1) Permanency Tip of the Week: Helping the Youth Develop the Skills to Connect Permanently; 2) Permanency Success Story of the Week: Not Perfect—But Happy; 3) Springfield Farm Goes Viral After Reality Show Comes to Visit; 4) Why Babies in America are Suffering: Opioid Addictions Placing More Babies In Foster Care; 5) Foster Care is Somewhere You’ve Been, Not Something You Are; 6) Embracing a “Youth Welfare” System: A Guide to Capacity Building; 7) A Day in the Life of a Foster Child
Permanency in the News
Permanency in the News – Week of 7/2/18
1) Permanency Tip of the Week: Helping the Youth Develop Trust in the Concept of Permanency; 2) Permanency Success Story of the Week: The Stories of These 6 Foster Kids Finding Their Forever Home Will Melt Your Heart; 3) Treehouse Intergenerational Communities: The Village in Action; 4) How this Familiar Story is True about what YOU do!; 5) Making Reunification Possible for Older Youth; 6) Life as a Foster Youth Intern: Amber Lindamood; 7) National Reunification Month and 5 Foster Parent Support Strategies
Permanency in the News – Week of 6/25/18
1) Permanency Tip of the Week: Helping the Youth Develop a Belief in the Concept of Permanency; 2) Permanency Success Story of the Week: Olivia’s Adoption Day; 3) Examining Developmental Adversity and Connectedness in Child Welfare-Involved Children; 4) Balancing Adverse Childhood Experiences (ACEs) With HOPE*; 5) States Brace for Dramatic Overhaul to Federal Foster Care Funding; 6) Why So Many Formerly Justice-Involved Young Adults Are Homeless & What We Need To Do About It; 7) Working with Kinship Caregivers
Permanency in the News – Week of 6/18/18
Excerpt: 1) Permanency Tip of the Week: Helping the Youth to be Welcoming of the Concept of Permanency; 2) Permanency Success Story of the Week: From Teen Foster Kid to an Adoptive Mother: ‘It’s Such a Good Life’; 3) Just for Foster Dads – Part 1 by Dr. John DeGarmoe; 4) Just for Foster Dads – Part 2 by Dr. John DeGarmoe; 5) Baylor Adoption Expert Says Birth Mothers Need Increased Support During, Following Adoption Process; 6) Competencies for Supervisors to Address Secondary Traumatic Stress; 7) 10 Key Resources for Child Welfare Professionals
Permanency in the News – Week of 6/11/18
1) Permanency Tip of the Week: Four Concept Process of Youth Engagement ~ Permanency; 2) Permanency Success Story of the Week: Sandra Bullock Emotionally Discusses Growing her Family Through Adoption; 3) Early Takeaways from 50-State Look at Extended Foster Care; 4) Back on Track: Supporting Youth Reentry from Out-of-Home Placement to the Community; 5) Half of Children Born to Mothers in Child Protective Custody Also Taken Into Care by Age 2; 6) Additional Actions Could Help HHS Better Support States’ Use of Private Providers to Recruit and Retain Foster Families; 7) One Local Nonprofit Views Life in Foster Care Through a Child’s Eyes