Knowledge Base

Trauma-informed Care • Transitional Planning for Youth with Disabilities • Policy and the Florida Safe Families Network

Florida's Family-Centered Practice Approach • Hearing Your Voice: A Guide to Your Dependency Court Case • Tax Credits for Adoptive Families • Web Resources for Child Welfare Professionals • Prevention Corner

Toxic Playgrounds • Medications/Pediatric Poison • Therapeutic Residential Behavioral Services • Services Referral Internet Portal • Title IV-E Adoption Assistance • Quality Improvement Plan • FSFN Facts and FAQ • Domestic Violence and Adoption Training • Regional Training Registration

Product Hazards • Toy Safety Tips • Crib Recall • Sharing Information • Children with Disabilities • FSFN Facts & FAQ • Sept/Oct Memos • Notes from the Editor

Investigations Supervisor as Mentor • Out of Home Care Keeping Children Out of Foster Care • Quality Assurance QA System Redesign: A CBC Perspective • FSFN Facts and FAQs Documenting the Visitation Plan • Family Safety Memos • Prevention Corner Choosing Child Care and Child Care Resources

Child Passenger Safety • Notes from the Editor • Preventing Injury from Falls • Preventing Childhood Drowning • Preventing Childhood Poisoning • Preventing Childhood Burns • July Family Safety Memos

Human Trafficking of a Child • BULLETIN SURVEY • The 2008 National Convening on Youth Permanence • CW Professional Certification Requirements for Licensing Staff • Who We Are • June 2008 Family Safety Memos • FSFN Facts: The Out-of-Home Plan and FSFN

Family Safety MEMOS • Documentation & Adoption Assistance • Implementation of Regional QA Model • Safe Sleeping for Infants • Help for Kids in Need > Leaving Kids Home Alone • Keeping Children Safe in the Car • DCF Funding Overview for FY08-09 • Fl. Selected to Attend Nat. Governors Assoc. Policy Academy • FSFN Facts: The Comprehensive Family Assessment and FSFN• Licensed OoH Team Member Roles

2008 Legislative Changes in CW • Notes from the Editor • 2008 Legislative Changes • Alternative Response System (ARS) Pilot • Memos from Office of Family Safety • Engaging Top-Notch Dads • Keeping Children Safe in the Car • Water Safety • Subsidized Child Care Eligibility (Update) • Florida Youth SHINE Changes Lives on Capitol Hill • Legislative Training Implementation Plan • FSFN FACTS and FAQs Corner: SAFETY PLANS?

May is National FC Month! •Training on the new Licensing Rule • Who We Are •08 Dependency Summit • FSFN Facts & FAQs Corner: Naming Cases • What’s New in ICPC? • Children Who Run… A Big, Small Problem •States Access and Visitation Grant? • Training is Key to the Success • Training Resources for Working with Youth in FC to Improve IL• New Directions in Adoption Conf. • Memos from Office of Family Safety

FSFN FACTS & FAQs and Safety Plans

Child Abuse Prevention Month • Notes from the Editor • Who We Are • 2008 Dependency Summit • FSFN Facts & FAQs Corner• Child Welfare Quality Assurance• Legal Briefs • Quiz Check: Second Party Reviews • CFSR Outcomes: Safety, Well-Being & Permanency • Child and Family Services Review • Memos from the Office of Family Safety

Missing Children Guide • Prevention and Intervention of Chronic Neglect • The Promises of Prevention and the Timing of Intervention• Tips for Connecting with Children in the Home Visit Process • More Dependency Court Videos Available • Medical Foster Care (MFC) Program • The Challenge of Helping Children with Behavioral and Emotional Issues • January 2008 Memos From the Office of Family Safety

Preliminary Results from the January 2008 CFSR • A Family Guide to Dependency Court •CFSR Outcome Permanency 2 • Summary of Requirements for CM Visits with Children . Chart: Statutory/Rule Requirements for Child Visits • December 07 Memos From the Office of Family Safety

Memos From Headquarters • Best Practices Found in Florida’s Statewide Assessment • Disproportionality – What is it and what can we do? • Ten Elements of Quality, Common Sense Documentation • Finding Parents in All the Rights Places! • ICPC Crossword Puzzle!

Upcoming CFSR• It’s National Adoption Month! • Florida’s Center for the Advancement of Child Welfare Practice • New Placement Unit Opens in Circuit 4 • CFSR Outcome Permanency 2: Item 12 — Placement with Siblings • Improving Services to Youth In, and Transitioning Out of, FC • Did You Tell Them About the Fee Waiver?

The Dependency Summit 2007! • Inquiring Minds Want to Know • What to Do When Older Youth Say They Do Not Want To Be Adopted • PIP TIPS: Systemic Factor: Case Review System.• Intact Family Placements (Regulation 1) . Recognizing Child Protection Professionals

The “Keeping Children Safe Act” (39.0139, Florida Statute) • The ABC’s of Family Assessment • Placement Instability in OoH Placements • In-service Regional Training • CW and SA Series, Article 5 - Impact of Parents’ SA on Children • Florida Adoption Exchange System • The Compact and Regulation 7 Priority Placement

CW and SA Series, Article 1 - Known Factors That Increase Risk • CW & SA Article 2 - Ways Substance Abuse Puts the Child At Risk • CW & SA Article 3 - Determining if Alcohol or Drug Abuse is a Factor in a Child Welfare Case • CW & SA Article 4 - Screenings and Initial Assessments • Educational and Career Path for Children in Foster Care • Out-Of-State Payments for Interstate Placements >Florida Adoption Reunion Registry

07 Florida Legislature CW Bills Summary • 07 Dependency Summit • Child and Family Services - Onsite Review Instrument • Plans for Age Appropriate Activities for Youth in Care• Interstate Compact on Adoption and Medical Assistance in Florida

Secretary’s Action Plan for the Improvement of Child Protective Investigations• Florida Youth Leadership Academy Program > Florida Statutes and Goals for Children in Care • DCF Facts: CBC – Ongoing Services Beyond the Investigations • About the Office on Homelessness • Unaccompanied Refugee Minors • The Compact and Disaster Preparation and Response Plan

Fl. First in Nation to Access Nat. Crime Database • Action Plan for the Improvement of CP Investigations • DV & Child Victimization Tutorial • Policy Update – CP Investigations • 33rd Annual Nat. NACAC Adoption Conf. • Subsidized Child Care & “At Risk” Children • Improving Outcomes for Children in Subsidized Child Care • Normalcy for Youth in Care •ICPC and “Ultimate Responsibility” • Why Do I Need to Know About the CFSR? • CFSR Events

Florida’s Center for the Advancement of Child Welfare Practice • Correct Use of Incident Dates • Recognizing False Incident Reports • ICPC Mini Quiz • A “Trauma Informed” Child Welfare System • Appropriate and Optimal Use of Psychotherapeutic Medications • College Bound! • Medicaid CW Prepaid Mental Health Plan • Some “Rules” Have Changed!

Coming Soon –Florida Safe Families Network • Adoption Subsidies—Best Practice Guidelines • Life Skills: Help Youth Successfully Transition Out of FC • Questions and Answers on the Second Round of the CFSRs • Licensing Rule Revisions • 2007 Dependency Improvement Summit . National Legislation Impacting Child Welfare • The Interstate Compact and Non- Offending Parents

Another Planned Permanent Living Arrangement• Online Permanency Resources • Child and Family Services Improvement Act of 2006 • Children in Out-of-Home Care by Placement Type• Quick Facts about Child Welfare Training and Certification • Regional Training on Child Safety: Collaborative Decision Making • Behavior Analysis Services Program—Foster Parent Testimonials • SACWIS Update • ICPC Library

“Hot Links” for CW Data and Info • SACWIS Update • Revisions to Licensing Rules • Florida Recruitment, Retention & Placement Stability Statewide Plan • Behavior Analysis Services Program • Recommendations for Placement Stability • New Law Impacts Background Screenings for Foster/ Adoption Placements • Creative Life Skills Training

Questions Relating to Case Plans • Questions Relating to Permanency • Questions Relating to Investigations/Shelter • Miscellaneous Questions • Federal Waiver: A Social Worker’s Dream Come True! • Chapter 39 Notice of Printing Error • SACWIS Update • District 1 Placement Stability Project Subject Of National Call • 211 Web Page • ICPC Happenings