Family Involvement in Public Child Welfare Driven Systems of Care

		Email Follow these Steps to email a friend or colleague a link to this information. Family Involvement in Public Child Welfare Driven Systems of Care Year Published: 2008 http://www.childwelfare.gov/pubs/acloserlook/familyinvolvement/ Because such a large percentage of children involved with child welfare reside with their family of origin, engagement with families is essential for achieving successful outcomes. The importance of consumer engagement in system improvement has been well established in the literature (e.g., Chrislip, 2002; Jennings, 2002; Milner, 2003; Parents Anonymous, 2005; Whipple & Zalenski, 2006). As State child welfare administrators work within their agencies and with other public and private stakeholders to develop and implement Program Improvement Plans in response to Child and Family Services Reviews, family inclusion and participation promise to be vital for improving outcomes and fostering system change. Step 1: Recipient email address(es) (First one is Required) To Email Address 1: To Email Address 2: To Email Address 3: To Email Address 4: To Email Address 5:   Step 2: From Email Address (Required) From Email Address:   Step 3: Verify You are Human (Required) Are you Human? True False   Step 3: Send the link Print (PDF 1001KB)  Share
Author(s)	National Technical Assistance and Evaluation Center for Systems of Care
Year Published	2008

Demonstration Sites and References

Improving Child Welfare Outcomes Through Systems of Care Demonstration Sites

CA-Partnering4Permanency-Valerie Earley, Project Director vearley@ehsd.cccounty.us

CO-Jefferson County System of Care-Susan Franklin, Project Director SFrankli@jeffco.us

KS-Family Centered Systems of Care-Beth Evans, Project Director google beth.evans@srs.ks.gov

NC-Improving Child Welfare Outcomes through Systems of Care-Candice Britt, Project Director googlecandice.britt@ncmail.net

ND-Medicine Moon Initiative: Improving Tribal Child Welfare Outcomes Through Systems of Care-Deb Painte, Project Director googledebp@nativeinstitute.org

NV-Caring Communities Project-Tiffany Hesser, Project Director HesserTi@co.clark.nv.us

NY-The CRADLE in Bedford Stuyvesant: A Systems of Care Initiative-Nigel Nathaniel, Project Director Nigel.Nathaniel@dfa.state.ny.us

OR-Improving Permanency Outcomes Project-Patrick Melius, Project Director Patrick.J.Melius@state.or.us

PA-Locally Organized Systems of Care-Andrea Richardson, Project Director c-arichard@state.pa.us

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References

Cohen, E., & Canan, L. (2006). Closer to home: Parent mentors in child welfare. Child Welfare, 85, 867-884.

Chrislip, D. (2002). The collaborative leadership fieldbook: A guide for citizens and civic leaders. San Francisco: Jossey-Bass.

Dawson, K., & Berry, M. (2002). Engaging families in child welfare services: An evidence-based approach to best practice. Child Welfare, 81, 293-317.

Jennings, J. (2002, January). Parent leadership: Successful strategies. Retrieved February 20, 2007, from http://www.friendsnrc.org/download/parent_leader_strategies.pdf

Milner, J. (2003, January). Changing the culture of the workplace. Plenary session presented at the Annual Meeting of States and Tribes. Retrieved March 15, 2007, from http://www.acf.hhs.gov/programs/cb/resource/change-culture-workplace

Parents Anonymous. (2005). Pathways to meaningful shared leadership. Retrieved February 21, 2007, from http://www.parentsanonymous.org/paTEST/publications1/Pathways_Final_sm.pdf (PDF - 1371 KB)

Steib, S. (2004, Sept./Oct.). Engaging families in child welfare practice. Retrieved February 13, 2007, http://www.cwla.org/programs/r2p/cvarticlesef0409.htm

U.S. Department of Health and Human Services, Administration on Children, Youth and Families. (2005). Child Maltreatment 2003. Washington, DC: U.S. Government Printing Office.

Whipple, C., & Zalenski, J. (2006, January). The other side of the desk: Honoring diverse voices and restoring effective practice in child welfare and family services. Retrieved February 19, 2007, from http://www.friendsnrc.org/download/diverse_voices.pdf

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