What is Family Finding and Permanency
The Family Finding model, developed by Kevin A. Campbell, offers methods and strategies to locate and engage relatives of children currently living in out-of-home care. The goal of Family Finding is to connect each child with a family, so that every child may benefit from the lifelong connections that only a family provides.
Core beliefs inherent in this approach are:
1) Every child has a family, and they can be found if we try
2) Loneliness can be devastating, even dangerous, and is experienced by most children in out of home care
3) A meaningful connection to family helps a child develop a sense of belonging, and
4) The single factor most closely associated with positive outcomes for children is meaningful, lifelong connections to family. - Read More
Current Projects
Good Business, Real Results: Time for Radical Change in Child Protections
By Kevin Campbell
Learning Brief: Lifelong Connections Initiative
By Robert Friend and Melissa MartinThis learning brief explores the evolution of exemplary practice, along with the elements and conditions primarily responsible for its development, in a combined Family Finding/Family Group Decision-Making model implemented by a partnership between San Francisco Human Services Agency and Seneca Family of Agencies.Core themes were synthesized from a series of individual and dyad interviews with team members who carried out the project, lifting up what worked and was learned in the process.
Agency Resources and Publications 
- Seneca Search Services to support identifying potential family members
- Resources for agencies and publications from our Family Finding Experts
- NIPFC's Permanency Blast Archives
- Kevin's Family Finding Newsletter Archives
Featured Trainings
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- Family Finding and Engagement Trainings, Workshops and Keynotes
- Building Court and Stakeholder Collaboration
- Strategic Planning Sessions for Leadership
- Multi-disciplinary Trainings on Concurrent Planning and Relative Care