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Florida Department of Children and FamiliesCase Management Services - 2009-2010 Quality Assurance ReportWhen the case plan goal is reunification, the child must be placed as close as possible to theparent with whom reunification is planned. When placing children, the case worker must takeinto consideration the family’s home address, its proximity to the placement, and the impact onfrequency of parent/child visitation. Every possible effort must be made to place siblings in thesame home, when two or more siblings are in licensed or non-licensed out-of-home care.Concerted efforts are required to maintain the child’s connections to his or her neighborhood,community, faith, extended family, tribe, and friends. The most appropriate available out-ofhomecare placement should be chosen based on the child's community ties and schoolplacement. To ensure continuity of education, concerted efforts are required to maintain thechild within the same school, if at all possible.When removal or court ordered supervision occurs, the case worker must inquire of themother or father (or a maternal or paternal relative if the mother or father could not be located)about whether they are of Native American or Alaskan Native descent. The service agency isresponsible for ensuring that a child who is receiving services has been appropriately identifiedas to heritage. Each area showed improvement, but significant improvement was noted inplacing siblings together and making inquiries related to Native American or Alaskan Nativeheritage.Quality of Practice for Child PlacementStd# Standard # Cases Yes No# of ApplicableCasesPracticeRating26The child's current placement was in close proximity to the parents to facilitateface-to-face contact between the child and parents while the child was in outof-homecare. (applicable to out-of-home care cases)1575 748 64 812 92%28The child was placed with siblings who were also in licensed and/or nonlicensedout-of-home care.1575 449 304 753 60%32 Concerted efforts were made to maintain the child's important connections. 1575 1022 167 1189 86%33An inquiry was made to determine if the child was of Native American orAlaskan Native heritage.1575 671 777 1448 46%Table III g-2Office of Family Safety | Page 29
Florida Department of Children and FamiliesCase Management Services - 2009-2010 Quality Assurance ReportPlacementFY 2008/2009 Compared to FY 2009/2010100%91%92%86%80%85%60%60%40%53%46%FY 08-09FY 09-1020%21%0%26 The child's current 28 The child was placed withplacement was in close siblings who were also inproximity to the parents to licensed and/or non-licensedfacilitate face-to-face contact out-of-home care.between the child and parents.32 Concerted efforts weremade to maintain the child'simportant connections.33 An inquiry was made todetermine if the child was ofNative American or AlaskanNative heritage.Source: FY 2009-10 QA Web Tool Graph III g-2h) Independent Living Assessment and PlanningOlder children and youth in out-of-home care should receive independent living services tohelp prepare them for self-sufficiency in adulthood. They can receive these services while theyare living in any type of out-of-home care placement (such as kinship care, family foster care, orresidential/group care). Youth receiving independent living services can be working towardachieving any of the permanency goals (such as reunification, adoption, or guardianship) or theymay be approaching aging out of foster care to adulthood on their own. Independent livingservices generally include assistance with money management skills, educational assistance,household management skills, employment preparation, and other services.Office of Family Safety | Page 30
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