In June 2004 the National Resource Center for Family-Centered Practice and
Permanency Planning and the Casey Center for Effective Child Welfare Practice at
Casey Family Services co-sponsored a meeting of experts in the field of
youth permanency to develop a framework and measurements that can be
used by public child welfare agencies throughout the country to improve
practice. We believe that such a framework for practice, combined with a
way to measure results, will be particularly helpful to States seeking
to prepare and implement Program Improvement Plans in response to the
Child and Family Service Reviews. The experience and expertise in
permanence for young people represented at the meeting provide the
guidance to develop this comprehensive national framework and outcome
measures.
Our thanks to the experts who attended the meeting and crafted these
documents:
Dottie Ansell
National Resource Center for Youth Services
Rosemary Avery
Weiss Presidential Fellow
Department of Policy Analysis and Management, Cornell University
Sue Badeau
Deputy Director
Pew Commission for Foster Care
Kathy Barbell
Senior Program Director: Program Operations
Child Welfare League of America
Margaret Barrie
Kinship Caregiver
Deanna Bedell
Permanency Planning Program Manager
Washington State Children's Administration
Kevin Campbell
Catholic Community Services of Western Washington
Sarah Cedano
Student
Lynne Echenberg
Attorney
Legal Aid Society, Juvenile Rights Division
Jenny Gordon
Family Support Section Manager
Ramsey County Human Services Department
Maureen Heffernan
Executive Director
Family Builders Adoption Network
Chester Jackson
Associate Executive Director
You Gotta Believe!
Cheryl Jacobson
State Child Welfare Administrator
Colorado Department of Human Services
Joe Kroll
Executive Director
North American Council on Adoptable Children
Drenda Lakin
National Resource Center for Special Needs Adoption
Angela LeBeau
Parent Leader
Sacramento, CA 95832
Pamela Maxwell
Parent Leader
Sacramento, CA 95823
Jackie McCray
Resource Management/Recruitment Administration
Cuyahoga County, OH Department of Children and Family Services
Brenden McKinney
Administrator of Protected Services-Wyoming Department of Family
Services
Director-Casey Family Programs; Cheyenne Field Office
Isabelle Medchill
Casey Family Programs
Holly Merz
Permanency Specialist
Casey Family Programs
Jennifer Miller
Consultant
Cornerstone Consulting Group
Joan Morse
National Resource Center for Foster Care and Permanency Planning
Robin Nixon
Director
National Foster Care Coalition
Rita Powell
Senior Director
Jim Casey Youth Alternatives
Onie Riley
Student
Reina Sanchez
Youth Organizer
California Youth Connections
Also participating from the co-sponsoring organizations:
Sarah Greenblatt and Lauren Frey
Casey Center for Effective Child Welfare Practice at Casey Family
Services
Gerald P. Mallon, Susan Dougherty, and Jenifer Agosti
National Resource Center for Foster Care and Permanency Planning
