Arizona Department Of Child Safety Responds To Chapin Hall Review; Considering Restoring Family Builders Program To Reduce Entry Into Foster Care

The Arizona Department of Child Safety (DCS) is considering restoring its Family Builders preventive services program for families with a child at-risk of entering foster care. In addition, the State is in the process of implementing a child welfare Title IV-E waiver demonstration project with funding awarded in September 2014 that will focus on improving family engagement through motivational interviewing and peer parent support, and on developing trauma-focused therapies and trauma-informed care services. Both the restoration of the Family Builders program and the demonstration project are part of a larger DCS effort to reduce the number . . .