Stability, Permanency, and Adoption

Native American families continue to face significant challenges and discrimination in child welfare

By JaeRan Kim|2016-12-01T19:33:09-06:00March 26th, 2013|Categories: Stability, Permanency, and Adoption|Tags: adoption, Baby Veronica, foster care, guest blogger, ICWA, in the media, Indian child welfare, legal issues, permanency, Permanency & Adoption Series, practice issues, race and culture|

This guest post was written by Brittany Kellerman. [Photo: Mark Holm for the NYT] The New York Times published an article on January 26, 2013 entitled "Focus on Preserving Heritage Can Limit Foster Care for Indians" by Dan Frosch. The article discusses the impact that the Indian Child Welfare Act (ICWA) of 1978 continues to [...]

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Use of psychotropic medication for youth in foster care

By JaeRan Kim|2016-12-01T19:33:09-06:00March 25th, 2013|Categories: Stability, Permanency, and Adoption|Tags: child welfare, health, mental health, research|

This guest blog post was written by Abdifateh Ahmed. Review of Tufts University, Health Sciences (2010, September 24). Psychotropic medication and youth in foster care report. ScienceDaily. In summary the article gives us insights on the subject of the use of medication for treating behavioral and mental health tribulations in foster care children. The article [...]

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A National Decline in Youth Confinement: Improving Permanency for Crossover Youth

By JaeRan Kim|2016-12-01T19:33:09-06:00March 22nd, 2013|Categories: Stability, Permanency, and Adoption|Tags: incarceration, juvenile justice, permanency|

This guest post was written by Emily Wesely. [Photo from www.adeca.alabama.gov] Published in the Juvenile Justice Information Exchange, "Number of Kids Behinds Bars Reaches 35-Year Low", written by Kaukab Smith on February 27, 2013, discussed the recent reduction in youth incarceration rates across the country, reaching the lowest it has been for 35 years. Smith [...]

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Group pays drug addicts to get sterilized or receive long-term birth control, sparks criticism

By JaeRan Kim|2016-12-01T19:33:09-06:00March 21st, 2013|Categories: Stability, Permanency, and Adoption|Tags: child welfare, practice issues, race and culture|

This guest blog post was written by Johanna Zabawa. Group pays drug addicts to get sterilized or receive long-term birth control, sparks criticism: Founder launched group after adopting four children from a crack addict. [Photo from the Project Prevention Facebook page] On May 9, 2012, Rheana Murray, with the New York Daily News published an [...]

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Two sides of an adoption battle

By JaeRan Kim|2016-12-01T19:33:09-06:00March 20th, 2013|Categories: Stability, Permanency, and Adoption|Tags: adoption, contested adoption, foster care, ICPC, kinship care, practice issues, race and culture|

This guest blog post was written by Ryan Lewsander. Right now the Minnesota Supreme Court is tasked with making a tragic choice: who will they rip two children away from, their prospective adoptive family, or their biological grandmother and extended family in Georgia? The sad drama of this case is documented compellingly in Olivia LaVecchia's [...]

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New Legislation Proposed in the Minnesota Senate Hopes to Reunite Children with their Parents

By JaeRan Kim|2016-12-01T19:33:09-06:00March 19th, 2013|Categories: Stability, Permanency, and Adoption|Tags: 88th legislative session, birth parents, child welfare, Family Reunification Act, guest blogger, Permanency & Adoption Series, permanency for older youth, reunification|

This guest blog post, also about the Family Reunification Act, was written by Colleen Doescher-Train. On February 13th, 2013 five Minnesota State Senators introduced S.F.422; appropriately nicknames the Family Reunification Act of 2013. The Family Reunification Act, as currently written would allow parents who had their parental rights terminated at least 36 months ago to [...]

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Family Reunification Act

By JaeRan Kim|2016-12-01T19:33:09-06:00March 18th, 2013|Categories: Stability, Permanency, and Adoption|Tags: 88th legislative session, birth parents, Family Reunification Act, guest blogger, Permanency & Adoption Series, permanency for older youth, reunification|

Today's guest post was written by Kris LaFleur. What to do with children reaching the age of majority has been an ageless problem since the inception of the foster care system. Many youth are considered difficult to place; older children, sibling groups, African American and American Indian children. These lost children are forced to leave, [...]

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Introducing student blog posts

By JaeRan Kim|2016-12-01T19:33:09-06:00March 15th, 2013|Categories: Stability, Permanency, and Adoption|Tags: adoption, education, foster care, permanency|

Starting next week, we will be posting posts from students enrolled in the Permanency in Child Welfare courses in the MSW program. Students were asked to choose an article, either in the current media or in a peer-review journal, or other related item, related to permanency and adoption. The purpose of this assignment is to [...]

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Stability, Permanency, and Adoption

March 2013