The California Evidence-Based Clearinghouse for Child Welfare
The California Evidence-Based Clearinghouse for Child Welfare

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/

Family to Family (F2F) - Summary

Scientific Rating:
3
Promising Research Evidence
See scale of 1-5
Scientific Rating:
3 - Promising Research Evidence

Relevance to Child Welfare Rating:
1
Relevance to Child Welfare Rating:
1 - High

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:

  • children do best in families
  • families do best in communities that support them
  • the child welfare system cannot do this work alone.

There are four core strategies:

  • Team Decision Making
  • Recruitment, Development and Support of Resource Families
  • Building Community Partnerships
  • Self-Evaluation.

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, please see the Essential Components for these and additional information.


Contact Information

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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



Detailed Report

Click here for a detailed report which includes Essential Components, Relevant Published, Peer-Reviewed Research, Education and Training Resources, etc.


Date reviewed: March 2009 (originally reviewed in June 2008)