Education, Training and Public Relations

Purpose:

The Collaborative Hocoka (Circle) acknowledges the need for education of the general public, and for addressing the training needs of resource families, tribal staff, and public and private sector staff. Therefore, the Collaborative Hocoka (Circle):

· promotes public education about resource families:

o The different types of out-of-home family placements (relative, foster, adoptive).

o Requirements to become resource families (relative, foster, adoptive).

o Funding available to help meet the needs of children in placement.

o Positive contributions that resource families make to children and to the community.

· promotes training for resource families, including cultural training;

· monitors the implementation of the Child Protection Services Statewide Strategic Plan, particularly as it relates to education and training of resource families, kinship families, and public, tribal and private agency child protection staff.

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