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Achieving Permanence for Older Children and Youth in Foster Care - by Benjamin Kerman & Madelyn Freundlich & Anthony Maluccio (Hardcover)

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  • Through a novel integration of child welfare data, policy analysis, and evidence-informed youth permanency practice, the essays in this volume show how to achieve and sustain family permanence for older children and youth in foster care.
  • About the Author: Benjamin Kerman is the director of research and evaluation for Casey Family Services, the direct services agency of the Annie E. Casey Foundation, where he has conducted program evaluations and child welfare research since 1997.
  • 416 Pages
  • Social Science, Social Work

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Through a novel integration of child welfare data, policy analysis, and evidence-informed youth permanency practice, the essays in this volume show how to achieve and sustain family permanence for older children and youth in foster care. Researchers examine what is known about permanency outcomes for youth in foster care, how the existing knowledge base can be applied to improve these outcomes, and the directions that future research should take to strengthen youth permanence practice and policy. Part 1 examines child welfare data concerning reunification, adoption, and relative custody and guardianship and the implications for practice and policy. Part 2 addresses law, regulation, court reform, and resource allocation as vital components in achieving and sustaining family permanence. Contributors examine the impact of policy change created by court reform and propose new federal and state policy directions. Part 3 outlines a range of practices designed to achieve family permanence for youth in foster care: preserving families through community-based services, reunification, adoption, and custody and guardianship arrangements with relatives. As growing numbers of youth continue to "age out" of foster care without permanent families, researchers, practitioners, and policymakers have increasingly focused on developing evidence-informed policies, practices, services and supports to improve outcomes for youth. Edited by leading professionals in the field, this text recommends the most relevant and effective methods for improving family permanency outcomes for older youth in foster care.



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This book will be a good resource for anyone interested in the population of older foster children and youth... Highly recommended.--Choice

I recommend this book as a must-have for all child welfare agencies and child welfare professionals in the field.--Lidwinner machado, Child Welfare Program, social service specialist "Families in Society Online "



About the Author



Benjamin Kerman is the director of research and evaluation for Casey Family Services, the direct services agency of the Annie E. Casey Foundation, where he has conducted program evaluations and child welfare research since 1997. He serves on the adjunct faculty of the Yale Child Study Center.

Madelyn Freundlich is a senior child welfare consultant who works with national, regional, and state child welfare organizations as they develop and implement practice, program, policy, and research initiatives. She holds master's degrees in social work and public health and two degrees in law.

Anthony N. Maluccio is professor emeritus at the University of Connecticut and Boston College. An internationally recognized scholar in the field of child welfare, he has written more than a hundred book chapters and journal articles on child welfare issues and has twice been a Fulbright Scholar.

Dimensions (Overall): 9.0 Inches (H) x 6.0 Inches (W) x 1.06 Inches (D)
Weight: 1.64 Pounds
Suggested Age: 22 Years and Up
Number of Pages: 416
Genre: Social Science
Sub-Genre: Social Work
Publisher: Columbia University Press
Format: Hardcover
Author: Benjamin Kerman & Madelyn Freundlich & Anthony Maluccio
Language: English
Street Date: May 12, 2009
TCIN: 94487654
UPC: 9780231146883
Item Number (DPCI): 247-03-2398
Origin: Made in the USA or Imported
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