1) Permanency Tip of the Week: Supporting Youth in the Employment Realm; 2) Permanency Success Story of the Week: Couple in Their Early Twenties Adopted 5 Kids & They’re Not Done Giving Children a Home; 3) What Youth in Foster Care Want is the Same as What Others Want, a Voice; 4) Languishing in Residential Care Made Me Worse. Unconditional Love Helped Get Me Better; 5) Spotsylvania Woman Provides Foster Care to Children with Autism; 6) How Adolescent Brain Science Supports Youth Engagement in Court Hearings and Case Planning; 7) Foster Youth Need More Than Education to Build a Stable Life
Michigan
Permanency in the News – Week of 12/10/18
1) Permanency Tip of the Week: Survival Mode for Our Youth – What is Happening Inside Our Youth? 2) ‘She Has to be Ours’: After 4,057 Days in Foster Care, Teen Gets a Family, New Name; 3) Clearing a Road to Permanency and Stability for L.A. County Foster Youth; 4) Bridging Research and Practice in Juvenile Probation; 5) Study Suggests Abused Children Carry Trauma in their DNA; 6) The Tough Road from Foster Care to College; 7) Building a Brighter Future For Youth with Dual Status
Permanency in the News – Week of 8/27/18
1) Permanency Tip of the Week: Dealing with Adversity Over and Over Again; 2) Permanency Success Story of the Week: What It’s Like to Have a Mother by Lorraine; 3) What Gives Me Hope for Child Welfare; 4) How Child Abuse Primes the Brain for Future Mental Illness; 5) Pierce County: Trailblazer for Probation Transformation; 6) Happy Papas; 7) Unconditional Love Building a Stronger Sense of Self-Worth for Children and Youth in Foster Care-Guest Blog by Michelle Madrid-Branch