Sacramento County uses the Family to Family model for foster care. The initiative was developed by the Annie E. Casey Foundation and focuses on getting better results for children in foster care and their families by implementing four core strategies, evaluating outcomes, and making changes as needed. 

The core strategies on which Family to Family is based:

Recruitment, Training and Support of Resource Families (Foster and Relative)

• Family to Family encourages neighborhood-based foster care and views foster parents as partners in the family reunification process. 

Building Community Partnerships

• By establishing relationships with community partners in neighborhoods where services are most needed, families can find support in their own backyard.

Team Decision Making

• Team decision making meetings occur when any critical placement-related decision is being considered

Self-Evaluation

• By collecting and analyzing data about child and family outcomes, changes are made based on what is working and what is not.