Youth Permanency
Youth Permanency services provide children with additional support as they transition to a permanent family.
Our permanency specialists meet one-on-one with youth, engaging them in therapeutic activities from Darla Henry's 3-5-7 Model, and Richard Rose's Therapeutic Life Story Work. These activities help youth process feelings of separation and loss, strengthen attachment to their caregivers, and prepare for long-term permanency.
In addition, families and caregivers receive culturally responsive support and training focused on permanency preparation, attachment, and trauma-informed parenting.
Permanency Preparation
Boys & Girls Aid Youth Permanency Specialists provide trauma informed, therapeutic activities that help children process feelings of loss and grief, as well as build healthier, stronger bonds of trust and attachment with their caregivers.
Through meeting 1:1 with the youth, as well as meeting with the entire family unit, our Youth Permanency Specialists assist families in preparing for Adoption or Guardianship finalization. For our PCL, and Lane County programs, we are able to continue working with the youth and families after finalization has occurred.
Available in Multnomah County/D2 via Portland Childrens Levy
Available in D15/Clackamas County
Available in Lane County/D5
Please download the referral to your computer, and once completed, send to ebailey@boysandgirlsaid.org
Family Support Services
Our Family Support Specialists serve as a consistent resource for caregivers. We provide in-home, hands-on coaching to help caregivers learn trauma-informed parenting strategies including Collaborative Problem Solving and Trust-Based Relational Interventions (TBRI). We assist families in achieving ODHS case plan goals and provide advocacy and support while navigating ODHS Child Welfare.
This program is available only to children in Clackamas County (D15) and requires an ODHS referral.
For more info, please contact Evan Bailey, Director of Youth Permanency Services or speak with your ODHS Caseworker
"With the Family Support Specialist's help and guidance, we've built a structured environment that our kids and family have never had before"
Parent
"The program did so much more than traditional talk therapy"
Adoptive Parent
"The Permanency Specialist was perhaps the first adoption-related adult that they trusted and confided in"
Adoptive Parent