct basic medical records and
  history
• Interfacing with other databases (electronic data
  transfer)
• Database is updated with/without the childs
  card, card is updated the next time it is read

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Values to Counties

• Youth have basic records when they transfer from
  another county
• Reduced work load for county employees
• Consistent information from providers
• Standardized documentation and reporting

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Summary

• Data is stored in a tangible, portable and secure
  format
• Youth records are complete
• Records travel with the youth from service
  provider to service provider continuously being
  updated
• Information can be shared electronically from one
  database to another while protecting the
  integrity of each system

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For More Information contact...
David Springett, PhD, President Community
College Foundation 1901 Royal Oaks
Drive Sacramento, CA 95815 916/418-5100
www.communitycollege.org
Ruth White, LSW, MSSA Housing Director
Child Welfare League of America
50 F Street NW, 6 FL 202/662-4282
www.cwla.org