The child will have a caseworker who makes sure the child is safe and properly cared for. The caseworker will stay in regular contact with you and visit the child at least once a month. The caseworker also helps the parents take the necessary steps so the child can return home. In most areas, you will also have a kinship development worker to support you while you are caring for the child. The caseworker and kinship development worker are your main contacts at CPS. If you live in an area without kinship development workers, the child’s caseworker will give you information and help you get services for the child. 

Tell the caseworker if you require any disability or special needs services. The parents and the child’s caseworker together will plan for what needs to happen for the child to return home. If the child’s parents do not make these changes and the child cannot return home, the caseworker will make recommendations for where the child should live permanently. This recommendation will be discussed at court hearings and meetings called permanency planning meetings.  

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