Before and while children are in foster care, caseworkers and agency staff should implement intensive search and engagement strategies to connect children with relatives and fictive kin, and nurture long- term relationships to ensure permanency and a sense of belonging. [...] Not only does kinship care help to reduce the number of children in care, but it also allows children, specifically children of color, to maintain their familial connections and cultural identity.” —Melanie Scheetz, Executive Director, Foster & Adoptive Care Coalition Foundational commitments Family search and engagement refers to a collection of strategies to help locate and engage relatives and. [...] California, Hawaii, and Pennsylvania have amended their formal rights of children in foster care to support the rights of children to engage in cultural activities, whether placed with kin or non-kin, and to ensure they maintain a strong cultural identity while in custody of the child welfare system. [...] These tools are designed to enhance caseworker efficiency and productivity in family search and increase the number of kin placement options for children in custody of a child protection agency.16 • Seneca Family of Agencies offers various permanency-focused services to ensure children remain safely with a loving family, preferably their family of origin. [...] Promising approaches in child welfare: Helping connect children and youth in foster care to permanent family and relationships through family finding and engagement.
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Table of Contents
- Family finding models 3
- Model adaptation and integration 4
- Technology-based tools 5
- SAFE STRONG SUPPORTIVE SAFE STRONG SUPPORTIVE 7
- CHILDREN FAMILIES COMMUNITIES CHILDREN FAMILIES COMMUNITIES 7
- SAFE STRONG SUPPORTIVE SAFE 7
- CHILDREN FAMILIES COMMUNITIES 7
- CHILDREN FAMILIES COMMUNITIES CHILDREN FAMILIES COMMUNITIES CHILDREN FAMILIES COMMUNITIES CHILDREN FAMILIES 7
- STRONG SUPPORTIVE SAFE STRONG SUPPORTIVE SAFE STRONG SUPPORTIVE SAFE STRONG 7
- SUPPORTIVE SAFE STRONG 7
- COMMUNITIES CHILDREN 7
- FAMILIES COMMUNITIES CHILDREN FAMILIES 7
- SUPPORTIVE SAFE STRONG SUPPORTIVE 7
- SAFE STRONG SUPPORTIVE 7
- CHILDREN FAMILIES 7
- COMMUNITIES CHILDREN 7
- SAFE STRONG 7
- FAMILIES COMMUNITIES CHILDREN FAMILIES 7
- SUPPORTIVE SAFE STRONG SUPPORTIVE 7
- COMMUNITIES CHILDREN FAMILIES 7
- SAFE STRONG 7
- SUPPORTIVE SAFE 7
- COMMUNITIES CHILDREN 7
- STRONG SUPPORTIVE SAFE STRONG SUPPORTIVE 7
- FAMILIES COMMUNITIES CHILDREN FAMILIES 7
- COMMUNITIES CHILDREN FAMILIES 7
- SAFE STRONG 7
- SUPPORTIVE SAFE 7
- COMMUNITIES CHILDREN 7
- STRONG SUPPORTIVE SAFE 7
- FAMILIES COMMUNITIES 7
- CHILDREN FAMILIES SAFE 7
- STRONG SUPPORTIVE 7
- CHILDREN FAMILIES COMMUNITIES 7
- STRONG SUPPORTIVE 7
- SAFE STRONG SUPPORTIVE 7
- CHILDREN FAMILIES 7
- COMMUNITIES CHILDREN 7
- SAFE STRONG 7
- FAMILIES COMMUNITIES CHILDREN FAMILIES 7
- SUPPORTIVE SAFE STRONG SUPPORTIVE 7
- COMMUNITIES CHILDREN FAMILIES 7
- SAFE STRONG 7
- SUPPORTIVE SAFE 7
- COMMUNITIES CHILDREN 7
- STRONG SUPPORTIVE SAFE STRONG SUPPORTIVE SAFE STRONG 7
- FAMILIES COMMUNITIES CHILDREN FAMILIES COMMUNITIES CHILDREN FAMILIES 7
- SUPPORTIVE SAFE STRONG 7
- COMMUNITIES CHILDREN 7
- FAMILIES SAFE STRONG 7
- SUPPORTIVE CHILDREN 7
- FAMILIES COMMUNITIES CHILDREN 7
- SUPPORTIVE SAFE 7
- STRONG SUPPORTIVE SAFE STRONG SUPPORTIVE 7
- FAMILIES COMMUNITIES CHILDREN FAMILIES 7
- COMMUNITIES CHILDREN 7
- SAFE STRONG 7
- FAMILIES COMMUNITIES CHILDREN 7
- SUPPORTIVE SAFE STRONG 7
