Entry in the IARCCA Member Resource Directory of Services for Children and Families, which is published annually. More than 2,000 copies of the Directory are distributed each year to child placing agencies throughout the state. Each county office of the Department of Child Services, Probation Department, Juvenile Court, Special Education Office, and many CASA/GAL Programs receive copies.

Training for all levels of staff with full and affiliate memberships; provisional and associate members pay a slightly higher rate. Training topics from 2005 included Therapeutic Crisis Intervention Train the Trainers and Therapeutic Crisis Intervention for Family Care Providers Train the Trainer programs, Regional Membership Forums on Public Policy and membership services, the Administrator’s Symposium, Member Forum with the new Director of the Department of Child Service Judge James Payne, the Annual Conference. many others;

Participation in Placement Resource fairs that bring together placing agencies with service providers with full and affiliate memberships.

Free subscription to the Monday Morning Update, a weekly update of happenings in the child welfare/juvenile justice field at both the state and national level. The Monday Morning Update is published and distributed to member agencies and many Juvenile Judges, local DCS offices and probation departments;

Distribution and easy access to information regarding state regulatory agencies.

Opportunities to share and receive information with other service providers.

Representation at all times during the Indiana General Assembly. Achievements in 2005 includes House Enrolled Act 1001 increasing number of caseworkers and lowering caseloads and Senate Enrolled Act 481 Medicaid provision for foster youth aging out of the system;

Representation in discussions with state administrators on emerging issues; examples from 2005 include, timeliness of payment to providers, use of seclusion and restraint, residential care master contract, and psychiatric residential treatment rules;

Participation in the highly acclaimed IARCCA Outcome Measures Project.

Consultation services provided to individual member agencies regarding licensing issues, trends, contracts, etc.;

Eligibility to serve on IARCCA committees and task forces to help keep you and your key staff members updated on current issues in our field; Independent Living Task Force, Psychiatric Residential Treatment Work Group, and Seclusion & Restraint Task Force are just a few examples of our sixteen committees;

Access to relevant information via IARCCA’s website at www.IARCCA.org;

Promotion of member agencies by IARCCA at meetings with State agencies, at conferences, and through placement assistance calls from placing agencies and parents; in 2005, our office has fielded an average of five placement assistance requests per month from parents and/or placing agencies;

Use of the Monday Morning Update to advertise for employment openings and other “newsworthy” events happening at your agency;

Attendance at informational meetings and forums on a variety of subjects to keep members apprised of state and federal issues that affect children and family services;

Other services provided through grants obtained by IARCCA’s Institute for Excellence, Inc