Selected Resources

Closer to Home: Keeping Foster Children Near Their Parents Can Help Families Rebuild (PDF - 555 KB)
Glenn, Nauer, & Reibel
Child Welfare Watch, 10, 2004
Discusses the successes and challenges of a New York City initiative to find more neighborhood-based foster placements for children.

Implementing Team Decision-Making: Sequencing Suggestions (PDF - 26 KB)
Annie E. Casey Foundation (2000)
Offers a rollout plan, including timeframes, for full use of team decision-making for the three primary types of placement-related decisions (removal, changes of placement, and permanency/reunification).

Placement Decisions for Children in Long-Term Foster Care: Innovative Practices and Literature Review (PDF - 90 KB)
Doran & Berliner (2001)
Summarizes findings of a Washington State study on how to optimize placement of children in long-term foster care and reduce multiple placements.