An Individualized, Strengths-Based Approach in Public Child Welfare Driven Systems of Care

		Email Follow these Steps to email a friend or colleague a link to this information. An Individualized, Strengths-Based Approach in Public Child Welfare Driven Systems of Care Year Published: 2008 http://www.childwelfare.gov/pubs/acloserlook/strengthsbased/ 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. 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 1370KB)  Share
Author(s)	National Technical Assistance and Evaluation Center for Systems of Care.
Year Published	2008

Demonstration Sites, References, and Additional Resources

Improving Child Welfare Outcomes Through Systems of Care Demonstration Grant Communities

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

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

Kansas - Family Centered Systems of Care - Beth Evans, Project Director, ebme@srs.ks.gov

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

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

North Carolina - Improving Child Welfare Outcomes Through Systems of Care - Eric Zechman, Project Director, ericzechman@ncmail.net

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

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

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

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References

Brun, C., & Rapp, R. (2001). Strengths-based case management: Individuals' perspectives on strengths and the case manager relationship. Social Work, 46(3), 1-11.

Green, B. L., McAllister, C. I., & Tarte, J. M. (2004). The strengths-based practices inventory: A tool for measuring strengths-based service delivery in early childhood and family support programs. Families in Society, 85(3), 327-334.

Huebner, R. A., Jones, B. L., Miller, V. P., Custer, M., & Critchfield, B. (2006). Comprehensive family services and customer satisfaction outcomes. Child Welfare, 85(4), 691-714.

Kral, R. (1989). Strategies that work: Techniques for solutions in the schools. Milwaukee, WI: Brieg Family Therapy Center.

Shireman, J. (1998). System of care evaluation: The evaluation of strengths/needs based practice. [Electronic version]. Portland, OR: Portland State University, Regional Research Institute.

Waldfogel, J. (2000). Reforming child protective services. Child Welfare, 79(1), 43-57.

Whitley, D. (1999). Strengths-based case management: The application to grandparents raising grandchildren. Families in Society, 80(2), 110-119.

Zlotnik, J. L., DePanfilis, D., Daining, C., & Lane, M. M. (2005). Key strategies to educate public child welfare workers and improve child welfare systems. The Evaluation Exchange, 10(4), 10-11.

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Additional Resources

Using the Behavioral and Emotional Rating Scale
http://cecp.air.org/interact/expertonline/strength/empower/3.asp

Child Welfare Information Gateway, Systems of Care Resource Library
www.childwelfare.gov/topics/management/reform/soc/library/

North Carolina Family Assessment Scale, Version 2.0, Definitions and User's Guide
http://ssw.unc.edu/jif/public_index.htm

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