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Locating and Notifying Relatives When a Child is Placed in Substitute Care

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Category: Placement
Published on Monday, 25 June 2012 16:08
Written by CPS Policy
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Download this file (Guidance Article Notifying Relatives _5-12_.pdf)Guidance Article Locating and Notifying Relatives Child in Sub. Care[This article provides practice strategies and guidance regarding the requirements to locate and notify relatives when a child is placed in substitute care.]32 Kb
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Identifying and locating non-custodial parents, relatives, and kin of the child may provide the following opportunities:

  • Building, expanding and/or maintaining relationships for the child.
  • Timely identification of a permanent home for the child.
  • Allowing the agency to move expeditiously toward adoption or another permanent placement if no one is able to provide a home for the child.
  • Having family members serve as a temporary relative foster care placement.
  • Building or enhancing the family's support network, so that the child can be reunified and safely maintained in his or her own home.
  • Encouraging participation in family group conferences, case planning and permanency planning, and developing creative solutions to addressing identified safety and risk concerns. 

Assistance in locating a non-custodial or absent parent.