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