Achieving Permanency addresses the legal, medical, psychological, economic and social issues that often pose challenges to teens seeking permanent families. This book offers guidelines that describe different case types and propose specific solutions and approaches, including step-by-step legal and casework strategies. For example, the financial chapter features a case scenario that discusses the ramifications of a foster teen, soon to graduate from high school and wanting a college education, being adopted by his foster family. If he is formally adopted, he may lose medical aid or financial aid for college.”

From the ABA news release:
“The population of adolescents in foster care is steadily growing, with 532,000 children in foster care in September 2002, the latest available statistics. Too often adolescents are maintained in care until they “age out” at 18, with little preparation or thought for permanency. In order to provide judges and practitioners with useful guidelines to help adolescents transition from foster care to safe, stable, permanent futures, the American Bar Association Center on Children and the Law has released “Achieving Permanency for Adolescents in Foster Care: A Guide for Legal Professionals.”

This book can be found at the website of the American Bar Association. Click here to go to the website and read the rest of the news release about the book: Achieving Permanency for Adolescents in Foster Care.