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We are thrilled to announce the addition of six new team members to the SSIS Business Section at DHS.
All new staff have joined us from local agencies in Minnesota over the past three months, each bringing specific SSIS expertise.
- Annie Kamphaus – SSIS Tier 1 Help Desk
- Luanne Groen – SSIS Tier 1 Help Desk
- Andrea Bloom- SSIS System Subject Matter Expert, focus on SSIS Administration
- Holly Reller- SSIS Fiscal SME, focus on Title IVE/CFC
- Ali Tesmer- SSIS System Subject Matter Expert, focus on Child Welfare and federal reporting
- Erica Peterson, SSIS Child Welfare, focus on Intake & Assessment
We have completed review of the following areas of Child Protection work in SSIS: Intake & Screening, Assessment & Investigations, Case Management.
Initial themes from the first three areas of review include:
- User interface is not intuitive, not easy to navigate
- Lack of “statewide architecture” results in barriers to timely best practices in case work, e.g., challenges with statewide case access
- Extensive “workarounds” are necessary on almost every screen, and not clear/documented.
- Inadequate accessibility, g., text size
- Inadequate options supporting person-centered practice e.g., preferred name field, fields for sexual orientation and gender identity/expression- and should be uniform between DHS applications)
- Need for clarification and definitions to guide workers, ensure statewide support of best practices.
- Some requirements feel disconnected from best practices but must be completed to close a workgroup.
CP Placement, CP Kinship, and CP Adoption work will be reviewed over the next six weeks. A comprehensive feedback information meeting will be held in May; details will be in a future Update.
ON Thursday, March 7 at 8:30 AM, the regular meeting of the Minnesota Legislature House Children and Families Finance and Policy Committee will hold time at the beginning of the hearing to discuss SSIS improvements and modernization. Patti Harrelson from MN Prairie County Alliance, Laurie York, Director of White Earth Social Services and Alex Mentes, SSIS Manager will present. The hearing will be broadcast live as well as linked on YouTube after the hearing. House Children and Families Committee
The Description column is a required field when selecting the “Unique Services” intervention. This is the only field which allows a description to be entered. This field is limited to 30 characters. Adult Protection Services workers will not be able to enter a description with any interventions, except for “Unique Services” and only if checked.
Registration is now open for the SSIS Admin coffee talk scheduled for Tuesday, March 26, 2024 at 9:00 a.m. Registration is required and will remain open until the webinar begins.
All coffee talk webinar recordings and related materials are posted on the Minnesota Child Welfare Training Academy website seven to ten business days following each event.
The “Copy from Sibling” e-learning module is now posted in the SSIS Child Protection Permanency website.
The following permanency e-learning modules are now posted in the SSIS Child Protection Permanency Online Training website.
- Client Eligibility Log
- Copy from Sibling Function
- Ending a Placement
Are you new to Adult Protection Services? Are you a current Adult Protection Services worker seeking a SSIS Adult Protection refresher?
The SSIS Adult Protection Worker course follows an Adult Vulnerable to Maltreatment case beginning with intake received from the Minnesota Adult Abuse Reporting Center (MAARC) through assessment and closing. This technical training has been designed to provide overview of data entry as related to Adult Protective Services (APS) into SSIS. Adult Protection policy staff will be available during each class. Training is offered in two half-day virtual classes. Day 1 covers the Intake Workgroup, and Day 2 covers the Assessment Workgroup.
Training Dates:
- Monday, March 4th and Thursday, March 7th, 2024
- Monday, April 29th and Thursday, May 2nd, 2024
- Monday, June 3rd and Thursday, June 6th, 2024
To register for SSIS Adult Protection Training:
- Sign into TrainLink using your Unique ID
- Navigate to Children’s Services
- Select Upcoming Webinars/Live Training
- Choose “All SSIS Classes”
- Type in a Date Range, if needed
- Select SSIS Adult Protection Training
- Enroll
Training opportunities for new SSIS users or those seeking a refresher are now available to SSIS users. Courses are great for those new to SSIS or those seeking a refresher. Click the topic below for course descriptions, schedules, and registration information.
SSIS webinar materials and previous recordings can be found on the MCWTA site.
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