Short - term respite stays provide a brief intervention to strengthen
placements in a family setting.
Not exact matches
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.
Foster Care
Placement Settings and Permanency Planning (PDF - 158 KB) The Urban Institute (2007) Focuses on placement settings and case goals for Latin American immigrant children and children of Latin American immigrants compared with Hispanic and non-Hispanic children of U.S. - born parents in the custody of the Texas Department of Family and Protective S
Settings and Permanency Planning (PDF - 158 KB) The Urban Institute (2007) Focuses on
placement settings and case goals for Latin American immigrant children and children of Latin American immigrants compared with Hispanic and non-Hispanic children of U.S. - born parents in the custody of the Texas Department of Family and Protective S
settings and case goals for Latin American immigrant children and children of Latin American immigrants compared with Hispanic and non-Hispanic children of U.S. - born parents
in the custody of the Texas Department of
Family and Protective Services.
Wraparound is designed to meet the complex needs of children who are involved with several child and
family - serving systems (e.g., mental health, child welfare, juvenile justice, special education, etc.), who are at risk of
placement in institutional
settings, and who experience emotional, behavioral, or mental health difficulties.
TFCO - A aims to create opportunities for youths to successfully live
in families rather than
in group or institutional
settings, and to simultaneously prepare their parents (or other long - term
placement) to provide them with effective parenting.
It
sets out where and with whom the child will live; financial arrangements for the
placement; any specific arrangements about the
placement including the arrangements for the child to keep
in touch with their parents, siblings and other members of the
family; and also what the foster carer can decide about how the child is cared for including, for example, school trips, overnight stays, medical and dental treatment, education, leisure and home life, faith and religious observance and use of social media.