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A Case Example Of The Acyf’S Well-Being Framework: The Kansas Intensive Permanency Project, Becci A. Akin, Stephanie A. Bryson, Thomas P. Mcdonald, Charles Wilson

School of Social Work Faculty Publications and Presentations

This series of papers, Integrating Safety, Permanency and Well-Being in Child Welfare, describes how a more fully integrated and developmentally specific approach in child welfare could improve both child and system level outcomes. The papers were developed to further the national dialogue on how to more effectively integrate an emphasis on well-being into the goal of achieving safety, permanency and well-being for every child.

The third paper, A Case Example of the Administration on Children, Youth and Families’ Well-Being Framework: KIPP (Akin, Bryson, McDonald, and Wilson), presents a case study of the Kansas Intensive Permanency Project and describes how it …