Community Partnerships: Improving the Response to Child Maltreatment

Author(s): Office on Child Abuse and Neglect, Children's Bureau

Year Published: 2010

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This manual discusses the importance of using a coordinated multidisciplinary approach to serving children and families. It also outlines the benefits of diverse community partnerships, the steps necessary to establish and sustain these cooperative partnerships, and ways in which child protective services can adapt their practices to engage and encourage community involvement in child protection.

Table of Contents

Preface

ACKNOWLEDGMENTS

CHAPTER 1 Purpose and Overview

CHAPTER 2 Community Partnerships: What and Why

CHAPTER 3 Building and Sustaining the Foundation for a Community Partnership

CHAPTER 4 Partnering with Child Protective Services

CHAPTER 5 Measuring the Results of a Community Partnership

Endnotes

APPENDIX A Glossary of Terms

APPENDIX B Resource Listings for Selected National Organizations Concerned with Child Maltreatment

APPENDIX C State Telephone Numbers for Reporting Suspected Child Maltreatment

APPENDIX D Reference Guide for Identifying Possible Child Maltreatment

APPENDIX E Examples of Community Partnerships

APPENDIX F Partnerships with the Courts

APPENDIX G The Collaboration Checklist

APPENDIX H Potential Community Collaboration Partners1

APPENDIX I Memorandum of Understanding1

APPENDIX J Managing Conflict1

APPENDIX K Cultural Sensitivity When Working with Families1

APPENDIX L Funding Resources for Community Partnerships

APPENDIX M Community Partnership Self-Assessment1

APPENDIX N Faith-based Organizations and Community Involvement

APPENDIX O Child Welfare Practice Comparison: Conventional, Family-centered, and Community-centered1

APPENDIX P Sample Consent Form

APPENDIX Q Systems of Care Values and Principles1

APPENDIX R Sample Evaluation Implementation Plan

APPENDIX S Community Partnership Resources

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Suggested Citation: Child Welfare Information Gateway. (2010). Community partnerships: Improving the response to child maltreatment. Washington, DC: U.S. Department of Health and Human Services, Children’s Bureau.

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