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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.

January 2013

Adoption Tax Credit update

By |2014-09-04T13:36:40-05:00January 7th, 2013|Categories: Stability, Permanency, and Adoption|Tags: , |

The Adoption Tax Credit was included in the last-minute legislation passed to prevent the "fiscal cliff" but it falls short of what many had hoped for. The tax credit was initially conceived to help support foster care adoptions. Many families who adopt from foster care are relatives, foster parents or families of modest financial means [...]

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Russia bans international adoption to U.S.

By |2016-12-01T19:33:11-06:00January 4th, 2013|Categories: Stability, Permanency, and Adoption|Tags: , , |

To the distress and dismay of many Americans, it was announced at the end of December that Russian president Vladamir Putin signed a law banning international adoptions to the U.S. This act is being considered retaliation for the Magnitsky Act passed by U.S. Congress in response to Russia's human rights violations. [Graphic from the New [...]

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December 2012

More about the internet and adoption

By |2016-12-01T19:33:11-06:00December 21st, 2012|Categories: Stability, Permanency, and Adoption|Tags: , , , |

On Monday, we posted about the Evan B. Donaldson report about the increase in the use of the internet and social media in adoptions. To highlight some of the personal stories about how the internet and social media have played a role in the lives of adopted individuals, adoptive parents and first/birth parents, here are [...]

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Adoption bill passes the Senate

By |2016-12-01T19:33:11-06:00December 19th, 2012|Categories: Stability, Permanency, and Adoption|Tags: , , , , |

This story did not make national headlines, but the story is an important one to understand for anyone working in international adoption. On December 7th, 2012, the Intercountry Adoption Universal Accreditation Act passed the senate. The bill was sponsored by Senators Mary Landrieu, John Kerry, Dick Lugar and James Inhofe in a bipartisan effort to [...]

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New report highlights the positive and negative impact of the internet and social media on adoption

By |2016-12-01T19:33:11-06:00December 17th, 2012|Categories: Stability, Permanency, and Adoption|Tags: , , , , , |

Last Thursday, the Evan B. Donaldson Adoption Institute released its newest report focused on the impact of the internet on adoption. The report describes the impact of the internet and social media as having "transformative effects - positive and negative - on how adoption is perceived, practiced and in terms of the policies and laws [...]

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Video: Key Strategies for Family Engagement and Kinship Care Teamwork

By |2014-01-17T17:52:35-06:00December 14th, 2012|Categories: Stability, Permanency, and Adoption|Tags: , , , |

A webinar on engaging families around kinship care is available from the Florida's Center for the Advancement of Child Welfare Practice. This video could be helpful for practitioners looking for stragegies when working with families to provide kinship care. This video was created in 2008. Jack Levine and Ron Morris developed this video training. They [...]

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14th Annual “A Home for the Holidays” special to air December 19th

By |2016-12-01T19:33:13-06:00December 12th, 2012|Categories: Stability, Permanency, and Adoption|Tags: , , , |

For the past 13 years, the Dave Thomas Foundation for Adoption has invited television viewers to consider adoption through their annual holiday special, A Home for the Holidays. This year is no difference. Scheduled for December 19, 2012, at 8 pm, the Rascal Flats, American Idol winner Phillip Phillips, Matchbox Twenty, Melissa Etheridge, and Rachel [...]

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