Child Welfare Statistics
In 2021, 3 out of every 1,000 children in the US were involved in this child welfare system.
What is foster care?
This is one of the 1st people that families connect with to explain why they are involved with the DSS/child welfare. This will be families' main point of contact to ask questions like when they will be able to have family time with their children and what they’ll need to do to get their children back into your home. This person will be able to connect and make referrals for resources and other services that families will need to complete their case plan.
Who is the DSS Case Worker
Percentage of children ages 0-5 who experience some form of emotional, behavioral, or behavioral distributance?
What is 9.5-14.5%?
Five counties where SBC currently operates in SC
Lexington, Charleston, Spartanburg, Laurens, Orangeburg
City where Cross Sites 2024 will take place
What is Dallas, TX?
The state with the highest number of children in foster care in 2021.
What is California?
This is the leader of Safe Babies Court. Families will meet with this individual at every court hearing. This person will ask questions on how parents and their children are doing (i.e., have they been receiving family time, are the children well-being needs being met etc.). They will check-in with families to see if you’ve been addressing all of their needs to get their children back into the home. This person will gather information from all parties of the case to determine what needs to happen next in order for parents to get your children back. This person will make the ultimate decision of what needs to happen to make sure that the children are safe.
Who is the Judge
Trouble sleeping, feeding difficulties, restlessness, difficulty being soothed
What are some of the indicators of infant mental health disturbances?
The organization that serves as the liaison between the CACs and SBC
What is the South Carolina Network of Child Advocacy Centers
The name of the organization that supports SBC sites at the national level through technical assistance and training.
What is Zero to Three?
The age group of children with the highest representation in foster care in the US. (Range of 5 years).
What is 1-5 year olds?
The individual who is related to the child and serves temporarily as the parent for a child when that child is not in the care of their biological parents.
What is a kinship/foster parent?
The most common mental health diagnosis in children 3-16
What is ADHD?
Four current CACs involved in SBC?
What are Dickerson, Dee Norton, Beyond Abuse, Children's Advocacy Center of Spartanburg?
Number of states with at least one active SBC sites
What is 30?
SC County with the most children in foster care in March 2024
What is Richlands County?
This person represents the DSS case worker/child welfare agency. This person will connect with the DSS case worker to ask how the parent and the children are doing. This person will advocate on making sure that the children are safe. This person is anticipated to participate in your Child and Family Team meetings.
Who is the DSS Attorney?
An eight week parenting group focused on changing the parent's representations of the child through focus on attachment and the parent's ability to identify the need behind a child's behavior.
What is Circle of Security?
Three original SBC sites in SC
What are Richlands, Spartanburg, Laurens?
State with the most SBC sites in the US
What is Florida?
County with the most family preservation cases in March 2024
What is Anderson County?
Individuals with lived experience as parents who have navigated the reunification process within the child welfare system. Their focus is on incorporating the lived experience at the child welfare and court systems level.
Who are family voice leaders (or parent partners)?
The number one indicator of whether or not a therapeutic intervention will be success
What is the relationship with the therapist/provider
Five current SBC judges in SC.
Who are Judges Forsythe, Moss, Jones, Newton, Zimmerman?
Number of active SBC sites across the US
What is 103