Much of the media during National Adoption Month is focused on talking to adoptive parents or prospective adoptive parents and professionals working to place children in permanent homes. But just as important is the views and perspectives of the adopted or foster youth themselves. A new book released this month, Dear Wonderful You: Letters to [...]
The 2014 National Adoption Month campaign is focused on the importance of sibling connections. Approximately 75% of children and youth in foster care are separated by one or more sibling and these relationships are often lost once children are placed in permanent homes. Here are some resources for working with sibling groups in permanency and [...]
MSW IV-E student Krysta Sather is Driven to Discover "ways I can be an ally for children, so they can stay safe and keep being a kid." Krysta is a first year student interning at Washburn Center for Children. Below is a reflection of their work with a young child who is in the permanency [...]
Today is the fourth meeting of the Governor's Task Force on the Protection of Children. Before the meeting begins, here is a quick review of what happened at the last meeting, held on Wednesday, November 5. The agenda for this meeting involved workgroup updates, the development of a Vision Statement (meant to be finalized at [...]
Yesterday at 11 AM, Minnesota Public Radio's The Daily Circuit hosted a discussion of Minnesota's child protection system. Guests were Dr. Mark Hudson, Medical Director at the Midwest Children's Resource Center, Children's Hospitals and Clinics of Minnesota; and Lori Whittier, Managing attorney in the Child Protection Division, Hennepin County Attorney's Office. Dr. Hudson is also [...]
Minnesota is fortunate to host many organizations that provide post-adoption services. Of course, I need to put in a plug for our Directory of Professionals that have completed the Permanency and Adoption Competency Certificate program. The Directory is searchable; you can search for a therapist by geographical area, practice specialty, licensure, and more. [...]
The next meeting of the Governor's Task Force on the Protection of Children will be held on Friday, November 14, from 1 PM to 3 PM, in Room 200 of the State Office Building (SOB). Please note the change in time. Originally it had been scheduled to begin at 12:30 PM. You can download the [...]
Our November eUpdate is now available. Beginning this month, we are including updates from our partners at Gamble-Skogmo Chair in Child Welfare and Youth Policy, located down the hall from us at the University of Minnesota School of Social Work. Topics of the November eUpdate are focused on National Adoption Month and Native American Heritage [...]
