Child welfare services

Child welfare services means public social services directed to accomplish the following purposes:
(1) Protecting and promoting the welfare and safety of all children, including individuals with disabilities; homeless, dependent, or neglected children;
(2) Preventing or remedying, or assisting in the solution of problems which may result in the neglect, abuse, exploitation, or delinquency of children;
(3) Preventing the unnecessary separation of children from their families by identifying family problems and assisting families in resolving their problems and preventing the breakup of the family where the prevention of child removal is desirable and possible;
(4) Restoring to their families children who have been removed and may be safely returned, by the provision of services to the child and the family;
(5) Assuring adequate care of children away from their homes, in cases where the child cannot be returned home or cannot be placed for adoption; and
(6) Placing children in suitable adoptive homes, in cases where restoration to the biological family is not possible or appropriate.

Source

45 CFR § 1357.10


Scoping language

Scope. This part applies to State and Indian Tribal programs for child welfare services under subpart 1, and family preservation and family support services under subpart 2 of title IV-B of the Act.

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