Family Finding in the News

For Foster Kids, Grownup Mentors Make All the Difference

Shifting Focus, York County Reduces Need for Foster Care

Aging Out of Foster Care: The Costs of Doing Nothing Affect Us All

Arizona CPS System Brothers Reunite After Years Spent Apart

 

Training and Resources

Realizing Permanency, Well-Being through Authentic Engagement by the Alliance for Children & Families

Bob Lewis Website

National Resource Center for Family-Centered Practice and Permanency Planning

National Child Welfare Resource Center for Adoption (NCWRCA)

National Child Welfare Resource Center for Youth Development (NCWRCYD)

Search Institute's 40 Developmental Assets®

Y.O.U.T.H. (Youth Offering Unique Tangible Help) Training Project

Grand Families Notification of Relatives Summary & Analysis

Children's Bureau Program Instruction for the Fostering Connections to Success and Increasing Adoptions Act of 2008

Children's Bureau Implementation of the Fostering Connections to Success and Increasing Adoptions Act of 2008 Working Document

Judicial Guide to Implementing the Fostering Connections to Success and Increasing Adoptions Act of 2008

Bryan Samuel's presentation "Promoting Social & Emotional Well-Being" for the National Resource Center for Adoption's 2011 Policy to Practice Dialogue (pdf)

Bryan Samuel's 15 Case Study Permanency Innovations Initiative Presentation Video

 

Resources for Juvenile Justice and Probation

Center on Juvenile and Criminal Justice

National Association of Counsel for Children 

National Center for State Courts - Juvenile Justice 

National Council of Juvenile and Family Court Judges 

 

County Agencies

Alameda County Social Service Agency

Contra Costa County Employment and Human Services

Fresno County Children and Family Services

Humboldt County Department of Health and Human Services, Social Services Branch

Kern County Department of Human Services

Los Angeles County Department of Children and Family Services

Madera County Department of Social Services

Monterey County Department of Social and Employment Services, Family
and Children's Services

Orange County Social Services Agency

Riverside County Department of Public Social Services

Sacramento County Department of Health and Human Services, Children's Services

San Bernardino County Department of Children and Family Services

San Francisco Department of Human Services: Families and Children

San Luis Obispo Department of Social Services

San Mateo County Human Services Agency, Children and Family Services

Solano County Department of Health and Social Services

Sonoma County Family, Youth & Children's Services

Stanislaus County Community Services Agency

 

Private Agencies

Alternative Family Services

Annie E. Casey Foundation

Aspiranet

Bay Area Academy

Bay Area Heart Gallery

California Alliance of Child and Family Services

California Court Appointed Special Advocate Association (CA CASA)

California Youth Connection (CYC)

Canyon Acres Children and Family Services

Casey Family Programs

Casey Family Services

Catholic Community Services of Western Washington

Dave Thomas Foundation for Adoption

Edgewood Center for Children and Families

EMQ

Family Builders

Five Acres, The Boys' and Girls' Aid Society of Los Angeles County

Jim Casey Youth Opportunities Initiative

Kinship Center

National Council of Juvenile and Family Court Judges

Seneca Center

True to Life Children's Services (TLC)

You Gotta Believe!

 

Public/Private Partnerships

California Child Welfare Co-Investment Partnership

 

Funders

Casey Family Programs

S.H. Cowell Foundation

Stuart Foundation

Walter S. Johnson Foundation

Zellerbach Family Foundation

 

Project Management

Child and Family Policy Institute of California

Public Health Institute