Genograms and Ecomaps: Tools for Developing a Broad …

patterns over generations can be helpful in engaging families to tell their story. While it is necessary to ask families to describe situations that brought them to the attention of the child welfare system, it is also important to ask them to describe how they have dealt with

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Home Study Requirements for Prospective Foster Parents

Kinship foster care Adopting children in foster care Interjurisdictional approval ... caregivers are capable of providing safe, nurturing ... lighting, and ventilation; and a working bathroom with hot and cold running water. The home must have a sufficient number of bedrooms for all family

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Compensation Guide for Foster and Kinship Caregivers

Kinship caregivers must meet safety standards as per the Environmental Safety Assessment for Caregivers [FC3606]. Kinship caregivers do not need to meet licensing standards and have their homes ready prior to a child’s arrival. Frequently, children placed in kinship homes are placed without any prior planning and the kinship families are ...

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A Practice Guide for Working with African American ...

caregivers Parenting skills that emphasize and enhance achievement Respect for others, self respect and racial pride with their children (Woody, Woody, 2003). All of these strengths, in different combinations or sequences, can be used as the worker engages the parent(s) at key decision-making points in the life of the case.

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The Adoption Home Study Process - Child Welfare

Resources on Trauma for Caregivers and Families web sections. If you are a foster parent or kinship caregiver, you have already completed a home study. Your State will likely require an updated home study if you plan to adopt the child in your care. All States require a completed home study with a criminal background check, even if you

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INTER AGENCY GUIDELINES FOR CASE MANAGEMENT & …

6 Child protection working group Inter agency guidelines Alternative Care: Alternative care is the care provided for children by caregivers who are not their biological parents. This care may take the form of informal or formal care. Alternative care may be kinship care; foster care; other forms of family-based or family-like care

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Placement Process Resource Guide

relatives as caregivers, which is a practice with a strong historical precedent across many cultures. Kinship and fictive kin placements are time-honored traditions that allow children to maintain their important connections to family, community, and culture.

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Child Protective Services Access & Initial Assessment ...

• Parents/caregivers are viewed as the primary authorities in the family and are most accountable for safety and security within the family home. A collaborative relationship between CPS and parents/caregivers is based on the principles of respect, honesty, equity, and self-determination. • CPS is a government intervention.

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NORTH CAROLINA MONTHLY PERMANENCY PLANNING …

NORTH CAROLINA MONTHLY PERMANENCY PLANNING CONTACT RECORD (For all Out of Home Placements) DSS-5295 (Rev. 08/2019) Child Welfare Services Page 1 of 4 DEMOGRAPHICS complete in advance if possible– Agency Name _____ Visit Date: ___ / ___ / _____ Took Place: Where Child Lives Other Location Placement Type: Foster Care …