Typically, they provide a range
of child welfare services for children and families, including family preservation, child protection, out - of - home care, and adoption.
These programs provide services and support that promote child well - being and strengthen families, with an indirect goal of preventing further involvement
in child welfare services.
The second area has to do with fiscal incentives and federal funding
for child welfare services generally and foster care specifically.
Resources and information for families and child welfare agencies about housing needs and services for low - income families, including families
receiving child welfare services.
The report includes recommendations for actively engaging Latino families in their case process and for supporting them by incorporating their networks and their genuine interest in helping others into
child welfare service delivery.
One way to reduce the rate of
child welfare services involvement among the children of youth in foster care is to help young people in foster care delay becoming parents.
Many efforts to
improve child welfare services or reform child welfare systems involve collaboration to enhance and integrate service delivery and ultimately improve outcomes for the children and families being served.
Evidence - based practice, systems of care, and family engagement have become increasingly important across the continuum
of child welfare services, including residential treatment.
Those that persist in their desire to have a normal, physiological birth are sometimes forced by judges to surrender to surgery or threatened with having their babies taken away
by child welfare services.
This section addresses key elements of family - centered practice and provides overarching strategies for family - centered casework practice
across child welfare service systems that focus on strengths, engage families and involve them in decision - making, advocate for improving families» conditions, and engage communities to support families.
This section addresses key elements of family - centered practice and provides overarching strategies for family - centered casework practice across
child welfare service systems that focus on strengths, engage families and involve them in decision - making, advocate for improving families» conditions, and engage communities to support families.
Policy and Procedure Manual: Quality Assurance and Risk Management (PDF - 257 KB) Partnership for Strong Families (2006) Presents guidance for a community - based care lead agency
providing child welfare services in Florida.
The Canadian Human Rights Tribunal has ruled that the government discriminates against First Nations children in its delivery of
child welfare services on reserves
The outcome will not only affect the way that Canada
funds child welfare services on reserve, but might also have implications for other services that the federal government provides funding for on reserve including education, social assistance and health.
The $ 133 billion Assembly budget proposal... restores $ 36 million and rejects the executive budget proposal to redirect Title XX discretionary funds typically allotted to these senior centers to
local child welfare services... (and) protects several senior programs slated for elimination in the executive budget by restoring 75 percent for programs.
The budget proposal also caps New York City's allotment for
preventive child welfare services and eliminates funding for Close to Home — also a city - focused program that aims to keep teens out of the adult criminal justice system.
Evidence
from child welfare services research suggests that African - American families are less likely to receive in - home and reunification services (Landsverk et al., 1996).
This means that when the province makes a decision
about child welfare services off reserve that require additional funding, the on reserve service providers will only be able to provide the same level of services if the federal government provides the same level of funding.
On January 26, 2016, the Canadian Human Rights Tribunal ruled that the federal government discriminates against First Nations children by providing flawed and
inequitable child welfare services compared to that available to other children.
The NIL / TU, O Child and Family Services Society v. B.C.G.E.U. case asked the same question concerning a child welfare agency providing
child welfare services designed to preserve Aboriginal cultural identity.
Excellent leadership, interpersonal communication, writing and organizational skills; Demonstrated commitment to family -
centered child welfare service delivery and Flexibility and ability to work under pressure and meet deadlines
99 adopted children from 445 families served by Missouri Intensive In - home Services (IIS) over 10 years; most children were previously placed by
child welfare services due to abuse or neglect
Thus, the administrators in this study who are committed to improved
overall child welfare service delivery may be simultaneously working toward the goal of improving the child welfare experiences of children of color specifically.
The Child and Family Services Reviews (CFSRs) enable the Children's Bureau to ensure conformity with Federal child welfare requirements, to gauge the experiences of children, youth, and families receiving
State child welfare services, and to assist States as they enhance their capacity to help families achieve positive outcomes.
Provides an overview of
basic child welfare services, describes how domestic violence (DV) services and child welfare (CW) professionals can support one another's efforts in working with families, and lists resources for more information.
At any given time, more than half a million American children reside in foster care, and more than 800,000 children pass through the foster care system annually.57 Almost 30,000 young adults annually leave foster care without achieving permanency in familial relationships.58 Despite spending billions of dollars annually on in home child protection services for abusive and neglectful families and foster care, 59 the effectiveness of
standard child welfare services is largely unproven.
Another barrier is post-adoption services are competing with
other child welfare services for funding and many people are hesitant to take away funds from other programs to fund PAS.
Those who argue that minority children and families have a disproportionate need for
child welfare services point to the vulnerability of this population in terms of many social indicators, the most salient of which is poverty.
Participants also hear about successful examples in five states that effectively contributed to both Community - Based Child Abuse Prevention (CBCAP) programs and
child welfare service goals.
They say that the result of this under - funding is that the level of some of the services provided for these children is inadequate, and that other
child welfare services otherwise available to Canadian children are not available to First Nations children living on reserves.
Matching Services to Child and Family Needs (PDF - 624 KB) The Child Welfare Policy and Practice Group (2012) Improving Outcomes by Improving Practice, 2 (2) Addresses the challenges of
tailoring child welfare services to meet child and family needs, discusses the effects and causes of service inflexibility, and provides strategies for matching services to needs.
Obtaining the perspectives of families by involving them in
evaluating child welfare services and programs is a critical first step in identifying how services are affecting families.