This document was printed from the website of the California Evidence-Based Clearinghouse for Child Welfare (CEBC), which you can access at http://www.cebc4cw.org/
This document was printed from the website of the California Evidence-Based Clearinghouse for Child Welfare (CEBC), which you can access at http://www.cebc4cw.org/
Type of Maltreatment: Not specified
Target Population: Parents involved with the Child Welfare System through a protective investigation.
Brief Description:(The information in this program outline is provided by the program representative and edited by the CEBC staff.)
Parents as Partners has been reviewed by the CEBC in the area of Parent Partner Programs for Families Involved in the Child Welfare System, but lacks the necessary research evidence to be given either a Scientific Rating or a Child Welfare Relevance Rating. New York City Children’s Services developed the Parents as Partners program to improve their ability to engage parents. By employing parents who have experience with the system as Family Specialists, Children’s Services capitalizes on the opportunity to sensitize child welfare staff to the client perspective. In addition, parents coming into the system can connect with Family Specialists who share a mutual understanding of their experience and can actively relate to their situation and provide crucial advice and guidance regarding the expectations of them and services available to them. The Family Specialists provide essential feedback that can be utilized to improve the effectiveness of the system.
Family Specialists work closely with and in support of birth parents with children in foster care and families receiving preventive services. This program improves the agency’s ability to:
Contact name: Dana Guyet, MSW
Affiliation/Agency: NYC Administration for Children’s Services
Email: dana.guyet@dfa.state.ny.us
Phone: 917-551-7967
Website: http://www.nyc.gov/html/acs/html/advocacy/office_advocacy.shtml#a3
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