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CALIFORNIA PERMANENCY FOR YOUTH TASK FORCE
The Task Force is a statewide group with broad representation, including public and private organizations, youth and funders.
Task Force objectives are:
- To facilitate collaborations between public and private agencies to achieve permanent lifelong connections for youth in the system
- To create opportunities for key stakeholders (who affect outcomes for youth in the system):
a) To realize the need for permanent lifelong connections for youth
b) To understand that it is possible to achieve these connections
- To identify and overcome structural barriers (within the system affecting youth) that prevent youth from achieving permanent lifelong connections
- To promote public relations, education and advocacy efforts that will address the needs of youth for permanent lifelong connections.
As of July 2007, the Task Force has been restructured to accommodate the growth and interest in youth permanency. The key changes to the structure and design of the Permanency for Youth Task Force are:
- The Task Force was transformed from a hundred or so interested members who attended intermittently into two committees, each having twenty consistently attending members with interest and expertise in the areas of practice and policy.
- The Practice Committee will be made up primarily of those who are performing or overseeing the work at the local county level and those who have day-to-day contact with the implementation.
- The Policy Committee will focus on legislation and policy development and implementation. The role of this group will be to advise and impact policy makers, and provide education on a broad base to facilitate needed changes to promote permanency statewide for all foster youth.
- The National Governors Association (NGA) permanency workgroup, which was working on many of the same issues as the Youth Permanency Task Force, was absorbed and incorporated into the Youth Permanency Task Force.
Policy Committee
Chair: Gail Johnson Vaughan, Mission Focused Solutions
Robin Allen, California CASA Association
Carol Biddle, Kinship Center
Chris Bock, Foster/Adoptive Parent
Nenita Dean, Stanislaus County Community Services Agency, Child & Family Services
Rick Fowler, Community College Foundation
Amy Freeman, Stuart Foundation
Karen Grace-Kaho, California Dept. of Social Services, Office of Foster Care
Karen Gunderson, California Dept. of Social Services Permanence Policy Bureau
Craig Harris, California Dept. of Mental Health Children and Family Program
Sophia Isom, San Francisco County Dept. of Human Services
Jill Jacobs, Family Builders
Chantel Johnson, California Youth Connection
Fredi Juni, Alameda County Social Services Agency
Susanna Kniffen, Casey Family Programs
Jude Koski, California Youth Connection
Phil Ladew, California CASA Association
Robin Luckett, Alameda County Dept. of Social Services
Michael Nash, Superior Court of California, County of Los Angeles
Ginger Pierce, Monterey County Dept. of Social & Employment Services
Jennifer Rodriguez, Youth Law Center
Erin Saberi, Casey Family Programs
Carroll Schroeder, California Alliance of Child & Family Services
Diane Wagner, Los Angeles County Dept. of Children and Family Services
Julia Waters, California Youth Connection
Practice Committee
Acting Chair: Robert Friend, California Permanency for Youth Project
James Anderson, California Connected by 25 Initiative
Mary Bedford-Carter, Edgewood Center for Children and Families
Kira Bellah, California Youth Connection
Cyndee Borges-O'Dell, Co-Investment Partnership
Nichole Castanon-Bletz, Fresno County
Melissa Driscoll, Rebekah Children's Services
Kristie Esquivel, Kern County Dept. of Human Services
Maryam Fatemi, Los Angeles County
Rosalio Garcia, Fresno County Dept. of Children and Family Services
Kat Lauterback, San Luis Obispo County Dept. of Social Services
Jean Little, Stanislaus County Community Services Agency, Child and Family Services
Crystal Luffberry, Co-Investment Partnership
Jessica Macias, Kern County
Bob Malmberg, Orange County Social Services Agency, Children and Family Services
Nancy McDonald, Family Builders
Jon Pettigrew, Alameda County
Cheryl Roberts, Lilliput Children's Services
Task Force Minutes
April 17, 2008 meeting 
January 16, 2008 meeting
October 17, 2007 meeting
July 19, 2007 meeting
April 17, 2007 meeting
CPYP County Regional Meeting minutes
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