Permanency Roundtables

The Purpose of a Permanency Roundtable:

A permanency roundtable is a structured, professional case consultation that:

• results in a plan to expedite permanency for a child in care
• identifies and "busts" systemic barriers to expediting permanency.

Each Permanency Roundtable has expected outcomes for the child or children involved in the process:

• The primary goal for every Permanency Roundtable is to achieve legal permanence through reunification, adoption or guardianship.
• And for still other children, even if their permanency status remains the same immediately following the Permanency Roundtable, the expected outcome would be a reduction in the level of restrictiveness of the child's living situation

The Permanency Roundtable process also has some expected outcomes for the organizations that participate:

• increased staff competency
• identifying and ‘busting’ systemic barriers
• strengthening systems integration

Key Values:

• a sense of urgency
• a relentless insistence upon permanency for each child
• "new eyes" - a fresh perspective
• strengths-based, solution-focused & non-blaming
• "out of the box" thinking
• transparency & "real-time" learning
• accountability for results at all levels

Resources:

• Permanency Roundtable Forms and Facilitator Forms
• Outcomes from Other States
• Additional Resources
• Contact Information