• Butler Courthouse Sign
  • Meadville sign
  • Crawford County courthouse
Butler County Butler County, one of the Permenancy Project's seven current counties, is home to a beautiful courthouse.
Crawford County Meadville is the site of all Permanency Project work for Crawford County.
Crawford County Courthouse Project work helps courts move children in foster care more quickly to permanency.

  • Act 101

Driving Change in PA
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Nine Years Strong

Our work in Pennsylvania began in 2004.

Key Areas of Focus

  • Improving court & agency relationships
  • Streamlining the legal process 
  • Providing PA-specific legal training

Helping Counties

  • We've completed work in 20 counties, successfully achieving time-in-care and cost savings in each.
  • Our work continues in 7 counties.

Targeted Work

Case Data Drives Change

  • Staff analyze cases, tracking how long it takes a child to achieve permanency.
  • Project targets key skills and topics for improvement based on data review. 

Skills

  • Alternatives to litigation
  • Trial prep
  • Concurrent planning
  • Courtroom advocacy
  • Child discharge
  • Effective permanency hearings
  • Court procedures

 

Topics

  • Putative fathers
  • Incarcerated parents
  • Behavioral health
  • Substance abuse treatment