Initial Child & Family Team Meeting 624-05-15-20-10

(Revised 1/15/21 ML #3606)

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The Child & Family Team Meeting, (CFTM), must occur within 30 days of the child’s placement into foster care. It is the responsibility of the custodial agency to organize the CFTM and schedule the meeting dates. CFTM's may be conducted in a group face to face, virtual online meetings, telephone conference calls, or a combination of the three. Any member of the team may request that a case be reviewed and a formal CFTM be scheduled at any time.

 

The custodial agency case manager or agency designee is to:

  1. Use the Child & Family Team Meeting outline (Outline) as a guide.
  2. At the initial meeting, review information regarding the purpose of the team, function, membership, process, legal authority, confidentiality and responsibility of team members.
  3. Review expectations of the team and emphasize how the agency is seeking input for case planning by identifying child and family strengths, needs, and risk factors to best meet the needs of the plan.
  4. Present the case to the team, including demographic information and the child's health, educational requirements, and transition plan (when 14 years of age and older).
  5. Prepare to report pertinent information about the child, the parents, the extended family, and the foster family when appropriate.
  6. Review present and impending dangers that may have precipitated the need to consider the out of home placement, what services have been provided to prevent the placement and also information on how each parent and child has been functioning since placement occurred.
  7. Prepare to discuss any items in the case plan, including safety plans and visitation allowances.
  8. Complete the case plan documentation and distribute copies as required.
  9. Maintain documentation in the child’s case file including the signed signature sheet from the Child & Family Team Meetings and any case planning documents generated independently by the agency or from the case management system.

 

Tribal Cases: The created case plan document must be signed and maintained in the child’s foster care case file.