CHILD SAFETY ARTICLES

Introduction

What does an assessment need to achieve? This fundamental question must be understood and answered prior to conceptualizing and developing an approach to assessment.
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  CHILD WELFARE WISDOM  

The guest author of Child Welfare Wisdom is a current leader and administrator with over 3 decades of experience in public child welfare.
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  ARTICLE ARCHIVE  
JANUARY
Safety and the Legal Process Part 1: The Temporary Custody Hearing

FEBRUARY

Safety and the Legal Process Part 2: The Adjudicatory Hearing
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SERVICES
 

 

 
ACTION offers specialized technical assistance and consultation including:
  • Designing and implementing risk assessment and decision-making approaches
  • Creating practice models
  • Developing application of case diversion and tracking strategies
  • Integrating the Adoption and Safe Families Act (ASFA) requirements into program and practice
  • Planning and implementing Program Improvement Plans
  • Managing workload
  • Providing workable solutions for organizational and management development
ACTION provides state-of-the-art training specializing in customized curriculum development and training including:
  • Investigation, Initial Assessment and Risk Assessment
  • Safety assessment and safety management
  • Change-Based CPS Intervention
  • Foster family assessment
  • Adoption family assessment
  • Community-based sexual abuse intervention
  • Casework technology
  • Supervision
  • Safety in Out-of-Home Placement
ACTION designs and implements vigorous scientific studies that inform and empower CPS agencies related to:
  • Analyzing statutes and policy
  • Evaluating of management practices and approaches
  • Assessing of workload, work flow and operational functions and design
  • Examining the nature and quality of decision-making
  • Appraising professional development and training approaches
  • ACTION operates The National Resource Center for Child Protective Services
  • NRCCPS) through a cooperative agreement with the Children's Bureau ACYF, for the
  • urpose of providing free technical assistance and training to state, local, and tribal CPS agencies.