Part of a permanency series featuring intersections of child welfare and mental health practice, voiced by PACC alumni Compiled by Keely Vandre, MSW, LGSW, PACC Coordinator The theme of this November’s National Adoption Month sponsored by the Children’s Bureau is Youth Voices, a segment of the permanency and adoption world that can often be marginalized. [...]
The first of a permanency series featuring intersections of child welfare and mental health practice, voiced by PACC alumni Compiled by Keely Vandre, MSW, LGSW, PACC Coordinator While November is recognized as “National Adoption Month,” those impacted personally and/or professionally know the scope of permanency is not limited by calendar or lifespan. Specialized skills to [...]
Today's guest blogger is Shea Gregory This 2015 study, conducted by Sarah A. Font of the University of Texas at Austin Population Research Center, examines the circumstances surrounding stability of kinship placements. Using data from the state of Wisconsin, this study goes beyond exploring whether kinship care placements (KC) are more stable than non-relative foster [...]
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 [...]
On Monday, we highlighted some of the changes to the foster care statutes that were passed in the 2012 legislative session in Minnesota. This post will continue the focus on the foster care changes that were made. Many of the changes impact relatives. Changes to the law regarding relative search include: The court may now [...]
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 [...]