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• SWAN Program Components
• SWAN Program Components, Section E: SWAN Services, 1) Direct Services, g) Post-Permanency Services, Support Group
• SWAN Unit of Service Payment Rates & Programmatic Changes
• Welcome to the SWAN Permanency Toolkit
  • 01. Introduction to the SWAN Permanency Toolkit
    • Glossary of Terms
  • 02. Foundations of Permanency
    • History of Adoption
      • The Past
      • The First Adoption Laws
    • Adoption Throughout the Ages
      • Transracial Adoption
      • Additional Legislation
    • Brief Overview, Types of Adoption, Needs
      • Adoption Statistics
      • Preventing Placement
      • Types of Adoptive Placement
      • Ethical Considerations
      • Pennsylvania Statewide Adoption and Permanency Network
  • 03. History of SWAN
    • Background
    • SWAN Values
    • The Statewide Adoption and Permanency Network Program
      • Members of the Network
      • Role of Network Participants
        • The Pennsylvania Department of Human Services, DHS
        • Pennsylvania County Children and Youth Agencies
        • SWAN Prime Contractor
        • Affiliates
        • Role of the SWAN Technical Assistants
    • Interconnectedness of Units of Service
    • Safety, Permanency, and Well Being
    • Hierarchy of Permanency
    • Statistics of Children in Care
      • Pennsylvania Trends of Children in Care
      • Pennsylvania National Youth in Transition Database
    • Interstate Compact
    • Adoption Assistance
      • The Adoption Assistance Agreement
      • Monitoring and Modifying the Adoption Assistance Agreement
  • 04. Fundamentals in Adoption
    • Grief and Loss
    • Permanency Triad
    • CORE Issues
  • 05. The Adoption Process
    • Adoption as a Process
      • Recruitment and Retention
      • Family Engagement
      • Decision Making
      • Infertility
      • The Role of the Adoptive Parent
    • Parenting Children in the System
      • Effects of Trauma
      • Child Development
      • Attachment Types
      • Working with Birth Parents
    • Search and Reunion
      • Openness, Post-Adoption Contact Agreement (PACA)
      • ACT 101
      • The Authorized Representative
      • Pennsylvania Adoption Information Registry
    • Considerations in Post-permanency
      • Post-Adoption Depression
      • Disruption and Dissolution
      • Connecting to the Community and Other Supportive Resources
    • Secondary Traumatic Stress (Compassion Fatigue)
  • 06. SWAN Units of Service
    • Child Preparation
    • Child Profile
    • Child Specific Recruitment, CSR
    • Child Placement
    • Adoption Finalization
    • Family Profile
    • Post-permanency
    • Monitoring and Budgeting Cost/Time
  • 07. Acts, Laws and Bulletins
    • Acts and corresponding OCYF Bulletins
      • Act 107 of 2013
      • Act 115 of 2016
      • Act 127 of 2016
      • Act 138 of 2016
      • Act 16 of 2019
      • Act 68 of 2005 – Resource Family and Adoption Process Act
      • Act 75 of 2015
      • Act 92 of 2015
      • Act 94 of 2015
      • Adoption and Safe Families Act
      • Adoption Assistance and Child Welfare Act
      • Adoption Opportunities Act
      • Title IV of Social Security Act
      • Uninterrupted Scholars Act-Educational Stability
      • Act 25 of 2003 – Kinship Care Act
      • Act 30 of 1991
      • Act 55 of 2013
      • Act 73 of 2005 – Resource Family Care Act
      • Act 76 of 2007
      • Act 119 of 2010 Children in Foster Care Act
      • Act 80 of 2012
      • Act 126 of 2006
      • Act 91 of 2012
      • Act 101 of 2010
      • Act 146 of 2006
      • Act 115 of 2010
      • Act 160 of 2004
    • Laws and corresponding OCYF Bulletins
      • Adam Walsh Child Protection and Safety Act
      • Adoption Act
      • Adoption and Safe Families Act
      • Adoption Assistance and Child Welfare Act
      • Adoption Opportunities Act
      • Child Abuse and Prevention Treatment Act (CAPTA)
      • Child Protective Services
      • Developmental Disabilities Assistance and Bill of Rights Act
      • DPW regulations
      • Every Student Succeeds Act
      • Family First Prevention Services Act
      • Foster Care Independence Act
      • Fostering Connections to Success and Increasing Adoptions Act
      • Independent Living
      • Indian Child Welfare Act
      • Interstate Compact on the Placement of Children
      • Juvenile Act
      • McKinney Vento Act
      • Multi Ethnic Placement Act
      • Preventing Sex Trafficking and Strengthening Families Act
      • Title IV of Social Security Act
      • Uninterrupted Scholars Act-Educational Stability
      • Newborn Protection Act
    • Other
      • Certification as a Specialized Setting for Children and Youth
      • Child Restraints
      • Complex Case Planning
      • Concurrent Planning
      • DPW Bulletin OMHSAS 10-02
      • Emergency Placements
      • Integrated Children’s Services
      • Medical Assistance Bulletin #01-02-11
      • Medical Assistance Bulletin #53-03-01
      • Mental Health and Substance Abuse Services Bulletin #OMSHAS-02-02
      • Mental Retardation Bulletin #00-03-02
      • Notification Protocol for Formal Licensing Actions and Incidents
      • Permanent Legal Custody
      • Safety
      • Shared Case Responsibility
      • Serving Child Victims of Human Trafficking in Pennsylvania
    • SWAN
      • SWAN Bulletin
      • SWAN Unit of Service Payment Rates & Programmatic Changes
      • SWAN Unit of Service Payment Rates & Programmatic Changes
      • SWAN Unit of Service Payment Rates & Programmatic Changes
      • SWAN Unit of Service Payment Rates & Programmatic Changes
      • SWAN Unit of Service Payment Rates & Programmatic Changes
  • 08. SWAN Benchmarks & Templates
  • 09. SWAN Legal Services Initiative (LSI)
    • Bridging the Gap between Child Welfare & Legal Systems in Pennsylvania
    • Diligent Search
    • SWAN LSI Incarceration Resource Manual
    • Adoption Day Events: A Planner’s Guide
    • Legal Training
    • Warmline
    • Program Structure
  • 10. Pennsylvania Adoption Exchange (PAE)
    • Role and Purpose
    • Website
    • Reports
    • Regulations and requirements
    • Recruitment Strategies
    • Family Selection Training
    • Events
  • 11. Helpline
    • SWAN Helpline
  • 12. Pennsylvania State Resource Family Association (PSRFA)
    • Pennsylvania State Resource Family Association
  • 13. Adoption Resources
    • National Resources
    • Pennsylvania Resources
    • Attachment
  • 14. Bibliography
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