Foster care and adoption in the age of COVID-19 As a parent—or aspiring parent—you’re already dealing with uncertainty every day. The last thing you needed was to have caseworkers become more difficult to reach or to have the routines you’ve worked so hard to establish unravel as schools close … [Read more...]
Why is it important for teachers to know about adoption
Why is it important for teachers to know about adoption Adoption can be a wonderful outcome for children who are not able to live with their birth parents. However, when adopted children join their new family, they bring life experiences that might include maltreatment and/or trauma. As a … [Read more...]
NJ Kinship Connections – Winter 2020
September is Kinship Care Month
September is Kinship Care Month, an important occasion for everyone to recognize and celebrate caregiving families who have stepped forward to provide the best opportunity for children to maintain family relationships and a sense of community and cultural heritage. Check out CWLA's two-volume … [Read more...]
LGBT Homeless Youth
Lesbian, gay, bisexual, and transgender (LGBT) youth are overrepresented in the homeless population. According to a growing body of research and study, a conservative estimate is that one out of every five homeless youth (20 percent) is LGBT-identified. This is greatly disproportionate to the … [Read more...]
NJ Kinship Connections – Winter 2019
The Rise of the Grandfamily A D.C. housing development serves as a refuge for grandparents raising young children. Is it a model for the rest of the country?
The Rise of the Grandfamily A D.C. housing development serves as a refuge for grandparents raising young children. Is it a model for the rest of the country? It’s a few days after Christmas, and Akirah Carter is sitting in her living room, still wearing her Santa-and-reindeer-patterned pajamas and … [Read more...]
CT: Grandparents raising grandchildren face financial hardship
➡ From Child Welfare Information Gateway CT: Grandparents raising grandchildren face financial hardship Middletown Press - January 18, 2019 For decades, grandparents have taken on the role of parent when needed - some for a second, third or fourth time. Many, like Melton, are thrust into the … [Read more...]
31st Annual Crimes Against Children Conference
Kinship Foster Care
There is a growing consensus that group care is not beneficial for children except in time-limited therapeutic settings to meet specific treatment needs. Unfortunately, most communities lack a robust network of foster family homes. Given this reality, many child welfare agencies are redoubling … [Read more...]
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