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5/16/1994
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Board of Commissioners
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PROGRAM NARRATIVE <br /> <br />Many youth exhibit delinquent or chronic status offense behaviors which lead to <br />involvement with law enforcement agencies and the Juvenile Court. For the calender <br />year 1993 the number of individual juveniles brought to court in Cabarrus County for <br />delinquent behaviors totals 363, and 107 youth for undisciplined behaviors. The <br />number of petitions for these 470 youth would be higher since many youth had more <br />than one petition each. <br /> <br />This large number of youth coming into our court system places a strain on the <br />ability of the District Court Judges, Juvenile Court Counselors, and Social Services <br />systems to be able to meet the particular problems for the foster care and group <br />home placement service sin the county. Ail possible measures must be taken to <br />prevent the inappropriate placement of children into foster care where possible. <br />Many times intervention while the youth is in the home can reduce multiple <br />disruptions in the child's life is placement in more than one facility becomes <br />necessary. Also children who experience behavior or emotional problems often have <br />disrupted out-of-home placements. The multiple placements further c~mplicate the <br />youth's ability to cope and may trigger greater disruptive behavior such as acting <br />out, run away, etc. At that point the task of reuniting the child with the family <br />may become even more difficult. Some parents develop a tendency to "throw away" <br />children once they are placed out of the home, leaving the child with no home to <br />return to, resulting in long term foster care. <br /> <br />Referrals to the Home-Based program by District Court Judges and Juvenile Court <br />Counselors, may help to insure that all community resources are fully utilized prior <br />to custody being placed with Department of Social Services and out-of-home <br />placement. To this end, Home-Based Services are another intensive measure for <br />insuring the "reasonable efforts" part of Public Law 96-272 (Adoption Assistance and <br />Child Welfare Act of 1980). This act requires that child welfare agencies make <br />"reasonable efforts" to prevent or eliminate the need for removal of a child from <br />his home, and to have implemented a preplacement preventive services program <br />designed to help children remain with their families. Ail services offered prior to <br />a child's placement in foster care are evidence of compliance with this mandate. <br />This must be done in order to receive federal foster care funds. <br /> <br />This program is staffed by a full-time social worker. This worker's schedule is <br />flexible in that the worker may be making home visits and contact with the youth and <br />his family after the normal working hours of the agency. <br /> <br />Some referrals to the program are by telephone~ Other referrals to the program are <br />in written form and completed by the referring agency assisted by the social <br />worker. The referral is reviewed by the supervisor of the home-based worker. <br />Following acceptance of the referral, an intake and assessment interview occurs. <br />This initial interview involves the youth, his family, and the referral agent if <br />appropriate. Out of this discussion results the development of a service plan for <br />the youth and his family. <br /> <br /> <br />
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