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• Adoption Best Practices Manual
• A Case Worker's Guide to Opening and Transitioning Cases
• Child and Adolescent Needs and Strengths (CANS) Assessment Manual
• Classification and Individual Program Plan Manual
• Client Rights Handbook / SPANISH Version
• DCS Basic Emergency Response Preparedness Plan
• Determinate Commitment Sentence Manual
• Documentation of the Family Functional Assessment Manual
• Emergency Response Preparedness Planning Instruction Guide
• Employee Recognization and Appreciation Program Guidebook
• Evacuation Plan
• Exposure Control Manual for Blood Borne Pathogens
• Family Advocacy and Support Tool Manual
• HACCP Based Food Safety Plan for YDCs
• ICJ Practices and Procedures Manual
• ICPC Practices and Procedures Manual
• Incident Reporting Manual for YDC and DCS Group Homes
• Institutional Maintenance and Construction Guidelines
• Interdependent Living Manual
• Manual for Developing Policies and Procedures
• Occupational Safety and Health Program Plan
• Predisposition Report Manual
• Private Provider Manual (PPM) - effective 10/27/2008
• Relative Caregiver Program Operations Manual
• Safety Procedures Handbook-Cordell Hull
• Volunteer Services Procedures Manual
• Worst Case Scenarios-Tips for Off-Site Safety
• Youth and Family Intervention Agreement Procedure Manual

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  Parents' Bill of Rights - English
  Parents' Bill of Rights - Spanish