Qualified Residential Treatment Program (QRTP)

Qualified Residential Treatment Program (QRTP)

This page provides information about how to seek certification as a qualified residential treatment program (QRTP).

The Family First Prevention Services Act (FFPSA) was passed by the federal government in 2018. This legislation restructures how the federal government allocates funds to the child welfare system to improve outcomes for children and families. One way that FFPSA does this is through the creation of Qualified Residential Treatment Programs (QRTPs).

Infrastructure and Support

Infrastructure and Support

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Strategic Objectives

  • Identify and improve practice, processes and technologies that will increase the time a caseworker has to work with children, youth, and families
  • Evaluate our workforce system and design a new worker caseworker training model that incorporates evidence-based and promising case management practices that keep families together

Home Like Continuum

Home Like Continuum

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Strategic Objectives

  • Safely transform the child welfare and youth justice system to dramatically increase the proportion of children supported in their homes and communities
  • Identify, recruit and support relative and like-kin caregivers, in support of children and youth who cannot be safely maintained in their home
  • Elevate and support the role of individuals with lived experiences to inform system changes

Updates

QRTP Frequently Asked Questions

QRTP Frequently Asked Questions

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The Frequently Asked Questions (FAQs) are updated regularly to reflect the latest questions from stakeholders. Check this webpage for the most up-to-date information on Family First and related topics. Click on the links below for a PDF to the most common questions from our shareholders.

QRTP Questions

Putting Families First

Wisconsin is Putting Families First

Since 2018, Wisconsin has been transforming the child welfare system to be more family-focused and collaborative in supporting more children and families in-home.

About the Campaign

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WI, We Need to Talk is about raising awareness that youth in Wisconsin are being sex trafficked or may be at risk of being sex trafficked.

Talking about human trafficking is hard. It’s OK to talk about it. In fact, we encourage it.