1. Glenn County CHILD WELFARE SERVICES
SAFETY, PERMANENCE, WELL-BEING

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3. MANDATE To assess children at risk of abuse or neglect.
To evaluate parents’ ability to protect a child from abuse or neglect.
To provide services in cases of substantiated abuse or neglect in order to alleviate the risk to the child.

4. PROGRAMS INTAKE IR/ER VOLUNTARY SERVICES FAMILY MAINTENANCE (FM)
FAMILY REUNIFICATION (FR)
PERMANENCY PLANNING (PP)
NONMINOR DEPENDENCY (NMD)
INDEPENDENT LIVING (ILP)

5. INTAKE (a 24 hour function)
Receives all incoming calls and reports of child abuse or neglect.
Collects and documents the information provided by the reporting party.
Determines the appropriateness of the referral.
Information and Referral--provides information to reporting party and/or refers to an appropriate service provider.
EO--Evaluate Out--Referral information does not meet criteria for an investigation.
ER –Meets criteria, a face-to-face assessment will be made.
IR- Immediate Response
CWS also processes referrals for Probate Guardianship evaluations and non-related legal guardianship applications.

6. IR
IMMEDIATE RESPONSE -CWS will respond immediately to police or hospital requests or where it appears that child is in imminent danger or has visible injuries due to abuse or neglect.
A face-to-face contact with the child, the parents, the suspected perpetrator (if available) will be made, and pertinent collaterals will be contacted.

7. ER EMERGENCY RESPONSE—up to 10 day response.
The ER social worker will interview and/or observe the child, interview the parents, family members and pertinent others in order to ascertain the facts of the matter.
The ER social worker will make a formal assessment using a research based risk assessment tool (SDM) concluding that the allegations are:
substantiated, inconclusive or unfounded

8. VOLUNTARY SERVICES
The parent will enter into a Service Plan Agreement (Case Plan) to include:
A statement of the problem
Services offered to improve the problem
CWS’s role in providing, arranging and paying for services
The consequences of compliance/noncompliance.
A 6 month timeframe is given

9. What happens once the child is detained?
Child is placed by a social worker in a foster family home, with a relative, or in a group home in rare circumstances.
Detention petition is written and filed with the court
A Team Decision Making meeting is held
After detention, the parents are referred to services and participate in visitation 9

10. Team Decision Making (TDM)
Glenn County facilitates a Team Decision Making meeting (TDM) if a child is at risk of being removed or within 24 hours of a child being detained. Parents, family members, and support people are invited. At a TDM we discuss:
1. What happened (the incident) and worries
2. Family strengths
3. What is the least restrictive placement for the child (including returning home) while at the same time ensuring safety

11. COURT
Once the child is detained, a petition must be filed within 48 hours with the Juvenile Court which the alleged facts are stated within the guidelines of the 300 Section of the Welfare and Institutions Code.
At the detention hearing:
Parents are appointed counsel
Court will maintain the detention if the assumption of risk to the child appears reasonable.

12. Detention Hearing
At the detention hearing the court may make one of more of the following decisions:
Find that the allegations in the petition are not true-case is dismissed
Schedule another hearing so that the judge can hear more information on the allegations
Order that the children remain in out- of- home care while information is prepared for the next hearing

13. Jurisdictional Hearing
The court makes findings as to its authority to preside in the matter:
Does the child’s situation fall within the W&I 300 statutes*.
Is the child is a legal resident of the county.
Determines whether the allegations are true or not.
If parents deny allegations, the matter is continued for a contested hearing
If allegations are admitted, the matter is set for Disposition.

14. Dispositional Hearing
CWS ER staff presents the case at a staffing and its assigned to an Ongoing worker who prepares a report for the court which includes:
Prior known history regarding the family
The child’s current circumstances (health, development, education, emotional well being)
The parents’ or guardians’ childhood, employment, addiction, and relevant history, as well as their current situation and services they are engaged in
A case plan describing objectives the parent will demonstrate and services they will participate in.
Family and child strengths

15. At the Dispositional Hearing the court can:
Dismiss the matter
Grant legal guardianship and dismiss
Order the parents to comply with voluntary services and dismiss
Order a maximum of 6 months of FR services where child is under 3 years of age
Order a maximum of 12 months of FR where child is over 3
Not provide FR services (Bypass) and set a Permanency Planning hearing per W&I 361.5(b)

16. Reunification Services need not be provided:
The parents’ whereabouts remain unknown
The parent(s) suffer from mental disability that renders them incapable of utilizing services
The child was previously a dependent a of the court due to physical or sexual abuse, and was again abused after being returned home
The parent has caused the death of another child through abuse or neglect
The child or a sibling was severely physically or sexually abused by a parent

17. The parent has been convicted of a violent felony
The child was conceived as a result of rape or incest
The parents willfully abandoned the child, leaving the minor in serious danger
The child’s sibling(s) has previously been ordered into a permanent plan due to the parents’ failure to comply with reunification services
The parent has been convicted of a violent felony
The parent has a long history of drug abuse without a good faith effort at remediation
the parent does not want reunification (and more)

18. The Ongoing social worker will:
Meet with the parents, child, foster parents, service providers and collateral contacts as is mandated or as frequently as is necessary to implement the case plan.
Be an active participant in family team meetings
Refer the parents and/or children to service providers
Monitor and Evaluate the parents’ compliance with the case plan agreement
Provide periodic status reviews to the court.

19. FAMILY REUNIFICATION
The primary goal of child welfare services is to safely return children to their parents and homes
Family reunification is time-limited so it is important for parents and social workers to develop a close working relationship to help achieve goals in 6-12 months
Parents who are offered Family Reunification services are participants in a case plan and are required/ ordered to do services
Children may live in foster homes, with relatives, or in a group home while parents work to reunify

20. CHILDREN UNDER AGE 3 361.5(a)(2)
For children under the age of three or a member of a sibling group with a child under age 3, only six (6) months of reunification services are offered unless it can be shown that there is a likelihood of successful reunification within the next six months.

21. CHILDREN OVER AGE 3 361.5(a)(1)
For children over the age of three, twelve (12) months of reunification services are offered
In no case are reunification services to be extended beyond eighteen (18) months from the original date of Jurisdiction.

22. Child and Family Team Meetings
-The Child and Family Team (CFT) is comprised of the child or youth, family members, child welfare staff, mental health staff, tribal members, CASAs, other professionals involved with the family, natural supports, and community members (i.e. teachers). The family or youth identifies who their support network is and who they want to invite to the meeting.
-FTMs are designed to engage families, provide a forum for the family to have a voice in their case, and assign roles and responsibilities for all team members in the case.
∙The first FTM will be initiated by the child welfare social worker and held before the Dispositional Hearing or within 60 days of the child entering foster care.
- -FTMs are used to inform the case planning process, address safety concerns, create safety plans, address placement disruptions and placement options, address service needs, and make any other important case decisions.
- A FTM will be held at least every six months following the initial meeting for all child welfare court cases.
For children receiving Intensive Care Coordination (ICC), Intensive Home Based Services (IHBS) aka Katie A collaboration, or Therapeutic Foster Care (TFC) the FTMs will be held at least every 90 days from the initial meeting. This includes youth who are in Short Term Residential Therapeutic Programs (STRTP) or group home care.

23. Services Offered in Glenn County
Linkage to Services Form
Nurturing Parent Support Group
Mental Health Adult Services
Harmony House
Victim Witness/DV
Drug-Alcohol Assessment
Discovery House
CHAT/PCIT
Parent Court Support
Public Health Nurse
Housing/HEAP
PSSF Case Support
Ice Breaker
Nurturing Parenting Classes
First 5
CaFS CAPIT Home Visiting (FM cases)
Pregnant Teen/TAY
Food Nutrition
SHARP Services
School/Education Support
Childcare Resource
CalWORKs Services
Post-Adoption
Family Finding

24. Family Maintenance (FM)
In cases where the child has not been detained or has returned to the parents’ care, the court can maintain dependency and order services be provided to the family.
There is no time limit on FM but is recommended that services not exceed more than12 months.

25. STATUS REVIEWS Status Review hearings will be held every 6 months.
At review hearings, the social worker provides information to the court (report) about the status of the child and the parents progress on court ordered services.
The court can require more frequent reviews if it deems them necessary.

26. STATUS REVIEWS FINDINGS The court will make findings regarding:
The parents’ progress and compliance with their case plan
The child’s out of home placement
The risk to the child if returned home
Whether CWS provided reasonable services

27. PERMANENCY PLANNING
Child Welfare Services, in conjunction with California Adoption Services evaluates what would be the best long term situation for the child and reports their recommendations to the court.
Concurrent Planning meetings are held the second Weds of the month with CDSS Adoptions staff

28. If the court finds that the child is adoptable and would not benefit from maintaining a relationship with the parents, the court can terminate parental rights and remand the child to Adoptions Services for adoptive placement.
If the child has a bonded relationship with the parent or if the child is “not adoptable” for other reasons, the court can order legal guardianship and issue letters of guardianship.
If there is no adult able or willing to become the legal guardian, the court can order the child into Long Term Foster Care.

29. PPLA: Planned Permanency
All children and youth deserve to grow up with love and stability and belonging PP cases: Least restrictive, most home-like placement, family finding, maintaining sibling relationships, fostering life long connections Youth over the age of 12 are involved in case planning and receive and sign their case plan ILP Services are provided formally at age 15.5 with an emphasis on practical skill building

30. Non Minor Dependency
With the passage of AB-12, foster youth who turn 18 with an order for out of home placement can remain in a supervised living arrangement with support and funding up to age 21 Participation criteria: Finishing high school, enrolled in college program (6 units+), working 80 hrs/ month, participating in programs designed to overcome barriers, medical exemption Housing options: Remain in foster home, SILP placement, THP+FC, group home (limited) Parenting NonMinors receive additional funding to support their children

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