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Contact Information:
Marshall Plaza Building
900 E. Marshall Street
Richmond, VA 23219
Phone: 804-646-7212
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Child and Family Services
Family Safety: The department provides initial and on-going assessments of risk
to children pertaining to physical abuse, battering, neglect or exploitation.
Services are provided to prevent further abuse or neglect, and may include court action
to remove custody from a caretaker. Family preservation is a primary
goal of these services. Child Protective Services, Family Violence
Prevention, and the Second Responders Team are
key programs for family safety.
Foster Care, Adoption and Foster Parent Training:
The department provides for quality placement of children with an approved family
or group home until a permanent placement can be achieved. Services include
a full range of casework including treatment and coordination of community services
for children who are abused or neglected. Service plans are developed with
the goal of reuniting children with their families. Foster parent training educates
foster parents about the various aspects of foster parenting
to assure that they are capable of providing foster children with appropriate
substitute care. Adoption services provide permanent homes for foster children
in appropriate cases. Adoption workers conduct home studies on potential
adoptive parents and attempt to match children with adoptive homes that meet the
child's needs.
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