Exits to Permanency: A Review of Current Literature
July 20, 2009 Written by Dannelle Larsen-Rife, Ph.D., UC Davis Human Services Northern California, and Susan Brooks, M.S.W, UC Davis Human Services Northern California, this report states that the federal law places a premium on establishing safe and stable homes for children in foster care. However, reunification and permanency planning are often competing goals. Permanency may be reunification, adoption, and guardianship. However, in each of these types of permanent placement, there is the possibility of permanency disruption. The following review examines the literature on exits to permanency. The major characteristics and factors associated with permanency and . . .
