Child and Family Services (CFS) Practice Model: A Safe and Permanent Family for Every Youth

This Casey Family Programs brief identifies a practice model for reducing the need for foster care and building permanent families. The practice model draws on input from professional staff, youth, biological parents, resource families, and community partners. The model identifies potential strategies and program interventions that advance legal and relationship permanency and proposes approaches that strengthen families and improve the processes for individualized case management and integrated service delivery.