How can guardianship be better utilized to promote permanency and well-being?
Explore the benefits of guardianship as part of a strong kin-first continuum of supports for children and families.
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Permanency and placement stability
Explore a variety of our resources related to the topics of permanency and placement stability.
How is Santa Clara County, Calif., moving to safely eliminate group and institutional placements?
Learn about the steps Santa Clara County is taking to eliminate group and institutional placements as options for youth in foster care.
How can child welfare leaders and providers reimagine support for children and families?
David Sanders discusses how child protection agencies and providers can move upstream to provide proactive support for families.
How have some child protection agencies successfully recruited and retained resource families?
Learn how child protection agencies in New Jersey, Oklahoma, and Washington recruit and retain resource families for children in foster care.
What are some strategies for finding and keeping traditional and therapeutic resource families?
Explore effective strategies that child protection agencies can use to recruit and retain traditional and therapeutic resource families.
What are some effective strategies for older youth adoption?
Learn about some of the strategies that are effective in securing permanent adoptions among older youth.
How are child protection agencies promoting and supporting joint sibling placements and adoptions?
Explore strategies that support keeping siblings together in foster care and in permanent families to better support their well-being.
How does the payment of child support impact time to permanency for children in foster care?
Learn from a study that examines how requiring child support payments to child protection agencies can impact time to permanency.
How do mandatory reporting laws affect help-seeking among survivors of intimate partner violence?
Learn from a study that explores how mandatory reporting laws may discourage survivors of intimate partner violence from seeking support.