What is "family group decision making"?

What is "family group decision making"?

Family group decision making is a process whereby there's been recognition that a child may be at some risk but the child welfare system has not formally intervened, but a process has begun where the family of the child and the biological parents--and by family, it can mean friends, neighbors, aunts, uncles--they sit down and make a plan for the care of that child; and often, that involves the child being placed in the care of relatives.