These words from Paul Wellstone are written in 11 languages in the main hall of Neighborhood House’s Paul and Sheila Wellstone Center for Community Building. Frewoine Nerea (left), Ann Rajkowski MSW student (center) and Asha Mohamud (right)Currently 2 of our MSW Child Welfare scholars are working with and learning more about families coming to the [...]
Race & School Suspensions SeriesWritten by Wendy Haight, PhD, Gamble-Skogmo Chair The goal of this blog series is to provide information and encourage discussion of solutions for racial disproportionality in out-of-school suspensions focusing on Black children and families. In this first blog post, we will describe out-of-school suspensions, and why we should be especially concerned [...]
I came across a provocatively titled blog article, “I hate adoption” that is an important read, and I encourage you to get past the title. This essay provides another side of adoption that we don’t hear much about – the voices of the adoptive siblings. While some readers may not agree with the author’s conclusions [...]
Preliminary estimates for fiscal year (FY) 2013 on national adoption and foster care statistics were made available at the end of September via The AFCARS Report No. 21 (AFCARS stands for Adoption and Foster Care Analysis and Reporting System). These estimates are current as of July 2014. Demographics There were 402,378 children in foster care [...]
Inside the State Capitol Building, St. Paul, MN. Image source: Patrick O'Leary/University of Minnesota Since the Governor's Task Force on the Protection of Children (or CPS Task Force, for short) began in October, there has been an option on the CPS Task Force's website to send comments to the CPS Task Force directly. Additionally, in [...]
Promoting adoption is not enough for a child; ultimately we want stability for children in their permanency placements. Children may experience adoption disruptions, displacements and dissolutions. Often times these occur because adoptive parents are struggling to find accessible and affordable post-adoption services. It is estimated that between 10% to 25% of pre-adoption placements are disrupted [...]
State Capitol Building, St. Paul, MN. Image source: Patrick O'Leary/University of Minnesota On November 5 and November 14th, the Governor's Task Force on the Protection of Children met for the 3rd and 4th time at the State Office Building in St. Paul. Several of our current MSW IV-E Child Welfare students attended and a few [...]
Did you know that the both AdoptUSKids and the Child Welfare Information Gateway have resources in Spanish? Click here for the free, downloadable adoption resources in Spanish from the Child Welfare Information Gateway. A number of resources are also available on the AdoptUSKids site, Ayuda para las familias de crianza y adoptivas.
