Community Partnership For Children Inc

Programs: Case management - the goal of case management is to provide services for children and families who are in need of child abuse and neglect prevention or child protection and permanency issues. Case managers assure the safety of children by visiting their place of residence at least once per month. Case managers also work with the family in development of a case plan. The case plan is a legal document that describes the methods by which the family can:have their children returned and/or remove the necessity for state intervention by assuring the child is safe in the home. Average caseload of a case manager is 18 children. Number of children serviced: approximately 2,042

out of home care - children who are removed from their parents due to severe abuse, neglect or abandonment must be placed in an out-of-home placement. The placement could be with a relative or a non-relative if one is available. If there are no suitable placements with relatives/non-relatives, then a licensed foster care placement is found. The foster care program provides temporary, out-of-home placement for children who have been abused/neglected or abandoned, and there is no relative/non-relative identified or approved for placement. Community partnership for children sub contracts with child placing agencies (cpa's) for the recruitment, licensing, management and retention of the district's foster homes. Additional sub contracts provide residential group care for children, teen girls and teen boys, a sibling foster care program and an emergency shelter. Number of clients served: approximately 1,306

adoption program - the goal of the adoption program is to establish permanency for children, whose parents' rights have been terminated, permanently committing the children to the department. To meet this goal, potential adoptive families are recruited to become forever families. Adoption services provided are:adoption specialists facilitate the adoption process once a child and family are matched. Homefinders host matching events and actively search for families when a home is not yet identified. Recruitment and training of adoptive parents. Number of adoptions finalized: 182

other program services include the independent living program, prevention & diversion services, promoting safe and stable families, training services for case managers, foster parents, and adoptive families, and kinship care programs.