Policy
This is the top priority in all child welfare decisions
Child's Safety
When a relative is no longer able to care for a child who would be next on the list for permanency?
Fictive Kin
What are the plans in concurrent permanency planning?
Plan A and Plan B
A child entrance care and no paternal relatives have been identified. How does this affect permanency?
Delays in identifying family = delay in permanency
How many times did Carrie's screen freeze yesterday?
3-6
This 1997 law requires timely permanency for children.
Adoption and Safe Families Act
How many days should a specific concurrent goal be identified?
120 days
This permanency goal involves legally transferring parental rights to another family permanently.
Adoption
A child has been in the same foster home for 18 months. The foster parent does not want to adopt. What is the permanency concern? What should the agency do next?
The child lacks permanent plan despite stability
Next step: Identify and transition to a permanent resource
This phrase describes concurrent planning’s main idea.
Hope for reunification while preparing for permanency.
This is reviewed regularly in court to track a child’s progress toward permanency.
Permanency Plan
How often are permanency hearings held and what must the court determine?
Every 12 months
Appropriate permanency goal, whether the agency made reasonable efforts, and if progress supports reunification.
This goal allows a caregiver to have long-term responsibility without full adoption.
Guardianship
Brenda was failed by the system as a child and her family as most of our youth is. Therefore she failed her baby by throwing away her child. Getting the baby out the trash and attempted to raise him on her on only to pass away living a fast lifestyle via prostitution. What would the agency's next steps?
Search for relative placement, fictive kin, wellness check on the child.
What type of detox is Shalanda on?
Juice Detox
What federal law emphasizes timely permanency for children?
Adoption and Safe Families Act
This permanency goal is used when no other permanent options are available and the youth is older.
APPLA - Another Planned Permanent Living Arrangement
Based on Brenda's baby clip how does compelling reasons apply?
- lifestyle, lack thereof support system, familial trauma, environmental factors.
A child has been in foster care for 11 months. The parent attends visits inconsistently and has not yet completed services. What should the permanency goal be now?
Reunification may remain the goal if progress is imminent, but a concurrent plan must be fully active.
What was Shalanda eating for the FIRST day of training?
Pretzels and Hummus
How many permanency goals are listed in policy. & what are they?
4
- Guardianship
- Adoption
- Permanent placement with fit and willing relative
-APPLA
This is continuously assessed by caseworkers to determine if a permanency goal like unification is appropriate.
child safety (or risk assessment)
This must happen before adoption can occur before adoption?
Termination of Parental Rights.
True/False: In the process for permanency planning, would you utilize absent parent protocol for Brenda's baby, at the stage of the end of the clip? T/F
True
How many hours have we been in training?
You can phone a friend.
Approx. 200 hours