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.

October 2012

Chinese-adopted children’s adoptive parents’ narratives

By JaeRan Kim|2016-12-01T19:33:14-06:00October 8th, 2012|Categories: Stability, Permanency, and Adoption|Tags: adoption, culture, international adoption, race, research|

A recently published article in Adoption Quarterly by April Chatham-Carpenter explored the narratives that adoptive parents of internationally adopted Chinese children construct about the circumstances around their child's abandonment or relinquishment. The study was conducted to explore the story narratives that adoptive parents use, and what is included and left out in these stories. In [...]

Webinar on the Adoption Tax Credit

By JaeRan Kim|2016-12-01T19:33:14-06:00October 2nd, 2012|Categories: Stability, Permanency, and Adoption|Tags: adoption, adoption tax credit, Training, webinar|

This Thursday, October 4, 2012, a webinar will be held to discuss the Adoption Tax Credit. From the webinar description: In this webinar you will gain an understanding about the goals of our advocacy efforts, as well as the history of this credits existence, an overview of the legislative changes, the difference between a refundable [...]

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House and Senate bills propose renewal of Adoption Tax Credit

By JaeRan Kim|2016-12-01T19:33:14-06:00October 1st, 2012|Categories: CASCW at the Capitol, Stability, Permanency, and Adoption|Tags: adoption, permanency, policy|

One of the ways adoptive families are supported are through the adoption tax credit. The adoption tax credit, first enacted in 1997 as a means to help offset the costs incurred to adopt children from foster care, the tax credit has since become available for all types of adoptions. However, the tax credit is soon [...]

September 2012

American Academy of Pediatrics: “Tell your kids if they’re adopted”

By Heidi Ombisa Skallet|2016-12-01T19:33:14-06:00September 24th, 2012|Categories: Stability, Permanency, and Adoption|

The American Academy of Pediatrics (AAP) has issued a report stating that parents should tell their children if they are adopted, and that doctors should work with adoptive parents to help them raise their adopted children."Children who join families through adoption can have unique medical, educational, developmental or behavioral issues, and it is important for [...]

Dave Thomas Foundation for Adoption releases the 2012 Top 100 Best Adoption-Friendly Workplaces

By Heidi Ombisa Skallet|2016-12-01T19:33:14-06:00September 12th, 2012|Categories: Stability, Permanency, and Adoption|

The Dave Thomas Foundation for Adoption (DTFA) issues annually a list of the top 100 best adoption-friendly workplaces, based on "the maximum amount of financial reimbursement and paid leave for employees who adopt." This list is issued each year as a way to increase public awareness of children in foster care waiting for adoption, as [...]

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CASCW selected by Senator Amy Klobuchar as an Angel in Adoption

By Heidi Ombisa Skallet|2016-12-01T19:33:14-06:00September 11th, 2012|Categories: Stability, Permanency, and Adoption|

The Center for Advanced Studies in Child Welfare (CASCW) has been selected by Senator Amy Klobuchar as one of this year's Angels in AdoptionTM for outstanding advocacy in preparing adoption-competent clinical mental health and child welfare professionals for their work with adopted children and their families. The Congressional Coalition on Adoption Institute (CCAI), which orchestrates [...]

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August 2012

Webinar opportunity: Communication between adoptive and birth families

By JaeRan Kim|2016-12-01T19:33:14-06:00August 31st, 2012|Categories: Stability, Permanency, and Adoption|Tags: adoption, adoptive parents, birth parents, open adoption, Training, webinar|

MN Adopt is offering a webinar on September 12, 2012 on Communicating with Birthparents/Families: An Adoptive Mother's Experience. The webinar will be hosted by Terssa Markworth, MA. Terssa Markworth and her husband of 25 years have adopted waiting children from Minnesota, Missouri, Iowa and South Korea. She is currently completing her Master of Communication Studies [...]

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Post-adoption supports for children adopted from foster care

By JaeRan Kim|2016-12-01T19:33:14-06:00August 28th, 2012|Categories: Stability, Permanency, and Adoption|Tags: adoption, foster care adoption, mental health, post-adoption support|

This morning NPRran a story, Helping Foster Kids Even After Adoption, about the types of post-adoption supports that families that adopt from foster care often need. One of the interviewees on this show is Debbie Riley, our partner at the Center for Adoption Support and Education (CASE). CASE's Training on Adoption Competency curricuum is the [...]

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