Topic-specific training for clients, foster or adoptive parents, or contractors may be authorized when:

 •  A client, foster parent, or adoptive parent needs help to recognize and understand the behavior and problems of children and families who receive services from CPS;

 •  A foster parent or adoptive parent needs help handling specific behaviors of children who are in their care;

 •  A foster parent or adoptive parent requires training to resolve developmental issues in their roles as foster or adoptive parents;

 •  A contractor needs to improve his or her ability to help families provide better care for their children;

 •  A contractor needs to improve his or her placement decisions, permanency planning, and child care for children in the managing conservatorship of DFPS;

 •  A contractor needs to improve his or her ability to plan services for families and children, both within CPS and in other agencies that serve CPS clients;

 •  Foster parents, adoptive parents, and staff from agencies and organizations (including CPS) need opportunities to communicate and build networks; or

 •  The community at large needs to increase public awareness of child abuse and neglect and increase public support for providing protective services to families and children.