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Brochures and Handouts
- Alternative Response Assessment - second option for responding to substance exposed newborns
- Chafee Independent Living Program
- Chafee Independent Living Financial Resources
- Child Abuse and Neglect: Should I Report This?
- Foster Care for Children - DN 657
- Foster Care Driving Guide - DN 271
- ND Foster Care Payment Rates (December 2022)
- Foster Care: 18+ Continued Foster Care Program - DN 1174
- Foster Care: Guardianship Assistance Programs (DN 1526)
- Foster Care: Health Care Directive for Youth Aging Out - DN 35
- Foster Care: Medical Services for Foster Children
- Foster Care: Medical Services for Former Foster Youth to Age 26
- Foster Care: Child Support Information for Parents with Children in Foster Care
- North Dakota Adoption Assistance Program
- Home Alone: Is Your Child Ready?
- Indian Child Welfare Act (ICWA) - Supporting Positive Outcomes for Native American Families (2.2mb pdf) (Revised March 2020)
- North Dakota Family Planning Program
Directories
- List of Qualified Residential Treatment Programs (QRTP) (Updated Oct. 2022)
- Out-of-State Placement Options (Updated January 2023)
- MAP - Connection Directory for Families and Agencies - An online resource directory for North Dakota families that was created by a partner agency.
Forms
Training
- North Dakota Child Welfare Court Proceedings 101
- Training and Events Calendar (UND Children and Family Services Training Center)
- Interactive Training for Mandated Reporters of Suspected Child Abuse and Neglect
- Foster Care Training
Handbooks
- Core Competencies for Early Education and Care Practitioners Defines what adults who work with children need to know, understand, and be able to do to support children in reaching desired outcomes.
- Foster Parent Handbook - Revised July 2022
- Foster Youth Handbook
Newsletters
- Fostering Communications (for all foster parents, foster care providers, and child welfare agencies)
Plans
- 2019-2021 North Dakota Child Care and Development Fund AMENDED State Plan (Posted Sept. 10, 2020) and Approval Letter <missing file>
- For older reports, please see Archived Publications
- Foster Care Disaster Plan 2020-2024 - Revised June 2022 <missing file>
- Foster Care and Adopt Recruitment and Retention Plan - Revised June 2022
Practice Tools
- Child and Family Team Meeting - PDF file version (July 2021)
- Outline - Microsoft Word version (July 2021)
- 18+ Continued Care Monthly Face-to-Face Meeting Tool (490kb pdf)
- Foster Care Monthly Face-to-Face Meeting Tool (553kb pdf)
Reports
N.D. Child & Family Services Plan (Title IV-B Sub Parts I and II, CAPTA, and Chafee ILP)
- 2021 Annual Progress and Services Report (3.36mb pdf)
- 2020-2024 Child and Family Services Plan (5.25mb pdf)
- 2015-2019 Child and Family Services Final Report (3.27mb pdf)
- For older reports, please see Archived Publications
Child Fatality Review Panel Reports
- Pending
- For older reports, please see Archived Publications
ND Task Force on Prevention of Child Sexual Abuse
- Interim Report to Legislative Management: ND Task Force on the Prevention of Child Sexual Abuse (Aug. 2020)
- For older reports, please see Archived Publications
Onsite Case Reviews Final Reports
- 2018 Annual Report (4.14mb pdf)
- For older reports, please see Archived Publications
Child and Family Services Reviews
- Child and Family Services Review 3rd Round Program Improvement Plan (April 1, 2019)
- North Dakota Child and Family Services 2016 Final Report (Posted Feb. 2017)
- Presentation: North Dakota Child and Family Services 2016 Final Results (Posted Feb. 2017)
- North Dakota Statewide Assessment Instrument (Posted July 2016)
Title IV-E Foster Care Eligibility Review
- North Dakota Final Report (July 2017)