Today's guest blogger is Caleb Williamson The Indian Child Welfare Act (ICWA) is a social welfare policy that was established by congress in 1978. The law was initially created in response to the high numbers of American Indian youth being removed from their homes and placed in non-Indian foster and adoptive homes (25 U.S.C. 1901-63). [...]
We are excited to announce that our 11th issue of CW360º, Culturally Responsive Child Welfare Practice, is now available online. The intersection of culture and child welfare practice has been considered and conceptualized in a number of ways, from cultural competence and institutional racism to disparity and disproportionality. Most often the discussion around culture is [...]
We at the Center for Advanced Studies in Child Welfare are pleased to announce our 16th Annual Spring Child Welfare Conference, Culturally Responsive Child Welfare Practice. Registration is now open for both on-site and webstream participants. Registration will be available through Friday, April 17, 2015. Details Date: Tuesday, April 28, 2015 Time: 10 AM–4:30 PM [...]
On May 16 the Omnibus Education Policy Bill, HF 2397, was signed into law by Governor Dayton. Within the bill text there is an overarching theme related to childhood academic achievement, including a provision allowing for greater educational stability for youth in foster care and others related to English learners and their families. As these [...]
This post was written by Salma Barkad Children and Youth Services- addressing racial disproportionality in child welfare This article talked about the disproportionate number of families served in child welfare are of families of color. But relatively few strategies for helping families of color have been monitored for their impact. This article reports early findings [...]
Today's guest post was written by Katie Erickson. On 2/2/14, the New York Times’ Opinion Pages Room for Debate took on a controversial topic in child welfare. Syracuse law professor and author Kevin Noble Maillard organized the conversation entitled “In Adoption, Does Race Matter?” Kevin’s piece, Not a Deciding Factor, but Not to Be Ignored, [...]
In light of the Summer Institute in American Indian Child Welfare held this week in Walker, MN, I thought it would be good (and relevant!) to discuss the importance of collaboration between early childhood and child welfare agencies for American Indian children. Since the majority of the speakers during this conference were from the Ojibwe [...]
