Focus on Foster Care: Family Group Decision-Making
How the state of Texas adopted a family-centered approach to child welfare
June 2005
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Focus on Foster Care: Family Group Decision- Making. (2005). Seattle: Casey Family Programs.

Casey Family Programs and Texas child welfare administrators formed a collaboration in 2002 called the Texas State Strategy.

The goal: to improve services and outcomes for the nearly 20,000 young people in out-of-home care in Texas.

Committed to finding a more respectful way to work with families, Texas introduced family group decision-making (FGDM) in 2003. During the phased implementation of the new practice model, Casey is providing:

  • technical assistance
  • training
  • logistics support
  • financial support to evaluate the program

Focus on Foster Care briefing
In June 2005 Casey published a Focus on Foster Care briefing about this promising child-welfare practice in Texas. To download the 4-page PDF file, click the link in the upper-right corner.

Preliminary Evaluation
In March 2005 the Texas Department of Family and Protective Services issued a preliminary program evaluation. To download the 58-page report as a PDF file, click the link in the upper-right corner.