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Court
Adoption and Permanency Resource Guide: 2007 Supplement
This supplement is a continuation of the goals of providing permanency-focused programs and resources for the courts and their partners, as contained in the Court Adoption and Permanency Resource Guide released in fall 2006.
The 2007 supplement contains a compilation of state and national programs that have been developed and designed to promote permanency for foster-care children. As in the original guide, many of the program descriptions and resources found in this supplement address the specific challenges to permanency that local courts have identified.
Permanency for a child can mean many different things. The list on the cover of this packet, "30 Things a Permanent Connection Can Mean," provides some examples, but each child finds his or her own meaning. Virtually every child welfare and juvenile justice reform relating to permanency, both nationally and in California, embraces this view. Several new programs also focus on finding permanent connections for older foster youth, youth in probation-supervised foster care, and those emancipating from the foster-care system.
Materials Provided
Click here to view the entire Court Adoption and Permanency Resource Guide: 2007 Supplement. You may download the entire guide or by individual sections. NOTE: The supplement is over 400 pages, so if you would prefer printing only a particular section, please use the Table of Contents below to find and print only the area in which you are interested. To receive a hardcopy please contact CFCC.
I.
Resolutions
The section will be updated in November 2007
This section will contain a copy of the 2007 Judicial Council Resolution proclaiming November to be Court Adoption and Permanency Month. The section will also include copies of resolutions and letters of support from the Legislature, Governor Schwarzenegger, and two California counties.
| 2006 Judicial Council Resolution | I-3 |
| 2006 Legislative Resolution | I-5 |
| 2005 Governor's Letter | I-7 |
| 2005 Alameda County Resolution | I-9 |
| 2005 Ventura County Resolution | I-11 |
II.
Court Outreach to the Public
A new addition to this section presents ideas for celebrating reunification
efforts, similar to the adoption tree displays described in the 2006 guide
and a new resource includes information on all of the new and current
heart galleries.
| A. | Program | II-3 |
| Adoption Family Tree Display | II-5 | |
| B. | Resources | II-7 |
| Sacramento Department of Health and Human Services: Community Celebrates Reunifying Families | II-9 | |
| California Heart Galleries: Eight Galleries Serving a Total of 15 Counties | II-11 |
III.
Court Outreach to the Media
This section contains a new resource aimed at the media that is also helpful
to courts in planning events to promote permanency when media coverage
is included.
| A. | Resource | III-3 |
| Guide for Media: Ten Recommendations for Journalists Interviewing Young People From Foster Care | III-5 |
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IV.
Maintaining Birth Family Relationships and Finding Lifelong Connections
This section has been updated to contain several more programs that emphasize
family finding, preventing the removal of children from their families,
and keeping siblings connected when they are placed in out-of-home care.
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| B. | Resources | IV-23 |
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V.
Collaborative Permanency Programs
Updates to this section include programs that encourage the various public
and private agencies, service partners, and other community partners to
work together to better serve families. Programs and resources also exemplify
best practices for programs that are available throughout the state.
| A. | Programs | V-3 |
| Shared Family Care | V-5 | |
| Differential Response | V-7 | |
| Wraparound Services | V-9 | |
| B. | Resources | V-11 |
| A Comparative Look at Seven Shared Family Care Programs (National AIA Resource Center) | V-13 | |
| Implementing Differential Response in California: Promising Practices and Lessons Learned (Introduction, Executive Summary, Chapter I: Background and Overview of the California Breakthrough Series on Differential Response, and Appendix D: Participating Counties) | V-15 | |
| Facts about EMQ Children & Family Services "Wraparound" Program | V-33 | |
| Wraparound Services: Growth in California, 1995-2005 (Map) | V-35 | |
| Recommendations for Effective Partnerships on Youth Permanence Between Juvenile Courts and Child Welfare | V-37 |
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VI.
Adoptive Families: Training, Recruitment, and Support
The 2007 supplement includes information on training and also focuses
on families and children that need mentoring and support for issues with
mental health or substance abuse.
| A. | Programs | VI-3 |
| PRIDE | VI-5 | |
| A Home Within: One Child. One Therapist. For as Long as It Takes | VI-7 | |
| Celebrating Families! | VI-9 | |
| B. | Resources | VI-11 |
| "The Source" Newsletter: Celebrating Families: An Innovative Approach for Working With Substance Abusing Families | VI-13 |
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VII.
Open Adoption for Children in Care
This section does not have any updates in the 2007 supplement.
VIII.
Celebrating Adoption Finalizations
This section does not have any updates in the 2007 supplement.
IX.
Web Sites, Trainings, and Other Useful Resources
New additions to this section are programs and related resources on services
and permanent connections for older foster youth and for those emancipating
from foster care. Also added are several other new resources for the courts
and their partners in achieving the goal of permanency for all foster
youth.
| A. | Programs | IX-3 |
| Support and Permanent Connections for Older Foster Youth: Programs and Projects for Older and Emancipating Foster Youth | X-5 | |
| Comprehensive Therapeutic Foster Care (CTFC) | X-9 | |
| B. | Resources | IX-11 |
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Please contact CFCC@jud.ca.gov for more information.