Selected Resources

Enhancing Permanency for Older Youth in Out-Of-Home Care: A Bulletin for Professionals
Addresses the specific challenges of permanency planning with older youth, discussing the importance of focusing on older youth, barriers to permanency, strategies for successful permanency planning, and promising programs. (PDF - 214 KB)

Youth Permanency
National Resource Center for Family-Centered Practice and Permanency Planning
Tools, resources, and information about achieving permanency for youth.

Best Practices on Permanency for Older Youth (MS Word - 55 KB)
National Youth Permanence Convening (2003)
Presents California Permanency for Youth Project recommendations for achieving successful, permanent placements for adolescents.

Toolbox No. 3: Facilitating Permanency for Youth
Mallon (2005)
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Describes the barriers to permanency for youth and outlines a framework for practice that includes a wide variety of alternatives, from family preservation to adoption and legal guardianship.

An Analysis of States' Child and Family Services Reviews and Program Improvement Plans from a Youth Development Perspective (PDF - 988 KB)
National Child Welfare Resource Center for Youth Development (2004)
Analysis of issues specifically relating to adolescents identified in Child and Family Services Review final reports and Program Improvement Plans.