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Kinship Foster Care

December 11, 2018 by Greg Cywnar

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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 their efforts to identify
and engage kin as foster parents.

Despite the strong value of kinship foster care, major impediments still exist to finding, engaging, and placing children with kin when they must be removed
from their parents’ care. Efforts must be made to help children maintain important family connections and support, and to tailor services and assistance to address
the unique needs of kinship foster families, while still working toward the goal of reunification with parents.

This wikiHow draws on wisdom from the field about the seven steps to creating a kin first culture – one in which child welfare systems consistently promote kinship
placement, help children in foster care maintain connections with their family, and tailor services and supports to the needs of kinship foster families.

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Kinship Foster Care

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The Road to Adulthood

October 9, 2018 by Greg Cywnar

the road to adulthood
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The Road to Adulthood

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Talking With Older Youth About Adoption

October 9, 2018 by Greg Cywnar

talking with older youth about adoption
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Talking With Older Youth About Adoption

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Schools In Transition A Guide for Supporting Transgender Students in K-12 Schools

May 16, 2018 by Greg Cywnar

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Today’s society is recognizing the experiences and needs of transgender people as never before. This trend is most evident in our nation’s schools, where an increasing number of transgender and gender-expansive students live openly as their authentic selves. At the same time, parents, students, educators, administrators and other stakeholders are working together to determine the best ways to support these
students.

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Schools In Transition A Guide for Supporting Transgender Students in K-12 Schools

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What Social Service Professionals Need to Know to Support Guardianship Families

May 10, 2018 by Greg Cywnar

guardianship
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What Social Service Professionals Need to Know to Support Guardianship Families

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US: “Trauma on Trauma on Trauma”: For Refugee Children, the Journey Is Only the Beginning (Opinion)

July 19, 2017 by Greg Cywnar

➡ From Child Welfare Information Gateway

US: “Trauma on Trauma on Trauma”: For Refugee Children, the Journey Is Only the Beginning (Opinion)
Truthout – March 29, 2017
Hundreds of thousands of other women and children have made the perilous journey to escape gang-related violence in Central America’s northern triangle countries of Guatemala, Honduras and El Salvador, and many have been similarly ensnared in one of three US immigrant-family jails.
http://www.truth-out.org/news/item/40006-trauma-on-trauma-on-trauma-for-refugee-children-the-journey-is-only-the-beginning

 

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STUDENT LOAN GUIDE

May 25, 2017 by Greg Cywnar

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The Student Loan Guide provides general student loan information to
assist students and their families in planning and paying for a postsecondary
education through the use of student loans.
This guide contains information that covers the Federal Loan programs,
New Jersey’s state loan program-NJCLASS, and information on other alternative
private loan options. Our goal is to provide you with information
to assist you in navigating your way through the student loan process.

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STUDENT LOAN GUIDE

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Additional Scholarships

April 25, 2017 by Greg Cywnar

Scholars
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Additional Scholarships

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Risk & Protective Factors for Discontinuity in Public Adoption and Guardianship

March 8, 2017 by Greg Cywnar

Risk and protective
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NY: No home of their own: Shortage of foster homes reaches critical levels

December 21, 2016 by Greg Cywnar

➡ From Child Welfare Information Gateway NJ:

NY: No home of their own: Shortage of foster homes reaches critical levels
Albany Democrat-Herald – December 18, 2016
It’s been a familiar story as Linn and Benton counties have mirrored two statewide trends for at least the past five years: a shrinking number of certified foster homes and a strained child welfare system crushing its staff with unmanageable caseloads.
http://democratherald.com/news/local/no-home-of-their-own-shortage-of-foster-homes-reaches/article_f9e46348-4ff5-55f6-aa35-17b8c85a85ad.html

 

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