Plan of Safe Care: Making Safety Policy a Strategy for Child and Family Well-being
April 3
2:00 PM EDT
Most new parents leave the hospital and enter the sometimes-scary world of being responsible for the safety and well-being of an infant. For parents who struggle with substance use and addiction, underlying stressors can make an already challenging time more difficult. A Plan of Safe Care is a family-centered plan designed to promote the safety and well-being of birthing parents and their infants with prenatal substance exposure.
Plans of Safe Care support families impacted by perinatal substance use or substance use disorders by:
- Ensuring the parent(s) and infant remain safe and healthy
- Working with the family to meet identified health and substance use needs
- Connecting the family to resources in the community
- Improving care coordination across systems
In this final webinar of the series “Moving Away from Family Separation: Cross-Systems strategies to Support Young Children and Families at Risk of Child Welfare Involvement,” learn about how two states designed preventive strategies for their Plans of Safe Care through public-private partnerships and the input of parent voices, Washington State Department of Children, Youth and Families and their partners at WithinReach; and Colorado Department of Human Services—Division of Child Welfare, and their partner Illuminate Colorado.
Panelists
- Kate Agyei Yeboah, Manager of Perinatal Partnerships, WithinReach
- Alysia Chang, CAPTA and Federal Funding Administrator, Colorado Division of Child Welfare
- Maria Zdzieblowski, LICSW, Director of Service Continuum
La mayoría de los padres nuevos salen del hospital y se enfrentan a un intimidante mundo de ser responsables de la seguridad y el bienestar de un bebé. Para los padres que luchan contra el consumo de sustancias y la adicción, los factores estresantes pueden complicar aún más un momento que puede ser difícil. Un Plan de Atención Seguro (A Plan of Safe Care) es un plan centrado en la familia, diseñado para promover la seguridad y el bienestar de los padres y sus bebés expuestos a sustancias durante el embarazo.
Los Planes de Cuidado Seguro apoyan a las familias afectadas por el consumo de sustancias perinatal o trastornos por consumo de sustancias de tal forma:
- Garantizar la seguridad y la salud de los padres y el bebé
- Trabajar con la familia para satisfacer las necesidades identificadas de salud y consumo de sustancias
- Conectar a la familia con recursos comunitarios
- Mejorar la coordinación de la atención en todos los sistemas
En este último seminario web de la serie “Alejándose de la separación familiar: Estrategias intersistémicas para apoyar a los niños pequeños y familias en riesgo de verse afectados por el bienestar infantil” (Moving Away from Family Separation: Cross-Systems Strategies to Support Young Children and Families at Risk of Child Welfare Involvement), aprenderás cómo dos estados diseñaron estrategias preventivas para sus Planes de Cuidado Seguro mediante colaboraciones público-privadas y la participación de los padres: el Departamento de Niños, Jóvenes y Familias del Estado de Washington y sus socios WithinReach; y el Departamento de Servicios Humanos de Colorado, División de Bienestar Infantil, y su socio, Illuminate Colorado.
Panelistas
- Kate Agyei Yeboah, Manager of Perinatal Partnerships, WithinReach
- Alysia Chang, CAPTA and Federal Funding Administrator, Colorado Division of Child Welfare
- Maria Zdzieblowski, LICSW, Director of Service Continuum
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