VIRGINIA DEPARTMENT OF SOCIAL SERVICES

Family Partnership Meetings

• Continuum of Family Engagement (PDF)
• Family Partnership Meeting Implementation (PDF)
• Key Elements of Family Partnership Meeting (PDF)
• Stages of a Family Partnership Meeting (PDF)
• Training Phase Identification (PDF)
• Virginia Family Engagement Model Presentation (PDF)
• Virginia's Family Engagement Implementation Strategy for Child Welfare (PDF)

Court Appointed Special Advocates (CASA) & Guardian Ad Litem (GAL)

• Ten Tips For CASA and/or GAL (PDF)

Family Engagement & CSA

• CPMTs & Family Engagement (PDF)
• CSA LISTSERV Facilitation Cost (PDF)
• Family Engagement Policy (PDF)
• Flexibility of CSA Questions (PDF)
• Guidance for CPMTs on Family Engagement (PDF)

Local Family Engagement Resources

Local Contacts

• Alexandria, Fairfax, James City County & Richmond City (PDF)

Alexandria

• Coordinator Self Assessment Form on Meeting Facilitation (PDF)
• Coordinator Self Assessment Form on Meeting Preparation (PDF)
• Family Group Conferencing - Consent for Release of Confidential Information (PDF)
• Family Group Conferencing - Handbook (PDF)

Winchester, Frederick & Clarke

• Child & Family Team Packet (PDF)
• Child & Family Team Packet - Appendices A-K (PDF)
• Family Team Meeting Ground Rules (PDF)
• Ten Principles of a Wraparound Poster (PDF)

Norfolk

• Family Team Meetings Brochure (PDF)

Richmond

• Family Contact Sheet (PDF)
• Team Decision Making - FACE Sheet (PDF)
• Team Decision Making - Meeting Brochure (PDF)
• Team Decision Making - Meeting Checklist (PDF)
• Team Decision Making - Meeting Plan Form (PDF)
• Team Decision Making - Policy (PDF)
• Team Decision Making - Progress Form (PDF)
• Youth Contact Sheet (PDF)

Washington County

• Family Partnership Meeting Brochure (PDF)

Methods to Improve Practice from Quality Service Review (QSR) Results

This section covers resources and tools to improve practice as related to QSR indicators. Some resources came from System Improvement Plans developed locally after QSR. Others were developed as a result of QSR nationwide.

Engagement & Teaming

• Child & Family Team Meeting Model (PDF)
• Job Aide from HSO 'Using Child and Family Team Decision Making to Drive the Change Process' (PDF)

QSR Engagement & Teaming

• Practice Review 1: Engagement Efforts (PDF)
• Practice Review 2: Teaming (PDF)

CWPPG Resources

• Engaging Children, Youth & Families (PDF)
• Family Team Conferencing (PDF)

National Family Engagement Resources

• Bringing Families to the Table (PDF)
• Child Welfare Agency Self Assessment Instrument (PDF)
• Child Welfare Gateway Engaging Families Professional Bulletin (PDF)
• Key Characteristics of Different Types of Family Meetings (PDF)
• New York City's Children Services Family Team Conferencing Brochure (PDF)
• Saint. Louis City - Children's Division Team Decision Making Brochure (PDF)
• Sant Louis City - Children's Division Team Decision Making Protocal (PDF)
• Team Decision Making Involving the Family & Community in Child Welfare Decisions (PDF)

Additional Family Engagement Information

• Evidence Based Best Practices in the Engagement of Families (PDF)
• Local Department Lessons Learned Around Family Engagement (PDF)
• Resources & Tools for Diligent Family Search & Engagement (PDF)
• Strengths-Based Assesment (PDF)

• A Comparison of Kinship & Non-Kinship Placements (PDF)
• Relative Search Guide (PDF)
• Six Steps to Find a Family (PDF)

Effective 07-2024

• Section 1: Overview of Practice Foundations (PDF)
• Section 2: Family Engagement (PDF)
• Section 3: Guidance Development (PDF)
• Transmittal (PDF)

Effective 05-2021

• Section 4: Guidance Development (PDF)
• Transmittal 298 (PDF)

Effective 03-2020

• Section 1: Overview of Practice Foundations (PDF)
• Section 2: Family Engagement (PDF)
• Section 3: Guidance Development (PDF)

Effective 01-2010

• Manual (PDF)