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Professionals at all levels can find something relevant for themselves, whether it’s a new program idea, a funding strategy for administrators, a tip about staff development for managers and supervisors, or advice for direct-service providers serving diverse families.

The National Center for Enhanced Post-Adoption Support has established a library consisting of hundreds of articles, guides, webinars, videos and other resources — carefully curated and reviewed — to help child welfare professionals enhance the support that they provide to families that have achieved permanency through adoption or guardianship.

Post-Permanency Model Program Manual

The Post-Permanency Model Program Manual outlines recommendations for a coordinated program offering eight services for adoptive and guardianship families who are parenting children/youth who have more serious needs.

Post-Permanency Profiles

The Post-Permanency Profiles highlights each states post-permanency program. The profiles are designed to assist child welfare professionals learn about the supports provided to adoptive and guardianship families across the nation.

Program Catalog

The Catalog contains over 100 programs and interventions that are being used or could be adapted to work with children and families who have obtained permanence through adoption or guardianship.

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Webinar

QIC-AG: Challenges of Engaging Adoptive and Guardianship Families

Highlights the work of Illinois and New Jersey for their work in the “Selective” interval-targeting families with known risk factors before problems arise.
Article

Reach for Success: Intervention Implemented in Catawba County, North Carolina for the QIC-AG Project

Explores how Catawba County, North Carolina, implemented the Reach for Success outreach program. Enables sites to determine if the outreach intervention would work for their jurisdiction and prepare for implementation.
Web Page

Reconsidering Kinship Care

Discusses the evolution of kinship care arrangements for foster children, highlighting changes in legislation and practices over time.
Guide/Report

Reinforcing a Strong Foundation: Equitable Supports for Basic Needs of Grandfamilies

Delves into the deficiencience in the fundamental needs of custodial grandparent-headed households.
Article

Research on Trust-Based Relational Intervention®

Provides a summary of the research related to the TBRI® model.
Article

Respite as a Support Service for Adoptive Families

Highlights the importance of respite services for adoptive parents. Respite provides essential breaks for caregivers, especially those who have adopted children with high levels of care, helping to support family stability and well-being. This article discusses how adoptive families need case management, support groups, educational resources and therapeutic counseling to help them navigate the complexities of adoption.
Research/Lit. Review

Risk & Protective Factors for Discontinuity in Public Adoption and Guardianship: A Review of the Literature

Synthesizes current research about child, family, and agency risk factors that contribute to discontinuity in adoption.
Guide/Report

Safe and Sound: Responding to the Experiences of Children Adopted or in Foster Care: A Guide for Caseworkers

Helps child welfare caseworkers improve their skills to better work with adoptive and foster families. Also helps caseworkers recognize and understand children who have experienced trauma.
Brief/Tipsheet

Salt River Pima-Maricopa Indian Community Grandfacts

Includes local and national data and information on Salt River Pima-Maricopa Indian Community (SRPMIC) programs that can assist kinship/grandfamilies.

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