November 2024 The Champion

Embracing the Season of Diversity and Belonging

November ushers in the holiday season with beautiful traditions and lots of delicious foods! Some people celebrate Thanksgiving and Christmas, others Hannukah or Kwanzaa - while others celebrate nothing more than just having a few days off. It's all, quite alright! This season let's remember to respect and celebrate diversity. Let's take time to connect and foster belonging for those outside of our circles and expand community to them. Afterall, diversity is the spice of life!

--by Edgard Martinez

DONATIONS RECEIVED

CFF recently received a very large donation from Amazon of toiletries, household cleaning supplies, personal hygiene items, etc. These items are currently at the 300 MLK location. Donations are available to be distributed to clients. If you have access to 300 MLK, please help yourself to any items in the cardboard boxes that you think clients can use. (Items in the red totes are being collected for Seaford House and Seaford Community of Hope so please do not take any items from the totes) If you do not have access to 300 MLK, please reach out to Jen Gallo at jennifer.gallo@cffde.org for assistance.

Important Dates

November28/29th: ThanksgivingHoliday

December5: AllStaffMeeting(half-day) DelawareStateUniversity

December23-25th: WinterHoliday

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Quality Excellence Starts with YOU!

Reminder of Important Record Review Q3 Dates

November 20th - 27th: Program Managers don’t forget to complete your PQI assessments before the long Thanksgiving break.

December 10th- Tentative PQI Committee meeting

In an effort to increase diversity of talent, perspective, and ideas we are looking for staff who have a passion for professional development. Our ASTI team continues to thrive with providing innovative, unique, and engaging training opportunities for all programs/units across our agency. If you are interested in joining our team, please email astileadership@cffde.org

For additional details about ASTI, please see below!

INNOVATION LAB is recruiting new members! If you are an employee who works directly with clients, interested in solving BIG agency problems, wish to identify new organizational opportunities, and desire to work with other talented professionals, INNOVATION LAB IS JUST FOR YOU! Please see the flyer below for additional details!

Paper CFF Consents Now On The CFF Intranet!

The QE Team has updated the following consents:

Client Rights Booklet Acknowledgement

Consent to Release and/or Receive Confidential Information

Consent to Participate in Audio and/or Video Recording

Consent to See Child at School

Consent to Transport

Telehealth Informed Consent

Waiver of Liability and Hold Harmless Agreement

Where are they located?

You can find them on the CFF Intranet! You can access the CFF Intranet through Managed Agency Websites on your browser. (See next page for instructions on accessing the CFF Intranet.)

Languages available?

The consents are available in English, Haitian Creole, and Spanish.

Fillable PDF vs Blank PDF

We have provided 2 options for each consent.

Fillable PDF:

Allows you to pre-fill information before sending to the participant for signature.

Blank PDF:

The blank version can be sent directly to the participant for completion.

Important Notes:

If you currently have blank paper versions of the above consents, please shred them immediately and download the latest versions from the CFF Intranet.

The QE Team is responsible for housing the official versions of CFF consents and managing the updating process. If you have any electronic versions (in any language), please delete them right away.

Any requests for changes to these consents must be submitted through the program manager. The program manager will email the QE Team with the suggested changes. The QE team will vet the suggested changes in consultation with Risk and Operations.

If you have any questions, please feel free to reach out to any member of the QE Team:

Andréa Miller – andrea.miller@cffde.org

Umema Ganijee – Umema.ganijee@cffde.org

Naomi Katz – naomi.katz@cffde.org

In Action: Staff Highlights from Across the Map

From left to right: 1) Congratulations to Jasmine from Head Start for completing the Citizens Police Academy 2) The Foster Care & Adoption Team hosted a trick or treat event for our resource families 3) The Healthy Families Delaware team hosted a graduation event for their families 4) Kiera was part of a panel discussion hosted by the Coalition for a Safer Delaware “At the Crossroads: Multisector Discussion for Gun Violence Prevention” 5) Team CFF Sparkle (Lea, Jen, Laura, and Ariele) decorated a tree on behalf of CFF to be part of a holiday silent auction at Delaware Park 6) Seaford House hosted their Annual Thanksgiving Dinner