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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.

February 2013

Falling through the cracks, one man’s story of aging out of the system

By |2016-12-01T19:33:10-06:00February 4th, 2013|Categories: Stability, Permanency, and Adoption|Tags: , , , |

[Photo by Catherine Green for LA Weekly] The LA Weekly published a story last Thursday about the story of one young man struggling to find his way after aging out of the system, and a family that has informally offered resources and support. This story deftly describes the many ways in which young adults aging [...]

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January 2013

Believing that parents who abuse are able to change

By |2016-12-01T19:33:10-06:00January 30th, 2013|Categories: Stability, Permanency, and Adoption|Tags: , , , , |

An innovative initiative by former Minnesota Supreme Court Justice Helen Meyer helps to support parents who have been accused of abusing their children. According to Myer, repairing the relationship between the parent and child is worth the effort and resources if it prevents the child from having to be placed in out-of-home care or adopted. [...]

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What happens when adoption fails?

By |2016-12-01T19:33:10-06:00January 28th, 2013|Categories: Stability, Permanency, and Adoption|Tags: , , , , |

Two weeks ago the City Limits newspaper published a series by Rachel Blustain on what she termed, "broken adoptions" - that is, adoption dissolutions. Photo by Marc Fader for City Limits. The numbers of how many adoptions fail is a tough statistic to obtain, in part because many adoption dissolutions occur years afer an adoption [...]

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Using social media to connect foster youth with relatives

By |2016-12-01T19:33:10-06:00January 25th, 2013|Categories: Stability, Permanency, and Adoption|Tags: , , , |

An interesting story came out earlier in the week about using social media sites such as Facebook to connect foster youth with relatives. We typically hear stories about the problems associated with social media use among foster youth. In this story however, it is not a foster youth - or a biological parent - that [...]

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When more than one family loves a child: Contested adoption story in local paper

By |2016-12-01T19:33:10-06:00January 23rd, 2013|Categories: Stability, Permanency, and Adoption|Tags: , , , , , |

Last week a local news organization, The City Pages, published a feature article about a contested adoption case that the Minnesota Supreme Court is reviewing. As with many of these cases, this story highlights systems issues in child welfare, the tension between biological family and foster families, racial differences, interjurisdictional placements between states and the [...]

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First cohort of the Permanency and Adoption Competency Certificate in Minnesota graduates

By |2016-12-01T19:33:10-06:00January 18th, 2013|Categories: Stability, Permanency, and Adoption|Tags: , , , |

The Center for Advanced Studies in Child Welfare (CASCW) will graduate its first cohort of 39 adoption-competent mental health and child welfare workers through CASCW's Permanency and Adoption Competency Certificate (PACC) program today. The graduation celebration will take place from 4 PM to 6 PM in the Minnesota Commons Room at the University of Minnesota [...]

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Supreme Court to hear Baby Veronica case

By |2016-12-01T19:33:10-06:00January 11th, 2013|Categories: Stability, Permanency, and Adoption|Tags: , , , , , , |

Last Friday it was announced that the Supreme Court would hear the case of Adoptive Couple v. Baby Girl, also known as the Baby Veronica case. This highly contested and controversial case may be a watershed moment in determining the strength of the Indian Child Welfare Act. For a detailed summary of the case from [...]

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Uninterrupted Scholars Act aims to improve educational outcomes for youth in foster care

By |2016-12-01T19:33:10-06:00January 9th, 2013|Categories: Stability, Permanency, and Adoption|Tags: , , , , , |

Representative Karen Bass (D-CA) along with bipartisan support from fellow members of the Congressional Caucus on Foster Youth Reps. Tom Marino (R-PA), Michelle Bachmann (R-MN) and Jim McDermott (D-WA) saw their bill aimed at improving educational outcomes of youth in foster care pass both the House and Senate on January 1, 3013. The members of [...]

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