2012

This manual provides an overview of the concept of permanence for youth in foster care and permanency practice, with specific focus on the agency’s Lifelong Families model. It also describes each component of the Lifelong Families model, detailing the specific set of activities that make up each component. 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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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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2012

This video -- shown in nine chapters -- is an inside look at a critical components of the Lifelong Families Model. Through permanency-focused work and various types of permanency team meetings, viewers will learn how a permanency team addresses Rudy's need for family. The video illustrates the many voices that are brought together in developing a plan with Rudy for permanence. This video is not available for order.

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2012

This train-the-trainers program is designed to provide participants with the knowledge and skills to effectively train child welfare professionals on the Lifelong Families model. This curriculum provides preparation for participants to teach the Lifelong Families Training and the Replication Manual Training. The train-the-trainers program is designed to prepare six to eight participants to train the two curricula.

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2012

This manual provides instruction on how to train child welfare workers to employ the 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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