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Seneca Family of Agencies consulted with Kevin Campbell, founder of the Family Finding model, to integrate his approach to permanency into our work with children and families. We have extensive experience in implementing, training and consulting on permanency and Family Finding work.
Clif helped develop the search aspect of the family finding practice with Kevin Campbell which influenced the development of the diligent search requirement for relatives of children in foster care evidenced in the Fostering Connections to Success Act of 2008.
The single factor most closely associated with positive outcomes for children is meaningful, lifelong connections to family. “Our purpose in Family Finding is to restore the opportunity to be unconditionally loved, accepted and safe in a community and family.”. — Kevin Campbell.
Family Finding is a methodology originally created by Kevin Campbell in the United States. Many youth within the foster care system in the United States were aging out of care without having any permanent connections to natural supports.
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This is in part due to the ongoing evolution of practice which demands constant review and improvement; it also reflects that Kevin Campbell and Seneca/NIPFC separated in 2018 after many years of collaboration.
Kevin Campbell is an American Child Protection, Children's Mental Health, and Health Care Innovator and the Co-founder and CEO of Pale Blue. Pale Blue is a collaboration that seeks to disseminate learning and participatory methods which explore the intersection of Equality, Economics, and the Environment as the foundation for human health ...
Family Finding, a model developed by Kevin Campbell, offers methods and strategies to locate and engage relatives of children currently living in out-of-home care with the goal of creating permanent, lifelong connections to family.
