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1. Neglect: When a child is deprived of, or is allowed to be deprived of, necessary food, clothing, shelter, or medical
treatment, or a child is permitted to live in an environment when such deprivation or environment causes the child's
physical, mental, or emotional health to be significantly impaired or to be in danger of being significantly impaired
2. Danger Threat: Behaviors, attitudes, motives, emotions, or situations from a parent/caregiver that pose a
specific threat of severe harm to a child, especially when considering the child's vulnerability and the caregiver's capacity
to protect.
3. signs of emotional distress: • Stress: Irritability, difficulty concentrating, rapid heartbeat
• Fatigue: Constant tiredness, lack of motivation, difficulty focusing
• Emotional Overload: Feeling overwhelmed, frequent crying, feeling numb
4. Florida's Child Welfare Practice Model: 1. engage the family
2. Partner with all invovled
3. gather information
4. assess and understand information
5. Plan for child safety
6. plan for family change
7. monitor and adapt case plans
5. CAPTA (Child Abuse Prevention and Treatment Act): Addresses:
• Mandated reporters
• Fetal alcohol spectrum disorders
• Training for guardian ad litem
• Sexual abuse and reunification
• Unaccompanied homeless youth
Improves:
• Technology for report tracking
• Collaboration among agencies and with abuse prevention programs
• Encourages family participation
Requires Florida's annual data reports to include:
• Training and caseloads for Child Welfare Professionals
• Infants affected by illegal substances or fetal alcohol spectrum disorder
• Children under age three referred to early intervention services
• Efforts to adopt certain populations (older children, minority children, and children with special needs)
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• Recruitment of adoptive families
• Notification procedures for the family and relatives
6. ASFA (Adoption and Safe Families Act): • Child health and safety are paramount
• Termination of parental rights if safety is unattainable
Fostering Connections to Success and Increasing Adoptions Act of 2008 (P.L. 110-351)
Provides or amends benefits for:
• Kinship guardianship assistance
• Eligible older youth in or exiting foster care
• Federally recognized Indian tribes, organizations, and consortia
Permits Title IV-E agencies to:
• Waive licensing standard for relative foster family home.
Requires Title IV-E agencies to:
• Identify and notify all adult relatives within 30 days of the child's removal.
• Make reasonable efforts to keep siblings together.
• Develop a transition plan for youth approaching emancipation.
• Maintain educational stability for each child in foster care, adoption, or guardianship under Title IV-E.
• Include a guarantee from the state agency in the child's case plan.
• This guarantee should confirm that they have coordinated with the relevant local educational agencies to ensure the
child can continue attending the same school they were enrolled in at the time of placement.
• Ensure coordination of health care services, including mental health and dental services, for children in foster care.
7. MEPA-Multi Ethnic Placement Act: • Prohibits delays or denials in placements due to race, color, or
national origin
• Requires state recruitment of diverse potential foster and adoptive families
8. Special Immigrant Juvenile Status (SIJS): • Aids undocumented children in obtaining legal
permanent residency.
• Applies to children under court jurisdiction due to maltreatment or abuse.
• Offers benefits, including legal residence, work authorization, and citizenship.
9. Safe and Timely Interstate Placement of Foster Children Act of 2006 (P.L.
109-239): • Procedures for timely interstate placements
• Standards for home studies, record transmissions
• Involvement of caregivers and parents in certain proceedings
10. Keys to independence act: helps foster youth obtain a driver's license
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11. FFPSA (Family First Prevention Services Act): Reforms the federal child welfare financing
streams and provides services to families who are at risk of entering the child welfare system. These include:
• Mental health services
• Substance misuse treatment
• In-home parenting skill training
• Incentivizes reduced congregate care placements
Requires:
• Trauma-informed prevention plans
• Electronic case processing systems
• Plans to prevent child abuse and neglect fatalities
• Quality foster care and adoptive home incentives
12. Immediate Child Safety Action Review ICSAR: If a PI missed a present danger indicator in a
case...48 hrs to address (this review conducted by QA)
13. Judicial Court Case Flow: Shelter Hearing
Dependency Petition Filed
Arraignment & Shelter Review
Mediation or other ADR
Case Planning Conference
Adjudication
Disposition
Case Plan Approval
Initial JR
JR/Permanency Hearing
Termination of Supervision
Termination of Parental Rights (TPR)
Extended Foster Care
14. Safety Plan: Controls and manages the identified danger threats.
15. Abandonment: When the parent/legal custodian/caregiver has made no significant contribution to the
child's care and maintenance or has failed to establish or maintain a substantial and positive relationship with the
child, or both.
Study online at https://quizlet.com/_iuqcou
1. Neglect: When a child is deprived of, or is allowed to be deprived of, necessary food, clothing, shelter, or medical
treatment, or a child is permitted to live in an environment when such deprivation or environment causes the child's
physical, mental, or emotional health to be significantly impaired or to be in danger of being significantly impaired
2. Danger Threat: Behaviors, attitudes, motives, emotions, or situations from a parent/caregiver that pose a
specific threat of severe harm to a child, especially when considering the child's vulnerability and the caregiver's capacity
to protect.
3. signs of emotional distress: • Stress: Irritability, difficulty concentrating, rapid heartbeat
• Fatigue: Constant tiredness, lack of motivation, difficulty focusing
• Emotional Overload: Feeling overwhelmed, frequent crying, feeling numb
4. Florida's Child Welfare Practice Model: 1. engage the family
2. Partner with all invovled
3. gather information
4. assess and understand information
5. Plan for child safety
6. plan for family change
7. monitor and adapt case plans
5. CAPTA (Child Abuse Prevention and Treatment Act): Addresses:
• Mandated reporters
• Fetal alcohol spectrum disorders
• Training for guardian ad litem
• Sexual abuse and reunification
• Unaccompanied homeless youth
Improves:
• Technology for report tracking
• Collaboration among agencies and with abuse prevention programs
• Encourages family participation
Requires Florida's annual data reports to include:
• Training and caseloads for Child Welfare Professionals
• Infants affected by illegal substances or fetal alcohol spectrum disorder
• Children under age three referred to early intervention services
• Efforts to adopt certain populations (older children, minority children, and children with special needs)
, 2026 Florida CPI preservice test
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• Recruitment of adoptive families
• Notification procedures for the family and relatives
6. ASFA (Adoption and Safe Families Act): • Child health and safety are paramount
• Termination of parental rights if safety is unattainable
Fostering Connections to Success and Increasing Adoptions Act of 2008 (P.L. 110-351)
Provides or amends benefits for:
• Kinship guardianship assistance
• Eligible older youth in or exiting foster care
• Federally recognized Indian tribes, organizations, and consortia
Permits Title IV-E agencies to:
• Waive licensing standard for relative foster family home.
Requires Title IV-E agencies to:
• Identify and notify all adult relatives within 30 days of the child's removal.
• Make reasonable efforts to keep siblings together.
• Develop a transition plan for youth approaching emancipation.
• Maintain educational stability for each child in foster care, adoption, or guardianship under Title IV-E.
• Include a guarantee from the state agency in the child's case plan.
• This guarantee should confirm that they have coordinated with the relevant local educational agencies to ensure the
child can continue attending the same school they were enrolled in at the time of placement.
• Ensure coordination of health care services, including mental health and dental services, for children in foster care.
7. MEPA-Multi Ethnic Placement Act: • Prohibits delays or denials in placements due to race, color, or
national origin
• Requires state recruitment of diverse potential foster and adoptive families
8. Special Immigrant Juvenile Status (SIJS): • Aids undocumented children in obtaining legal
permanent residency.
• Applies to children under court jurisdiction due to maltreatment or abuse.
• Offers benefits, including legal residence, work authorization, and citizenship.
9. Safe and Timely Interstate Placement of Foster Children Act of 2006 (P.L.
109-239): • Procedures for timely interstate placements
• Standards for home studies, record transmissions
• Involvement of caregivers and parents in certain proceedings
10. Keys to independence act: helps foster youth obtain a driver's license
, 2026 Florida CPI preservice test
Study online at https://quizlet.com/_iuqcou
11. FFPSA (Family First Prevention Services Act): Reforms the federal child welfare financing
streams and provides services to families who are at risk of entering the child welfare system. These include:
• Mental health services
• Substance misuse treatment
• In-home parenting skill training
• Incentivizes reduced congregate care placements
Requires:
• Trauma-informed prevention plans
• Electronic case processing systems
• Plans to prevent child abuse and neglect fatalities
• Quality foster care and adoptive home incentives
12. Immediate Child Safety Action Review ICSAR: If a PI missed a present danger indicator in a
case...48 hrs to address (this review conducted by QA)
13. Judicial Court Case Flow: Shelter Hearing
Dependency Petition Filed
Arraignment & Shelter Review
Mediation or other ADR
Case Planning Conference
Adjudication
Disposition
Case Plan Approval
Initial JR
JR/Permanency Hearing
Termination of Supervision
Termination of Parental Rights (TPR)
Extended Foster Care
14. Safety Plan: Controls and manages the identified danger threats.
15. Abandonment: When the parent/legal custodian/caregiver has made no significant contribution to the
child's care and maintenance or has failed to establish or maintain a substantial and positive relationship with the
child, or both.
