The 2022 National Strategy to Support Family Caregivers provides a roadmap for organizations and agencies to better support kin/grandfamily caregivers and the children they raise. Kin caregivers, also called grandfamily caregivers, are grandparents, other relatives, or close family friends raising children as … Read More
Author Archives: Susan Shaffette
Prenatal Drug Exposure: CAPTA Reporting Requirements for Medical Professionals
If/When/How has released a first of its kind resource for healthcare professionals <https://ifwhenhow.org/resources/prenatal-drug-exposure-capta/> that makes clear when providers are not required to report substance use of pregnant and birthing people and their newborns. Care providers are often unsure of state … Read More
Four Ways That Courts Can Actively Engage Children and Youth Involved in Child Welfare Proceedings
Four Ways That Courts Can Actively Engage Children and Youth Involved in Child Welfare Proceedings, authored by the NCJFJC in partnership with the Quality Improvement Center on Engaging Youth in Permanency, outlines how judges and other court professionals can engage … Read More
Chart: “What do I do?” Trauma-Informed Support for Children
Check out this great guide from Echo to learn how you can give #traumainformed support to children: http://bit.ly/2Fi4PAg You’ve worked through the questions in our infographic “What Lies Beneath Behavior?” and instead of judging or punishing you’ve figured out the child is just … Read More
Qualifications and Standards for Attorneys Representing Children in Need of Care – Reports Due January 31st
Since its enactment in 1974, CAPTA has required appointment of a “guardian ad litem” in “every case involving an abused or neglected child which results in a judicial proceeding.” States must meet this requirement, among others, in order to be … Read More
Together at the Table: Supporting the Nutrition, Health, and Well-Being of Grandfamilies
There are more than 2.5 million children in the U.S. growing up in “grandfamilies,” meaning they are being raised by relatives (grandparents, aunts, uncles, siblings, etc.) or close family friends without their parents in the home. Research shows grandfamilies are … Read More
A Research-Based Question and Answer Resource on Sex Trafficking for Youth-Supporting Professionals
This website answers common questions that youth-supporting professionals may have about sex trafficking, describes warning signs that a young person may be a sex trafficking survivor, and offers tips for starting conversations with young people who may be sex trafficking … Read More
SOAR Human Trafficking Training Framework
The SOAR framework is a trauma-informed, culturally and linguistically appropriate response to human trafficking. It provides a quick mental reference for professionals to keep how to help individuals who may have experienced trafficking. It is web-based self-study. Part 1: SOAR … Read More
ACF Releases Resources to Strengthen the Child Welfare Response to Human Trafficking
U.S. Administration for Children and Families – January 18, 2023 As part of National Human Trafficking Prevention Month, the Administration for Children and Families (ACF) has released new resources to help state agencies and community providers strengthen the child welfare … Read More
Adoption and Guardianship for Children in Kinship Foster Care
Generations United with support from the Dave Thomas Foundation for Adoption, created the following brief, national comparison chart, and state-specific charts that focus on adoption and guardianship for children in kinship foster care so that these children can exit foster … Read More