For hundreds of millions of children worldwide, childhood has ended too soon. The major reasons include ill-health, malnutrition, exclusion from education, child labor, child marriage, early pregnancy, conflict and extreme violence. This report takes a hard look at these events … Read More
Author Archives: Susan Shaffette
Return to Full Capacity: COVID-19 Guidelines for Michigan’s Judiciary.
Michigan has never faced a challenge like COVID-19. The pandemic is not only taking lives and battering our economy, but also challenging the strength of our institutions. From day one, our judiciary has met this challenge with unmatched dedication to … Read More
Tags: Child Well-Being, Court Hearings
Guidelines for Developing Data Sharing Agreements to Use State Administrative Data for Early Care and Education Research
This resource is intended to provide guidance to early childhood researchers to prepare data sharing agreements related to the use of administrative data from state agencies. A data sharing agreement is a formal document of agreement between two entities that … Read More
Tags: Child Well-Being, Data, Education
Education During COVID-19: How Child Welfare Agencies Can Help
Now, more than ever, prioritizing, the educational needs of students in foster care is essential. CLICK HERE
Tags: Child Welfare, Child Well-Being, COVID-19, Education
Family Processes and Children’s and Adolescents’ Well-Being
study reviewed about 1,150 sources to examine family processes and child well-being. Themes are discussed related to advances made in the literature because of increased attention to complexity and specificity, advances that were made because of increased attention to family … Read More
Tags: Adolescents, Child Well-Being, Families, Well Being, Well-Being, Wellbeing
When Their World is Already Upside Down: Supporting Grieving Children and Teens in Foster Care During the COVID-19 Global Health Crisis
This brief explains the increased forced isolation due to the COVID-19 pandemic exacerbates the experiences of loss and disconnection among children and adolescents in foster care. It notes that in-person visits are what many children and teens in foster care … Read More
Tags: Adolescents, COVID-19, Foster Care, Fostercare
Disability Waiver Rate System Family Foster Care Rate Methodology Study Disability Services Division
In January 2014, the Minnesota Department of Human Services (DHS) implemented the Disability Waiver Rate System (DWRS). The DWRS transitioned the State from a variable, county-negotiated rate methodology to a standard, statewide methodology for most disability waiver services. The DWRS … Read More
COVID-19: Child Welfare Resources
Below are four resource guides to help state legislators address the negative impacts of the COVID-19 crisis on children, families and caseworkers involved with the child welfare system. The resource guides address the following topics: COVID-19 and Child Welfare Caseworkers, … Read More
Healthy Boundaries, Healthy Relationships
This session will discuss the rationales and realities of relationship boundary identification and implementation. The goal is to assist families and knowing how to work with families of origin in exploring and developing boundaries. CLICK HERE
Tags: Families, Foster Care, Fostercare
Elements of Family First Shifting Foster Care
As states make system changes related to implementing the Family First Prevention Services Act, there will be more emphasis on prevention programs targeting the whole family system and keeping them involved once a child is removed from the home. CLICK … Read More
Tags: Families, Foster Care, Foster Parent, Foster Youth, Fostercare