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Family Driven Care

Tools, Trainings & How-To's

Family Driven Care Means: Families have a primary decision-making role in the care of their own children, as well as the policies and procedures governing care for all children in their community and state. The family is defined as the person(s) who provides love, guidance, care, support and nurtures all members, especially  children. The family can be biological (birth parents), relative (also known as kinship), adoptive or foster family.

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Father and Son

Linking families to services and functions within the community. Including the families in the treatment planning process. Working on behavior management within the home by incorporating the parents in the plan. Teaching parenting and adult life skills to assist parents in offering better consequences and rewards for appropriate behaviors/inappropriate behaviors.

Family Preservation Services,
Grant & Hardy counties

Resources

Resources are from the West Virginia System of Care, WV Service Development/Delivery Team, and Grant Toolkits from the U.S. Substance Abuse & Mental Health Services Administration (SAMHSA) All Documents are Adobe PDF unless otherwise noted.

For Families & Youth
INCLUDING BIRTH, RELATIVE/KINSHIP, FOSTER & ADOPTIIVE FAMILIES
"What Family-Driven Care
Looks Like"
Family Guide to Children's Mental Health Systems
(SAMHSA  Booklet)
Family Guide to the Child Welfare System
(2004)
Building Bridges Initiative
Resources
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Family Advocacy, Support
& Training Program (FAST)

(Legal Aid of WV)
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Mountain State Parents, Child
& Adolescent Network

(MSP-CAN)
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For Service Providers
INCLUDING BEHAVIORAL HEALTH, CHILD WELFARE, EDUCATION, JUVENILE JUSTICE, MEDICAL AND OTHER INDIVIDUALS/ORGANIZATIONS WHO SERVE CHILDREN, YOUTH AND FAMILIES
Family Engagement
WV Definition & Benefits

(2012)
Family Engagement
WV Definition & Benefits

(2012)
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For State & Community Leaders
INCLUDING AGENCY DIRECTORS, STATE EXECUTIVES, LEGISLATORS, COURTS, FAMILY RESOURCE NETWORKS, FAITH-BASED LEADERS AND OTHERS
Family Engagement
WV Definition & Benefits
(2012)
Effective Strategies to Finance Family & Youth Partnerships
(Pires & Wood, 2007)
Family-Driven Care
in  America 

(Spencer, Blau, Mallory, 2010)
Guide to Father 
Involvement
(TAP, 2011)
Family Driven Care
Are We There Yet

(Duchnowski, Kutash, 2007)
Teenagers in Nature
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