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FDCIS will:
- Monitor dependency cases for federal and state timeliness compliance
- Organize dependency case manager workload
- Allow statewide access through a web-based application
- Generate court orders and forms
The development of a standard dependency data management system is critical to ensuring positive outcomes for children and providing case tracking to meet appropriate guidelines. The Office of the State Courts Administrator (OSCA) will be developing the Florida Dependency Court Information System (FDCIS) to present data in an easy-to-read fashion to organize court processes and inform practice.
The foundation for FDCIS comes from the previous Judicial Case Management Information System (JCMIS). The initial funding stream for JCMIS ended during FY 2006, but new funding from the Administration of Children and Families has allowed the project to expand. FDCIS will not require duplicate data entry, and will participate in data exchanges between the Department of Children and Families (DCF) and the Florida Association of Court Clerks (FACC). The data exchanges will allow the court to manage cases in an easier fashion, and to have pertinent information prior to the hearings. FDCIS will have an expanded focus on data sharing with external agencies, which is a substantial change from JCMIS. Moreover, some of the components in FDCIS include the monitoring of assessments, services and the tracking of mandatory time frames. The feature set of the FDCIS application will include new and enhanced features and a tighter integration with Microsoft tools.
The Office of Court Improvement is currently participating in the DCF legal module design sessions for the Florida Safe Families Network (FSFN). FSFN is replacing the Department’s child welfare information system - Home Safe net (HsN). Legislation is already in place to facilitate the smooth transition of data between organizations, and work has begun on data sharing agreements. The current funding stream only supports the development of a case management system in the dependency arena. The desire is ultimately to utilize the new system as a template for other case types.
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