Child Protection Services - Action for Child Protection


	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. More Details....

	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. More Details....

	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 More Archive....

	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.