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Systems of Care
Many children and youth in the child welfare system and those at risk of abuse and neglect have a variety of physical, mental, social, emotional, educational, and developmental needs. Child welfare professionals have worked with their counterparts in other agencies for years to piece together the services available for these children and youth and their families.
Systems of care is a service delivery approach that builds partnerships to create a broad, integrated process for meeting families' multiple needs. This approach is based on the principles of interagency collaboration; individualized, strengths-based care practices; cultural competence; community-based services; and full participation of families at all levels of the system. A centralized focus of systems of care is building the infrastructure needed to result in positive outcomes for children, youth, and families.
History and guiding principles of systems of care
Development of the systems of care approach and its guiding principles.
Systems of care and child welfare
How systems of care relates to child welfare, and how this approach can help support States and communities in improving child welfare outcomes.
Build systems of care in your community
Examples of interagency agreements, strategic plans, assessment instruments, and other tools and resources to help communities build systems of care.
Communicate with professionals about systems of care
Examples of systems of care across the country, contact information for national organizations, Federal systems of care grantees, and a listserv for grantees to share questions and lessons learned.
Systems of care resource library
Publications and promising practices that address the systems of care concept and approach to service planning.
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Selected Resources
Children's Bureau Demonstration Initiative: Improving Child Welfare Outcomes Through Systems of Care
Includes background on the initiative, resources, and descriptions of the grantees.
Systems of Care
This bulletin provides information on systems of care, an approach that builds partnerships to create a broad, integrated process for meeting the variety of physical, mental, social, emotional, educational, and developmental needs of children in the child welfare system. Topics include: the history of systems of care, its application within child welfare systems, guiding principles, and a list of organizations involved with systems of care. References are provided.
Children's Bureau Training and Technical Assistance Network
This booklet summarizes information on the Children's Bureau Training and Technical Assistance (T&TA) Network, within the Administration for Children and Families (ACF), U.S. Department of Health and Human Services. There is a one-page listing for each of the 19 members of the network, which includes National Child Welfare Resource Centers, National Quality Improvement Centers, and others funded by ACF to help build the capacity of State, local, Tribal, and other publicly administered or publicly supported child welfare agencies and family and juvenile courts. Network members provide training, technical assistance, research, and consultation on the full array of Federal requirements administered ...
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