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Glossary

Child Welfare Process

Approved Foster Home: A foster home which has been approved under NYS OCFS regulations, and by an authorized agency to care to specific children who are related to the foster parent(s) within the third degree of consanguinity (connection)

Article 10 Petition: Provides for court intervention in a family to protect a child from abuse and neglect

Case Planning: Assessing need for providing/ coordinating/ evaluating the provision of services needed by a child/ family to prevent disruption of family or held a child in foster care be reunified

Court Ordered Supervision (COS): Family Court's dispositional recommendation to monitor families' progress with specialized counseling services. COS Units help in monitoring as well as in coordinating all other preventive services the families may be receiving

Dispositional Hearing: Determination of the court's final order concerning the child and family

Investigation Conclusions: For each report of abuse or neglect investigated by ACS, a determination must be made within 60 days of the initial report as to whether the case was indicated or unfounded

Office of Contract Agency Case Management (OCACM): Provides case management for each case receiving publicly funded contracted child welfare preventive or foster care services in New York City

Permanency Planning Goal (PPG): One of the several major goals that must be set by a child welfare planning worker for each child receiving care of services

Safety Assessments: ACS caseworkers investigating reports of abuse or neglect must submit a preliminary assessment of the safety of all children in a family within 7 days of receiving the initial report.

State Central Register (SCR): The official repository for the receipt of calls reporting suspicion of child abuse or neglect for the State of New York

Uniform Case Record: As soon as a report of abuse or neglect has been indicated, or within 30 days of a child's placement in foster care or preventive services, a Uniform Case Record (UCR) must be completed. The purpose of the UCR is to chronicle the goals and objectives that are established for each ACS case.

Voluntary 358A Petition: Provides for court intervention as a result of the parent having signed the voluntary placement agreement (W864)

Services

Family Preservation Program (FPP): Service that provides intensive short-term, at-home crisis intervention and family preservation services through trained caseworkers that work with only 2 families at a time. This program is for high-risk families who are part of a child protection case.

Homemaking: A preventive service medically prescribed whose goal is to prevent placement of children or to discharge children from foster care. The Homemaker assists the entire household with chores and may serve as a teacher for the parent, permitting the family to remain together.

Housing Subsidy: Rental assistance payments that are designed to help prevent foster care placement or accelerate the return of children to their families who were placed in care due to inadequate housing or homelessness. The subsidies are available to parents with children in foster care and parents with children at risk of being placed in care

Persons In Need of Supervision/ Designated Assessment Services (PINS/DAS): State mandated programs, funded by ACS, that have the goal of diverting families and children under 16 years of age from Court placement through community-provided counseling services. DAS programs provide a comprehensive assessment, short-term preventive services, and referral to general preventive or other community based provider based on assessed need

Preventive Services: Designed to ensure that at-risk children remain safe in the home and to prevent them from entering foster care. These services, provided by ACS and its network of contract social service organizations, include: professional counseling, parenting skills training, substance abuse treatment, homemaking services or housing assistance

Voluntary Request for Services: Parents may voluntarily request for services or placement of a child in foster care at ACS field offices. ACS usually refers families to preventive services before accepting a voluntary placement.

Staff who are Involved

Child Evaluation Specialist (CES): Professionals with Masters in Social Work positioned throughout ACS who do assessments of children's needs.

Case Manager: ACS Staff member responsible for case management functions

Case Planner: ACS or contract agency staff member responsible for case planning functions

Kinship Full Home Study Worker: ACS staff member responsible for conducting kinship home studies to direct service kinship foster care cases, while also providing planning services to families and children placed in kinship homes through the "expedited home study" process

Acronyms

ACD: Agency for child Development
ACM: Adoption Case Management
ACS: Administration for Children's Services
AOBH: Agency Operated Boarding Home
APA: Adoptive Placement Agreement
APS: Automated Placement Systems
CCRS: Child Care Review System
CID: Case Initiation Date
COS: Court Ordered Supervision
COSRD: Court Ordered Supervision Recording Document
CPSRD: Child Protective Services Recording Document
CSR: Continuing Service Reports
CSS: Client Satisfaction Survey
DCA: Direct Care Adoption Unit
DCCS: Direct Congregate Care Services
DFCS: Direct Foster Care Services
FCA Article 1029: Fact finding hearing
FRP: Family Rehabilitation Program
OCACM: Office of Contract Agency Case Management
OCSE: Office Child Support Enforcement
OPA: Office of Placement Administration
PPRS: Purchased Preventive Services

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	Glossary Child Welfare Process Approved Foster Home: A foster home which has been approved under NYS OCFS regulations, and by an authorized agency to care to specific children who are related to the foster parent(s) within the third degree of consanguinity (connection) Article 10 Petition: Provides for court intervention in a family to protect a child from abuse and neglect Case Planning: Assessing need for providing/ coordinating/ evaluating the provision of services needed by a child/ family to prevent disruption of family or held a child in foster care be reunified Court Ordered Supervision (COS): Family Court's dispositional recommendation to monitor families' progress with specialized counseling services. COS Units help in monitoring as well as in coordinating all other preventive services the families may be receiving Dispositional Hearing: Determination of the court's final order concerning the child and family Investigation Conclusions: For each report of abuse or neglect investigated by ACS, a determination must be made within 60 days of the initial report as to whether the case was indicated or unfounded Office of Contract Agency Case Management (OCACM): Provides case management for each case receiving publicly funded contracted child welfare preventive or foster care services in New York City Permanency Planning Goal (PPG): One of the several major goals that must be set by a child welfare planning worker for each child receiving care of services Safety Assessments: ACS caseworkers investigating reports of abuse or neglect must submit a preliminary assessment of the safety of all children in a family within 7 days of receiving the initial report. State Central Register (SCR): The official repository for the receipt of calls reporting suspicion of child abuse or neglect for the State of New York Uniform Case Record: As soon as a report of abuse or neglect has been indicated, or within 30 days of a child's placement in foster care or preventive services, a Uniform Case Record (UCR) must be completed. The purpose of the UCR is to chronicle the goals and objectives that are established for each ACS case. Voluntary 358A Petition: Provides for court intervention as a result of the parent having signed the voluntary placement agreement (W864) Services Family Preservation Program (FPP): Service that provides intensive short-term, at-home crisis intervention and family preservation services through trained caseworkers that work with only 2 families at a time. This program is for high-risk families who are part of a child protection case. Homemaking: A preventive service medically prescribed whose goal is to prevent placement of children or to discharge children from foster care. The Homemaker assists the entire household with chores and may serve as a teacher for the parent, permitting the family to remain together. Housing Subsidy: Rental assistance payments that are designed to help prevent foster care placement or accelerate the return of children to their families who were placed in care due to inadequate housing or homelessness. The subsidies are available to parents with children in foster care and parents with children at risk of being placed in care Persons In Need of Supervision/ Designated Assessment Services (PINS/DAS): State mandated programs, funded by ACS, that have the goal of diverting families and children under 16 years of age from Court placement through community-provided counseling services. DAS programs provide a comprehensive assessment, short-term preventive services, and referral to general preventive or other community based provider based on assessed need Preventive Services: Designed to ensure that at-risk children remain safe in the home and to prevent them from entering foster care. These services, provided by ACS and its network of contract social service organizations, include: professional counseling, parenting skills training, substance abuse treatment, homemaking services or housing assistance Voluntary Request for Services: Parents may voluntarily request for services or placement of a child in foster care at ACS field offices. ACS usually refers families to preventive services before accepting a voluntary placement. Staff who are Involved Child Evaluation Specialist (CES): Professionals with Masters in Social Work positioned throughout ACS who do assessments of children's needs. Case Manager: ACS Staff member responsible for case management functions Case Planner: ACS or contract agency staff member responsible for case planning functions Kinship Full Home Study Worker: ACS staff member responsible for conducting kinship home studies to direct service kinship foster care cases, while also providing planning services to families and children placed in kinship homes through the "expedited home study" process Acronyms ACD: Agency for child Development ACM: Adoption Case Management ACS: Administration for Children's Services AOBH: Agency Operated Boarding Home APA: Adoptive Placement Agreement APS: Automated Placement Systems CCRS: Child Care Review System CID: Case Initiation Date COS: Court Ordered Supervision COSRD: Court Ordered Supervision Recording Document CPSRD: Child Protective Services Recording Document CSR: Continuing Service Reports CSS: Client Satisfaction Survey DCA: Direct Care Adoption Unit DCCS: Direct Congregate Care Services DFCS: Direct Foster Care Services FCA Article 1029: Fact finding hearing FRP: Family Rehabilitation Program OCACM: Office of Contract Agency Case Management OCSE: Office Child Support Enforcement OPA: Office of Placement Administration PPRS: Purchased Preventive Services
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