Family preservation policy is a movement that is used to help keep children in their homes with their families rather than in foster home or institutions. This movement was created because a change was needed on an earlier policy known as family breakup, which pulled children out of unfit homes, but at this time living in poverty was seen as a justified reason to remove children from their homes. Initially, the term "family preservation" was applied to Homebuilders, which was known as a foster care placement prevention program developed in 1974 in Tacoma, Washington. “The Homebuilders model called for short-term, time-limited services provided to the entire family in their home. Services were provided to families with children who were at
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This policy also values permanency for children by reuniting them with their parents, or with another living arrangement that is permanent allowing the child to have a sense of belonging. There are many outside factors that contribute to successful family preservation such as: family support, time-limited family reunification and adoption promotion and support services. There are services that were made to help state child welfare agencies, meaning that this policy can be used in different areas around the world for example, eligible Indian tribes use preventive family preservation services and community-based family support services, they tend to use these for families at risk or in crisis or if the child is about to be moved to foster care. In addition, the state courts receive grants to improve foster care and adoption proceedings. It is important that the welfare and safety of children and of all family members should be maintained while strengthening and preserving the family. It is better for an entire family to receive services which will help to identify and enhance the policy’s effort while meeting individual and family needs this is a important factor because it allows the families in these situations to work as a team and it will help keep them all on the same page, and open communications that way …show more content…
Now is when social and welfare workers really need to think, is the child in imminent danger or could coaching and providing resources to the family help. Just because a mother can’t take care of her child does not make her unfit as the old saying goes you can judge a book by its cover. This mother in this situation is doing the best she can and despite being hungry and dirty that child is okay he is not sick and he is happy because the amount of love and affection he gets from his mother. So pulling him away from her may do more harm than good. So in a situation such as this here is how family preservation would be carried out; First the worker of this case would hear about the problem than they would investigate to see if the information turned out to be turn. With permission from the family they would start family counseling, which is important because it allows social workers to meet the needs of the whole family verse one individual. After this is done the social worker will then research and provide to find resources that will benefit this family such as a community food drive, or discounted food. Once a plan is in place the social worker will still keep in touch and provide consoling as well as any new resources that
This policy also values permanency for children by reuniting them with their parents, or with another living arrangement that is permanent allowing the child to have a sense of belonging. There are many outside factors that contribute to successful family preservation such as: family support, time-limited family reunification and adoption promotion and support services. There are services that were made to help state child welfare agencies, meaning that this policy can be used in different areas around the world for example, eligible Indian tribes use preventive family preservation services and community-based family support services, they tend to use these for families at risk or in crisis or if the child is about to be moved to foster care. In addition, the state courts receive grants to improve foster care and adoption proceedings. It is important that the welfare and safety of children and of all family members should be maintained while strengthening and preserving the family. It is better for an entire family to receive services which will help to identify and enhance the policy’s effort while meeting individual and family needs this is a important factor because it allows the families in these situations to work as a team and it will help keep them all on the same page, and open communications that way …show more content…
Now is when social and welfare workers really need to think, is the child in imminent danger or could coaching and providing resources to the family help. Just because a mother can’t take care of her child does not make her unfit as the old saying goes you can judge a book by its cover. This mother in this situation is doing the best she can and despite being hungry and dirty that child is okay he is not sick and he is happy because the amount of love and affection he gets from his mother. So pulling him away from her may do more harm than good. So in a situation such as this here is how family preservation would be carried out; First the worker of this case would hear about the problem than they would investigate to see if the information turned out to be turn. With permission from the family they would start family counseling, which is important because it allows social workers to meet the needs of the whole family verse one individual. After this is done the social worker will then research and provide to find resources that will benefit this family such as a community food drive, or discounted food. Once a plan is in place the social worker will still keep in touch and provide consoling as well as any new resources that