Partnerships for Permanency in Sacramento County
Permanency case reviews (PCRs) are being used in Sacramento to explore youth’s permanency options and help them find lifelong families.
Workforce and organizational practice
Strategies to Promote Research Use in Child Welfare
This research brief highlights the gap between research and practice in child welfare and identifies potential opportunities to increase use of research in the field.
Supporting Lifelong Families: Steps Child Welfare Agencies Can Take to Prevent Children From Re-entering Foster Care
This action plan highlights the actions child welfare leaders can take to reduce re-entries into foster care and support long-term permanency.
Assembling the Pieces: Research, Policy, and Practice in Child Welfare
This research brief was developed to advance discussions of what it takes to make valuable research use commonplace and offer concrete strategies for doing so.
Signs of Safety® Supervisor Practice Fidelity Assessment: Field Test and Evaluation Report
This report describes the development of a fidelity measurement tool for Signs of Safety® — an approach to assessing safety and risk in child protective services.
Elements of Effective Practice for Children and Youth Served by Therapeutic Residential Care
This brief summarizes research on effective practices for children and youth referred to therapeutic residential care.
Permanency, Partnership and Perseverance: Lessons from the California Residential Based Services Reform Project
The California Legislature authorized a project in 2007 to reform the state’s group care system. This 2013 report evaluates the project’s results.
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.
