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Child Welfare Summary/Case Closure

You can document the details when a parent (main participant) leaves the child welfare program.

When a parent (main participant) leaves a foster care program, the providers document the discharge summary on the CW Summary/Case Closure (BH) template. The foster parent can leave the program for a variety of reasons.
  • Parent adopted their foster child.
  • Parent are no longer open to fostering or adoption.
  • Parent are not eligible for foster care programs.
CW Summary/Case closure Panel

You can use the Signature (Tasking Supervisor/Staff for review and signoff) panel on the template to request secondary approval or attestation from another user. You can send a task to the approver requesting approval. The approver can use this panel to add their electronic signature and generate a Signature Attestation document that is separate from the template document.
You can generate the discharge summary of the foster parents, and perform the following in the generated document:
  • Editing the document using the editor.
  • Signing off the document by selecting the tick icon in the upper-right corner.
  • Printing the document by selecting the printer icon.