When youth enter the foster care system it is imperative that we minimize their number of placements and achieve stability. When youth are in stable placements, their outcomes improve greatly.
Working towards placement stability is a total team effort. Birth parents, resource parents, social workers, Guardians ad Litem, judges, and more all play a key role in keeping youth in secure environments where they can thrive until permanency is reached.
In this issue of Fostering Perspectives, we want to offer insight and stories from individuals with professional and lived experience. This issue’s contributors share what they do to keep placements stable, the effects of placement instability, how to support resource parents, and much more. We hope you find it helpful.
