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Making Families Permanent and Cases Closed—Concluding Thoughts and Recommendations
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Chapters in this book
- Frontmatter i
- Contents v
- Acknowledgments ix
- 1. Foster Youth in Context 9
- 2. A Comparative Examination of Foster Youth Who Did and Did Not Achieve Permanency 32
- 3. Outcomes for Older Youth Exiting the Foster Care System in the United States 40
- 4. Outcomes for Youth Exiting the Foster Care System 75
- 5. Permanence and Impermanence for Youth in Out-of-Home Care 88
- 6. Permanence Is a State of Security and Attachment 109
- 7. Permanence for Older Children and Youth 123
- 8. Federal Law and Child Welfare Reform 147
- 9. Guardianship and Youth Permanence 156
- 10. A Fine Balancing Act: Kinship Care, Subsidized Guardianship, and Outcomes 176
- 11. Dependency Court Reform Addressing the Permanency Needs of Youth in Foster Care 187
- 12. Facilitation of Systems Reform 210
- 13. Permanent Families for Adolescents 219
- 14. Youth Permanence Through Adoption 244
- 15. Family-Involvement Meetings with Older Children in Foster Care 266
- 16. Developmentally Appropriate Community-Based Responses to the Permanency Needs of Older Youth Involved in the Child Welfare System 291
- 17. Social and Life Skills Development 313
- 18. From Research to Practice 337
- Afterword 357
- Contributors 369
- Index 375
- Introduction 1
Chapters in this book
- Frontmatter i
- Contents v
- Acknowledgments ix
- 1. Foster Youth in Context 9
- 2. A Comparative Examination of Foster Youth Who Did and Did Not Achieve Permanency 32
- 3. Outcomes for Older Youth Exiting the Foster Care System in the United States 40
- 4. Outcomes for Youth Exiting the Foster Care System 75
- 5. Permanence and Impermanence for Youth in Out-of-Home Care 88
- 6. Permanence Is a State of Security and Attachment 109
- 7. Permanence for Older Children and Youth 123
- 8. Federal Law and Child Welfare Reform 147
- 9. Guardianship and Youth Permanence 156
- 10. A Fine Balancing Act: Kinship Care, Subsidized Guardianship, and Outcomes 176
- 11. Dependency Court Reform Addressing the Permanency Needs of Youth in Foster Care 187
- 12. Facilitation of Systems Reform 210
- 13. Permanent Families for Adolescents 219
- 14. Youth Permanence Through Adoption 244
- 15. Family-Involvement Meetings with Older Children in Foster Care 266
- 16. Developmentally Appropriate Community-Based Responses to the Permanency Needs of Older Youth Involved in the Child Welfare System 291
- 17. Social and Life Skills Development 313
- 18. From Research to Practice 337
- Afterword 357
- Contributors 369
- Index 375
- Introduction 1
