1) Permanency Tip of the Week: Permanency/Adoption Readiness – Address the Doubts/Concerns Early; 2) Permanency Success Story of the Week: ‘I Really Want a Mom’: 24-Year-Old Asks Former School Resource Officer to Adopt Her; 3) This is Not Okay – Visualizing Foster Care Placement Instability; 4) Foster Kids Should Never Have to “Appreciate What You’re Doing for Them”; 5) Rubio, Feinstein Introduce Social Security Waiver Extension to Support Foster Care and Welfare Recipients; 6) Profiles in Permanency: Stabilizing Adoptions and Guardianships; 7) President Signs Into Law Bipartisan Bill Cosponsored by Senator Hassan to Help Survivors of Child Abuse.
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Permanency in the News – Week of 10/29/18
1) Permanency Tip of the Week: Responding to: “I Give Up on Having a Family”; 2) Permanency Success Story of the Week: One Year On: Adopted Girl, Reunited with Birth Parents on a Hangzhou Bridge, Returns to China to Teach English, Learn About Herself; 3) How One Woman Wants to Help Foster Care Youth, and it Involves Cake; 4) Supporting Older Youth in Foster Care; 5) 10 Self-Care Strategies During Trying Times; 6) Once in Recovery, Now Role Models; 7) Adverse Childhood Experiences & Dr. Bruce Perry
Permanency in the News – Week of 4/16/18
1) Permanency Tip of the Week: Permanency Centered Goals – Child Welfare; 2) Permanency Success Story of the Week: Because We Could—and Because We Should; 3) Let’s Make Every Month Prevention Month; 4) The Path Out of Foster Care Crisis Runs Through Family; 5) Supporting Families After They Adopt; 6) Why Adverse Childhood Experiences Matter for Girls in the Juvenile Justice System; 7) Youth Leaving Foster Care Need Help Accessing Education, Employment Opportunities
Permanency in the News – Week of 2/19/18
Permanency Tip of the Week: You Cannot Connect Until You Feel Safe; 2) Permanency Success Story of the Week: How One Man Went from Foster Care Advocate to Dad; 3) Iowa Adoptees Seek Access to Birth Certificates; 4) Family First Preservation Services Act – Chronicle of Social Change Summaries; 5) Rituals and Ceremonies to Increase Permanency; 6) The Effectiveness of Family Group Conferencing in Youth Care; 7) The Foster Care System was Unprepared for the Last Drug Epidemic-Let’s Not Repeat History