Welcome to Ohio's Family
Search and Engagement Toolkit!
The purpose of the Family Search and Engagement
Toolkit is to provide Children Services Agencies and Title IV-E Juvenile Courts, with a helpful informational guide aimed at strengthening Family Search and
Engagement (FSE) practice. The information contained in this Toolkit comes from
a variety of sources; however, it is just a sample of the plethora of valuable FSE
resources available on-line. Finally, as you take the time to familiarize
yourself with the Toolkit, please seek administrative approval prior to
utilizing any of the resources contained in this Family Search and Engagement
Toolkit.
To navigate through the Family Search and
Engagement Toolkit, please click on the links located below the header
entitled: Family Search and Engagement Navigation Links.
Family Search and Engagement-Toolkit Navigation Links
Definition of Family Search and Engagement & Applicability to Child-Welfare Practice
Family Search and Engagement Principles, Skills & Strategies
Agency Readiness Assessment
Family Search and Engagement Strategy 1: Searching:
Lake County Resource-Sample Relative Checklist
Summit County Resource-Sample Relative Checklist
Genogram Template A
Genogram Template B
Family Search and Engagement Strategy 2: Contacting:
Summit County Resource-Relative Notification Resource Letter
Summit County Resource-Relative Notification Resource Form
Family Search and Engagement Strategy 3: Teaming
Family Search and Engagement Strategy 4: Developing Permanency
Family Search and Engagement Strategy 5: Sustaining Permanency
Family Search and Engagement Toolkit - Printable Version
Acknowledgments
The Ohio Department of Job and Family Services, Office of Families and Children partnered with staff from public children services agencies, The Waiting Child Fund and The Institute for Human Services to develop Family Search and Engagement Toolkit. The following professionals were members of the committee:
Shannon
Deinhart - A Waiting Child Fund
Nicole Williams - Brown County Department of Job and Family Services
Karen Smedley - Clermont County Department of Job and Family Services
Katherine Schiraldi - Franklin County Children Services
Laura
Hughes - Institute for Human Services
Mary Udics - Lake County Department of Job and Family Services
Jeff Van Deusen - Ohio Department of Job and Family Services (Office of Families and Children)
Katina Bays - Ohio Department of Job and Family Services (Office of Families and Children)
Jodie
Hembree - Summit County Children Services-Northeast Ohio RTC
Megan Martin - Trumbull County Children Services