Quick Reference Mental Health Guide
Quick Reference Mental Health Guide The COVID-19 pandemic continues to impact every aspect of our lives. This public health emergency has presented unprecedented challenges to our schools and communities. In June, the New Jersey Department of Education (NJDOE) released The Road Back: Restart and … [Read more...]
Providing Respite Supporting People and Families Across the Lifespan
Providing Respite Supporting People and Families Across the Lifespan Defining Respite Respite is a service that offers a short-term break for caregivers that regularly provide support to a child, adult, or senior family member with a disability or chronic health care need. Respite may be … [Read more...]
Getting Down to Basics,Tools to Support LGBTQ Youth in Care
Lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender and questioning (LGBTQ) young people are in America’s child welfare and juvenile justice systems in disproportionate numbers. Like all young people in care, they have the right to be safe and protected. All too often, however, they are misunderstood and … [Read more...]
US: Virtual Hearings Put Children, Abuse Victims at Ease in Court (Includes audio)
US: Virtual Hearings Put Children, Abuse Victims at Ease in Court (Includes audio) Bloomberg Law - July 23, 2020 For all the downsides of courts forced to go virtual during the coronavirus pandemic, judges, court staff and lawyers say they've discovered one surprise upside: technology can make the … [Read more...]
US: 5 ways to get your kids to wear masks
US: 5 ways to get your kids to wear masks CNN - July 22, 2020 Consider it the Challenge of 2020: It's likely easier to put lipstick on a ferret than it is to get some kids to wear face coverings. The little humans pull and tug at the masks constantly. Kids don't just stop there. They let the tops … [Read more...]
US: Let’s Measure What We Really Value (Opinion)
US: Let's Measure What We Really Value (Opinion) Chronicle of Social Change - July 16, 2020 The Family First Prevention Services Act, which became law in 2018, has set off a flurry of conversations between child welfare agencies and multiple public and private organizations as they envision a bold … [Read more...]
Who May Adopt, Be Adopted, or Place a Child for Adoption?
For an adoption to take place, the person available to be adopted must be placed in the home of a person or persons eligible to adopt. All States, the District of Columbia, American Samoa, Guam, Puerto Rico, the Northern Mariana Islands, and the Virgin Islands have laws that specify the persons who … [Read more...]
The Revised Family Crisis Handbook
The purpose of this handbook is to empower individuals with disabilities and their families and professional caregivers by providing information with which they can more effectively advocate for treatments, supports, services and the conditions that promote mental wellness. Individuals with the dual … [Read more...]
PA: Records show prior CYF involvement with family of child who was abused and killed (Includes video)
PA: Records show prior CYF involvement with family of child who was abused and killed (Includes video) WTAE - June 26, 2020 Court records show Allegheny County Children Youth & Families was involved with the family of 3-year-old Bella Seachrist. Bella's father, stepmother and aunt are charged … [Read more...]
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