If the primary permanency plan is reunification, a combination of the CS-1, which is a child specific assessment of the child’s needs as well a thorough and comprehensive assessment of the family’s functioning, found on the NCFAS G+R, is essential to the development of a Written Service Agreement that will address the challenges and barriers to reunifying the child(ren) with the family of origin.
Related Subject: Section 3 Chapter 3.2 Completion of the Family-Centered Services Process