This document was printed from the website of the California Evidence-Based Clearinghouse for Child Welfare (CEBC), which you can access at http://www.cebc4cw.org/
Child Welfare Outcomes: Permanency.
Type of Maltreatment: Emotional abuse, Exposure to domestic violence, Physical abuse, Physical neglect, and Sexual abuse
Target Population: Children and families impacted by the child welfare system
Brief Description:(The information in this program outline is provided by the program representative and edited by the CEBC staff.)
Family to Family (F2F) has been rated by the CEBC in the areas of Child Welfare Initiatives and Resource Parent Recruitment and Training. F2F is a child welfare improvement initiative of the Annie E. Casey Foundation. It is grounded in three basic assumptions:
There are four core strategies:
In addition to the core strategies, there are additional strategies that weave into the core: Parent Engagement; Youth Engagement; and Eliminating Racial Disparity and Disproportionality.
In California, there are additional strategies within the F2F initiative, see the Essential Components section for these and other information.
Contact name: Bill Bettencourt, MA,, Senior Consultant, Pacific Region
Affiliation/Agency: Annie E. Casey Foundation
Email: bbetten@sbcglobal.net
Phone: 415-748-1053
Website: http://www.f2f.ca.gov
Click here for a detailed report which includes Essential Components, Relevant Published, Peer-Reviewed Research, Education and Training Resources, etc.