FAMILY

Two or more people who consider themselves family and who assume obligations, functions, and responsibilities generally essential to healthy family life. Child care and child socialization, income support, long-term care, and other caregiving are among the functions of family life. The definition of "family" will rest with an individual's indication of who plays a family member role, including current or former foster family, adoptive family, extended family members, fictive kin, or significant others. Organizations that believe family is the central constellation in a child's life, and that family attachments are of primary importance for human development, will strive to work with professional staff to develop a common understanding of "family."		  
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  SERVICE

One or more organization-operated programs or activities that have a common general objective and deploy the organization's material and human resources in a planned and systematic manner. An organization that publicly promotes or identifies itself in writing as offering a service, is licensed to deliver a service, assigns personnel and/or space to a service, or allocates financial resources to a service is considered to offer that service.		  
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  COMMUNITY

A specific group of people living in the same locality and who may share a common culture, values, and norms. Communities can also be defined by race, religion, ethnicity, age, occupation, political status, tribal affiliation, interest in particular problems or outcomes, or other common bonds. The term "community" encompasses worksites, schools, tribes, residential neighborhoods, business districts, recreational areas, and health and human service sites.		  
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  SCREEN

A preliminary test administered to a client to determine whether he/she meets eligibility criteria for the services offered by an organization. 		 
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  PRACTICE

Established actions or ways of proceeding in the regular performance of organizational duties. Policies and procedures often guide practice.		  
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  CONNECTED

The means by which individuals access services that may or may not be provided by the organization itself. These terms are used interchangeably when individuals are connected to services either directly or by referral. See also LINKED.		  
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  CLIENT

See service recipient.		  
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  CONTRACT

A formal written agreement between two or more parties that specifies the services, space, or products to be provided in exchange for some form of compensation. Also known as "purchase of service arrangement."		  
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  REFERRALS

Resource suggestions provided to consumers to address problems or needs that are beyond the scope of the organization's mission.		  
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  PROGRAM

A system of services offered by an organization. For example, an organization providing a mental health service may offer several mental health programs to different populations, e.g., a mental health program for adolescent teens. The word "program" can be used interchangeably with the word "service" or to describe specific programs.		  
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  ASSESSMENT

An evaluation, which utilizes professional expertise and skills in the collection and analysis of data to understand and describe the nature of service needs of an individual, family, or group. Assessment, as in needs assessment, is also used to determine priorities of program planning and service development for the organization as a whole. See also DIAGNOSIS.		  
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CFD 2: Screening

 
The organization screens families promptly and responsively to identify needs and direct family members to appropriate services.

CFD 2.01

 

Families are screened and informed about:

  1. how well their request matches the organization's services; and
  2. what services will be available and when.
NA Another organization is responsible for screening.

CFD 2.02

 

Prompt, responsive screening practices:

  1. ensure equitable treatment;
  2. give priority to urgent needs;
  3. support timely initiation of services; and
  4. provide for placement on a waiting list, if desired.
NA Another organization is responsible for screening.

CFD 2.03

 
Families who cannot be served, or cannot be served promptly, are referred or connected to appropriate resources.
NA The organization: (1) accepts all clients, or (2) only receives clients by referral, and is required by contract to accept all referrals.

CFD 2.04

 
When a program provides parent education services in a group setting, group participants complete an assessment within a timeframe established by the organization.
Note: See Note to CFD 3.
NA The organization does not provide parent education groups.
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PURPOSE: Families participating in Child and Family Development and Support Services delivered through strong community partnerships gain new competencies, improve child health and well-being, improve family functioning, and make family-community connections.
 
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