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
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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
Permanency in the News – Week of 6/4/18
Dr Greg Manning’s Permanency in the News – 1) Permanency Tip of the Week: The Goal of Finding Joy – In the Permanent Connections; 2) Permanency Success Story of the Week: From 15 Foster Home to One Adoptive Family; 3) The Future of Healing: Shifting from Trauma Informed Care to Healing Centered Engagement; 4) Dads Rock: Nurturing Father Engagement; 5) Equal Footing: Oakland Program Keeps Foster Youth on Track to Graduate with Their Peers; 6) To Help Youth with Trauma Brain, Treat Entire Family; 7) National Children’s Advocacy Center (NCAC) – Virtual Training Center (VTC)
Permanency in the News – Week of 5/28/18
1) Permanency Tip of the Week: The Goal of Finding Joy – In Our Youth Finding Permanency; 2) Permanency Success Story of the Week: From 15 Foster Homes to One Adoptive Family; 3) Infographic Demystifying Foster Care; 4) Talking About Adoption: A Birth Mother’s Perspective; 5) CA Assembly Signals Support for Emergency Hotline for Foster Kids; 6) Know Your Story, Tell Your Story: Build Relationships and Resilience and Begin Healing; 7) Doctors are Burning Out and Trite ‘Wellness’ Measures Aren’t Helping