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Cheryl Waites1, Mark J Macgowan, Joan Pennell
1Department of Social Work, North Carolina State University, Raleigh, USA. waites@social.chass.ncsu.edu
Abstract:
Child welfare struggles to manage child abuse and neglect and to seek permanency for children, while being culturally responsive to the communities it serves. Family group conferencing, piloted in New Zealand and now used in the United States and other countries, is a strengths-based model that brings together families and their support systems to develop and carry out a plan that protects, nurtures, and safeguards children and other family members. This article describes the model and a culturally competent method for assessing and adapting the model for the African American, Cherokee, and Latino/Hispanic communities in North Carolina.
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