VIRGINIA DEPARTMENT OF SOCIAL SERVICES

CWAC is the primary organization to advise the Director of the Division of Family Services on child welfare issues. It helps ensure that all child welfare activities are child-centered, family-focused and community-based. Child welfare programs include Adoption, Child Protective Services, Family Preservation, Foster Care, and Interstate Compact on the Placement of Children (ICPC).

This group is the main stakeholder group for the Child and Family Services Review. Objectives include:

• Advise on child welfare program, policy, training and practice issues
• Advise on the development of the five-year Child and Family Services Plan and annual progress reports, as well as other state plans under the responsibility of Family Services
• Guide development and implementation of Virginia's Program Improvement Plan for any element that Virginia does not meet requirements of the Child and Family Services Review

• Child Welfare Advisory Committee Charter 2015 (PDF)

Future Meeting Dates

Meeting Minutes & Agendas

2024

• 4.2.2024 Meeting Materials (PDF)

2023

• 11.9.2023 Meeting Materials (PDF)
• 7.19.2023 Meeting Materials (PDF)
• 3.29.2023 Meeting Materials (PDF)

2022

• 09.30.2022 Meeting Materials (PDF)
• 06.29.2022 Meeting Materials (PDF)
• 03.30.2022 Meeting Materials (PDF)

2021

• 09.22.2021 Meeting Materials (PDF)
• 06.23.2021 Meeting Materials (PDF)
• 03.24.2021 Meeting Materials (PDF)

2020

• 09.22.2020 Meeting Materials (PDF)
• 06.09.2020 Meeting Materials (PDF)

CWAC Subcommittees

Permanency

• CWAC Permanency Subcommittee Charter (PDF)
• CWAC Permanency Scope Woolard (PDF)

Additional Resources

• PIP Report (PDF)
• Child and Family Services State Plan
• APSR Reports
• ACEs: Data Trends and Prevention Efforts in Virginia February 2020 Report (PDF)