Community Partnerships for Protecting Children

This program uses an approach designed to help our community find new ways to work together so that citizens, neighborhoods, local organizations, community leaders, and local agencies share the responsibility for our children's safety.

The Partnership will:

• Organize a network of neighborhood and community supports to reach families in need.
• Help child protective service agencies change their traditional policies and practices to become more family centered and to share the responsibility for child safety with community groups and partner agencies.
• Develop a new decision-making process to guide our local Partnership.
• Offer Family Team Meetings, which supports the belief that families should be in charge of developing their own solutions to family issues. Community resources can be used for guidance and support. Trained facilitators are available for Family Team Meetings. Families may invite the supportive people in their lives to help develop a plan to keep their family together and safe.

CPPC Advisory Board
Meeting Minutes