Permanency

Permanency

The Center for States helps child welfare agencies implement and sustain practices that enhance timely and appropriate permanency for children in care, strengthen and maintain the relationships of children in care with their parents, and place children with relatives whenever appropriate. Strategies to help states build capacity include improving partnerships with courts, developing data-driven recruitment and retention plans and programs, and working with stakeholders and organizations that offer an array of recruitment, licensing, and permanency support services. 

Publications

• Unregulated Custody Transfer/Re-homing of Adopted Children (PDF - 428 KB)
• Prepermanency Services for Adoptive and Guardianship Families (PDF - 192 KB)

Videos

• Authentic Voices Video Series: Sharing Our Perspective

Resources From Related Topics

• Helping LGBTQ Families Navigate the Child Welfare System (PDF - 121 KB)
• Prepermanency Services for Adoptive and Guardianship Families (PDF - 192 KB)
• Working With Children and Youth With Complex Clinical Needs: Strategies in the Safe Reduction of Congregate Care
• Perspectives on Normalcy: Videos and Discussion Questions
• Authentic Voices Video Series: Sharing Our Perspective
• Empowering Caregivers, Strengthening Families Video Series
• Quality Matters: Improving Caseworker Contacts With Children, Youth, and Families
• Domestic Violence and the Child Welfare Professional Series
• Decision-Making in Child Welfare for Improved Safety Outcomes (PDF - 240 KB)
• Parent Partner Program Navigator
• Pathways to Permanency: Collaborating on the APPLA Provisions of P.L. 113–183 (PDF - 167 KB)
• Pathways to Permanency: Expanding on APPLA Provisions and Youth Engagement to Improve Permanency (PDF - 225 KB)
• Showcase: Safety Outcomes and Decision-Making Approaches (PDF - 198 KB)

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• Achieving Placement Stability
• Empowering Caregivers, Strengthening Families

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• Helping LGBTQ Families Navigate the Child Welfare System
• Implementing Parent Partner Program and Supporting Reunification
• Post-Reunification Supports and Prevention of Reentry into Out-of-Home Care
• Innovative Practices that Promote Reunification

Podcasts From Information Gateway 

• Diligent Recruitment – Intelligent Recruitment 
• Diligent Recruitment – Regional Resource Navigators 

More From Information Gateway

• Diligent Recruitment [Related Topic]
• Achieving and Maintaining Permanency [Related Topic]