Permanency
True or False:
Permanency is a “foster care” or “adoption” issue.
What is False:
Permanency is NOT a “foster care” or “adoption” issue – it begins with CPS!
What document does not establish legal paternity?
What is Birth certificate
What is the Absent Parent Protocol
What is A resource for identifying, locating, and involving absent parents in child protection proceedings.
Who should you identify and engage during permanency?
Who is Relatives and other members of the family's support system
Mothers choose to conceal the father’s identity or request that the specialist exclude fathers from services. What is this called?
What is Maternal Gatekeeping
What is form DHS-991?
What is Diligent Search Checklist- used to document diligent efforts to locate an absent parent.
What should the caseworker do to prevent the disruption of a permanency plan?
What is Search for and locate the absent parent as early as possible
It is important to identify if there is a _____ father before taking any steps to determine if there is a putative father
What is legal
When should efforts to locate absent parents be made?
What is Prior to case transfer to foster care
30 days from removal identify all ____.
Who is Adult relatives
What should case managers do to actively engage fathers in case planning?
Before transferring a case to foster care, these efforts must be completed regarding absent parents:
What is efforts to identify, locate, and contact absent parents
(diligent efforts)
Who is defined as an individual who is at least 18 years of age and not related to a child within the fifth degree by blood, marriage, or adoption but who has a strong positive emotional tie or role in the child’s life or the child’s parent’s life?
Who is Fictive kin
Is a father's absence indicative of his lack of interest in the child's well-being?
What is No.
Where can you find the Absent Parent Protocol in policy?
What is PSM 715-3
FOM 722-06G