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Permanency Planning Framework. 2/6/02. Permanency Planning Framework. Reasonable Efforts Least Restrictive Maintain Connections & Continuity Assessments & Case Plans Partnerships with Foster & Birth Parents Frequent Visitation Case Reviews Timely Decision Making. Principles (con’t.).
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Permanency Planning Framework • Reasonable Efforts • Least Restrictive • Maintain Connections & Continuity • Assessments & Case Plans • Partnerships with Foster & Birth Parents • Frequent Visitation • Case Reviews • Timely Decision Making
Principles (con’t.) • Differential Diagnosis • Full Disclosure/Inclusion • Time Limits as Motivators • Frequent Visitation • Plan A & B • Behavior Not Promises • Frequent Reviews/Staffings
Systemic Model of Foster Care BirthFamily Child Agency Foster Family
Concurrent Planning Definitions • Working towards reunification while at the same time, establishing an alternative permanency plan. • Concurrent rather than sequential planning efforts to more quickly move children from the uncertainty of foster Care to the security of a permanent family.
Roles of Permanency Planning Families • Nurture Children • Support Birth Parents • Facilitate Visitation & Reunification Efforts • Participate in Pre-Service Training • Participate in Support Groups • Serve as members of the Planning/ Treatment Team • Find Other Permanency Planning Families • Serve As Adoptive Home if Necessary. Redefine Role if Child Goes Home
Adoptions & Safe Families Act • Safety is Paramount • Concurrent Planning Practice Framework • Permanency Hearings at 12 months • TPR for Children in Care 15 out of last 22 months • Time Limited Reunification Services • Expanded Health Care Coverage • Incentive Payments to States • Post Adoption Services
Success Redefined • Permanency vs. Reunification • Kinship as Family Preservation • Foster Parents as Collaborators • Permanency Goal as part of Case Plan • Full Disclosure/Inclusion • Matching Families, Continued Involvement • Giving Up Control
Treatment Plans • Reasonable Efforts • Comprehensive • Phased In/Tiered • Immediate Access • Collaboration With Service Providers • Measurable Criteria of Success • Full Disclosure
Training • Use of a Team • Cultural Competence • Multiple Training Options • Mandatory • Pre-Assessment & Screening • War Stories/Reality • Presentation of Specific Children • Transfer of Agency Philosophy
Support • Support Groups • Foster Parent Mentors/Buddy System • Home Visitation • Hot Line • Flexible Funding/ Higher Rates/ Day Care • Involvement With Birth Family, Volunteers, Other Professionals
TREATMENT PLAN • OBJECTIVES • What change is desired? • Outcome to be achieved based on needs assessment. • Must address areas necessitating agency involvement.
TREATMENT PLAN • ACTION STEPS • Date by which task must be completed • Compliance and/or attendance rate • Frequency service is provided • Name of service provider • Responsibility for fees/costs for service
TREATMENT PLAN • Measurement of Success • Demonstrates accomplishment of objective CHANGES that are: • DEMONSTRABLE • QUALITATIVE • BEHAVIORAL
PURPOSE OF KINSHIP CARE • Enable children to live with persons they know & trust • Reduce trauma they may experience when they are placed with strangers. • Reinforce their sense of identity & self-esteem from knowing their family’s history & culture • Facilitate connections to their siblings • Encourage family to rely on their own family members • Enhance children’s connection to family and community. • Strengthen the ability of families to give children the support they need. • Avoids pitfalls of trans-racial or trans-ethnic placement.
KINSHIP CARE • Kinship Care Is the full time nurturing and protection of children by kin. • Kin are relatives or persons ascribed by the family as having a family-like relationship. • These relationships take into account cultural values and continuity of significant relationships.
Recognizing the Clues • Statements regarding relinquishment • Considered abortion of this child • Previous relinquishments/abortion • Statements as to not wanting to/being incapable of parenting • Negative statements about a particular child • Outside pressure • Desire to parent is a projection • Inconsistent attendance at visits
Exploring, Sorting Out the Clues • Giving up your own biases,give permission • Respect and Control • Relationship between birth and foster parent • Explore fantasies/fears • Explore wishes for child and their ability to meet them • FGDM, Mediation, Options Counseling • Different outcomes for siblings • Shared goal
Resolution, follow through • Respect and control remain paramount • Education regarding consequences • Open adoption agreement • Consultation with attorney • Hearing in a timely manner • Parent should give child permission to move on
Recruitment • MEDIA/Community Education • Specialized • Higher Standards/Expectations/Uniform Assessment • Red Flags/Chart Disruptions • Support/Training • Inclusion/Continued Involvement • Rate Adjustments • Cyclical/Repetitive/Word of Mouth
Red Flags • Unresolved Losses/Infertility Issues • “Desperate” for a Child • Power & Control Issues • Lack of Commitment Within the Couple • Lack of Parenting Experience/Knowledge/Skills • Unrealistic Expectations • Looking for a Companion for Birth Child • Inability to Ask for Help
Positive Characteristics (con’t) • Patience • Lack of Ego Involvement • High Energy Level • Ability to Role Model
Red Flags (con’t) • Lifestyle Which Does Not Accommodate Children • Unfinished Childhood Issues/Childhood Issues Similar to Child Placed • Lack of Support from Family/Friends • Lack of Community Resources • Poor Problem Solving and/or Coping Skills
Positive Characteristics • Flexibility • Empathy • Satisfaction In Life • Resourceful • Sense of Humor • Tolerance of Loss • Altruistic • CONCURRENT PERMANENCY PLANNING DEFINED • WHAT IS CONCURRENT PERMANENCY PLANNING? • WORKING TOWARDS REUNIFICATION WHILE AT THE SAME TIME ESTABLISHING AN ALTERNATIVE PERMANENCY PLAN • CONCURRENT RATHER THAN SEQUENTIAL PLANNING EFFORTS TO MORE QUICKLY MOVE CHILDREN FROM THE UNCERTAINTY OF FOSTER CARE TO THE SECURITY OF A PERMANENT FAMILY • WHAT ARE THE GOALS? • TO SUPPORT THE SAFETY AND WELL-BEING OF CHILDREN AND FAMILIES • TO PROMOTE EARLY PERMANENCY DECISIONS FOR CHILDREN • TO DECREASE CHILDREN’S LENGTH OF STAY IN FOSTER CARE • TO REDUCE THE NUMBER OF MOVES AND RELATIONSHIP DISRUPTIONS CHILDREN EXPERIENCE IN FOSTER CARE • TO DEVELOP A NETWORK OF FOSTER PARENTS (RELATIVES OR NON-RELATIVES) WHO CAN WORK TOWARDS REUNIFICATION AND ALSO SERVE AS PERMANENCY RESOURCE FAMILIES FOR CHILDREN • TO ENGAGE FAMILIES IN EARLY CASE PLANNING, CASE REVIEW AND DECISION-MAKING ABOUT PERMANENCY OPTIONS TO MEET CHILDREN’S URGENT NEED FOR STABILITY AND CONTINUITY IN THEIR FAMILY RELATIONSHIPS • TO MAINTAIN CONTINUITY IN CHILDREN’S FAMILY, SIBLING AND COMMUNITY RELATIONSHIPS • POOL OF FOSTER AND ADOPTIVE FAMILIES NEEDED TODAY • Relatives and Non-Relatives • Emergency Care Foster Families • Temporary Care Foster Families • Therapeutic/Treatment Foster Families • Resource Families for Foster Care/Adoption • Adoptive Families
Red Flags (con’t) • Lifestyle Which Does Not Accommodate Children • Unfinished Childhood Issues/Childhood Issues Similar to Child Placed • Lack of Support from Family/Friends • Lack of Community Resources • Poor Problem Solving and/or Coping Skills
Positive Characteristics • CONCURRENT PERMANENCY PLANNING DEFINED • WHAT IS CONCURRENT PERMANENCY PLANNING? • WORKING TOWARDS REUNIFICATION WHILE AT THE SAME TIME ESTABLISHING AN ALTERNATIVE PERMANENCY PLAN • CONCURRENT RATHER THAN SEQUENTIAL PLANNING EFFORTS TO MORE QUICKLY MOVE CHILDREN FROM THE UNCERTAINTY OF FOSTER CARE TO THE SECURITY OF A PERMANENT FAMILY • WHAT ARE THE GOALS? • TO SUPPORT THE SAFETY AND WELL-BEING OF CHILDREN AND FAMILIES • TO PROMOTE EARLY PERMANENCY DECISIONS FOR CHILDREN • TO DECREASE CHILDREN’S LENGTH OF STAY IN FOSTER CARE • TO REDUCE THE NUMBER OF MOVES AND RELATIONSHIP DISRUPTIONS CHILDREN EXPERIENCE IN FOSTER CARE • TO DEVELOP A NETWORK OF FOSTER PARENTS (RELATIVES OR NON-RELATIVES) WHO CAN WORK TOWARDS REUNIFICATION AND ALSO SERVE AS PERMANENCY RESOURCE FAMILIES FOR CHILDREN • TO ENGAGE FAMILIES IN EARLY CASE PLANNING, CASE REVIEW AND DECISION-MAKING ABOUT PERMANENCY OPTIONS TO MEET CHILDREN’S URGENT NEED FOR STABILITY AND CONTINUITY IN THEIR FAMILY RELATIONSHIPS • TO MAINTAIN CONTINUITY IN CHILDREN’S FAMILY, SIBLING AND COMMUNITY RELATIONSHIPS • POOL OF FOSTER AND ADOPTIVE FAMILIES NEEDED TODAY • Relatives and Non-Relatives • Emergency Care Foster Families • Temporary Care Foster Families • Therapeutic/Treatment Foster Families • Resource Families for Foster Care/Adoption • Adoptive Families