This program grew in part through preexisting connections of a former adoption agency, African American Adoption and
Permanency Plan Agency (AAAPPA).
Not exact matches
The Adoption and Safe Families Act, passed in 1997, requires state
agencies to speed up a child's move from foster care to adoption by establishing time frames for
permanency planning and guidelines for when a child must be legally freed for adoption.
The
Permanency Barriers Project has focused on reforms such as: the early identification of children's needs; refining court procedures in permanency planning areas; training the child welfare agency and legal staff; and sharing information with other counties a
Permanency Barriers Project has focused on reforms such as: the early identification of children's needs; refining court procedures in
permanency planning areas; training the child welfare agency and legal staff; and sharing information with other counties a
permanency planning areas; training the child welfare
agency and legal staff; and sharing information with other counties and states.
You Don't Have to Stop Being a Parent While You Are in a Residential Substance Abuse Treatment Facility (PDF - 610 KB) New York State Office of Children and Family Services (2011) Explains the rights of foster parents and birth parents in New York residential drug treatment programs to make arrangements for their child's care, be informed about the foster care
agency and caseworker responsible for the child's care, participate in
permanency planning, get information about family visitations and visits with the child, be assigned an attorney, and attend family court proceedings.
The placing
agency directs this decision, with
permanency planning occurring from the day of admission.
Involving Foster Parents in
Permanency Planning for Adolescents in Treatment Foster Care: Evidence - Based Practices Piescher, Armendariz, & LaLiberte (2008) University of Minnesota Center for Advanced Studies in Child Welfare Provides information to help foster care agencies become familiar with the permanency - related needs of adolescents in treatment foster care homes and identify the most effective methods for involving foster parents in permanency
Permanency Planning for Adolescents in Treatment Foster Care: Evidence - Based Practices Piescher, Armendariz, & LaLiberte (2008) University of Minnesota Center for Advanced Studies in Child Welfare Provides information to help foster care agencies become familiar with the permanency - related needs of adolescents in treatment foster care homes and identify the most effective methods for involving foster parents in permanency p
Planning for Adolescents in Treatment Foster Care: Evidence - Based Practices Piescher, Armendariz, & LaLiberte (2008) University of Minnesota Center for Advanced Studies in Child Welfare Provides information to help foster care
agencies become familiar with the
permanency - related needs of adolescents in treatment foster care homes and identify the most effective methods for involving foster parents in permanency
permanency - related needs of adolescents in treatment foster care homes and identify the most effective methods for involving foster parents in
permanencypermanency planningplanning.
According to the Adoption and Foster Care Analysis and Reporting System (AFCARS), reunification was the stated
permanency planning goal for 44 % of children in care.12 At the same time, in an effort to expedite children's placement into permanent families, many
agencies concurrently
plan for family reunification and an alternative
permanency option, such as adoption or kinship care, should reunification not be achieved within the set timelines defined under ASFA.
An Introduction to the Practice Model Framework: A Working Document Series (PDF - 129 KB) National Child Welfare Resource Center for Organizational Improvement & National Child Welfare Resource Center for Family - Centered Practice and
Permanency Planning (2008) Presents a framework to help child welfare
agencies and Tribal social service programs develop and implement a comprehensive, written, and articulated practice model.