Protecting Our Children

(Child Welfare)

Guiding Principle
DCFS Support Adoption
and Safe Families Act
(ASFA) 1997

DCF works hard

to reunify families
and keep families together
Rights of the parent can
be terminated if not
deemed safe for the
child.

Transparency

Leadership
Accountability

Orientation to Action
Community Partnership

DCFS works on placing

a child to a permanent
safe home

CPT
The Child Protection Team (CPT)
Series of professionals that assists
on abuse cases with various tools
such as child and family assessments
evaluations, medical services,
and professional court testimony

Helping one child at a Time

CPT is considered as a child

advocacy center , which
"The center is present to support the child and the
has programs that are
focused on the children who child's family or caretaker during and after the
review of the case , providing advocacy support
are affected from abuse.
and behavioral health services. "(Child Protection Services)

The goal of DCFS is to ensure

that families are protected
and promote strong
and economically families.
help families move forward
in personal and family recovery
and resiliency.

Reference:

Adoptions and Safe Families Act of 1997 (H.R. 867)

http:/ www.naswdc.org/archives/advocacy/updates/1997/safeadop.htm
(Child Protection Services)
http://www.sunc
oastcenter.org/CPT.php

Child Welfare
http://www.myflfamilies.com/service-programs/child-welfare
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