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What is Resource Family Approval?
Resource Family Approval (RFA) is a new family friendly and child-centered caregiver approval process that combines elements of the current foster parent licensing, relative approval and approvals for adoption and guardianship and replaces those processes.
RFA:
- Is streamlined: It eliminates the duplication of existing processes
- Unifies approval standards for all caregivers regardless of the child's case plan
- Includes a comprehensive psychosocial assessment, home environment check and training for all families, including relatives
- Prepares families to better meet the needs of vulnerable children in the foster care system
- Allows seamless transition to permanency