This article discusses strategies for parents to use when their foster or adoptive child comes out as lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender, or questioning (LGBTQ). Recommendations include: expect to deal with LGBTQ issues, accept the declaration as truth, show acceptance, understand … Read More
Author Archives: Susan Shaffette
Who May Adopt, Be Adopted, or Place a Child for Adoption?
For an adoption to take place, the person available to be adopted must be placed in the home of a person or persons eligible to adopt. All States, the District of Columbia, American Samoa, Guam, Puerto Rico, the Northern Mariana … Read More
Making an Emergency Plan with Youth in Congregate Care in California: A Toolkit for Dependency Attorneys, Youth Providers, and Advocates
This toolkit explains California foster youth in congregate care facilities face an increased risk of harm compared to youth who live in family homes in a public health emergency, such as the COVID-19 pandemic. It notes that as the daily … Read More
Care4Kids Program
This fact sheet explains the Wisconsin Department of Health Services and the Department of Children and Families partnered to implement Care4Kids, an innovative program designed to offer comprehensive and coordinated health services for children and youth in foster care. The … Read More
Tags: Foster Care, Fostercare
Educators & Healthcare Workers are the Leading Reporters of Child Abuse
This fact sheet explains New Jersey educators and healthcare workers are the leading reporters of child abuse. It notes that with the closure of schools due to the COVID-19 pandemic, however, many children are at risk of child abuse. It … Read More
Tags: Child Abuse, COVID-19
Sexual- and Gender-Minority Families: A 2010 to 2020 Decade in Review
This article reviews research on sexual and gender minority (SGM) families, including lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender, queer, asexual, intersex, and other (LGBTQAI+) families, in the past decade (2010–2020). The article details the three primary subareas that make up the majority … Read More
To Leave Racist Roots Behind, Child Welfare Needs a Great Reimagining
The plight of Black children in the child welfare system is one plagued with failure after failure from those who have been put in place to protect them.Chronicle of Social Change – July 01, 2020 CLICK HERE
Tags: Child Welfare, Racism
Editorial: State needs to continue to improve foster care
Oregon’s child welfare department increasingly started sending some foster children to out-of- state facilities in 2018. The state was facing a crisis with a lack of options for foster care. Sen. Gelser deserves the thanks of Oregonians for her fight … Read More
Tags: Child Welfare, Foster Care, Fostercare
Report: 17 children in Montana child welfare system died in 2019
A new Child Fatality Prevention Report from the state health department documents the way 17 children known to the child welfare system died in 2019 and introduces two new initiatives to target causes of the fatalities. CLICK HERE
Tags: Child Welfare
Gov. DeSantis signs DCF Accountability Act
Gov. Ron DeSantis signed a bill Tuesday that would create accountability programs within the state Department of Children and Families. The DCF Accountability Act (SB 1326) sets up the Office of Quality Assurance and Improvement within DCF and tasks it … Read More
Tags: DCF Accountability Act