Independent Living Program - Florida's Center for Child Welfare

Quality of Practice StandardsOngoing Assessment of the Child's Needs48.0 An ongoing assessment of the child (ren)'s needs was conducted to provideupdated information for case planning purposes (applicable to all cases)Requirement: Concerted efforts are required to assess the ongoing needs of the child specific toidentifying the services necessary to achieve case goals and adequately address the issues relevantto the agency's involvement with the family. This standard differs from earlier and laterassessment standards as it relates to family engagement in case planningInstructions and Considerations: An assessment of needs may take different forms. For example,needs may be assessed through a formal evaluation conducted by another agency or by a contractedprovider or through a more informal case planning process involving intensive interviews with thechild, family, service providers, e.g., Comprehensive Behavioral Health Assessment professionalevaluations, and ongoing family assessments, etc. The reviewer must determine whether theongoing assessments addressed an in-depth understanding of the child's needs, regardless ofwhether the needs were assessed in a formal or informal manner.This standard asks if the child's needs other than education, physical health, and mental/behavioralhealth (including substance abuse), were addressed. (Education, physical/dental and mental healthare addressed later.)If the child was in out-of-home care, the reviewer must determine whether the agency assessed theongoing needs of the focus child in the case related to normalcy issues, e.g. did the child haveopportunities to join in extra curricula activities; did the child have appropriate clothing andallowances? For in-home cases, the reviewer must consider the ongoing needs of all children in thehome and evaluate how each was engaged in case planning individually and/or within the familycontext.Rating:^ Yes if evidence of an ongoing assessment was completed and adequately addressed thechild's needs.•/SNo if there is no evidence of an ongoing assessment or the assessment was not adequate.NA if the case was open less than six months during the period under review.Reference: Florida Administrative Code 65C-30.005; & Florida Administrative Code 65C-30.006,Federal Child & Family Services Review, Well-Being Outcome 1. Item 17Office of Family Safety ' Florida Department of Children and Families | FY 2010/2011 (Version 1 of 1 July 1, 2010)