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	Code of Ethics for Child Welfare Professionals (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-11)
		Child welfare professionals who are also foster parents should disclose and have ongoing discussions regarding these dual roles with their appropriate superior in order to prevent conflicts of interest, abuse of power, or the suggestion of impropriety in carrying out professional activities.
		Child welfare professionals should inform clients as soon as feasible and in language that is understandable about the nature of the professional relationship, the nature of the professional intervention, the professional’s delegated authority and the limits of that authority, which decisions the client can make and which decisions the child welfare professional will make.
		Child welfare professionals have a duty to be familiar with all relevant confidentiality requirements and limitations found in federal and state laws and agency rules that apply to the child welfare field.
	www.state.il.us /dcfs/library/com_communications_code.shtml (3847 words)

	OPDV Model Policy: Child Welfare System
		It is critical therefore that all child welfare workers-protective, investigative, preventive, foster care, and adoptive-heighten their awareness of the connection between adult domestic violence and child abuse and neglect, and integrate strategies that address the safety-related needs of adult victims into strategies to protect the safety interests of children.
		Child welfare workers should not refer families in which there is domestic violence to family therapy, marriage or couples counseling, mediation, or other programs in which the victim and abuser must cooperatively participate, and should not recommend that families in which there is domestic violence be required to participate in such services.
		Child welfare workers should receive comprehensive and ongoing training on domestic violence, the connection between domestic violence and child abuse and neglect, the effects of domestic violence on children, and child safety-planning.
	www.opdv.state.ny.us /coordination/model_policy/childwel.html (2712 words)

	How Does the Child Welfare System Work? (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-11)
		The child welfare system is a group of services designed to promote the well-being of children by ensuring safety, achieving permanency, and strengthening families to successfully care for their children.
		Child maltreatment is defined by Federal law as serious harm (neglect, physical abuse, sexual abuse, and emotional abuse or neglect) caused to children by parents or primary caregivers, such as extended family members or babysitters.
		If a child has been abused or neglected, the course of action depends on State policy, the severity of the maltreatment, the risk of continued or future maltreatment, the services available to address the family's needs, and whether the child was removed from the home and a court action to protect the child was initiated.
	www.childwelfare.gov /pubs/factsheets/cpswork.cfm (2248 words)

	When Child Welfare Agencies Rely on Voluntary Kinship Placements
		Although child welfare staff may suggest placing a child voluntarily with kin and may even assess the kinship caregiver, it is important to note that the arrangement occurs at the discretion of the birth parent and the kin.
		Child welfare caseworkers and administrators in all sites visited acknowledged that the agency does not conduct traditional permanency planning when children are in voluntary placements.
		Child welfare agencies have no reason to intrude into private family matters unless children are at significant risk of abuse or neglect.
	www.urban.org /url.cfm?ID=310772 (3689 words)

	A Child's Journey Through the Child Welfare System
		Once a child is known to the child welfare agency, he and his family become subject to a series of decisions made by judges, caseworkers, legal representatives, and others, all of whom have an important role to play.
		Once the child is removed from his home, he and his parents become formally involved with the juvenile or dependency court system, and the child is considered in state custody and generally a ward or dependent of the court.
		Federal child welfare funds cannot be used to support children in public facilities that serve more than 25 children or used to maintain children in facilities that are operated primarily for the detention of delinquent youth.
	pewfostercare.org /docs/index.php?DocID=24 (3975 words)

	Child Welfare Handbook - Chapter 13 - Custody Hearing (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-11)
		The first option is to allow the child to remain with, or return the child to, the respondent, subject to such conditions as will reasonably assure the safety and well being of the child.
		If reasonable efforts is not addressed within 60 days of the date the child is removed from the home, the child becomes ineligible for federal foster care payments for the duration of his or her stay in foster care.
		If it is unclear whether the child is an Indian child, the court's finding might be to the effect that the child may be subject to the Indian Child Welfare Act and the court could order CYFD to continue its inquiries.
	jec.unm.edu /resources/benchbooks/child_law/ch_13.htm (2917 words)

	Child Welfare Handbook - Chapter 33 - Juvenile Delinquency (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-11)
		The child, through counsel, and the children's court attorney may agree to defer adjudication of the charges on the condition that the child comply with certain restrictions on his or her behavior.
		A child who was previously incarcerated as an adult or a person over age 18 may be detained in the county jail and may not be detained in a juvenile detention facility.
		If the child is in detention, the dispositional hearing must begin within 30 days from the date the court concludes the adjudicatory hearing in a delinquency proceeding or trial in a youthful offender proceeding or accepts from the child an admission of the factual allegations of the petition.
	jec.unm.edu /resources/benchbooks/child_law/ch_33.htm (3442 words)

	The Child Welfare Fund
		In the starkest terms, a child welfare worker who suspects a child is being neglected or abused by a parent has two choices, both fraught with risk.
		Child welfare officials have pledged to stay the course, and while conceding that a number of the deaths resulted from mistakes or possible misjudgments by caseworkers, they have disputed the notion that the children died because of the failings of a systemic philosophy.
		The child welfare commissioner at the time, Nicholas Scoppetta, was unequivocal that the placing of children in foster care after Elisa's death had been too knee-jerk and gone too far.
	www.nycwf.org (2537 words)

	Welfare Reform's Effect on Child Welfare Caseloads
		Because poverty is highly correlated with child maltreatment and involvement in the child welfare system, welfare effects on family income may affect the number of families reported to child welfare authorities.
		While case study respondents agreed that welfare reform has not significantly affected child welfare caseloads, they did identify a variety of smaller effects they have seen on families and offered explanations as to why greater effects have not yet been observed but may be seen in the near future.
		Despite numerous studies assessing the effects of welfare reform, we have very limited hard data on the extent to which welfare families are being reported to child welfare agencies for abuse or neglect.
	www.urban.org /url.cfm?ID=310095 (1099 words)

	DCFS - Child Welfare Services
		DCFS also supervised and administered both child protective and child welfare services in the 15 rural counties.
		Nevada’s child protective/welfare system ostensibly functions as three regional services areas: the Rural Region operates as a state supervised and state (DCFS) administered delivery system, and the Northern and Southern Regions operate as state supervised — county administered (WCDSS and CCDFS) child welfare delivery systems.
		The foundation for case planning is the assessment and comprehensive case management services that support the child, the parents, and the caregivers.
	www.dcfs.state.nv.us /DCFS_ChildWelfareSer.htm (383 words)

	Adoption History: Child Welfare
		This photograph of “children from many races,” taken during a U.S. Children's Bureau conference in Hawaii in the 1920s, suggests that child welfare was a concept capable of drawing government attention and resources to people of diverse ethnic and racial backgrounds.
		The modern belief that children are innocent and vulnerable human beings with special needs for care and protection during critical stages of physical and psychological development is the premise of child welfare.
		Child welfare as a collective, social obligation is the rationale behind modern adoption regulation.
	darkwing.uoregon.edu /~adoption/topics/childwelfare.html (311 words)

	Privatization Watch, outsourcing, compettion, sourcing, Geoffrey Segal (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-11)
		For example, child welfare privatization in Kansas initially led to large caseload increases as state child welfare workers shifted their focus from case management to child abuse investigations.
		Child welfare legislation should be reformed to narrow the definition of when foster care is appropriate.
		A child welfare agency must have a well-developed contract monitoring system with enforcement and reward mechanisms to ensure that the performance measures are taken seriously.
	www.rppi.org /floridachildwelfare.html (2389 words)

	Child Welfare Policy and Practice Group
		The Child Welfare and Policy and Practice Group is a private, non-profit organization developed to assist child welfare systems to create, design and manage organizational change that results in improved practice and outcomes for children and their families.
		The Child Welfare Group consists of child welfare and mental health professionals with experience in designing and implementing successful system change and in improving front line child welfare practice.
		The Child Welfare Policy and Practice Group offers assistance to agencies and organizations seeking to improve their ability to protect children from harm, strengthen families and provide permanence and stability for their children in their care.
	www.childwelfaregroup.org /index.html (103 words)

	Child Welfare Associates - Home (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-11)
		Fortunately, the outlook for child welfare systems nationwide is far from grim.
		Looking to the lessons learned by others is sage advice for any child welfare agency, but there will be tough questions to answer along the way.
		Child Welfare Associates, LLC is dedicated to assisting agencies that are ready to take on that challenge.
	www.childwelfareassociates.com /home.html (246 words)

	Children's Bureau Website - Child Welfare Monitoring
		State Child Welfare Legislation: 2005 - Describes some of the State legislation related to child welfare issues that was enacted during calendar year 2005.
		The Child and Family Services Reviews: The Role of State Legislators and Focusing on Child Welfare Systems: The Role of State Legislators - This report offers legislators information on using the CFSRs to enhance their role in supporting State child welfare agency administrators in creating effective child welfare policies and practices.
		After a State's child welfare automated system is operational for a approximately 1 year, the Division of State Systems (DSS) conducts a review to assess the system's functionality.
	www.acf.hhs.gov /programs/cb/cwmonitoring/index.htm (1273 words)

	Child Welfare League of America
		CWLA is the largest publisher of child welfare materials in the world, is involved extensively in consulting with both governmental and voluntary child welfare organizations on improving services to at-risk children and families, and convenes numerous conferences, seminars and training sessions throughout the year.
		Established in 1920, the Child Welfare League of America is the nation's oldest and largest membership-based child welfare...
		Established in 1920, the Child Welfare League of America is the nation's oldest and largest membership-based child...
	www.charitywire.com /charity40 (1140 words)

	CNN.com - Advocate: New Jersey child welfare flawed - Feb. 12, 2004
		New Jersey's child advocate called on state lawmakers Thursday to address systemic flaws in the child welfare system or risk the kinds of abuses that left four severely malnourished boys in the care of their adoptive parents for eight years.
		Kevin Ryan, appointed as the state watchdog over the child welfare system, spoke after unveiling a study of the Jackson family, whose four adopted sons -- ages 9 to 19 -- were found in October 2003 emaciated and malnourished in their Collingswood, New Jersey, home.
		New Jersey's government is required to deliver a comprehensive plan to overhaul the child welfare system on February 18.
	cnn.com /2004/US/Northeast/02/12/nj.child.welfare/index.html (663 words)

	Child Welfare On-Line Review Page
		Child Welfare Review is intended to be a forum for significant, critical and serious inquiry into issues related to the welfare of children.
		Child Welfare Review is an electronic journal for coverage of issues related to the well-being of children.
		More than one hundred articles are organized into six categories: child abuse, foster care, adoption, welfare reform and children, child poverty and inequality, child advocacy, and values and children.
	www.childwelfare.com /kids/news.htm (439 words)

	NCSLnet: Child Welfare
		Changing Landscape of Child Welfare Financing: Recent changes in federal financing of child welfare including Titles IV-E and IV-B, TANF and Medicaid promote achievement of policy goals but also restrict state flexibility.
		Here are questions that legislators can ask child welfare agencies about their state's progress in improving child welfare.
		Child Welfare Caseworker Visits: Quality caseworker visits are linked to improved outcomes for kids and families in the child welfare system.
	www.ncsl.org /programs/cyf/cw.htm (178 words)

	Child Welfare Initiative Homepage
		Children served by the child welfare system are more likely to need developmental, mental health, medical, and educational services than many other children.
		With funding from the federal Administration for Children and Families, the National Technical Assistance Center for Children's Mental Health has had the opportunity to address child welfare issues, to link with other organizations, to strengthen mental health services for children and families, and to promote stronger partnerships with families in the child welfare system.
		Ensures that child welfare issues are addressed in all of the TA Center activities.
	gucchd.georgetown.edu /programs/child_welfare_initiative (333 words)

	CWRC Professional Organizations (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-11)
		We are licensed and regulated under the Child and Family Services Act and funded on a per diem basis.
		Toronto Child Abuse Centre strives to develop and expand services for abused children, their families and offenders.
		The Child Welfare Institute (CWI) is a national leader in the provision of child welfare training and organizational development consultation services to state and local governmental agencies and private agencies.
	www.childwelfare.ca /cwrcasso.shtml (954 words)

	Oregon DHS Privacy/Security Frequently Asked Questions: Child Welfare
		State laws and procedures related to child abuse reports and investigations, and the confidentiality of child abuse report information, are expressly protected from federal interference by HIPAA and the privacy rules.
		If the child is in state custody, you are acting as the parent, and don’t need an authorization to give a good family history.
		In the course of a child protective services agency assessment, I had a parent sign a release for her records and when I received them they were full of complaints about mental health issues.
	www.oregon.gov /DHS/admin/infosec/faq/faq_childwelfare.shtml (1117 words)

	About Child Intervention Services
		Child Intervention Services is the term that is used to describe those situations in which Child and Family Services Authorities (CFSA) or Delegated First Nations Agencies (DFNA) provides services to ensure a child's safety and well being is maintained.
		Parents are primarily responsible for providing appropriate care for their children, but all members of the community contribute to a child's growth and participation in society.
		When it becomes clear that a child's survival, security and development is at risk, Child Intervention Services must become involved.
	www.child.gov.ab.ca /whatwedo/childwelfare/page.cfm?pg=index (181 words)

	Indian Child Welfare Act Update
		The child must be either a member of a federally recognized Indian tribe or must be eligible for membership in a federally recognized Indian tribe.
		If a child is removed, either for foster care or adoption, the law requires that Indian children be placed with extended family members, other tribal members, or other Indian families.
		The Indian Child Welfare Act defines an Indian tribe as any Indian tribe, band, nation, or other organized group or community of Indians recognized as eligible for the services provided to Indians by the Secretary [of the Interior] because of their status as Indians.
	www.ptla.org /wabanaki/icwa.htm (631 words)

	Louisiana Department of Social Services
		Child Protection Investigation - Investigation of child abuse and neglect and provision of short term concrete services to children and families.
		Family Services - Family Services are social services, which are provided to families and children in their own homes in order to address problems of abuse/neglect and promote the safety of the children within the family unit.
		Foster Parents - Foster parenting is an opportunity to make a difference in a child’s life during a time of crisis.
	dss.state.la.us /departments/ocs/child_welfare_services.html (286 words)

	Office for the Prevention of Domestic Violence - Health and Human Services
		The overlap between adult domestic violence and child abuse/maltreatment is well documented and the child welfare system is increasingly confronted with complex cases where these two enormous social issues co-exist.
		Each child will experience adult domestic violence in unique ways depending on a variety of factors that include direct physical abuse of the child, his or her gender and age, the time since exposure to violence, and his or her relationship with adults in the home.
		The policy is offered as a tool to provide additional guidance to communities in their efforts to strengthen responses to domestic violence with the goal of consistency and coordination by and between county level agencies and departments.
	www.opdv.state.ny.us /health_humsvc/childwelfare (965 words)

	Fremont County, Colorado (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-11)
		Child Welfare offers casework and case management to children (0-18 years) and their families who meet specific program requirements in the following areas:
		Children and youth whose behavior is such that there is a likelihood they may cause harm to themselves or to others or who have committed acts that could cause them to be adjudicated a delinquent child by the courts.
		The Department accepts reports of known or suspected abuse or neglect 24 hours per day, 7 days a week.
	www.fremontco.com /DHS/childwelfare.shtml (229 words)

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