Child Welfare Practice: Creating a Successful Climate for Change: Findings and considerations from an Institutional Analysis

After conducting an Institutional Analysis (IA) with the Fresno County Department of Social Services in 2009, the Center for the Study of Social Policy (CSSP) was enlisted by the state of California to conduct Institutional Analyses in the California Partners for Permanency (CAPP) planning phase. CAPP “focuses on African American and Native American children who are overrepresented in the state’s child welfare system and for whom it has been most challenging to find legally permanent and loving homes.” Los Angeles County agreed to be the next county to follow Fresno County in using the IA to inform their planning and implementation for CAPP.