Timely Permanency through Reunification: Breakthrough Series Collaborative
This report describes the Timely Permanency through Reunification Breakthrough Series Collaborative process. It highlights promising practices and outcomes.
Permanency
The Multi-Site Accelerated Permanency Project Technical Report: 12-Month Permanency Outcomes
This project was developed to increase legal permanency rates for older youth in foster care through the use of Permanency Roundtables.
Examination of Judicial Practice in Placement Review Hearings
This study provides further indication of the need for judicial leadership in instituting high-quality hearing practice to improve outcomes for youth.
Permanency Roundtable Project Reports
The Permanency Roundtable Project is a collaboration of the Georgia Department of Human Services, Casey Family Programs and Care Solutions, Inc.
Foster Care Redesign in Duval and Alachua Counties: An Implementation Assessment and Research Chronicle
This assessment looks at how two counties shifted from emphasizing foster care as a first option to offering family preservation services.
The Promoting Safe and Stable Families Program: Background and Context
This paper describes the Promoting Safe and Stable Families Program, including an overview of the program’s funding and research on its effectiveness.
The Need to Reauthorize and Expand Title IV-E Waivers: Ensuring Safe, Nurturing and Permanent Families for Children
This white paper examines how smart investments at the federal level have positively impacted the child welfare system in five states.
Fostering Connections to Success and Increasing Adoptions Act: Improving Lives and Opportunities for Children in Foster Care
This document explains how the Fostering Connections to Success and Increasing Adoptions Act benefits young people in care.
Child Protective Services Reintegration Project: Permanency Outcomes for Youth with Complex Mental Health Needs
The CPS Reintegration Project provides an extensive network of services to caregivers of youth in foster care who have at least one DSM-IV diagnosis.
The job is not done when foster care ends
Dr. William C. Bell testifies before the California Assembly Select Committee on Foster Care.