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The Child and Family Services Reviews (CFSR) are conducted by the Children's Bureau, within the United States Department of Health and Human Services, to help States improve safety, permanency, and well-being outcomes for children and families who receive services through the child welfare system. The Bureau conducts the reviews to ensure conformity with federal child welfare requirements, to determine what is actually happening to children and families in child welfare services, and to assist states in helping children and families achieve positive outcomes.〔(【引用サイトリンク】url=http://www.acf.hhs.gov/programs/cb/monitoring/child-family-services-reviews )〕 The CFSRs monitor States' conformity with the requirements of title IV-B of the Social Security Act. The first round of reviews took place between 2000 and 2004 and all States were required to implement Program Improvement Plans (PIPs) as part of the review process. The second round of reviews began in early spring of 2007. Specifically, the CFSRs measure seven outcomes and seven systemic factors. The outcomes measured include whether children under the care of the State are protected from abuse and neglect; whether children have permanency and stability in their living conditions; whether the continuity of family relationships and connections is preserved for children; whether families have enhanced capacity to provide for their children's needs; and whether children receive adequate services to meet their physical and mental health needs. The systemic factors measured by the CFSRs include the effectiveness of the State's systems for child welfare information, case review, and quality assurance; training of child welfare staff, parents, and other stakeholders; the services that support children and families; the agency's responsiveness to the community; and foster and adoptive parent licensing, recruitment, and retention. Significant financial penalties may be assessed for failure to make the improvements needed to achieve substantial conformity. Each state's Program Improvement Plan must include measurable goals for improvement, action steps, and an implementation timeline for addressing each outcome that did not meet the requirements for the seven federal child welfare outcomes and seven systemic factors under review in the CFSR process.〔(【引用サイトリンク】url=http://www.acf.hhs.gov/sites/default/files/cb/pip_instruct.pdf )〕 == Outcomes == * Safety *# Children are, first and foremost, protected from abuse and neglect *## Timeliness of initiating investigations of reports of child maltreatment *## Repeat maltreatment *# Children are safely maintained in their homes whenever possible and appropriate *## Services to family to protect child(ren) in home and prevent removal *## Risk of harm to child * Permanency *# Children have permanency and stability in their living situations *## Foster care re-entries *## Stability of foster care placement *## Permanency goal for child *## Reunification, Guardianship or Permanent Placement with Relatives *## Adoption *## Permanency goal of other planned permanent living arrangement *# The continuity of family relationships and connections is preserved for children *## Proximity of foster care placement *## Placement with siblings *## Visiting with parents and siblings in foster care *## Preserving connections *## Relative placement *## Relationship of child in care with parents * Well-being *# Families have enhanced capacity to provide for their children's needs *## Needs and services of child, parents, foster parents *## Child and family involvement in case planning *## Worker visits with child *## Worker visits with parent *# Children receive appropriate services to meet their educational needs *## Educational needs of the child *# Children receive adequate services to meet their physical and mental health needs *## Physical health of the child *## Mental health of the child 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Child and Family Services Review」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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