Enter goal participants and plan participants for a family permanency plan

Process: Record a family permanency plan

In this task you identify who is a part of the family permanency plan A permanency plan is the actions (or tasks) to be carried out to enable a child who is currently in DCS custody to move into a permanent living arrangement that is free from harm.. The Goal Participant is the child or youth who is receiving services from DCS. The Goal Participant is the child that you recorded a permanency goal for in the Permanency Goal section. See Record a Permanency Goal. The Plan Participants are any other people that might have responsibilities on the plan, such as parents and other family members.

Follow these steps to enter goal participants and plan participants. This is also known as the "identifying information."

1. On the Permanency Plan A permanency plan is the actions (or tasks) to be carried out to enable a child who is currently in DCS custody to move into a permanent living arrangement that is free from harm. Topics screen, click Identifying Information. The Plan Information screen appears.

2. Enter the Plan Date for the new plan. This is the date that the Family Permanency Plan A permanency plan is the actions (or tasks) to be carried out to enable a child who is currently in DCS custody to move into a permanent living arrangement that is free from harm. was developed in a CFTM CFTM stands for Child and Family Team Meeting. This team is built by DCS to make plans, decisions and recommendations toward achievement of permanency for the children involved. or FSTM.

3. Click Add Goal Participants to select the case members who are involved with the plan goals. The Available Participants screen appears. This screen shows the case members who could have permanency goals. Do NOT select parents or caregivers as Goal Participants. These are only the children or youth who will receive a permanency goal.

4. Select the check box for each child or youth who has a goal you want in this permanency plan A permanency plan is the actions (or tasks) to be carried out to enable a child who is currently in DCS custody to move into a permanent living arrangement that is free from harm..

5. Click OK. You are returned to the Plan Information screen. The case members you selected appear in the Goal Participants grid.
   
   Note: If the permanency goal columns are empty after you have selected your goal participants, you need to record permanency goals for each goal participant. See Record a permanency goal.

6. Click Add Plan Participants to select other case members as plan participants. The Available Participants screen appears.

7. Select the check box for each participant in this plan.

8. Click OK. You are returned to the Plan Information screen. The case members you selected appear in the Plan Participants grid.

9. (Optional) Click the relationship link for each member to identify the relationship to the goal participants. The Relationships screen appears.

10. Select the relationship of this plan participant to the other goal participants.

11. Click OK. You are returned to the Plan Information screen.

12. Click Save. You are returned to the Permanency Plan A permanency plan is the actions (or tasks) to be carried out to enable a child who is currently in DCS custody to move into a permanent living arrangement that is free from harm. Topics screen. The Status column indicates the status of this part of the plan.

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