Permanency and the foster care system

KK Lockwood, S Friedman, CW Christian - Current Problems in Pediatric …, 2015 - Elsevier
Each year over 20,000 youth age out of the child welfare system without reaching a
permanent placement in a family. Certain children, such as those spending extended time in …

Family preservation or child safety? Associations between child welfare workers' experience, position, and perspectives

JD Fluke, TW Corwin, DM Hollinshead… - Children and Youth …, 2016 - Elsevier
In child welfare, there is sometimes a false dichotomy between child safety and family
preservation. In an evaluation of Family Group Decision Making in four child welfare …

Family Reunification as a Case Goal is Influenced by Maltreatment Type and the Occurrence of Caregiver-Specific Abuse

LS Panisch, CA LaBrenz - Journal of Family Violence, 2025 - Springer
Purpose While federal guidelines prioritize family reunification as a goal for youth in foster
care, there are exceptions where other permanency outcomes are the case goal. Case …

[PDF][PDF] When change comes: a mixed methods exploration of the perceived effect of permanency roundtables on the decision making ecology of Pennsylvania child …

TD Hendrix - 2019 - millersville.tind.io
December 2018 in an effort to inform the permanency planning technical assistance
provided to child welfare professionals in Pennsylvania. The necessity of belonging to a …

Challenges in using comparison data in child welfare evaluations

CR White, K O'Brien, CW Davis… - Research on Social …, 2016 - journals.sagepub.com
Objective: This article describes the evaluation of permanency roundtables, an intervention
to help youth in foster care achieve legal permanency and the challenges evaluators faced …

Correlational Study of Extended Foster Care Legislation on Foster Youth Ages 10 to 17 Years

D Morris Jr - 2019 - search.proquest.com
The primary goal in foster care is legal permanent reunification with the parent, followed by
adoption or guardianship. Older foster care youth are less likely to achieve legal …

[PDF][PDF] PREVENT HOMELESSNESS AMONG TRANSITION-AGE YOUTH

DA MODEL - 2018 - centerforpolicyresearch.org
In 2013, Colorado's Department of Human Services (CDHS), Division of Child Welfare
(DCW) was chosen as one of eighteen grantees to receive a planning grant (Phase I) from …