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Absent Without Legal Permission (AWOLP) ChildrenChildren placed in foster care in Michigan who subsequently run away from that placement are deemed “Absent Without Legal Permission” or AWOLP. In November 19, 2002, the Michigan Supreme Court issued Administrative Order 2002-4 which required all circuit courts to develop a plan to locate and monitor AWOLP children, as well as report back to the Supreme Court on these cases. Plans were submitted by local administrative order.AWOLP Case Reporting
Each week a list of children recently designated as AWOLP is sent to SCAO. This list is uploaded into the AWOLP system, and an automated e-mail is sent to all AWOLP system users with new AWOLP children under their jurisdiction. All system users may then access the AWOLP record for each child and provide all pertinent data. It is this data that is used to create the multitude of reports that are available to users. AWOLP system users may only view the cases for his or her county. For example, a system user in Wayne County will not be able to view the AWOLP data for children in Ingham County. AWOLP Training
>> View the archived webcast. In a January 24, 2008 webcast to participants around the state, Michigan Supreme Court, State Court Administrative Office, Department of Human Services, and Federal Bureau of Investigation staff presented Children Missing from Care: AWOLP - An Update, focusing on Department of Human Services policies and procedures, the Innocence Lost National Initiative, and completion of the AWOLP reporting form. >>View the archived webcast. A best practices forum held September 8, 2006, focused on strategies to improve delivery of services to foster children and their families, as well as successful intervention strategies to reduce the number of children absent from placement. Efforts of Michigan Department of Human Services and Michigan State Police staff to locate AWOLP children were featured and there was candid facilitated discussion regarding issues, concerns, shared strategies, and ideas to improve practices to more effectively locate missing children and prevent children missing from care. >>View the archived webcast. Memoranda and Best Practice Tips from SCAO
AWOLP Resources
Federal Bureau of Investigation State Court Administrative Office Guideline for Locating Children Missing in Mexico Articles of Interest
By Ada Skyles, Cheryll Smithgall, Eboni Howard Chapin Hall Center for Children at the University of Chicago, 2007 Circumstances and Suggestions of Youth Who Run From Out-of-Home Care By Angelique Day, MSW and Joanne Riebschleger, Ph.D., LMSW From the Michigan Child Welfare Law Journal, Fall 2007 Press Releases
"Fifty-Three AWOLP Children Found; Chief Justice Praises Progress, Says Job's Not Over," November 14, 2002 "Supreme Court to All Circuit Courts: Create Plans to Find AWOLP Children," November 19, 2002 "Courts Located 79 Percent of Missing Foster Children in 2004," January 20, 2005 Staff and Contact InformationChild Welfare Services |
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