Children, Adults and Families Division (CAF)
This group is responsible for administering self-sufficiency and child-protective programs. These include JOBS, Temporary Assistance for Needy Families (TANF), Employment Related Day Care, Food Stamps, child-abuse investigation and intervention, foster care and adoptions. The group also contains the Office of Vocational Rehabilitation Services (OVRS), which helps Oregonians with disabilities to prepare for, find and retain jobs.
Assistant DHS Director Erinn Kelley-Siel (Interim)
Children, Adults and Families is made up of two groups:
- Policy/Program - Deputy Assistant DHS Director Michael Serice
- Field Services - Deputy Assistant DHS Director Jim Neely
CAF Policy/Program Group
Its main program areas include:
Self-sufficiency and child safety
- Child-care subsidy programs
Programs such as Employment Related Day Care and JOBS child care help low-income working families and people in the JOBS Program pay for their child care
- Prevention programs
Helps young people make positive choices and avoid behaviors that put them at risk
- TANF
Provides cash benefits for low-income families with children
Permanency for children
- Foster care
Provides care for children removed from their homes while the parents, DHS and other agencies work toward reuniting the family
- Adoption programs
Permanently place children with other families when they cannot return to their parents
CAF Field Services Group
CAF Field Services is responsible for providing benefits and services to clients for the majority of DHS programs.
The field structure was designed so that clients can have their multiple needs addressed without having to visit a number of different DHS offices. Case planning for clients is done collaboratively, to avoid conflicting requirements between various programs.
Field Services operates more than 110 offices across the state and employs more than half of the department's staff.
Services are delivered through sixteen service delivery areas (SDAs), each headed by an SDA manager. In addition, each SDA has senior program managers, who have expertise in specific program areas. Service-delivery staff members in field offices retain their current specialization while working more closely with staff from other programs.
Rehabilitation Services
The Office of Vocational Rehabilitation Services works with businesses, schools and community programs to help people with disabilities prepare for and find employment
Central office
Within central office, the Office of Operational Support provides assistance to the SDA managers and field offices. They serve as the connection between the program-and-policy groups and the field, to ensure policies are effectively implemented in the local offices and to help accomplish policy-related changes requested by the field.
Field Services also includes the following:
- The Direct Pay Unit
Processes payments for providers of services to DHS clients
- Oregon Health Plan Eligibility
Processes applications and determines eligibility for the Oregon Health Plan
- Quality Control for the Food Stamp Program
Investigates possible client fraud
- Volunteer services for clients
Helps with needs such as medical transportation and donations of household and other items
See also the Children, Adults & Families organization chart
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