ASFA stipulates five permanency goals for children/youth in foster care: reunification, adoption, legal guardianship, a permanent placement with a fit and willing relative, and another planned permanent living arrangement only if there is a compelling reason why none of the other ASFA permanency goal is the best
How do we measure permanency?
Numerator: The numerator is the number of children in the denominator who discharged to permanency within 12 months of entering foster care, but before their 18th birthday. For this measure, permanency includes exit status of reunified, adopted or guardianship.
What does permanency guardianship mean?
Guardianship has emerged as a permanency option for a child who has been placed in out-of-home care as it creates a legal relationship between a child and caregiver that is intended to be permanent and self-sustaining and can provide a permanent family for the child without the necessity of terminating the parents
What are the four possible foster care permanency outcomes?
Among the permanency outcomes for children and youth in foster care (CYFC) are adoption by their foster carers, relatives, or strangers; emancipation, also called aging out, from out-of-home care; long-term foster care; and reunification with their family.
What is the purpose of a permanency hearing?
The purpose of the permanency hearing shall include the determinations required above and determining the permanency plan for the child, including whether the child will be permanently placed and, if so, when. Permanent placement options include the following: Return to the parent. Placement for adoption.
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Permanency goals are the desired outcomes of intervention and services that are determined to be consistent with the health, safety, well-being, and best interests of the children. The permanency goals guide the development of the service plan.
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