© 2002 Jordan Institute
for Families

Vol. 7, No. 4
August 2002

• Families may be more willing to engage with workers and other community resources.
  
  
• Children will be as safe or safer than with the current approach, since families will be more likely to accept and receive the services and support they need.
  
  
• Workers will have an alternative to the investigatory approach that will give them more opportunity to teach and support families, thereby addressing the root causes of maltreatment.
  
  
• The child welfare system may do a better job preventing abuse and neglect and therefore come to be seen by families as a partner and friendly resource. With these changes, worker turnover may be reduced.