Permanency Conference?

Permanency Conference is at the CPS office. There is a mediator present, in addition to birth parents, CW's, GAL, CASA, and Foster Parents. The basic idea is to come up with a plan to give this child permanency. They will go over everything that the birth parents have completed on their plan and everything they haven't completed. The mediator will remind the bparents of the next court date and what they need to do to get their child back. Based on what the CW and GAL are saying, the mediator could tell the parents that if you don't do the following, your rights will be terminated on x date. Do you understand that? The mediator will also inquire about potential family or kinship placement. In other words, they are doing everything they can to dot their i's and cross their t's in case this goes to TPR. Hope that helps.