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Engaging Families in Achieving Permanency for Children and Youth(0 items) Glossary FAQ Site MapTOPICSSERVICES & TOOLSQUICK LINKSSTAY CONNECTEDHome > Highlights > Engaging Families > Engaging Families in Achieving Permanency for Children andYouthEngaging Families in Achieving Permanency for Children andYouthThe Adoption and Safe Families Act of 1997 identifies five permanency goals for children and youth:reunification, adoption, legal guardianship, living with a fit and willing relative, or another planned, permanentliving arrangement. Families, including both maternal and paternal extended kin, tribal members, and otherrelatives and caregivers, are essential partners in providing permanent homes for their children.Best Practices of Empowerment-Oriented Permanency Planning: Facilitating Change andSelf-Development in Parents and Families: A Handbook for CaseworkersCouncil of Family and Child Caring Agencies (2000, 4th ed.)View AbstractPresents family-centered, empowerment-oriented best practices for caseworkers assisting families inpermanency planning.Families as Partners in Permanency: A Curriculum for Skills DevelopmentSt. Christopher-Ottilie Services for Children and Families (2000)In Evaluation of the Families Together ProjectView AbstractDescribes strategies for involving families in permanency planning and foster care.Kinship Training CurriculumMills & Usher (1997)View AbstractHow to engage kinship care providers in the placement process. Emphasizes family empowerment andpartnerships between workers and families for the development and implementation of permanency plans.Permanence for Young People: Framework (PDF - 115 KB)National Resource Center for Family-Centered Practice and Permanency Planning & Casey Center forEffective Child Welfare Practice (2004)Presents six key components of a child welfare system designed to identify and support permanent familyrelationships for young people in out-of-home care.More From Information GatewaySystemwide: Family group decision-makingOut-of-home care: Casework practice with birth familiesAchieving & maintaining permanency: Engaging parents in permanency planningAchieving & maintaining permanency: Engaging parents in reunificationOut-of-home care: Identifying and locating relativesAchieving & maintaining permanency: Permanent placements with relativesAdoption: Working with birth parentsA service of the Children's Bureau, Administration for Children and Families, U.S. Department of Health and Human ServicesTOPICSSERVICES & TOOLSFamily-centered practice Supporting & preserving families Adoption State-specifichttp://www.childwelfare.gov/highlights/engaging_families/permanency.cfm[8/5/2010 2:38:12 PM]