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Strategies for Permanence

      Supportive tools used in the pursuit of achieving permanence

A.      Family Group Decision Making

A collaborative and empowering approach where families and their support systems meet within a formalized structure for the purpose of decision-making.

B.      Concurrent Planning

            Simultaneously working alternative permanence plans

C.     Kinship

An emphasis on the utilization of a child’s emotional or biological relationships in pursuit of permanence