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 October, 2015, thirty-seven (37) Pennsylvania counties are participating in the PPI. The thirty-seven (37) PPI counties are comprised of five Phases: Phase One in 2008; Phase Two in 2009; Phase 3 in 2010, Phase 4 in 2012 and Phase 5 in 2015.

Phase One Counties

Allegheny
Blair
Butler
Carbon
Chester
Dauphin
Jefferson

Lackawanna
Lehigh
Northampton
Snyder
Venango
Washington
York

Phase Three Counties

Beaver
Fayette
Lycoming

Philadelphia
Union

Phase Five Counties

Lancaster

Phase Two Counties

Adams
Armstrong
Bucks
Clinton
Cumberland
Forest
Franklin

Fulton
Indiana
Luzerne
Montgomery
Tioga
Warren

Phase Four Counties

Columbia
Monroe

Montour
Westmoreland

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.