Improving Child Welfare Outcomes Through Systems of Care: Building the Infrastructure. A Guide for Communities

摘要

This guide originally was designed to clarify for grantees the various activities that Federal funds could support during the 5-year grant cycle. While it was developed in response to a need identified through the Improving Child Welfare Outcomes through Systems of Care program, the guide also provides useful information to other State, tribal, county, city, or neighborhood agencies providing services to children, youth, and families who are involved in the child welfare system. Using This Guide: This guide is organized into nine parts that correspond to the fundamental components of the infrastructure needed to support systems of care: Planning; Governance; System management; Coordination of services and service array; Communication; Policy; Finance; Continuous quality improvement; and Human resources and staff development.