Related Resources: Strategies to Achieve Permanency for Youth

Resources to support permanency for youth.

• Involving youth in permanency planning
• Training curricula

Achieving Permanency for Pregnant and Parenting Teens in Foster Care
Klain
ABA Child Law Practice, 23(10), 2004
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Addresses the issues and circumstances attorneys and judges should consider in making permanency planning decisions for pregnant and parenting teens.

Addressing Financial Barriers in Permanency Planning for Adolescents
Winkle
ABA Child Law Practice, 24(5), 2005
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Discusses financial issues that present challenges for youth working to achieve permanency and presents guidelines for practitioners.

A Call to Action: An Integrated Approach to Youth Permanency and Preparation for Adulthood (PDF - 190 KB)
Casey Family Services (2005)
Discusses the problems youth face when aging out of foster care without a permanent family, and calls for an integrated solution.

Defining Family Permanence (PDF - 506 KB)
Annie E. Casey Foundation (2006)
Defines elements of family permanence important to older youth aging out of foster care, and lists steps child welfare agencies can take to ensure family permanence for these youth.

Empowering Foster Youth: Inclusion in Court Hearings and Decision-Making.
Rodriguez
The Guardian, 27(2), 2005
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Stresses the importance of youth participation in dependency courts to better inform judges about their wishes, needs, and progress.

Journal of Youth Development
This multidisciplinary applied research and practice on-line journal focuses on the development of school-aged youth through the transition to adulthood (ages 6-22).

Making the Child Welfare System Work for Older Youth
Urban Institute (2007)
Audio files from several presentations on how best to serve the permanency needs of older youth, focusing on where adoption fits as a permanency goal, youth perspectives on placements and permanency, the availability of post-adoption services, and concurrent planning for children in their preteen years.

Making Families for Life and Permanence a Priority (PDF - 508 KB)
Annie E. Casey Foundation (2006)
Presents evidence showing that family permanence is achievable for older children and youth in foster care and suggests strategies that are critical to system reform efforts that prioritize family permanence.

Making Permanence a Reality for Children and Youth in Foster Care: Strengthening Policy at the Federal Level (PDF - 981 KB)
Annie E. Casey Foundation (2006)
Describes recommendations to inform Federal policy to promote permanence for children in foster care.

Permanence for Young People
National Resource Center for Permanency and Family Connections
Publications providing a framework and measures for achieving permanency for youth.

Permanency for Adolescents (PDF - 1263 KB)
National Child Welfare Resource Center for Youth Development (2004)
Special issue of NRCYD Update on attaining placement permanency for adolescents in the foster care system.

Permanency Planning for Adolescents with Disabilities
Pineles
ABA Child Law Practice, 24(8), 2005
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Practice guidelines for permanency planning for adolescents with disabilities.

Permanency Planning: Creating Life Long Connections. What Does it Mean for Adolescents? (PDF - 157 KB)
National Child Welfare Resource Center for Youth Development (2000)
Issues related to permanency for adolescents, including barriers and implications for independent living services.

Planning for Permanency for Youth in Congregate Care
Freundlich & Avery
Children and Youth Services Review, 27(2), 2005
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Findings and recommendations from a qualitative study conducted by Children's Rights in New York City examining permanency outcomes for youth in congregate care.

Selected Web-Based Resources: Achieving Permanence for Older Children and Youth (PDF - 622 KB)
Casey Family Services (2006)
A developing list of selected web-based resources related to achieving family permanence for older children and youth in foster care.

Separation From Siblings: Associations With Placement Adaptation and Outcomes Among Adolescents in Long-Term Foster Care
Leathers
Children and Youth Services Review, 27(7), 2005
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Findings from a study examining permanency outcomes for youth placed alone and with siblings in foster care.

Youth Development eUpdate
National Child Welfare Resource Center for Youth Development
Presents a quarterly newsletter on promising practices in the areas of positive youth development, independent living, and permanency planning for adolescents.

Youth Services & Positive Youth Development
Child Welfare League of America
Information and links to resources about supporting youth and promoting permanency for youth in foster care.

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Involving youth in permanency planning

Empowering Foster Youth: Inclusion in Court Hearings and Decision-Making
Rodriguez
The Guardian, 27(2), 2005
View Abstract
Stresses the importance of youth participation in dependency courts to better inform judges about their wishes, needs, and progress.

FYI Binder: The Tool for Youth Involvement
FosterClub
A tool for youth to become more involved in their foster care plans.

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Training curricula

Adolescents and Families for Life: A Toolkit for Supervisors
National Child Welfare Resource Center for Organizational Improvement (2000)
Short units for use in training and supporting staff to achieve permanency for youth in foster care. Available for purchase.

Concurrent Permanency Planning
National Resource Center for Permanency and Family Connections
Training curricula in English and Spanish and other resources to support implementation of concurrent planning.

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