Permanency Committee Goal 2: Family Finding and Engagement

Policies

• H. R. 6893—2 Excerpted Bill Relating to Family Finding and Engagement
• AB 880 – 2/18/05
• AB 2031 – 2/14/06
• BRC Recommendations
• PIP Strategies

Practices

• California Permanency for Youth Project Organizational Development Guide for Youth Permanency (2008)
• California Permanency for Youth Project Emancipated Youth Connections Project Final Report/Toolkit (2008)
• Six Steps to Find a Family: A Practice Guide to Family Search and Engagement, produced by the National Resource Center for Family Centered Practice and Permanency Planning and the California Permanency for Youth Project (2008)
• Early Search for Relatives and Parents, Promising Practice Report, Center for Social Services Research CSSR Research Units CWRC Publications
• Four Step Cycle for Incorporating Permanence for Adolescents, R.G. Lewis (2008)
• Recommendations for Effective Partnerships on Youth Permanence Between the Juvenile Courts and Child Welfare, Juvenile Courts and Child Welfare Partnership Work Group CPYP, Mardith J. Louisell, (2006)
• All County Information Notice on Implementation of Concurrent Planning – Promising Practices (2004)

Research

• Los Angeles County Department of Children and Family Services Permanency Partners Program (P3) Fact Sheet (2008)
• Alameda County-  Group Home Step Up Project: Moving Up and Out of Congregate Care – Final Report (2005)
• Kern County- Key Point Projected Data
• Los Angeles County Department of Children and Family Services- Metro North Permanency Unit (FY 2006-2007)
• Sacramento County- Destination Family Youth Permanency Project  Master Outcomes (2008)
• Sacramento County- Destination Family Youth Permanency Project Outcomes (2003 -2008)