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Module 1 Child Welfare System Flashcards

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CPI

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Children Protective Investigator

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What are the first two questions the CPI needs to ask the family?

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  1. Did you do it?

2. Are you Native American

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What does the CPI assess when investigating the case?

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  • Risk
  • Safety
  • Child and family functioning
  • Trauma
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CLS

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Child Legal Services
Your attorney
For Hillsborough County is your attorney general

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Legal Hierarchy for Child Protection

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  • Constitution
  • Federal Statutes: ICWA, MEPA, ICPC, etc
  • State Statutes: chapter 39
  • Florida administrative code/rule: chapter 65
  • Florida rules of juvenile procedures
  • Operation Procedures: day to day/step by step
  • Think of an inverted pyramid*
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ASFA

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The Adoption and Safe Families Act

  • Declares that a child’s health and safety must be the paramount concern
  • Preserve and reunify the families
  • Place the child in a timely manner
  • Finalize a permanent placement within 12 months
  • 7 Outcomes: safety (2), permanency (2), well-being (3)
  • Quality of Practice Standards
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QPS

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Quality of Practice Standards

- CPI and CM must meet the seven outcomes for QPS

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ICPC

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Interstate Compact on the Placement of Children

  • Procedures when placing children across state lines for all 50 states
  • Sending state maintains financial, jurisdiction and medical responsibility of the child
  • If you place a child in another state without the compact approval is a violation
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MEPA

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Multi Ethnic Placement Act

- Prohibits the delay or denial of any adoption or placement in foster care due to to race, color, or national origin

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SIJS

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Special Immigrant Juvenile Status
- Assists certain undocumented children in obtaining legal permanent residency
- If the juvenile applies for this status and is successful he or she may:
. Remain the US
. Work legally
. Qualify for in-state tuition in a college
. In five years apply for US citizenship
- If denied, child might be deported

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APPLA

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Another Planned Permanent Living Arrangement

For undocumented children must be in APPLA

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ICWA

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The Indian Child Welfare Act

  • Requires you to always determine if a child is of American Indian descent
  • The percent of Indian blood necessary to qualify varies by tribe; the chief of the tribe determines eligibility
  • DCF and it’s providers have no authority on an Indian reservation unless there is a signed agreement to the contrary
  • If the child has been removed from the reservation the tribe must be notified within 24 hours
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The Adoption Assistance and Child Welfare Act of 1980

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  • Designed to address “foster care drift” meaning moving children toward a permanency goal as quickly as possible
  • Requires that case plans develop permanency goals and are reviewed every six months to ensure goals are revised and updated
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ESI

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Early Service Intervention

- Case Transfer Staffing

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During case transfer staffing how many days do you have to see that child?

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Within 2 working days

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Once your kid is in “shelter status” how many days do you have to see the child?

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At least once every seven days

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What is due process?

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Is a guarantee that all legal proceedings will be fair and one will be given notice of proceedings and an opportunity to be heard before one’s life, liberty or property is taken away.

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What is least intrusive?

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Intervening to protect a child in ways that produce the least interference with family unity and privacy, yet assure child safety

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What are reasonable efforts?

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Before a child is remove from home, reasonable efforts/actions have been taken by the child welfare professional to prevent the removal from occurring. Or, if removed, reasonable efforts/actions to quickly reunify the child without compromising safety

= Services

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Permanency Planning

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Ensure the children get a resolution to their need for safety and a permanent family to raise them

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What are the 4 principles that the child welfare system operates from?

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  1. The health and safety of the children served shall be the paramount concern
  2. The prevention and intervention by the child protection system should engage families in constructive, supportive and non-adversarial relationships
  3. The prevention and intervention should intrude as little as possible into the life of the family and be focused on clearly defined objectives
  4. The prevention and intervention should be based upon outcome and valuation results that demonstrate success in protecting children and supporting families
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How often should you make unannounced visits?

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At least once every three months

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What is the minimum days that you need to see your child?

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30 days in their home

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