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Making It Possible
Need strategies to involve birth families in your state CFSR? New tools can help.
learn more>Resources and Tools
Two new resources related to dads as permanency resources: What about the Dads? Child Welfare Agencies’ Efforts to Identify, Locate, and Involve Nonresident Fathers (PDF) and Fatherhood.gov, the new federal clearinghouse with sections for researchers and policymakers.
Questions about kinship care among social workers, policymakers, state legislators, or community partners? See Is Kinship Care Good for Kids? (PDF)
Youth and Family Perspectives
“Kayla is like a complicated plant. She has roots with us— her adoptive family—and roots with her birth family. To be healthy as an adult, the more support she has in place, the better.”
Donna Coraluzzo, foster parent
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Family Teaming to Achieve Permanence for Children and Youth in Foster Care
June 2009, Volume 3
From Innovation to Action
September 2008, Volume 2
Court Reforms that Support Youth in Achieving Lifelong Families
February-March 2008, Volume 2
Engaging Youth in Achieving and Sustaining Permanence
November 2007, Volume 1
Birth Family Connections for Youth in Foster Care
August 2007, Volume 1
Local Convenings Advance Permanency Agenda
June-July 2007, Volume 1
State Spotlight
Ties with birth families—however complicated—are important to older youth in care, two different studies say.
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Produced by the Annie E. Casey Foundation/Casey Family Services, Connections Count is an electronic newsletter focusing on best practices, tools, research, and data on youth permanence in child welfare.
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