Before
talking with child welfare agencies about partnerships, fatherhood programs should ensure they understand the role and perspective of child welfare caseworkers and the potential benefits of working together.
Fatherhood programs can look for opportunities to talk
with child welfare agencies about the research that shows how children benefit when fathers are engaged in child welfare cases.
A general overview of the model approach, Cultural Broker Paraprofessional an Agency Community Partnership
© with child welfare agencies can be conducted in 3 days, however, implementation across an organizations whole child protection system is at least a 7 - year process.
Licensure: Family Development staff
coordinate with child welfare agencies to connect each family with a local licensing agency and maintain support until the family has a child join their family.
The model guides the daily interactions of employees, families, stakeholders, and community members connected to their
work with the child welfare agency in conjunction with the standards of practice to achieve defined outcomes.
Services are generally provided to families who have an «open case»
with the child welfare agency and whose children remain at home or have returned home from out - of - home care.
Association of Administrators of the Interstate Compact on Adoption and Medical Assistance Connects to a nonprofit organization of States working
with child welfare agencies, Tribes, and adoptive parents to facilitate and support special needs adoption.
As a result, responsible fatherhood programs have opportunities to work
with child welfare agencies and related professionals about ways to engage fathers and promote responsible fatherhood.