Title: 
Headings:  Prevention and Protection Services Family Handbook
Family
 
Handbook
 

About
 
This
 
Handbook
 

What
 
is
 
the
 
Child
 
Welfare
 
System?
 

DCF
 
&
 
Child
 
Welfare
 
Case
 
Management
 
Providers
 

Family
 
Centered
 
Practice
 

            
People
 
Involved
 

Parent’s
 
Rights
 

How
 
to
 
Address
 
Concerns
 

What
 
is
 
a
 
Case
 
Plan?
  

Case
 
Planning
 
Conferences
 

What
 
are
 
my
 
rights
 
related
 
to
 
case
 
planning?
 

Permanency
 
Goals
 

Concurrent
 
Case
 
Planning
 

Kinship
 
Care
 
(Relative
 
or
 
Non-Related
 
Kin)
 

Where
 
is
 
My
 
Child
 
and
 
When
 
Can
 
I
 
See
 
Him/Her?
 

Initial
 
Team
 
Meeting
 

Foster
 
Parents
 

Parent/Child
 
Interactions/Visitations
 

Sibling
 
Visits
 

Reunification
 

Aftercare
 

What
 
is
 
the
 
Court
 
Process?
 

Parent’s
 
Attorney
 

Types
 
of
 
Hearings
 

People
 
Involved
 

Appeals
 

Support
 
Obligations
 

References
 

Resources
 

Acronyms
 
Used
 
In
 
Child
 
Welfare
 

Definitions
 
Used
 
in
 
Child
 
Welfare
 

Child
 
Welfare
 
Case
 
Management
  
Provider
 
A
 
private
 
agency
 
DCF
 
contracts
 

Kinship
 
Definitions:
 

Definitions
 
of
 
Abuse,
 
Neglect
 
and
 
Sexual
 
Abuse
 

Kansas
 
Department
 
for
 
Children
 
and
 
Families
 
Customer
 
Service
 
Contact
 
Information
 

Contact
 
Information
 


Content: If
 
English
 
is
 
not
 
your
 
first
 
language,
 
you
 
may
 
ask
 
for
 
the
 
written
 
information
 
in
 
your
 
own
 
language
 
or
 
request
 
an
 
interpreter. What
 
is
 
the
 
Child
 
Welfare
 
System? The
 
child
 
welfare
 
system
 
was
 
created
 
to
 
help
 
every
 
child
 
have
 
a
 
safe
 
and
 
secure
 
home
 
life
 
and
 
is
 
governed
 
by
 
federal
 
and
 
state
 
laws. The
 
Adoption
 
and
 
Safe
 
Families
 
Act
 
of
 
1997
 
(or
 
ASFA,
 
pronounced
 
“as-fa”
 
for
 
short)
 
is
 
one
 
of
 
these
 
laws
 
and
 
was
 
designed
 
to
 
establish
 
the
 
goals
 
of
 
safety,
 
permanency
 
and
 
well-being
 
for
 
children
 
in
 
the
 
child
 
welfare
 
system. The
 
Revised
 
Kansas
 
Code
 
for
 
the
 
Care
 
of
 
Children
 
(K.S.A.
 
38-2201)
 
was
 
amended
 
to
 
comply
 
with
 
Federal
 
(ASFA)
 
law. DCF
 
&
 
Child
 
Welfare
 
Case
 
Management
 
Providers
 
In
 
Kansas,
 
the
 
Department
 
for
 
Children
 
and
 
Families
 
(DCF)
 
is
 
the
 
state
 
agency
 
responsible
 
for
 
providing
 
child
 
welfare
 
services
 
to
 
children
 
and
 
their
 
families. Children
 
are
 
placed
 
in
 
the
 
custody
 
of
 
the
 
Secretary
 
of
 
DCF
 
through
 
state
 
laws
 
under
 
the
 
Kansas
 
Code
 
for
 
the
 
Care
 
of
 
Children. A
 
child
 
in
 
the
 
Secretary’s
 
custody
 
is
 
referred
 
to
 
as
 
a
 
“Child
 
in
 
Need
 
of
 
Care”
 
or
 
CINC
 
(pronounced
 
“sink”)
 
for
 
short. DCF/Prevention
 
and
 
Protection
 
Services
 
(PPS)
 
contracts
 
with
 
licensed
 
child
 
placing
 
agencies,
 
referred
 
to
 
as
 
Child
 
Welfare
 
Case
 
Management
 
Providers,
 
to
 
provide
 
in-home
 
and
 
out-of-home
 
child
 
welfare
 
services. When
 
the
 
court
 
orders
 
out-of-home
 
placement
 
these
 
providers,
 
in
 
partnership
 
with
 
DCF
 
and
 
other
 
community
 
partners,
 
are
 
responsible
 
to
 
deliver
 
appropriate
 
services
 
and
 
supports
 
to
 
help
 
your
 
child
 
return
 
home
 
as
 
quickly
 
as
 
possible.