The KidSafe Collaborative convenes and facilitates four different multi-disciplinary teams that provide coordinated case planning for children and families. Each of these teams address the specific needs of different populations of children and families.
The Child Protection Teams are empaneled under Vermont law, Title 33VSA4917. It is the role of the Child Protection Teams to coordinate services by bringing together the right people in a respectful and supportive environment, to assist families in addressing the challenges faced in caring for their children safely.
Altogether over 30 different professionals from human services agencies, schools, medical health providers and other community-based services participate regularly on one or more of the Teams that KidSafe facilitates. Additionally, many individual community members and providers who work most closely with the family attend meetings in order to provide the family with individual support that is crucial to the delivery of our service. These team meetings are convened free of charge to the service recipients.
Chittenden County Child Protection and Family Support Team
The community-based Child Protection and Family Support Team brings coordinated case planning services and early intervention to many children who are often not served by the formal child welfare system. The county-wide CPFST responds directly to concerns of abuse and neglect developing a plan for safety support for children and their families.
This interagency multi-disciplinary team develops plans for community based services to support children and families and to protect victims from further harm.
If you would like to refer a child or family to the Child Protection and Family Support Team, please call our office at (802) 863-9626 and download the referral packet below.
CPFST Referral Packet 2008.doc (114 KB)
The CHARM (Children and Recovering Mothers) Child Protection Team coordinates services for opiate dependent pregnant and post partum women and their children.
The Triage Child Protection Team that meets with Family Services Division staff within the Department for Children and Families to address the needs of high risk children and families.
The Early Childhood Malnutrition project provides support to families with young children in the area of nutrition and healthy development. This group developed a new assessment tool for pediatricians and family services workers to help identify and report “failure to thrive” in young children.
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