Children's Division

Child Welfare Manual

Table of Contents

Section 1 - Roles & Responsibilities of Team Members

Chapter 1 - Roles and Responsibilities of CD, Supervisor, Agency Administrator, and Children's Service Worker
Chapter 2 - Roles And Responsibilities Of The Parents And Their Children
Chapter 3 - Roles And Responsibilities Of Placement Resources
Chapter 4 - Roles And Responsibilities Of Community Partners

Section 2 - Intake

Chapter 1 - Child Abuse/Neglect – Reports Received At CANHU
Chapter 2 - CANHU Protocol: Structured Decision Making (SMD) Screening Process, Response Priority and Track Assignment
Chapter 3 - County Protocol: Review and Assignment of Reports
Chapter 4 - Investigation Response
Chapter 5 - Family Assessment Response
Chapter 6 - Newborn Crisis Assessment
Chapter 7 - Out-Of-Home (OHI) Investigations
Chapter 8 - School Related Issues
Chapter 9 - Safety Analysis and Risk Assessment

Section 3 - Delivery of Services/Intact Families

Chapter 1 - Case Opening Criteria
Chapter 2 - Procedures to Open or Reopen a Family for Services
Chapter 3 - Family-Centered Services Family Assessment and Written Service Agreement Development
Chapter 4 - Implementing the Written Service Agreement
Chapter 5 - Working With Contracted Treatment Providers
Chapter 6 - Evaluation
Chapter 7 - Intensive In-Home Services (IIS)
Chapter 8 - Case Closing
Chapter 9 - Case Transfer
Chapter 10 - Supervision And Case Consultation
Chapter 11 - Divorce Custody Studies

Section 4 - Out-of-Home Care

Chapter 1 - Recommending Placement
Chapter 2 - Court Related Activities For Placement of Children
Chapter 3 - Out-Of-Home Entry
Chapter 4 - Selection Of Placement Resource And Placement Options
Chapter 5 - Placement/Replacement of The Child
Chapter 6 - Out-Of-Home Placement Support Activities
Chapter 7 - Begin Work With The Family/Child(ren)
Chapter 8 - Ongoing Casework For Out-Of-Home Care
Chapter 9 - Permanent Outcomes For Children
Chapter 10 - Permanency Through Reunification
Chapter 11 - Financial Support Planning
Chapter 12 - Relative or Kinship Care
Chapter 13 - Placement Of The Child With A Subsequent Provider
Chapter 14 - Youth with Elevated Needs
Chapter 15 - Medical Foster Care
Chapter 16 - (Replaced by Chapter 14)
Chapter 17 - Respite Care
Chapter 18 - Residential Rehabilitative Treatment Services
Chapter 19 - Special Populations - Native American And Refugee
Chapter 20 - Psychiatric Hospital Placement
Chapter 21 - Older Youth Program (OYP)
Chapter 22 - Guardianship
Chapter 23 - Another Planned Permanent Living Arrangement (APPLA) As a Permanency Option
Chapter 24 - Medical/Mental Health Planning Issues
Chapter 25 - Interstate Placements
Chapter 26 - Termination Of Parental Rights (TPR)
Chapter 27 - Permanency Through Adoption
Chapter 28 - Selecting Adoptive Families
Chapter 29 - Adoptive Placement And Support
Chapter 30 - Subsidizing An Adoption/Legal Guardianship

Section 5 - Case Record Maintenance & Access

Chapter 1 - Documentation And Record Maintenance
Chapter 2 - Record Access
Chapter 3 - Case Record Transfer Procedures
Chapter 4 - Record Retention and Expungement

Section 6 - Resource Development

Chapter 1 - Recruitment Of Resource Families
Chapter 2 - Resource Provider Training – Stars (Specialized Training Assessment Resources And Support)
Chapter 3 - Resource Family Assessment And Licensing Process
Chapter 4 - Emergency Foster Homes
Chapter 5 - Foster Home Utilization Foster/Emergency Home Maintenance
Chapter 6 - Support Groups For Foster, Kinship And Adoptive Parents
Chapter 7 - Children’s Division's Appeal Process
Chapter 8 - Court Requested/Ordered Adoptive Assessment
Chapter 9 - Out of County Home Assessment
Chapter 10 - CD Employees As Foster or Adoptive Parents
Chapter 11 - Licensing of Resource Families Trained in Other States
Chapter 12 - Resource Provider’s Emergency Procedures

Section 7 - Glossary/Reference/Acronyms

Section 8 - Administrative

Chapter 1 - Grievance And Appeals
Chapter 2 - Personnel
Chapter 3 - Research Protections and Data Requests
Chapter 4 - Child Public Performance And Media Involvement
Chapter 5 - Facilities Management
Chapter 6 - Donations
Chapter 7 - Contracted Services
Chapter 8 - Request For Policy Interpretation
Chapter 9 - Request For Field Support

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10/12/11