Overview
The Pennsylvania Permanency Practice Initiative (PPI), commissioned by the State Roundtable in June 2007, forms the practice change foundation for Pennsylvania's Dependency System.
As of August 1, 2009, twenty-seven (27) Pennsylvania counties are participating in the PPI. The twenty-seven (27) PPI counties are comprised of two Phases, Phase One and Phase Two. Phase One counties that started the PPI in 2008 include:
Phase One Counties
Phase Two Counties
- Allegheny
- Blair
- Butler
- Carbon
- Chester
- Dauphin
- Jefferson
- Lackawanna
- Lehigh
- Northampton
- Snyder
- Venango
- Washington
- York
- Adams
- Armstrong
- Bucks
- Clinton
- Cumberland
- Forest
- Franklin
- Fulton
- Montgomery
- Indiana
- Luzerne
- Tioga
- Warren
The underlining theory on which the PPI was built is that enhanced judicial oversight combined with strength-based, family-led practice will ultimately increase the number of children safely maintained in their own homes and support expedited permanency either through safe reunification or the finalization of another permanent plan.