Test CPI Florida Child welfare Final
Exam Questions and All Correct
Answers Graded A+ 2025 -2026
Updated
Due Process - Answer fair treatment through the normal judicial system, especially as a
citizen's entitlement.
least intrusive - Answer refers to intervening to protect a child in ways that produce the least
interference with family unity and privacy, yet assure child safety.
reasonable efforts - Answer To maintain children with their families, or to reunify them, once
the parents have received short-term, family-focused, and community-based services.
permanency planning - Answer An effort by child-welfare authorities to find a long-term living
situation that will provide stability and support for a maltreated child. A goal is to avoid
repeated changes of caregiver or school, which can be particularly harmful to the child.
five federal statutes - Answer CAPTA, ASFA, ICPC, ICWA, MEPA
CAPTA - Answer Child Abuse Prevention and Treatment Act of 1974.
ASFA - Answer Adoption and Safe Families Act of 1997. 12-month period for reunification.
MEPA - Answer Multi-Ethnic Placement Act. cannot discriminate for placement.
4 guiding principles - Answer safety of children is paramount concern, engage families in
constructive and supportive relationships, least intrusive and outcome evaluation 60 DAYS.
The seven outcomes - Answer Safety, permanency and well-being
Abuse - Answer any willful or threatened act that results in any physical, mental or sexual
, Abandonment - Answer a parent, while able, has made no positive relationship or significant
contribution to the child's care and maintenance.
What do we call HIV/AIDS - Answer suppressed immune diesease/disorder & chronic illness
standard operating procedure - Answer day to day procedures for an agency.
types of evidence - Answer Direct, circumstantial, demonstrative, and expert testimony.
standards of proof - Answer Probable cause, preponderance of the evidence and clear and
convincing
special immigrant juvenile status - Answer when we get kids citizenship who are not legal
citizens when they come into states custody.
Who can know the reporter - Answer hotline, CPI, CPT, LE, CLS and state attorney office
what are the three options for a Safety plan? - Answer out of home, in home judicial, in home
non judicial
Who writes the shelter petition and when is it done? - Answer written by cpi and must be
done the day you remove.
When is the dependency petition presented & who writes it? - Answer prior to arraignment
hearing, cls attorney writes the petition
Who writes the TPR petition? - Answer Written by cls
UCCJEA - Answer affidavit you must fill out for shelter petition, used to determine jurisdiction.
(where has the family lived in the past 5 years)
CBHA - Answer every child will have this assessment if they are sheltered to determine what
the child needs ( medical, mental educational etc)
Exam Questions and All Correct
Answers Graded A+ 2025 -2026
Updated
Due Process - Answer fair treatment through the normal judicial system, especially as a
citizen's entitlement.
least intrusive - Answer refers to intervening to protect a child in ways that produce the least
interference with family unity and privacy, yet assure child safety.
reasonable efforts - Answer To maintain children with their families, or to reunify them, once
the parents have received short-term, family-focused, and community-based services.
permanency planning - Answer An effort by child-welfare authorities to find a long-term living
situation that will provide stability and support for a maltreated child. A goal is to avoid
repeated changes of caregiver or school, which can be particularly harmful to the child.
five federal statutes - Answer CAPTA, ASFA, ICPC, ICWA, MEPA
CAPTA - Answer Child Abuse Prevention and Treatment Act of 1974.
ASFA - Answer Adoption and Safe Families Act of 1997. 12-month period for reunification.
MEPA - Answer Multi-Ethnic Placement Act. cannot discriminate for placement.
4 guiding principles - Answer safety of children is paramount concern, engage families in
constructive and supportive relationships, least intrusive and outcome evaluation 60 DAYS.
The seven outcomes - Answer Safety, permanency and well-being
Abuse - Answer any willful or threatened act that results in any physical, mental or sexual
, Abandonment - Answer a parent, while able, has made no positive relationship or significant
contribution to the child's care and maintenance.
What do we call HIV/AIDS - Answer suppressed immune diesease/disorder & chronic illness
standard operating procedure - Answer day to day procedures for an agency.
types of evidence - Answer Direct, circumstantial, demonstrative, and expert testimony.
standards of proof - Answer Probable cause, preponderance of the evidence and clear and
convincing
special immigrant juvenile status - Answer when we get kids citizenship who are not legal
citizens when they come into states custody.
Who can know the reporter - Answer hotline, CPI, CPT, LE, CLS and state attorney office
what are the three options for a Safety plan? - Answer out of home, in home judicial, in home
non judicial
Who writes the shelter petition and when is it done? - Answer written by cpi and must be
done the day you remove.
When is the dependency petition presented & who writes it? - Answer prior to arraignment
hearing, cls attorney writes the petition
Who writes the TPR petition? - Answer Written by cls
UCCJEA - Answer affidavit you must fill out for shelter petition, used to determine jurisdiction.
(where has the family lived in the past 5 years)
CBHA - Answer every child will have this assessment if they are sheltered to determine what
the child needs ( medical, mental educational etc)
