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Casey Family Programs Reunification Project PDF Print E-mail
The National Family Preservation Network has been requested to share information on the following reunification project and application process:

Casey Family Programs is sponsoring a Breakthrough Series Collaborative (BSC) on "Timely Permanency Through Reunification." Twenty (20) teams of public child welfare agencies/tribal agencies along with a court partner will be brought together to share knowledge, challenges, and successes over the course of two years. Participating jurisdictions will identify, develop, and test potentially promising strategies for improving practice in their child welfare and court systems that will ultimately support and improve timely permanence through reunification. The teams will be selected through a competitive application process.

Please note that a private agency cannot apply as the lead applicant. However, a private agency can seek participation through their public child welfare agency. In jurisdictions in which private or community-based agencies perform significant child welfare functions related to permanence, applications will be accepted from the private agency if the state, regional, or county director of the public child welfare agency signs off on the application.

Jurisdictions participating in this Breakthrough Series Collaborative (BSC) on Timely Permanency Through Reunification will be addressing nine component areas of practice improvement.

The Nine Components are:
  1. Committing to Reunification as the Most Desirable Permanency Outcome
  2. Recognizing and Reducing Disproportionality and Disparate Outcomes
  3. Making Sound Decisions on Permanency
  4. Engaging the Family Network as Partners
  5. Using Out-of-Home Placements to Support Reunification
  6. Using Services and Supports as a Foundation for Reunification
  7. Recruiting, Preparing and Supporting a Qualified Workforce
  8. Continuing to Support the Family after Reunification
  9. Collaborating with Cross-System and Community Partners

The deadline for receipt of completed applications is Friday, July 11, 2008, at 5:00 p.m. EDT. For more information, contact BSC Manager, Rebecca Jones Gaston at This e-mail address is being protected from spam bots, you need JavaScript enabled to view it or 202-728-2006.

The application and more information about this project are available at www.casey.org.
 
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