Permanency Services

Permanency Services

Every child with a goal of adoption deserves a permanent family!

Bethesda Foster Care is also a Statewide Adoption and Permanency Network (SWAN) affiliate, the program also provides permanency services to youth and families. SWAN services that are currently offered include family profiles, child profiles, child preparation and finalization.

Research has shown that to evolve into a healthy adult, a child must have a relationship with at least one adult who is nurturing, caring, and who fosters trust and security. This is also key to helping a child develop resiliency and overcome the stress and trauma of abuse, neglect, and substance abuse. Reunification with family is the preferred outcome for children removed from their homes and placed in foster or kinship care. When children must be removed from their families to ensure their safety, permanency planning efforts focus on returning them home as soon as is safely possible or placing them with another legally permanent family. Other permanent families may include relatives, adoptive families who obtain legal custody, or guardians.

Throughout the child’s placement, the Permanency Department at Bethesda has several roles including certifying and licensing the kinship/foster home, providing support through home visits, and providing children with services to ease their transition toward permanency.
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