Pilot Project for F.G.C. for Child Protection in Israel

Source: (2001) National Center on Family Group Decision Making. 8 November 2002.

In April 2001 the Service for Children and Youth in the Ministry of Labor and Social Affairs of Israel together with Ashalim, (The Association for Planning & Development of Services for Children and Youth at Risk & their Families) decided to launch an extensive pilot project of F.G.C. for child protection.
Two previous attempts at implementing F.G.C. for child protection met with difficulties and failed. The current project invested in creating interest and trust in the F.G.C. approach as a suitable alternative method of dealing with child abuse and neglect.
Eighteen municipalities all over the country were chosen to participate: cities and rural settlements in the center and the south of the country, small Arab towns in the north, and Bedouin settlements in the Negev desert.
The unique aspect of this presentation lies in the application of F.G.C. in such a diversity of cultures and communities.
This presentation focuses on the value of F.G.C. as a universal approach applicable in a wide range of family and cultural contexts.