The ROYALS unit serves youth 16-20 years old, who do not have a goal of reunification, with intense life skills and exit planning case management.
Vision: To help youth make the transition to independence through services geared toward essential life skills development, meaningful adult relationships, youth empowerment, and community involvement.
Ongoing Tasks
- Monitoring of outcomes and metrics for ROYALS
Completed Tasks
- 2026 - Quarter 2
April
- Held interviews for worker positions
- Scheduled training for new ROYALS team members
- Scheduled Statewide meeting of all ROYALS team members to assure alignment of policy and practice
May
- Statewide meeting of all ROYALS team members to ensure alignment of policy and practice held
- All ROYALS training occurred for both workers and supervisors
- New ROYALS workers shadowed existing workers
June
- Review of the LS-1 list to determine eligible youth who should be referred
- Statewide referrals began coming in and are assigned to new workers
- Continued outreach and training of staff continues
- 2026 - Quarter 1
January
- Policy finalized and approved by DLS. Memo Call scheduled
- Identified the number of ROYALS workers needed statewide
- Identified the number of ROYALS supervisors needed statewide
February
- Finalized allocation availability and funding
- Approval was received for a Social Services Area Supervisor
March
- Held Memo Call regarding finalized policy
- Hired Social Services Area Supervisor
- Posted positions for supervisor and worker positions
- Held interviews for supervisor position
- 2025 - Quarter 4
October
- Policy reviewed by the Executive Team
- 2025 - Quarter 3
July
- Outreach to the Executive Team regarding expansion
September
- Pull the Legal Status 1 (LS-1) older youth numbers by region
- 2025 - Quarter 2
May
- ROYALS documents updated (Referral Form, Brochure, Referral Flow Chart)
- 2025 - Quarter 1
February
- Expansion proposal plan created
March
- ROYALS policy drafted