May 31, 2013 - Phoenix Sinclair Inquiry

B.D. MCKENZIE - DR.EX. (OLSON) MAY 31, 2013
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communities and make sure that those services are
coordinated in the best interests of children and families,
but you are also building capacity in communities where
there are serious problems in the way those -- that they're
not strong communities, they're vulnerable communities.
And so that focus on community, community caring sort of
incorporates that level of service along with protecting
the safety of children through more traditional child
welfare investigation and, and services and the provision
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of enhanced family supports to, to families.
So it's not
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-- a community caring model doesn't mean you focus only on
the community; you combine the best features of those three
different models of service.
Q I see. A community caring model. What, what,
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what does it look like in practice?
features of it?
Like, what are the
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Well, it includes adequate attention to child
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safety and, and the range, if it's a child welfare agency
providing these, providing services to ensure the
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protection of children.
It includes, though, beyond that,
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a well-defined and well-funded range of services to help
support families that operate in conjunction with other
kinds of support services to families in the community and
it includes efforts to sort of work with the community to
coordinate those services and develop their capacity and
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