Access to Better Care (ABC) Materials

Acronyms used in the child protection and human services fields.

Adoption Resources and Accessing Records

Alternative Response Pilot Project, and AR RFP Responses to Prospective Applicants Questions

Campaign Toolkit for Ohio's Children Services Agencies: "Choose Your Partner Carefully"

Choose Your Partner Carefully - A Public Awareness Campaign

Combined Wage and Benefit Survey for 2007

Collateral Sources--In Non-Emergency Investigations

County Child Protection Workload Analysis.  This is an analysis of the activities and workloads of children services professionals.  This information serves as a foundation for developing workload standards, unit costs, and determining human resource use and needs. More about Caseload

Child Welfare Worker Safety Reports

Data Tools for Ohio Leaders in Child Welfare - Using data to control costs and keep children safe.

Drug Endangered Children Protocol Tool Kit

Effectively Communicate with the Public, provides suggestions on how to cultivate a positive relationship with the media and the general public.

Erie CDJFS AA Guide for Parents (2/2006)

Executive Leadership Institute (ELI) is a residential training program which provides leaders of public and nonprofit organizations with new knowledge and skills to steer their organizations through an increasingly competitive and collaborative environment.05)

Family Centered, Neighborhood Based Practice

Financial Management Manual for Public Children Services Agencies offers suggestions for executives and financial managers to consider in building and implementing their annual child protection budgets.

HB 79 New Requirement for Sharing Information with ODE

HB 484 confidentiality Issues for Drug and Alcohol services and Child Welfare

HIPAA and Child Welfare  

Human Trafficking – Resource Guide

Human Resources Standards for Effective Practice on Recruitment and Retention.

Investing TANF in Child Welfare

IRS Tax Law--by Wendy Speelman (posted 11/21/2006)

LEADS and Protecting Children  

Levy related resources: Casey Family Programs Ohio Levy Campaign Brief (2/2010),  County Commissioner Survey on Tax Levy (1/2007), PCSAO Levy Survey (updated 8/2005), and Levy Campaign Guide  (1/2005)

Links to on-line resources.

Media Guide (8/2008)

Minority Disproportionality (10/2005) Minority disproportionality in the child welfare system is a nationwide problem that affects Native Americans, Asian Americans, African American, and Latino American in Ohio as well.

Ohio Administrative Code (OAC) Rule Updates as of January-April 2009

Ohio Public Children Service Agency Staff-Elements of a Quality Workforce.

PCSA Directory, listing addresses and phone numbers for Ohio PCSAs.

PCSAs Staff Turnover Survey (2006 and 2007 surveys)

Peer Mentoring Resources--A program which assists foster youth in developing healthy connections with their mentor and with other youth and young adults to help stabilize and strengthen the life of a young person in foster care, as well as develop leadership skills in the young adult mentor. 

Public Resources and ASFA: Presented at the National Center for Adoption Law and Policy, October 2003 by Crystal W. Allen

PCSAO Salary Surveys: 2006 PCSAO Salary Survey  (Published on 1/31/2007),  2004 PCSAO Salary Survey  (Published on 10/27/2005)

PCSA Safety Incident Report

SACWIS Tips Suggestions for agencies to consider prior to going live, from Columbiana County DJFS - 03/2007 

Sample Community Training Grant  

Socio-Legal CPS Committee recommendations contain information on how to improve the partnership between prosecuting/staff attorneys and social workers, including guidelines for social work documentation.

Sample Position Descriptions

Standards for Effective Practice were written by child protection professionals to detail best practice in the areas of administration, adoption, intake, independent living, protective and out-of-home care services.  

Strategic Communications Resource Library provides sample P/R materials that can be adapted and customized to your needs.

The Pew Commission on Children in Foster Care