CAJA Role
This is what CAJA stands for.
What is Court Appointed Juvenile Advocate?
Your final court report draft should be turned into your supervisor this many days prior to the hearing.
What is two weeks/14 days?
This is the court-ordered goal of returning a child to their parent when it can be done safely.
What is reunification?
Four people a CAJA should talk to after getting the case.
Who are the CAJA Supervisor, the child, the foster parent/placement, and the family members.
A hearing where testimony is taken?
What is an evidentiary hearing?
Three rules of CAJA that can NEVER be broken.
What is transporting the child, supervising visits, and breaking confidentiality?
The term used when referring to yourself or the office in your report.
What is CAJA (not me, I, we, etc.)?
This is an attorney for the child.
What is a Guardian Ad Litem (GAL)?
Two types of poverty.
What are situational and generational?
This happens before a child can be adopted.
What is TPR (termination of parental rights)?
The minimum amount of times a CAJA should see the child face to face?
What is once a month?
A report should be based on these.
Facts, not opinions.
This is a meeting facilitated by DHR that puts services in place for the family.
What is an ISP (Individualized Service Plan)?
These are some resources for children with disabilities and special needs.
What are Early Intervention, IEPs, and 504 plans?
This is a resource that pays part or all of approved daycare bill based on income.
CMA (Childcare Management Agency)
The number one focus of a CAJA.
Who is the child?
This should be included in the parent section.
What are services that have been completed and dates they were completed, goals that have been achieved or partially achieved, drug screen results, any outstanding services still needed.
This is a plan that allows relative placements to receive monthly stipends for the children placed with them.
What is Kinship Guardianship?
These are resources to help families with food.
What are SNAP, WIC, and food pantries?
This is when someone has a history with DHR.
What is a CA/Ns history (child abuse and neglect)?
Action taken if a child discloses they have been abused.
What is call the DHR hotline and make a report as a mandated reporter?
This should be included in the child's section.
What are dates of visits and description of the child, positive things about the child, milestones, school reports and doctor/dentist appointment information?
When a child is picked up from the home and placed into foster care, this happens within 72 hours.
What is a shelter care hearing?
The place you will log your monthly case hours and miles here, and also where all casefiles are kept.
What is Casa Manager?
This is where DHR sends people to take drug screens, "color code".
What is Alternative Sentencing.