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State Documents:

Network members will graciously share practice model-related documents which will be posted below. To start us off, we have added documents shared by states interviewed for the Summer/Fall 2011 issue of NRCOI's newsletter, Child Welfare Matters, and a representative sample of documents from other states. Please contact Anne if you have any documents that you are willing to share!

State Websites with Multiple Documents

Indiana	Indiana Practice Model Information
New Jersey	New Jersey Department of Children and Families Website
North Carolina	North Carolina Multiple Response System Documents
Virginia	Virginia Children's Services System Transformation

Practice Models (Descriptive Documents)

District of Columbia	Practice Model: Our Foundation for Effective Child Welfare Practice (2/06)
Indiana	How are the Children in Indiana? A New Practice Model for Indiana
Minnesota	Minnesota Child Welfare Practice Model
New Hampshire	Practice Model Design and Implementation Project Logic Model
	Beliefs and Guiding Principles
	Practice Model Fact Sheet
New Jersey	Case Practice Model (1/07)
North Carolina	Multiple Response Systems
Utah	Practice Model
Virginia	Virginia Children’s Services Practice Model

Implementation Plans

New Jersey

Effecting Change: Implementing the DCF Case Practice Model. Full Plan and Executive Summary (9/07)

Communicating About the Practice Model

Indiana	Practice Model Update - PowerPoint Presentation
	DCS Birthday Card Video
New Hampshire	Practice Model Press Newsletter - Vol. 3, Issue 1 Practice Model Press Newsletter - Vol. 2, Issue 2
North Carolina	Multiple Response System and System of Care - PowerPoint Presentation (to Foster and Adoptive Parent Association)
	Multiple Response System and the Role of the GAL - PowerPoint Presentation

Policy/Practice Guides

North Carolina	When NC's practice model, multiple response system (MRS) went statewide, the MRS policy manual became the Division's policy manual: Child Protective Services Manual
Utah	Practice Guidelines

Practice Tools for Caseworkers and Supervisors

Indiana	Family Functional Assessment Field Guide
	This coloring book is used to get children's input for child and family team meetings. Jill's Child and Family Team Meeting Coloring Book
New Jersey	Engaging Families Making Visits Matter Field Guide
	The following three optional tools are designed to work together to assist staff in having more effective interactions with families:
	Case Presentation and Consultation tool: workers use this to present cases to peers for feedback
	Strategic Interview Plan: workers can use this to plan visits with families
	Observation Tool: used by supervisors to assess worker engagement with families and to guide feedback provided to workers

Quality Improvement Approaches

Indiana	Practice Indicator Reports
New Jersey	Performance Management Accountability: find information on NJ's Qualitative Review process
North Carolina	Multiple Response System Evaluation Reports
Utah	Office of Services Review: find qualitative case review (QCR) protocol and other information on monitoring of outcomes and policy compliance, including annual reports
Washington	Solution Based Casework evaluation website; Partners for Our Children, Seattle, WA

Feedback Loops

North Carolina

Multiple Response System (MRS) meeting notes

Other Sources for State Practice Model Documents (organized by State)

Child Welfare Information Gateway	State Child Welfare Practice Models
National Resource Center on Permanency and Family Connections	Hot Topics: Family Centered Practice and Practice Models

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