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Connecting Generations: Finding Intergenerational Activities Within Your Community
Intergenerational connections bring people of different generations together—typically children or youth and older adults, but these connections can bring adults of all ages together with older adults, too. Whatever the... (Read more)
Published Sep 25, 2023
Standards of Quality for Family Strengthening & Support
The nationally-adopted Standards of Quality for Family Strengthening & Support are designed to be used by all stakeholders – public departments, foundations, networks, community based organizations, and families - as... (Read more)
Published Sep 25, 2023
LGBTQ2S+ Support LEAB Discussion Report
The purpose of this report is to provide a summary of the recent Lived Experience Advisory Board discussion on understanding & supporting LGBTQ2S+ youth in foster care. The discussion highlighted... (Read more)
Published Sep 19, 2023
LGBTQ2S+ Support Share Your Perspective Paper
The Family Voices United campaign surveyed birth parents, kinship caregivers, foster/resource and adoptive parents, and young people with experience in the child welfare system across the country to compile their... (Read more)
Published Sep 19, 2023
Family Reunification LEAB Report
Child welfare is a complex and deeply sensitive field, where the lives of vulnerable children intersect with the intricacies of family dynamics and societal support systems. In the pursuit of... (Read more)
Published Sep 19, 2023
Child poverty in the US jumped and income declined in 2022 as coronavirus pandemic benefits ended
Child poverty in the United States more than doubled and median household income declined last year when coronavirus pandemic-era government benefits expired and inflation kept rising , according to figures... (Read more)
Published Sep 19, 2023
Within Our Reach: A National Strategy to Eliminate Child Abuse and Neglect Fatalities
Every day, four to eight children in the United States die from abuse or neglect at the hands of their parents or caretakers. No one knows the exact number, and... (Read more)
Published Sep 19, 2023
The Elephant in the Room: The Role of Poverty in Child Maltreatment (Podcast)
What role do poverty and economic hardship play in child maltreatment and neglect? And how can child welfare systems prevent them? UW Professor of Social Work Kristen Slack will hare... (Read more)
Published Sep 19, 2023
Supporting & Strengthening Our Nation’s Families: A Blueprint for the Development of Strong Networks of Family Resource Centers
Families represent the foundation of, and most fundamental unit within a society. When families are healthy and strong, communities thrive. A Family Resource Center1 (FRC) is a community or school-based... (Read more)
Published Sep 19, 2023
Governor’s working group issues suggestions to improve Arkansas’ foster care system
A working group of more than 130 Arkansans with experience in child welfare and foster care released a list of 11 recommendations on Monday to improve the state’s foster system,... (Read more)
Published Sep 19, 2023
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