1) Permanency Tip of the Week: Connections, Relationships, Permanency, and THEN Permanent Placement (hopefully) – Part 5 – Permanent Placement; 2) Love Times Six: Meet the Foster Mom Who Adopted a Half-Dozen Sisters; 3) My “Six Pillars” of Trauma-Informed Parenting; 4) Supportive Relationships and Active Skill-Building Strengthen the Foundations of Resilience; 5) I was Born into Foster Care. A Mentor Would Have Made a Big Difference in My Life; 6) California Bill Seeks to Ensure New Rights for LGBTQ Foster Youth; 7) What Adopted Children Deserve: Change a Law that Unnecessarily Keeps Kids From Their Birth Parents and Vice Versa
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Dr. Greg Manning – Permanency in the News – Week of 8/5/19
1) Permanency Tip of the Week: Connections, Relationships, Permanency, and THEN Permanent Placement (hopefully) – Part 4 – Permanency; 2) Permanency Success Story of the Week: Couple Keeps 6 Siblings Together Through Adoption – There’s Lots of Love and Chaos’; 3) You Have to See the Reunion of These Toddler Besties Who Were Both Adopted; 4) The Promise of Adolescence; 5) Trump Administration Approves Vouchers for Housing After Foster Care; 6) Bridge – Working to Connect Barren County (KY) Families to Critical Resources, Prevent Children from Entering Foster Care System; 7) Advice on Family First from HSITAG Members
Dr. Greg Manning’s – Permanency in the News – Week of 7/29/19
1) Permanency Tip of the Week: Connections, Relationships, Permanency, and THEN Permanent Placement (hopefully) – Part 3 – Relationships; 2) Permanency Success Story of the Week: How One Call Became A Calling; 3) Finding Families for Foster Care Youth; 4) There’s A Reason Your Child Always Fights You For Control; 5) From Foster Care to Director of LA Children and Family Services; 6) Alia UnSystem Innovation Cohort – Case Studies and Early Data; 7) Implementation of the Whole Child Assessment to Screen for Adverse Childhood Experiences
Dr. Greg Manning’s – Permanency in the News – Week of 7/21/19
1) Permanency Tip of the Week: Connections, Relationships, Permanency, and THEN Permanent Placement (hopefully) – Part 2 – Connections; 2) Permanency Success Story of the Week: In a Program Called “30 Days to Family®,” Why One Case That Extended Past the 30-Day Mark Exemplifies What This Program Is About; 3) Child Trends Final Report: Evaluation of the Upfront Family Finding Pilot; 4) From Place to Place Short Film; 5) Understanding Trauma to Promote Healing in Child Welfare; 6) Single Foster Dad in Austin Shows You’re Never Too Old to be a Parent Again; 7) Personal Stories from Witnesses and U.S. Representatives Provided an Emotional Wallop to House Oversight and Reform Committee Hearing on Childhood Trauma;
Dr. Greg Manning’s – Permanency in the News – Week of 7/15/19
1) Permanency Tip of the Week: Connections, Relationships, Permanency, and THEN Permanent Placement (hopefully) – Part 1 – Proper Sequence; 2) Permanency Success Story of the Week: A Place to Call Home; 3) Kinnect – Ohio – Video; 4) What Educators Should Know About Adoption – National Adoption Month (2018); 5) National Institute for Permanent Family Connectedness (NIPFC); 6) Young People are Using Musical Theatre to Heal Their Trauma – And It’s Working; 7) Try for a Moment to Put Yourself Into Your Foster Child’s Shoes;