Comprehensive Involvement
Lawmakers, courts, youth, caregivers and agencies all have a role in making the Strengthening Families Act (SFA) work.
This toolkit is designed to help child welfare practitioners, advocates and policymakers effectively implement SFA’s normalcy provisions, a section of the law that aims to provide a much-needed boost to improving overall well-being for young people in foster care by giving youth and their foster parents greater authority to make decisions and build critical relationships. The toolkit — which is a guide for comprehensive implementation that supports jurisdictions in eliminating barriers to achieving this outcome — includes the following components:
Policies and practices that support connecting youth with age-appropriate activities and people in their communities help youth make a successful transition to adulthood. These types of long-lasting relationships lead to permanency and supportive adult connections.