Concurrent Planning: Understanding the Placement Experiences of Resource Families

Erum Nadeem, Austin J. Blake, Jill M. Waterman, Audra K. Langley

Concurrent planning is a process by which all options for permanency are considered simultaneously for children in foster care. Children are placed with caregivers (resource parents) who are open to adoption if reunification with birth parents does not occur. This U.S.-based quantitative study explored resource parents’ perceptions of the concurrent planning process via surveys at two time points. Participants included resource parents of 77 infants assessed at 2 months and 1 year after placement.

Adoption Quarterly