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Decriminalizing being in Foster Care
Decriminalizing the response to foster care involves reevaluating and reforming the way systems interact with families and children in need of support. The primary goal should be to prioritize the... (Read more)
Published Sep 25, 2023
Promoting Peer Support in Child Welfare
Peer support programs are crucial for children and families, particularly when children are removed from their parents, whether or not it is through the formal child welfare system. For children,... (Read more)
Published Sep 25, 2023
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
Relevant Trainings for Kin Caregivers and Those Who Work with Them
These trainings and curricula have not been reviewed or evaluated by the Grandfamilies & Kinship Support Network or Generations United and are not endorsed by these organizations. This list is... (Read more)
Published Sep 25, 2023
Kinship Promising Practices
Federal law, policy, and practice is shifting toward a kin-first culture, a child welfare system that consistently promotes immediate kinship placements, helps children in foster care maintain connections with kin,... (Read more)
Published Sep 25, 2023
Placement instability and its effects on the mental health of foster youth
The present study investigates the impacts of placement instability and how that can affect a foster youth’s mental health. There has been minimal research investigating this problem from the perspective... (Read more)
Published Sep 25, 2023
Building Protective Communities for Black Children and Families
Child Trends’ second annual Juneteenth webinar featured five panelists with extensive experience building protective communities for Black children and families. Panelists—who represented Philadelphia’s REBUILD initiative, the Credible Messenger Mentoring Movement... (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
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