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Whatcom County Family to Family
Working in partnership to assure children and families are safe and connected to their communities.
Our Goals
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Provide the services birth families and children need in a timely manner.
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Develop a network of caregivers that is safe, culturally sensitive, and located primarily in communities where children currently live.
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Ensure that DCFS and the community are working together with families for timely reunification and permanency to assure our children's safety and well-being.
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Increase the number of quality foster and kinship families.
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Increase collaboration with schools to ensure maximized support to children and to make every effort to allow the child to remain in the same school community if placement is required.
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Reduce the number and rate of children placed away from their birth families.
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The Network legally operates under the 501(c)(3) private nonprofit "Whatcom County Commission on Children and Youth" and is affiliated with the Washington State Family Policy Council, a family-community-state partnership that helps prevent child abuse and neglect, youth substance abuse and supports school success and other issues concerning families.