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
Adoption
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
Knowing the Numbers: Accessing and Using Child Welfare
Knowing the Numbers: Accessing and Using Child Welfare This brief, written by Child Trends for First Focus State Policy Advocacy and Reform Center (SPARC), provides an overview of useful data sources for the child welfare community, including what the major … Read More
Tags: Adoption, Child Abuse, Child Welfare, Foster Care, Fostercare
Trends in Foster Care and Adoption: FY2002-FY2012
Trends in Foster Care and Adoption: FY2002-FY2012 (Based on Data Submitted by States as of July 19, 2013). United States. Children’s Bureau has released a new report, September 2013. http://www.acf.hhs.gov/sites/default/files/cb/trends_fostercare_adoption2012.pdf
Tags: Adoption, Foster Care, Fostercare
Preparing Children and Youth for Adoption or Other Family Permanency
Child Welfare Information Gateway Children, including youth, leaving out-of-home care for adoption or other family permanency require preparation and support to help them understand past events in their lives and process feelings connected to their experiences of abuse and neglect, … Read More
Preparing Children and Youth for Adoption or Other Family Permanency
Children, including youth, leaving out-of-home care for adoption or other family permanency require preparation and support to help them understand past events in their lives and process feelings connected to their experiences of abuse and neglect, separation, and loss. This … Read More
Tags: Adoption, Adoptive Permanency, Child Welfare, Family, Permanency, Youth
Supporting Adopted Children With Special Needs in the School Setting
It’s that time of year again – back to school, and if you are a foster/adoptive parent of a child whose school year did not end on a positive note last spring, we hope this article will shed some light … Read More
Tags: Adoption, Education, Foster Care, Foster Parent, Fostercare
Helping Your Adopted Children Maintain Important Relationships With Family
Children and youth who have been adopted and maintain relationships with their birth families, caregivers, and other important people in their lives benefit in significant ways. Adoptive parents can play an instrumental role in helping their children maintain contact with … Read More
Adoption Excellence Awards for the Year 2019
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