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About the Family 2 Family Program
In Trumbull County, foster parents and birth parents have regular meetings to ensure a proper adjustment to a child’s foster care placement.
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What should the child call the foster parent?
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What does the child like to eat?
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What are the child’s sleeping habits?
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Does the child have a favorite hobby or interest?
They discuss the child’s likes and dislikes, including:​To do what is best for the child, birth and foster parents set up visitation schedules and learn about each other’s fears and concerns. Foster parents, birth parents and community and child-serving agencies continue to explore new ways to lessen this trauma through their Family-to-Family relationship.
Family Team Meetings
The goals of the Family-to-Family Program are:
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A reduction in the number of children serviced in institutional and congregate care.
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A shift of resources from institutional and congregate care to family foster care and family-centered services across all family and child serving agencies.
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A decrease in the length of stay in the out-of-home placement.
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An increase in the number of planned reunifications.
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A decrease in the number of unplanned re-entries into care.
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A decrease in the number of placement disruptions.
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A reduction in the total number of children served away from their own families.
