We are creating a new standard in
placement stability for foster children through the use of data - informed placement decision - making and a research - driven software matching system.
Research shows that children in kinship care benefit from
increased placement stability compared to children in local authority care, and are able to maintain family relationships.
We are creating a new standard
in placement stability for foster children through the use of data - informed placement decision - making and a research - driven software matching system.
In this section, find resources to assist professionals in maintaining and maximizing
placement stability of families formed by adoption.
Resources and information
on placement stability, or efforts to minimize the number of placements for children in out - of - home care.
Research shows that children who stay within the family experience
increased placement stability and benefit from maintained family relationships.
We are creating a new standard in
placement stability for foster children through the use of data - informed placement decision - making and a research - driven software matching system.
We are creating a new standard
in placement stability for foster children through the use of data - informed placement decision - making and a research - driven software matching system.
Children in Kinship Care Experience Improved Placement Stability, Higher Levels of Permanency, and Decreased Behavioral Problems: Findings From the Literature (PDF - 81 KB) Child Focus (2014) Explains research that shows children have better outcomes in kinship families, including
improved placement stability, higher levels of permanency, and decreased behavioral problems.
placement stability Ensuring that children remain in stable out - of - home care, avoiding disruption, removal, and repeated placements that have harmful effects on child development and well - being.
INDICATORS Incidence of child maltreatment, early childhood professional credentials and quality rated child care, appropriate child development expectations, safe sleep practices, spending time together as a family, child welfare placement stability
Summary: (To include comparison groups, outcomes, measures, notable limitations) The purposes of this study were to evaluate child behavior change, changes in caregiver parenting style, and permanency and
placement stability at baseline and then after the KEEP (Keeping Foster Parents Trained and Supported) intervention.
If you are a foster parent licensed through the County of San Diego, you qualify for this unique program designed to increase retention and
placement stability of foster care placements.
This study examined the impact of Fostering Healthy Futures (FHF), a mentoring and skills group intervention for preadolescent children in foster care
on placement stability and permanence.
Placement decisions Provides information about making the decision to place a child in out - of - home care,
maintaining placement stability, disruption, and interjurisdictional placements.
Wells & Chuang (2012) Child Welfare, 91 (1) Assesses whether formal relationships between child welfare agencies and behavioral healthcare providers
increase placement stability for adolescents.
We are creating a new standard in
placement stability for foster children through the use of data - informed placement decision - making and a research - driven software matching system.
Placement Stability National Resource Center for Family - Centered Practice and Permanency Planning A collection of reports, curricula, and other resources relevant to
placement stability.
Some data have suggested that system - level contextual factors (e.g., degree of contact, rapport building, and energy expended by the caseworker; the foster parent's positive relationship with the supporting agency; and caseworker continuity) are associated with increased
placement stability (Pardeck, 1984; Stone & Stone, 1983).
In the Federal Child and Family Services Reviews,
placement stability is one of the four composites used as the basis for national standards for Permanency Outcome 1: Children have permanency and stability in their living situations.
The type of placement also contributes to
placement stability.58 Children in kinship care tend to experience more stability (that is, fewer placement disruptions), 59 although high disruption rates are found in kinship situations with vulnerable children and / or families.60 Placement stability for children in group care varies depending on child age and needs.
Results indicate that, as children's care teams implement TST, children demonstrate greater improvements in functioning, emotional regulation, and behavioral regulation and they experience increased
placement stability.
The longitudinal associations among implementation of TST and four measures of children's well - being (functioning, emotional regulation, and behavioral regulation) and
placement stability were examined.
We know form extensive research, that one of the best predictors of
placement stability is the parent's commitment to the child.
Reflective capacity is also vital to
placement stability and to the healing of adopted and foster children.
National Resource Center for Diligent Recruitment (NRCDR) at AdoptUSKids The Adoption Exchange manages the NRCDR, whose goal is to assist states, tribes, and territories in developing and implementing comprehensive, multi-faceted diligent recruitment programs in order to achieve improved outcomes; including permanency and
placement stability for children and youth in foster care.
Secondary analyses indicated important mediators (e.g., attachment security; neural functioning) and moderators (e.g., age of placement;
placement stability) of the interventions effect on psychopathology.