VIRGINIA DEPARTMENT OF SOCIAL SERVICES

Family Engagement

Family engagement is one of the cornerstones of the Virginia Children's Services Practice Model. Family engagement is a relationship-based approach to child welfare services that prioritizes the needs of the family, as they define them, to ensure safety, stability, permanency, and family connections. Family engagement guides every interaction with the family, from the first agency contact to the last, enabling a process of building trust in the relationship over time.

 

Kinship in Virginia

• Virginia Kinship Resource Guide
• Kinship Care Brochure (English) (PDF)
• Kinship Care Brochure (Spanish) (PDF)

Manual

Effective 07-2024

• Section 1: Overview of Practice Foundations (PDF)
• Section 2: Family Engagement (PDF)
• Section 3: Guidance Development (PDF)
• Transmittal (PDF)

Effective 05-2021

• Section 4: Guidance Development (PDF)
• Transmittal 298 (PDF)

Effective 03-2020

• Section 1: Overview of Practice Foundations (PDF)
• Section 2: Family Engagement (PDF)
• Section 3: Guidance Development (PDF)

Effective 01-2010

• Manual (PDF)