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Stability, Permanency, and Adoption

The Stability, Permanency, and Adoption (SPA) Blog was developed by CASCW as a way to inform child welfare professionals and others about practice, research, and policy issues regarding permanency and adoption of children and youth.

April 2014

Adopting teenagers

By |2016-12-01T19:33:02-06:00April 22nd, 2014|Categories: Stability, Permanency, and Adoption|Tags: , , , |

Today's guest blogger is Jill Mehrkens. Photo: David Joles for the Star Tribune The article “A Minnesota success: Adoption of teens is rising” was written by Jeremy Olson in the Star Tribune on December 23, 2012.  This topic was related to a personal story of a 15 year old girl (Brianna) that was [...]

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Problems in domestic adoptions

By |2016-12-01T19:33:02-06:00April 16th, 2014|Categories: Stability, Permanency, and Adoption|Tags: , , |

"Mother and Child" by Janis Rozentals Today's guest blogger is Emily Lemke. One article which truly dispels myths and preconceived notions regarding domestic adoption is titled “The Dark, Sad Side of Domestic Adoption,” written by Jennifer Gilmore.  Gilmore’s article appeared online via The Atlantic on April 30, 2013. Gilmore provides a first-hand perspective of a [...]

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Same-sex adoptions

By |2016-12-01T19:33:02-06:00April 15th, 2014|Categories: Stability, Permanency, and Adoption|Tags: , , |

Today's guest post is Rachele Willy. ABC News shared an article entitled “Same-Sex Adoptions Next Frontier for LGBT Advocates,” which can be found here and looks at barriers for same-sex couples to adopt throughout the United States. Only 19 states and the District of Columbia permit same-sex couples to adopt jointly, 13 states and D.C. allow [...]

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How ICPC impacts permanency for children in foster care

By |2016-12-01T19:33:02-06:00April 11th, 2014|Categories: Stability, Permanency, and Adoption|Tags: , , |

Today's guest blogger is Libby Onichiri. Source: Foster Kids in Limbo: The Effects of the Interstate Compact on the Placement of Children on the Permanency of Children in Foster Care” report to the Annie E. Casey Foundation by Professor Vivek Sankaran of the Child Advocacy Law Clinic at the University Of Michigan Law School. The [...]

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Reunification and kinship care as permanency options

By |2016-12-01T19:33:03-06:00April 9th, 2014|Categories: Stability, Permanency, and Adoption|Tags: , , , |

Today's guest blogger is Robin Johnson. The following is a summarization from a chapter titled “Family Reunification and Kinship Care,” retrieved from The Child Welfare Challenge: Policy, Practice, and Research; written by Peter J. Pecora, James K. Whittaker, Anthony N. Maluccio, Richard P. Barth, and Diane DePanfilis, with Robert D. Plotnick (2009). As the title [...]

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Open adoptions

By |2016-12-01T19:33:03-06:00April 8th, 2014|Categories: Stability, Permanency, and Adoption|Tags: , , |

Today's guest blogger is Carlotta Crawford-Ojo.   The Extended Family of My Two Open Adoptions by Suz Redfearn, February 21, 2014 This article walks the readers through the journey of a married couple who after so many years of fiercely trying to have a baby with their own coils of DNA, finally throws in the towel [...]

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March 2014

Drop boxes

By |2016-12-01T19:33:03-06:00March 28th, 2014|Categories: Stability, Permanency, and Adoption|Tags: , , |

Today's guest post is Jinyou Kim. Beyond HallYu published an article titled ‘The Drop Box’ and the realities of motherhood in South Korea by an unknown writer on June 14, 2013. In this article, the author brought an issue of the “baby box” in South Korea. The baby box was set up by Pastor Lee [...]

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Adoption and Mental Illness

By |2016-12-01T19:33:03-06:00March 26th, 2014|Categories: Stability, Permanency, and Adoption|Tags: , , , , |

Today's guest blogger is Zoua Xiong. Adoption and Mental Illness is written by Arline Kaplan and published on the Psychiatric Times website in January 26, 2009. The article addresses the controversial issue as to whether there is psychological risk to adoption. The study was completed by researchers at the University of Minnesota with a sample [...]

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