Attorneys and Judges are very receptive to the program and continue to increase visitation times. Consistent visitation is helpful in relieving the stress children have about what is happening in the home they left. Foster care workers have two additional collaterals who are seeing the child and family each week. Parents have the opportunity to demonstrate what they have learned, or not learned, in their classes, so the case can move forward. Once again, the two agencies work together to encourage, evaluate and sometimes redirect the families and their children who are in care.
Partnerships are about working together for the betterment of a cause.
What better cause to work for than assisting families in the reunification efforts or redefining who that family is. To find out more information in terms of what best practices, programs, and other initiatives are happening in NC to support welfare reform, check out the NC Welfare Resource Exchange web site.