Family Findings: Making Successful Kin Placements and
Connections for Children in Care
Presenter:Elisa Esh, Diakon Adoption
and Foster Care
Introduction and Purpose
• Family Findings Pilot Discussion• Units of SWAN Service to meet
Fostering Connections Act• Can be utilized to greatly
enhance C&Y staff’s ability to meet timelines and goals of returning youth home or to relative placement
Family Findings Pilot Project
Cumberland C&Y• Children and youth to be referred
for CSR for the specific purpose of Family Findings
• Fostering Connections and Increasing Adoptions Act
• Front Door Children• Older Youth
Family Findings Pilot Project
Cumberland C&Y• Collaborative team effort at
Mechanicsburg and York Diakon Adoption and Foster Care Offices with C&Y agency and those important in the life of the child
• SWAN dollar utilization• Accurint and U.S. Search • Peripheral SWAN Referrals• Family Engagement and FGDM with in
house county teams or facilitated by trained Diakon staff
What does this mean in terms of actual cost to the SWAN NBB for my county?
• SWAN NBB Cost for “Front Door” children:• Child Specific Recruitment – at point of referral to the
program - $3000.00• Child Profile (As Needed)– at point of referral to the
program - $2,000.00• Child Preparation (As Needed) – at point of identification
of permanent kin family and/or prior to return home - $2,000.00
• Total Cost SWAN NBB: $7,000.00 per child• Family Profile (As Needed) $2,500• With Additional Costs: $9,500.00 per child• Follow Up Extended Engagement Services (As
Needed): Child Prep referral prior to leaving county custody - $2,000.00
• Total Cost for one “front door” child - $11,500.00
Family Findings Works for Older Youth Too!
• Resolution of Birth Family Issues is Key to Successful Adoptive Placements
• Allows the Child to Move Forward • Child Prep – Another Way to Look
at it!• Families Need Prep too!• Family Findings will NOT always
result in relative placement
What does this mean in terms of actual cost to the SWAN NBB for my county?• SWAN NBB Cost for “Older Youth” children:• Child Specific Recruitment – at point of referral to the
program - $3000.00• Child Preparation (As Needed) – at point of identification
of permanent kin family and relatives and/or prior to relative placement - $2,000.00
• Family Profile (As Needed) – at point of location of permanent possible relative resource - $2,500.00
• Total Cost SWAN NBB: $7,500.00 per child• Child Profile (As needed and if profile is more than three
years old) – at point of referral to the program - $2,000.00
• Finalization (As Needed) - $3,500.00• With Additional Optional Costs: $13,000.00 per child• Follow Up Extended Engagement Services (As
Needed): Child Prep referral prior to leaving county custody - $2,000.00
• Total Cost for “Older Youth” -$15,000.00
What are County C&Y Needs?
• What are your goals and needs?• How do you currently engage
families?• Connection with Family Group
Decision Making – internal, additional providers?
• Capacity – what C&Y would like Diakon to possibly provide?
Discussion and Questions
• Contact Information:• Lauren Conzaman, 610-682-1528
[email protected]• Elisa Esh, 717-724-7979
[email protected]• Craig Gehosky, 717-795-0328