The Iowa Department of Human Services is considering changes to the process by which it removes children from homes in which they’re endangered. Child advocates who say change is necessary hope the state will implement some of the changes that have already been made in Polk County.
In Polk County, however, social workers have been working on a process of forewarning parents that they intend to remove a child.
Unless a child is in immediate danger of injury or death, social workers conduct a pre-removal conference with the parents to determine how to make this process as easy as possible for the child. [Source: Press-Citizen (IA)]
The goal of the pre-removal conference is to limit the amount of trauma the child experiences when being removed. So far, the new process has achieved its goal. Ultimately, DHS hopes the kids can return to their homes, but some are placed for adoption.
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