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Home > An Individualized, Strengths-Based Approach in Public Child Welfare Driven Systems of Care
An Individualized, Strengths-Based Approach in Public Child Welfare Driven Systems of Care
"If we ask people to look for deficits, they will usually find them, and their views of the situation will be colored by this. If we ask people to look for successes, they will usually find them, and their view of the situation will be colored by this." (Kral, 1989, p.32) Overview* Among the strategies that are critical for increasing the safety, permanency, and well-being of children and families involved with child welfare is tailoring services to unique needs by building upon strengths. As child welfare agency administrators and policy-makers continually strive to improve services and outcomes for children and families, establishing child welfare policies and practices that promote and facilitate an individualized, strengths-based approach is essential. Policy is crucial to sustaining strengths-based practices, because without it such practices may be inconsistently applied and diminish with staff turnover. Table of Contents
The National Technical Assistance and Evaluation Center for Systems of Care is funded by the Children's Bureau, under contract with ICF International. The Center assists and supports grantees funded through the Improving Child Welfare Outcomes Through Systems of Care demonstration initiative by providing training and technical assistance and a national evaluation of the demonstration initiative. Contact: Raymond Crowel, Project Director, 9300 Lee Highway, Fairfax, VA 22031, 703.934.3000. * The National Technical Assistance and Evaluation Center wishes to thank the following family leaders and agency practitioners for their contributions to the development of this resource: Rebecca Huffman, Sharri Black, Aaron Bianco, Ed Cohen, and Lynn Usher. back
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