To assist with implementing the permanency plan, DFPS may also consult with a variety of professionals and community resources that can assist with the necessary steps to achieve the permanency goal. 

Examples of specific actions that may be needed to implement the permanency plan are:

• referring parents for testing, counseling, parenting classes, alcohol or drug addiction rehabilitation services, or other specific services;
• meeting with parents on a regular basis to discuss ongoing issues;
• facilitating frequent parent-child visits and modeling parenting skills as necessary;
• arranging for siblings to maintain frequent contact (see 6416.1 Sibling Visitation [sic, broken link]);
• completing home assessments on families for potential long-term placement;
• helping a relative find resources to be able to support a child;
• identifying steps for relatives or fictive kin to become verified foster care placements for possible preparation for permanency care assistance;
• making specific adoption recruitment efforts when termination of parental rights has occurred (e.g., registering children on adoption exchanges, making presentations, or setting up media events);
• developing specific steps and resources to help a 17-year-old prepare for transitioning to adulthood;
• placing coordinating with the Developmental Disability Specialist to place a child on a Medicaid Waiver list; and
• ensuring the child has consistent therapy that meets their needs including, assisting caregiver in arranging for that therapy and accessing needed Star Health assistance;
• sharing case information with other state and private agencies to obtain long-term services or locate families 

Activities such as these are examples of the reasonable efforts DFPS is required to make to achieve or finalize the identified permanency goals.

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