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, [...]
Today's guest blogger is Jodie Glaspie. The article "Protecting foster kids from sex trafficking" by Thanh Tan, focuses on foster kids being more susceptible to being coerced by sex traffickers into prostitution. Every month, more than 100 kids in Washington run away from foster care. In Washington’s King County at least 500 minors work in [...]
Today's guest blogger is G Lee Xiong. The journal article, "Who is willing to foster children with disabilities?" was written by John G. Orme, Donna J. Cherry, and Taylor E. Krcek, and published through the Journal of Public Child Welfare in December of 2013. These researchers conducted a study to extend results from the 1980 [...]
Today's guest blogger in the Permanency and Adoption series is Caitlin Williams Franko. USA Today published an article written by Wendy Koch in January 2013 with the title “USA faces critical adoption shortage: Russian ban adds to record-low numbers”. The article highlights the decreasing number of international adoptions and the decreasing number of children available [...]
It's that time of year again. Spring semester at the School of Social Work means guest blog posts from students enrolled in the SW5905 Permanency in Child Welfare course. Each week starting next week and continuing through to the end of May, we will be publishing blog posts written by students learning about permanency and adoption. [...]
Policymakers in Minnesota have increasingly been focusing on policies that positively impact young children and promote overall child well-being. Not only did the House of Representatives create a committee devoted to early childhood and youth development policy in 2013, but both the education and health and human services omnibus bills included several large provisions that [...]
This blog post was written by Joan Riebel, LICSW, Executive Director of Family Alternatives in Minnesota. Family Alternatives is a licensed foster care and adoption agency. Andrea Brubaker's blog post on San Pasqual Academy caused me to share our experiences as well. For any child, being removed from her family is a traumatic experience, regardless [...]
This guest post was written by Laurie Rottach. ICWA and the Responsibility of Adoption Agencies Adam Liptak's article, "Case Pits Adoptive Parents Against Tribal Rights" that was published in the New York Times on December 24, 2012 makes connections between a past Supreme Court decision from 1989 that involved the Indian Child Welfare Act (ICWA) [...]
