BEYOND PERMANENCY ONE YEAR LATER: LOOKING BACK, LOOKING FORWARD | Challenges for Former Foster Youth and Legal Reform (2016)

Authors

Diane Abbey Law Institute for Children and Families
The Children's Law Center

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Description

This journal is an outgrowth of the October 2015 “Beyond Permanency: Challenges for Former Foster Youth” Symposium, to memorialize the work of that day, the work that has continued in its aftermath, and the work that is yet to be done. We know that foster care is a temporary situation for children when their parents need time or support to adequately care for them or the children need the system’s protection. We know that the goal is for children to be reunited with their biological families or, when reunification is impossible, to be adopted. Yet the foster care system lacks mechanisms to know if “permanency” has been achieved. On October 23, 2015, we listened and learned about challenges some former foster youth faced after adoption.

Publication Date

2016

Recommended Citation

Diane Abbey Law Institute for Children and Families and The Children's Law Center, "BEYOND PERMANENCY ONE YEAR LATER: LOOKING BACK, LOOKING FORWARD | Challenges for Former Foster Youth and Legal Reform (2016)" (2016). Other Family Law Articles. 2.
https://digitalcommons.nyls.edu/family_law/2