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.

June 2012

Minnesota DHS bulletin issued: Summary of 2012 Adoption Assistance Legislation

By Heidi Ombisa Skallet|2016-12-01T19:33:17-06:00June 21st, 2012|Categories: Stability, Permanency, and Adoption|

Minnesota's Department of Human Services has issued a bulletin that summarizes the changes made to the adoption assistance program from the 2012 legislative session. Some of the major highlights and changes are noted below. For a more in-depth review, please read the actual bulletin. All statutes and rules pertaining to adoption assistance can now be [...]

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NCFY publication focused on Permanent Connections for youth

By JaeRan Kim|2016-12-01T19:33:17-06:00June 18th, 2012|Categories: Stability, Permanency, and Adoption|Tags: child welfare, homeless youth, permanency, relationships, stable housing|

The National Clearinghouse on Families and Youth have focused their latest edition of The Exchange on permanency connections for youth. The issues focuses on helping youth who are homeless/runaway connect, build, and improve their permanent connections - that is, a stable living situation that these youth are not afraid of having to leave, with connected [...]

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In-depth report on the family court system in New York

By JaeRan Kim|2016-12-01T19:33:17-06:00June 12th, 2012|Categories: Stability, Permanency, and Adoption|Tags: child welfare, courts, juvenile justice, legal issues, permanency|

If you haven't had a chance to visit the Child Welfare Information Gateway website and subscribe to their news feeds and links, I would strongly recommend it. This is an invaluable resource for child welfare workers, supervisors, foster and adoptive parents, students, researchers and policymakers. Click here for the list of email subscriptions for which [...]

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Finding permanency & stability through supportive housing

By Heidi Ombisa Skallet|2016-12-01T19:33:17-06:00June 8th, 2012|Categories: Stability, Permanency, and Adoption|

On Friday, CASCW co-sponsored a reflective seminar that discussed the role of supportive housing in child welfare practice. I thought this seminar was particularly relevant to this blog, as recent research from CASCW has shown that supportive housing can greatly reduce incidences of involvement in child protection and out-of-home care, thereby increasing a child's chances [...]

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May 2012

Seminar on the role of supportive housing in the lives of at-risk youth

By Heidi Ombisa Skallet|2016-12-01T19:33:17-06:00May 31st, 2012|Categories: Stability, Permanency, and Adoption|

A week from today, the Center for Advanced Studies in Child Welfare (CASCW), in collaboration with the Center for Urban and Regional Affairs (CURA), will hold a reflective seminar moderated by Professor Esther Wattenberg entitled The Role of Supportive Housing in Improving Responses to High-Risk, Young Parents and Adolescents in Cross-Sector Involvement: Open to the [...]

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March 2012

Beyond Burnout: Secondary Trauma in the Child Welfare Workforce

By Heidi Ombisa Skallet|2016-12-01T19:33:18-06:00March 29th, 2012|Categories: Stability, Permanency, and Adoption|

We are presenting our 13th Annual FREE Child Welfare conference, Beyond Burnout: Secondary Trauma in the Child Welfare Workforce on May 1, 2012, from 1:00pm to 4:30pm. We are pleased to feature keynote presenter Dr. Brian Bride, PhD, LCSW, who is Associate Professor and PhD Program Director at the School of Social Work, University of [...]

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Dr. Hal Grotevant discusses adoption during the teen years

By JaeRan Kim|2016-12-01T19:33:18-06:00March 9th, 2012|Categories: Stability, Permanency, and Adoption|Tags: adolescence, adoption, child development|

Dr. Hal Grotevant, formerly from the Department of Family Social Science at the University of Minnesota, and now Chair of the Rudd Adoption Research program at U-Mass/Amherst, was interviewed on WGBY about what adoption looks like during the adolescent years. He also discusses the upcoming conference on March 30, 2012. You can view the interview [...]

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February 2012

Special issue of CW360° as a resource for permanency and adoption workers

By JaeRan Kim|2016-12-01T19:33:18-06:00February 21st, 2012|Categories: Stability, Permanency, and Adoption|Tags: adoption, child development, child welfare, foster care, permanency|

Last week, the Center for Advanced Studies in Child Welfare published a special edition of CW360° on using a develomental approach to child welfare practice. The publication, created in collaboration with the Center for Early Education and Development (CEED), is an incredible resource for anyone working in the areas of adoption and permanency. Understanding child [...]

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