Information and Training Resources for Child Welfare Professionals
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Chapter 1 Introduction to Florida's Child Welfare System and Practice Model
Chapter 2 Core Safety Concepts
Chapter 3 Planning for Child Welfare Professional Safety
Chapter 4 Family Support Services
Chapter 5 Completing a Unified Home Study
Chapter 6 Requesting and Analyzing Background Records
Chapter 7 Case Transfer from Investigations to Case Management
Chapter 8 Child Welfare Professional Mandated Reporting in Open Cases
Chapter 9 Newborns or Other New Children in Households with Active Investigation or Ongoing Services
Chapter 10 New Adults in Households with Active Investigation or Ongoing Services
Chapter 11 Investigations Involving an Ongoing Case
Chapter 12 Case Note and Meetings Documentation
Chapter 13 Confidentiality of Records
Chapter 14 Completing a Diligent Search for Parent of Diligent Efforts to Locate Relatives
Chapter 15 Reports and Services Involving Indian Children
Appendix A Child Development Stages Matrix
Appendix B Mapping the Safe and Together™ Model Critical Components to the Information Domains
Appendix C State and Federal Parent Locator Service – Diligent Search
Appendix D Procedure for Initial Indian Child Welfare Act Determination at Intake and Investigation, and instructions for completing form CF-FSP5323
Chapter 1 Conducting an Interview
Chapter 2 Customer Service
Chapter 3 Means to Locate for Child Intakes
Chapter 4 Additional and Supplemental Reports for Child Investigations
Chapter 5 Special Conditions
Chapter 6 Investigative Subtypes: In Home, Institutional, and Other
Chapter 7 Screening Decisions and Response Time for Child Intakes
Chapter 8 Developing the Intake
Chapter 9 Hotline Supervisor Consultations
Chapter 10 Conducting Child Welfare Record Checks for Out of State Child Welfare Agencies
Chapter 11 Verification of Child Welfare Professionals
Chapter 12 Documentation and Review of Screened-Out Child Intakes
Chapter 13 Contacting the Reporter
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Purpose, Scope and Definitions
Maltreatment Types and Special Condition Referrals
Chapter 1 Investigations Involving Multiple Counties
Chapter 2 No Jurisdiction, Duplicate and False Report Closures
Chapter 3 Investigation Response Times
Chapter 4 Investigation Types and Use of the Family Functioning Assessment (FFA)
Chapter 5 Assigning the Investigation
Chapter 6 Pre-Commencement Activities
Chapter 7 Inter-Agency Consultation and Teamwork
Chapter 8 Coordination with Law Enforcement
Chapter 9 Coordination with Child Protection Team (CPT)
Chapter 10 Domestic Violence (DV) Consultations
Chapter 11 Substance Abuse Consultations
Chapter 12 Mental Health Consultations
Chapter 13 Assessing Present Danger
Chapter 14 Initial Contacts and Interviews
Chapter 15 Interviewing Children
Chapter 16 Interviewing the Non-Maltreating Caregiver and Household Members
Chapter 17 Interviewing the Alleged Maltreating Caregiver
Chapter 18 Interviewing Collateral Contacts
Chapter 19 Observing Family Interactions
Chapter 20 Safety Determination
Chapter 21 Assessing and Responding to Risk
Chapter 22 Determination of Findings
Chapter 23 "Patently Unfounded" Reports
Chapter 24 False Reports
Chapter 25 Closure of the Investigation
Chapter 26 Supervisor Consultations
Chapter 27 2nd Tier Consultations
Chapter 1 Child Fatality Investigative Response
Chapter 1 General Requirements
Chapter 2 Develop Present Danger Safety Plan
Chapter 3 Develop Impending Danger Safety Plan
Chapter 4 Safety Plans When There is Intimate Partner Violence
Chapter 5 Safety Plan Involving Release of a Child with Non-Maltreating Parent/Guardian
Chapter 6 Safety Plan Involving a Family-Made Arrangement
Chapter 7 Approval of Informal Providers in Safety Plans
Chapter 8 Safety Management Services
Chapter 9 Establish Conditions for Return
Chapter 10 Establish Family Time/Visitation Plan
Chapter 11 Manage Safety Plans
Chapter 12 Implement Reunification and Post-Placement Supervision
Chapter 13 Discontinue a Safety Plan
Appendix A Safety Planning Analysis
Appendix B Safety Management Provider Can and Will Protect the Child
Appendix C Conditions for Return (CFR)
Chapter 2 Procedures for Monitoring Referrals and Service Provision
Chapter 1 Standards for Preparing Family Engagement
Chapter 2 Standards for Initial Family Engagement
Chapter 3 Assessment of Child Functioning
Chapter 4 Family Engagement and Standards for Exploration
Chapter 5 Case Planning to Support Family Change
Chapter 6 Evaluating Family Progress
Chapter 7 Modifying a Case Plan
Chapter 8 Out of County Services (Draft Pending)
Chapter 9 Safe Case Closure
Chapter 10 Supervisor Consultation and Approval Requirements
Appendix A: Progress Evaluation Facilitative Objectives
Chapter 2 Behavioral Health Care
Chapter 8 Relative / Kinship Caregiver Support
Chapter 9 NonRelative Caregiver Financial Assistance
Chapter 13 Guardianship Assistance Program
Chapter 1 (Draft Pending)
Chapter 2 (Draft Pending)
Chapter 3 Placement in Skilled Nursing Facilities
Chapter 4 Child Placement Agreements for Care Precautions and Behavior Management Plans
Chapter 5 Residential Mental Health Treatment
Chapter 6 Normalcy
Chapter 7 Babysitting and Overnight Care
Chapter 8 Out of Town Travel/Vacation
Chapter 9 (Draft Pending)
Chapter 10 (Draft Pending)
Chapter 11 (Draft Pending)
Chapter 12 Foster Home Licensing
Chapter 13 (Draft Pending)
Chapter 14 (Draft Pending)
Chapter 15 Non-DCF License
Chapter 16 Levels of Licensure REPEALED and replaced with F.A.C. 65C-45 Levels of Licensure
Chapter 1 Maintenance Adoption Subsidy Eligibility (draft pending)
Chapter 2 Extension of Maintenance Adoption Subsidy
Chapter 3 Medical Subsidy (draft pending)
Chapter 4 Yearly Adoption Targets
Chapter 5 Adult Adoption
Chapter 6 Private Adoption (draft pending)
Chapter 7 Post Adoption (draft pending)
Chapter 8 Adoption Competency Training (draft pending)
Chapter 9 Post Adoption Communications
Chapter 10 Community Based Care Incentive Program
Chapter 11 State Employee Assistance Program (draft pending)
Chapter 12 State Adoption Awards (draft pending)
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Chapter 1 General
Chapter 2 Child Support and Paternity Establishment
Chapter 3 Administration of Child Support Payments (Reserved)
Chapter 1 General Information
Chapter 2 Medicaid
Chapter 3 Temporary Assistance for Needy Families (TANF)
Chapter 4 Title IV-E Foster Care
Chapter 5 Maintenance Adoption Subsidy
Chapter 6 Extended Foster Care
Chapter 7 Extension of Maintenance Adoption Subsidy
Chapter 8 Guardianship Assistance Program
Chapter 9 Extension Guardianship Assistance Program
Chapter 1 Internal Review of Verified Findings
Chapter 2 Administrative Fines and other Penalties for False Reporting of Abuse, Neglect, and Abandonment (Draft Pending)
Chapter 3 Master Trust for Benefit of Family Safety Clients (Draft Pending)
Chapter 4 State Institutional Claims for Damages Caused by Shelter or Foster Child (Draft Pending)
Chapter 5 Employees Involved in Reports of Abuse, Neglect or Exploitation
Chapter 6 TCA/Hardship Exemptions - Substitute Care Review
Chapter 1 Life Skills and Independent Living Needs Assessments
Chapter 2 Transition Planning for Youth
Chapter 3 Extended Foster Care
Chapter 4 – PostSecondary Education Services and Support
Chapter 5 – Aftercare Services (Draft Pending)
Chapter 6 – National Youth in Transition Database
Chapter 7 – Extended Federally Funded Foster Care (obsoleted by Chapter 65C-41, Florida Administrative Code)
Chapter 2 Comprehensive Behavioral Health Assessments
Chapter 3 Psychotropic Medications
Chapter 4 Residential Mental Health Treatment (Superceded by 170-11, Chapter 5)
Appendix A - Definition of Terms
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