The Wraparound Process – User’s Guide
This User’s Guide was created to serve as a “road map” for family members. You can use it to help make sure your family is on the right path, and make sure the process follows closely to the principles and activities of wraparound. In the following pages, you will first see some basic summaries of… [read more]
Tomando Decisiones Saludables
Haciendo lo que puedas para sentirte lo mejor possible. Todos podemos beneficiarnos al aprender qué hacer para tener buena salud. Los jóvenes en cuidado de crianza (foster care) tienen que enfrentar muchas cosas estresantes en sus vidas. A menudo, se sienten muy heridos emocionalmente. A veces sus capacidades de manejar los problemas están agotadas. Pueden… [read more]
Understanding Public School Residency Requirements
Parents, guardians, caregivers and school administrators will sometimes disagree over whether a student resides in a school district and can be enrolled in a district public school. The information in this manual is designed to help parents, guardians and caregivers understand the legal concepts involved in residency disputes, and to inform them of their legal… [read more]
Untangling the Web – A Research-Based Roadmap for Reform
Today’s reality is far different as a result of the Internet, and the changes – some or better, others for worse – are accelerating every day. That means people who want to make connections are being enabled to do so more easily and more quickly than had ever been possible before, but it also means… [read more]
Untangling the Web – The Internet’s Transformative Impact on Adoption Policy and Practice Perspective
It is difficult to describe the extent to which the Internet is changing the everyday realities of adoption – and the lives of the millions of people it encompasses – without using words that sound hyperbolic. But a yearlong examination of the effects of this very new technology on a very old social institution indicates… [read more]
US: “Trauma on Trauma on Trauma”: For Refugee Children, the Journey Is Only the Beginning (Opinion)
➡ 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… [read more]
US: DCFS Looking Into Brad Pitt’s Pattern Of Child Abuse Behavior; Extends Investigation & Safety Plan On 6 Kids With Angelina Jolie (Includes video)
➡ From Child Welfare Information Gateway NJ: US: DCFS Looking Into Brad Pitt’s Pattern Of Child Abuse Behavior; Extends Investigation & Safety Plan On 6 Kids With Angelina Jolie (Includes video) News Everyday – October 27, 2016 Actor Brad Pitt is still under scrutiny as the Los Angeles County Department of Children and Family Services… [read more]
What Social Service Professionals Need to Know to Support Guardianship Families
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 are eligible to… [read more]
Working With Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, Transgender, and Questioning (LGBTQ) Families in Foster Care and Adoption
Working With Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, Transgender, and Questioning (LGBTQ) Families in Foster Care and Adoption WHAT’S INSIDEGetting to know the LGBTQ communityLanguage and terminologyAdvantages of including LGBTQ familiesTips for effective recruitment/retentionChallenges faced by LGBTQ adoptive parentsPossible challenges professionals face while working with LGBTQ familiesTips for representing LGBTQ families as potential adoptive parentsSupporting transgender parentsThe basics… [read more]