Selected Resources

Children's Bureau Youth Permanency Grant Cluster
Provides information about the accomplishments of nine grants awarded by the Children's Bureau to explore innovative programs to achieve youth permanency. It includes curriculum and attitude scales about options for youth permanency, including open adoption.

State Guidelines
AdoptUsKids
Supplies information to child welfare professionals and prospective adoptive and foster parents who want to learn more about State guidelines, local agencies, parent support groups, and resources that can help with the child placement process.

Resources and Reports
AdoptUsKids
Provides information on general and specialized recruitment of foster and adoptive families, including information on diligent recruitment, child-specific recruitment, teen recruitment, and more.

Adoption Competency Curriculum
National Child Welfare Resource Center for Adoption (2008)
Trains child welfare practitioners on the major aspects of adoption services with children/youth in the child welfare system and how to support children's transition from foster care to adoption.

Six Steps to Find a Family: A Practice Guide to Family Search and Engagement (PDF - 2910 KB)
Louisell (2008)
Presents practical strategies for workers and agencies to find, engage, and sustain relationships with families to enable permanency for youth.