For Our Children & Families
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OUTREACH PACKET

School and Provider Outreach Packet

How schools, childcare providers, counselors, and youth-serving adults can use FOCaF tools without becoming messengers in adult conflict.

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Use cases

  • Share neutral school/care-team update sheets.
  • Encourage families to use official and crisis resources first.
  • Avoid accepting private case dumps through public education channels.

Boundary

  • Do not ask children to carry messages.
  • Do not publish private child details.
  • Use mandated-reporting and school policies where applicable.

SCHOOL / PROVIDER TOOLKIT

Help children without becoming a custody referee.

Teachers, counselors, pediatricians, childcare providers, coaches, and care teams can use neutral documentation, meeting prep, child-burden reduction, and bounded update templates.

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