The Permanency Enhancement Project
A Parent's Story: Community Partnerships Promote Family Well Being and Permanency
The Illinois Permanency Enhancement Project engages community stakeholders and concerned citizens who come together to reform child welfare practice and policy… one community at a time. Listen to the story of a Central Illinois PARENT who is a PARTNER FOR CHANGE in her community…
Springfield Action Team (SCAT) conference Handouts
The state wide Permanency Enhancement Project (PEP) is a partnership of the Illinois Department of Children and Family Services (DCFS), African American Advisory Council, African American Commission on Families, Illinois State University, Southern Illinois University (Edwardsville), Northern Illinois University and University of Illinois at Chicago.
The overall goals of the project are to:
- Improve permanency outcomes for all children in foster care
- Reduce disparities in the number of African American children in foster care
- Examine the child welfare and permanency outcomes for youth
- Promote community based solutions to improve permanency among DCFS involved youth.
Upcoming Events
The PEP Family would like to extend its heartfelt congrats to Mrs. Jerey Mckinney and her family for their impending blessing.
May 19th, 2012: Keeping Families Together; Conference call(5/7/12)
Save the Date; The 18th Annual Chlld Abuse Prevention Conference Coming this October 2012.
The 2012 Summer Institute in Political Psychologsy at Standford University will be held from July 15th to August 4th 2012. For more information, please click here, SIPP.
The Illinois State Board of Education is reminding schools about Free Summer
Food Programs. Please click here, Food
Programs, for more details.
