WORK PLAN EXHIBIT X

Year IV 10-06 through 9-07

TASK 1st 2nd 3rd 4th Lead Staff
1 ICAMA Joinder Ursula
* Advocacy and assistance for ICAMA Joinder
NY, VT, WY and territories Ongoing
Plan: Calls to states and assistance as requested
2. 2 Advocacy and assistance for the adoption of reciprocity
* Update COBRA chart, include additional information as advised by states(e.g. Ursula
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maximum age for provision of Medicaid)
Contact ICAMA Administrators from all 9 non-reciprocity states to determine
assistance, information and materials needed to advocate for reciprocity & educate Ongoing
Medicaid, AG and legislative staff in their state. Identify barriers.
* Develop materials to educate the 9 states that do not offer reciprocity on its benefits √ √ √
√ Definition & description of reciprocity.
√ Develop list of advantages of reciprocity
√ Provide state-specific data on numbers of state-funded children placed/moving into and out
of state (incoming & outgoing)
√ Provide examples of how reciprocity is written into policy, regulation, law
√ Offer to host conference calls with a state’s ICAMA and other staff integral to the adoption
of reciprocity
√ Enlist NAPCWA and/or NASMD members to help advocacy for reciprocity if necessary.
* Educate all states on reciprocity via:
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√ Article in Bridges
√ Training session at annual meeting Sharon
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√ Section in CA Training & Medicaid CD
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Mediate Interstate Disputes Ongoing Sharon

Provide Technical Assistance Ongoing Sharon

√ Develop FAQs
√Audio call - topic to be determined √ √

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 WORK PLAN EXHIBIT X
Year IV 10-06 through 9-07
TASK 1st 2nd 3rd 4th Lead Staff
5 Legislative and Legal Analysis Sharon
√ Monitor emerging federal legislation for impact on administration of the
compact.
Ongoing, as needed
√ Monitor progress of cases in federal and state courts for potential impact on
administration of the compact.

6 Conduct Annual Meeting Ursula

√ Convene committee, Develop agenda, obtain EC & CB approval, make revisions
√ Identify, invite, & Secure speakers &follow up with letter, request for bios, material, AV needs
√ Develop Pres notes, overviews of presentations, questions/instructions for panels, etc.
√ Develop MA training P.P. & assist with CA training PP and other presentation requests.
√ Obtain and Copy all handout materials
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√ Adapt questions, conduct and write up focus groups
√ Explore feasibility of including states unable attend on a conference/audio call of session
√ Promote conference attendance scholarships/subsidies etc. to “needy” states, or other
mechanisms to increase participation;
√ Convene meeting (3.5 days X 3 staff)
√ Post conference – write business meeting minutes, burn CDs & mail out

7 Publish Bridges (2 issues) Sharon

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8 Maintain state adoption assistance information pages

√ Repair and re-code broken links every 2 weeks
√ Annual review and update of each state page √ √ √ √
(13 questions x 50 states, review, clean data)

9 Build state capacity to collect and use interstate data Ursula

√ Work with NRC-CWDT to add interstate elements to state SACWIS systems
√ Partner with NAPCWA Ongoing

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 WORK PLAN EXHIBIT X
Year IV 10-06 through 9-07
TASK 1st 2nd 3rd 4th Lead Staff

10 Survey states on the number of children receiving adoption assistance and the interstate movement of these children. Ursula
√ Conduct follow up
√ Target critical non-responding states -- for reasonable research analysis
√ Analyze data √ √
√ Develop report
√ Distribute to states and stakeholders

11 Training P.P for those who administer the ICAMA Ursula

√ Complete draft training
√ Pilot with several states
√ Revise √ √ √
√ Distribute

12 ENFRANCHISE ALL ICAMA MEMBER STATES

* Increase participation of states not active in AAICAMA
Outreach calls to CA/DCA’s in states that are not actively involved.
With EC, develop an Association strategy to obtain more state investment/
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involvement.

Silent states: Contact each of the 12 non-participating states in yr IV; identity

Ursula
assistance they need; barriers to involvement, and. encourage involvement via
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attending annual meeting, all-state calls, committee or web work, Bridges, review
of AICCAMA products, etc. Inform EC of findings from calls
Consider conference attendance scholarships/subsidies etc. to “needy” states, or
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other mechanisms to increase participation;

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 WORK PLAN EXHIBIT X
Year IV 10-06 through 9-07
TASK 1st 2nd 3rd 4th Lead Staff
2. 13 STRENGTHEN PARTNERSHIP AND COLLABORATION WITH CHILD & FAMILY SERVING AGENCIES
Increase AAICAMA visibility to increase awareness of interstate issues in state agencies Sharon
FEDERAL Partners:
Child Welfare Information Gateway
√ Hold conference call(s) to identify joint issue areas, propose collaboration to
enhance expertise, eliminate duplicative effort. Invite to AAICAMA
conference; Web collaborations Ongoing
T & TA Network

AdoptUskids

Other State Association Partners: Sharon/Ursula

NAPCWA
Initiate EC and/or staff involvement in NAPCWA EC meetings when assistance is
needed; in annual meetings; etc. Include in advocacy for Reciprocity, Joinder and
building states data capacity. √ √ √

NASMD
Meet with state Medicaid directors Affiliate to identify ways to partner and to increase
the visibility of interstate issues relative to MA and MA eligibility (e.g. participate in
TAG meetings, work jointly on DRA issues, annual MA re-determination and reciprocity
issues, etc.) √ √ √ √

Other Child Serving organizations/associations –

√ The specific associations and approaches will be determined by the EC.

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