General and Introductory Family Finding Resources:

• Permanency FAQ's

• Interview with Kevin Campbell by the Chronicle of Social Change, Part 1 & Part 2

• Six Steps for Family Finding (pdf)

• Video Stories: Berisha's Story and Johnny's Story

• Kevin Campbell and Andrew Turnell's Signs of Safety and Family Finding Workshop Resources

• Kinship Foster Caregivers - Partners for Permanency 

NIPFC Audio Files

• Podcast: Let's Have a Conversation
  • ​Episode 1- The History of Family Finding
  • Episode 2- Restoring Hope
  • Episode 3- The Impact of "Casework as Usual" on Innovative Practice
  • Episode 4- Convergence of 21st Century Science with the Wisdom of the Ages

NIPFC Written Resources:

• What is Family Finding?
   
• Quality Relative Internet Searches
   
• Defining Due Diligence
   
• Family Finding & Engagement

 

Other General Resources: 

• A Call for Radical Change
   
• Family Connections Hawai'i Final Report 
   
• Who Cares for Children? A Descriptive Study of Care-Related Data
   
• Family Connections Oregon Final Report
   
• How to improve Outcomes for Abused and Neglected Children: Engaging Relatives Early
   
• Kinship/Relative Adoption Information
   
• Additional Helpful Training Curricula

• We All Have a Role: Building social capital among youth in care (pdf)

• Unlocking "Reasonable Efforts" – Kinship is Key (pdf)

• Maintaining Family Relationships for Children in the Child Welfare System (pdf)

• A Promising Approach to Increasing Family Adoptions: Initiating Family-Finding Techniques at the Onset of Child Welfare Involvement (pdf)

• Connected by 25: A Plan for Investing in the Social, Emotional and Physical Well-Being of Older Youth in Foster Care

• Reunification of Foster Children with their Families:  The First Permanency Outcome (pdf)

• Family Finding Conference in York, PA (video filmed by the Children's Home Society of NC)

• Papers on Permanency (links to the sub-headings can be found at this link) 

     -Group Home StepUp Project Final Report
     -Permanence for Youth People Framework
     -Best Practices on Permanency for Older Youth
     -Disproportionality (Papers)
     -Raising Our Children Together
     -Family Finding and Engagement (Papers)
     -Hunting for Grandma
     -Lighting the Fire of Urgency
     -Grief and Loss (Papers)
     -3-5-7- Model
     -National Convening Reports (2002-2008)

 

Online Trainings and Presentations:

• Webinar: Celebrating the Fostering Connections Act

• Relatives Matter Online Training

• Webinar: Family Finding - What Have We Learned?

• PowerPoint Training Tools

 

Email Archives:

• Permanency Blast Archives

• Kevin's Family Finding Newsletter Archives

 

Child Trends Articles on Family Finding:
Research briefs on a multi-site evaluation of Family Finding processes and outcomes

• Family Finding Evaluations: A Summary of Recent Findings (pdf)

• Voices from the Field: Stakeholder Perspectives on Family Finding (pdf)

• Client Voices: Youth, Parent, and Relative Perspectives on Family Finding (pdf)

• Family Finding: Does Implementation Differ When Serving Different Child Welfare Populations? (pdf)

• Piecing Together the Puzzle: Tips and Techniques for Effective Discovery in Family Finding (pdf)

• Bringing Family to the Table: Tips and Techniques for Effective Family Engagement (pdf)

 

In the Media: 

• Kevin Campbell featured in Gaurdian UK article "Could 'family finding' help with UK fostering?"

• Kevin Campbell Op-Ed, "U.S. Foster Care for Syrian Children: One Family's Blessing, Another Family's Loss"

• "Children's Home Society Making Statewide Difference"

• "Growing Number of Children Adopted by Relatives"

• "Family Finding Program Connects Homeless Arizona Youths with Relatives"

• From Place to Place - a documentary film about young adults who have aged out of the foster care system

 

Related papers: 

• Brushes with the Law: Young New Yorkers and the Criminal Justice System (pdf)

• Finding Their Feet: Equipping care leavers to reach their potential (pdf)

 

Family Finding Research & Program Evaluations:

• Family Connections Hawai'i Final Report (pdf)

• Family Connections Demonstration Project: Final Progress Report (pdf)

• Family Connections Demonstration Project: Supplemental Evaluation Report (pdf)

 

Search Articles & Resources:

• Quality Relative Internet Searches

• Search Tools

• Tools for Follow-Up on Your Seneca Search Report

     -Six Steps for Family Finding
     -Family Connectedness FAQ
     -Family Finding Informational Sheet
     -Sample First Letter to Relative
     -Sample First Call to Relative

• Program Assessment Tools

• Social Media Use in Child Welfare

 

Resources from the California Permanency for Youth Project (CPYP):

• CPYP Evaluations

• CPYP Publications (Brochures)

     -Achieving Permanency: Guidelines for Expectations of County Child Welfare Staff
     -Emancipated Youth Connections Project Final Report/Toolkit
     -CPYP Organizational Development Guide for Youth Permanency
     -Six Steps to Find a Family: A Practice Guide on Family Search and Engagement
     -Recommendations for Effective Partnerships on Youth Permanence
     -A Call to Action
     -Model Programs Update
     -Model Programs
     -Youth Perspectives
     -CA County Publications (Booklets)
     -Alameda County Guide to Permanency
     -There's No Place Like Home: A Guide to Permanency Options for Foster Youth
     -Finding Permanency for Youth Handbook

• CPYP Program Permanency Brochures

• CPYP County Permanency Forms & Policies

• CPYP Databases & Electronic Tracking

• CPYP Partnership Workgroups on Youth Permanency

• CPYP Success Stories

 

International Family Finding Resources:

• Family Finding: Necessary Services in Mexico and Central America  (pdf) 

• Expanded Options for Permanency: International Family Finding for U.S. Children in the NJ Foster Care System - Executive Summary (pdf)

• Salvation Army of Canada's Family Tracing Service

 

Other Helpful Resources:

• Helpful Links