Kinship care: “It’s better for the children and it’s better for the community”
Greta Archbold, who works in the New York City regional office, researched how to better prepare regional office staff to make kinship placements.
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Tool for facilitating informed and meaningful conversations with prospective families
This podcast discussion guide is a tool designed to accompany the Navigating Adoption podcast from AdoptUSKids and can be used to facilitate meaningful conversations with prospective families about their foster or adoption journey.
How books can be therapy: Plus, reading recommendations for child welfare professionals
Kendra Morris-Jacobson with the Oregon Post-Adoption Resource Center Library discusses the benefits of bibliotherapy, which promotes healing through reading. Plus, she offers her recommendations for the best books to read as a child welfare or family support professional, as well as books she’d suggest for families to read together to help their child or youth process difficult emotions.
Getting in the right mindset to successfully engage youth in finding permanency
Young people have a right to a say about their future, including their permanency plans. We all share that point of view. But it sometimes takes a reminder or a mental reset to embrace authentic youth engagement. This article provides tips and resources to help us get in the right mindset.
The most popular child welfare resources for professionals
These resources and articles were the most-viewed by child welfare professionals in 2023.
The National Center for Diligent Recruitment at AdoptUSKids welcomes new director
AdoptUSKids is pleased to announce that we have hired Deborah Burrus Germany as the director of our new National Center for Diligent Recruitment.