Adoption
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A Foster Care Practice Model: Lifelong Families [Brochure]
2012
This brochure provides an overview of Lifelong Families, a practice model developed and tested by the Annie E. Casey Foundation’s direct service agency, Casey Family Services. The document highlights the values, principle components and benefits of the model, as well as its early successes at improving the outcomes of children and youth in foster care. This model is intended to serve as a method of improving foster care practice within private child welfare agencies and advancing permanency outcomes for those in care, especially older youth in treatment foster care.
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A Foster Care Practice Model: An Adoption Case Study from Lifelong Families
2012
A set of case studies illustrate how Lifelong Families – a practice model developed and tested by the Annie E. Casey Foundation’s direct service agency – helped Wanda, a child in foster care achieve permanence through adoption. In addition, Wanda's story highlights the values, principle components and benefits of the model. The Lifelong Families model is intended to serve as a method of improving foster care practice within private child welfare agencies and advancing permanency outcomes for high-needs, older youth in care.
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A Foster Care Practice Model: Lifelong Families Practice Tools
2012
This document provides the practice tools used in the Lifelong Families model, including the case planning tool, the belonging and emotional security tool, the permanency team process grid, permanency consultation case presentation, permanency team meeting summary and the supervisory tool. This model is intended to serve as a method of improving foster care practice within private child welfare agencies and advancing permanency outcomes for those in care, especially older youth in treatment foster care.
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Foster Care Practice Model: Resource Family Recruitment with Lifelong Families
2012
This document provides information and forms used Lifelong Families model to recruit foster and adoptive parents. It includes an overall review of the recruitment practices, as well as forms and tools for setting agency recruitment goals. This model is intended to serve as a method of improving foster care practice within private child welfare agencies and advancing permanency outcomes for those in care, especially older youth in treatment foster care.
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A Foster Care Practice Model: Lifelong Families Case Practice Standards Manual
2012
This training manual provides an overview of the concept of permanence for youth in foster care and sets forth the case practice standards for the agency’s Lifelong Families model. This model is intended to serve as a method of improving foster care practice within private child welfare agencies and advancing permanency outcomes for those in care, especially older youth in treatment foster care.
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