Lorrie Lutz

OUR PHILOSOPHY OF SERVICE "…just about everything affecting the provision of social services - the government agencies that award contracts, United Way that awards funds, political and economic environments in which funders operate...has profoundly change…" William P. Ryan - Harvard Business Review L3 P Associates, LLC is a consulting firm specializing in all aspects of public and private social service reform. We assist public and private organizations at the state and community levels in implementing new business and clinical practices focused on enhancing efficiency and improving outcomes for consumers. L3 P Associates has evaluated the styles and operations of many consulting firms in the social service field. We have talked to consumers of these consulting services and reviewed products. From this analysis, we concluded that quality consultation requires a commitment to five principles, which define our work: We operate from a strengths perspective-building on those things that are working well in your organization. We are on-site regularly, providing help when and where you need it. We work as closely with line staff as we do with management. Change is complicated at every level of an organization. We provide multiple mediums for learning, including large and small group training, "hands on" exercises, case specific best practice strategies, topic discussion, and state of the art literature, each targeted to the learning styles of adults. We provide products—while process is important we deliver concrete and tangible tools, instruments, and deliverables. Quality consultation is born from a strong partnership with our customer. We have information, experience, and an external perspective that is valuable in this competitive, fast-paced, changing human services market. You know your organization. Together, we can shift the categorical nature of human services into an integrated system that is community-based, family-centered, outcomes-focused, and cost-effective. About the President Lorrie Lutz, President Degrees/Licenses: M.P.P Lorrie L. Lutz, has spent the past thirty years immersed in best practice in child welfare in both the public and private sector. She has extensive experience in performance-based contracting, developing innovations in foster care recruitment and retention, developing family centered assessment standards, dual licensure and its impact on child permanence, implementing concurrent planning, expanding use of kinship care, implications of HIPAA for social service agencies and use of data and technology. As past Director of Child Protection and Juvenile Justice Services for the State of New Hampshire, Director of Community Services for Fort Leonard Wood Missouri, Director of Community Programs for Catholic Charities in Minnesota, Bureau Chief for Adult Services for the State of Idaho and as a one-time child protection worker and juvenile probation officer in Las Vegas Nevada, Lorrie has a diverse book of experience in working through the complexities and nuances of the social service arena from a diverse array of perspectives-government, private provider and line social worker. Lorrie has a special commitment to evolving child welfare practice; specifically encouraging a more strength focused approach to the practice of child protection and is nationally recognized for her work in furthering family-centered practice in out-of-home settings. Lorrie provides training and technical assistance for the National Resource Center for Foster Care and Permanency Planning, is working as part of the AdoptUS Kids initiative, is faculty chair for the Casey Breakthrough Series on Kinship Care and a member of the project leadership team for the California's Breakthrough Series on Differential Response. Lorrie trains all over the country on a multitude of topics such as: Engaging Families in The Child Welfare System The Art of Conducting a Family Centered Assessment Making Case Planning Real for Families Creating Relationships Between Birth Families, Resource Families and the Child Welfare Agency Family Centered Supervision Dual Licensure of Foster and Adoptive Families Concurrent Planning in Child Welfare HIPAA and its Implications for Social Services Performance Based Contracting Do's and Don'ts Scenario Demonstrations: A New Approach to the Traditional RFP Lorrie's most recent publications include: "Relationship Between Resource Families, Birth Families and the System of Care: Preventing the Triangulation of the Triangle of Support"; "Recruitment of Resource Families: The Promise and the Paradox"; "Achieving Permanence For Children: A Daunting Challenge" and Promising Practices in Adoption Competent Mental Health Services". About Us / Bios | Products | Our Experience What's New | Contact Us | Home L3 P Associates, LLC 16 Plummer Drive Raymond, Maine 04071 Telephone (207) 655-5277 Fax (207) 655-6752 Information: E-mail Us © Copyright 1996-2002 by L3 P Associates, LLC All right reserved.