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THE 2006 RESEARCH ROUNDTABLE

The 2006 National Convening on Youth Permanence was hosted by the Annie E. Casey Foundation and its direct service agency, Casey Family Services, to raise the need for lifelong families for older children and youth in foster care to a national platform.

Through an introductory invitational research roundtable, the convening gave form and substance to what emerged as a clear commitment among the more than 40 states represented to achieving family permanence for all older children and youth in foster care.

The research roundtable engaged some of the nation’s most distinguished researchers along with policymakers, practitioners, and educators, and facilitated a multidisciplinary approach to research.

Topics explored included how permanence relates to other key well-being outcomes, implications for work with special populations and for shaping future practice and policy, and lessons from similar work in other countries. An edited volume containing manuscripts prepared for the roundtable is now under consideration for publication by Columbia University. To learn more, email info@caseyfamilyservices.org.

Presenters and Respondents at the 2006 Research Roundtable included:

Rosemary Avery, Professor and Chair, College of Human Ecology, Cornell University

Richard Barth, Dean, University of Maryland School of Social Work

Sandra Chipungu, Associate Professor. Morgan State University

Hewitt Clark, Professor, Department of Child and Family Studies, University of South Florida

Mark Courtney, Faculty Associate, Chapin Hall Center for Children, University of Chicago

David Crampton, Assistant Professor of Social Work, Case Western Reserve University

Gretta Cushing, Senior Research Associate, Casey Family Services

Laura Daughtery, Assistant Professor, National Catholic School of Social Service,
Catholic University of America

Shirley Dobbin, Assistant Director, National Council of Juvenile and Family Court Judges

Karl Ensign, Senior Associate/Project Director, Learning and Planning Technologies, Inc.

Madelyn Freundlich, Excal Consulting Partners, LLC.

Robert Hill, Senior Researcher, Westat

Ben Kerman, Director of Research and Evaluation, Casey Family Services

Duncan Lindsey, Professor of Social Welfare, University of California School of Public Affairs

Anthony Maluccio, Professor Emeritus of Social Work, University of Connecticut

Penelope Maza, Senior Policy Research Analyst, U.S. Children’s Bureau

Ruth McRoy, Research Professor, University of Texas at Austin School of Social Work

Douglas W. Nelson, President, the Annie E. Casey Foundation

Peter Pecora, Senior Director of Research Services, Casey Family Programs

Joan Pennell, Professor and Department Head, Department of Social Work,
North Carolina State University

Barbara Pine, Professor (retired), University of Connecticut

Aron Shlonsky, Associate Professor, Faculty of Social Work, University of Toronto

Robin Spath, Assistant Professor, University of Connecticut

Raymond L. Torres, Executive Director, Casey Family Services

Fred Wulczyn, Research Fellow, Chapin Hall Center for Children, University of Chicago