CPS & child welfare

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Identify the actual notice, petition or order and ask your lawyer or the juvenile court clerk what hearing is scheduled.

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Preparation 1: Identify the actual notice, petition or order and ask your lawyer or the juvenile court clerk what hearing is scheduled.

Preparation 2: Keep the written case plan and family-contact arrangements; ask counsel and the caseworker about services and barriers. Receiving assistance does not itself satisfy an order.

ODHS — CPS Assessments, Investigations and Safety PlansOJD — Juvenile Court Programs and Dependency ResourcesOJD — Juvenile Dependency and ORICWA Bench BooksPublic defense — Parent Child Representation Program

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