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PAPERS AND REPORTS
A key factor is achieving permanence with youth is grief and loss work. Too often, foster youth
have grown accustomed to feeling that they have no chance for permanence, and initially refuse to consider permanence as an option so that they aren't once again abandoned and hurt. Dr. Darla Henry provides expert training on preparing youth for permanence via loss and grief work. She has published an article that describes her 3-5-7 model and bases her training on this model, which has been implemented statewide in Pennsylvania and New Hampshire.
Lighting the Fire of Urgency (MS WORD) Considering frameworks both outside and inside child welfare traditions, this article calls for a "determined sense of urgency and purpose" in engaging family of foster care youth.
Permanence for Young
People Framework In June 2004 the National Resource Center for Family-Centered Practice and Permanency Planning and the Casey Center for Effective Child Welfare Practice at Casey Family Services co-sponsored a meeting of experts in the field of youth permanency to develop a framework that can be used by public child welfare agencies throughout the country to improve practice. This framework proposes six key components for successfully identifying and supporting permanent family relationship for young people in out-of-home care. Best Practices on Permanency for Older Youth (MS WORD) A Workgroup report from the 2003 National Youth Permanency Convening, this document contains a set of recommendations that can be used as a best practices template for agencies moving adolescents to permanence. The recommendations focus on preparing the agency, workers, youth, and prospective families for achieving successful permanent placements for adolescents. This report from the Inter-City Family Resource Network presents recommendations for reducing the disproportionality of African American children in San Francisco's child welfare system. Group Home StepUp Project: Moving Up & Out of Congregate Care (Final Report) (MS WORD) This report presents the findings and recommendations from Alameda County's Group Home StepUp Project, a six-month project designed to improve the long-term outcomes for adolescents in Group Home care. This article by Martha Shirk (co-author, On Their Own), describes the family finding strategies pioneered by Kevin Campbell to connect foster kids with relatives and permanent homes. Reports from the National Convening on Youth Permanence As part of the development of the CPYP project, a national convening was held in April 2002 to explore the issues of permanency for youth. Subsequently, national convenings have been held in 2003, 2004, and 2005. 1st Convening (April 17-19, 2002) (MS WORD) 2nd Convening (April 10-11, 2003) (MS WORD) 3rd Convening (April 21-23, 2004) (MS WORD) 4th Convening (April 27-29, 2005) (MS WORD) |
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