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Examines guardianship as a legal option for children in foster care when going back to their birth parents or getting adopted is not possible or the right fit. The fact sheet includes information on how child welfare professionals can help caregivers navigate guardianship, navigate boundaries with birth parents, and the impacts that guardianship may have on the families lives.

Describes the benefits of conducting an assessment of families’ needs and describes common approaches to doing so.

Explores 12 questions administrators can ask about their support services to ensure they are most effective for families, including: Are providers adoption-and permanency competent? Is the service trauma informed and responsive? Are parents, caregivers, and youth involved in service design and improvement? Offers additional resources for making improvements or conducting assessments.

Offers key considerations and practical strategies to assess an agency’s readiness and effectiveness in delivering support services to kinship caregivers post-permanency.  By using this tipsheet, agencies and organizations can better determine if they are equipped to meet the unique needs of kinship families over time.

Provides information from program and state leaders about implementing an intensive in-home program designed to support families of children who have more challenging needs.

Explores an intensive in-home program designed to support families of children who have more serious needs.

Shares general information about an intensive in-home program designed to support families of children who have more serious needs.

Provides child welfare professionals with the steps for building the case, some elements to consider during the process and an example of how this effort might look for a site. The second resource, Funding Sources for Post-Permanency Services, explores some of the most common options that states can use to fund post-permanency programs, outlining the strengths and challenges inherent in each. This article is intended to provide a general overview of the different funding sources that states might consider when looking to fund a post-permanency program. Building a Strong Case for Funding Enhanced Post-Permanency Services Funding Sources for Post-Permanency Services [...]

Discusses how relationships provide the safety, stability and connection that help to mitigate early childhood trauma and compromised attachments. Sites can use this article’s strategies to assist families increase their primary, community and professional resources that create a therapeutic web for the child. Introduction to the Resource Watch the video below for an overview of the resource or click on the button to access the article directly.        

Explains the need for adoption-competent services and presents the findings of a study of the NTI training, which saw significant increases in participants’ knowledge gains across the modules.