Bringing joy to the support group experience
Suggestions for creating a culture where members are encouraged to meet their challenges with hopefulness and making your group a place where joy can grow and thrive.
AdoptUSKids
AdoptUSKids authors include experts in child welfare, communications, evaluation, and/or technology from across the United States. Together, they drive the AdoptUSKids project, as it supports foster and adoptive families, raises awareness about the nationwide need for more of these families, and provides resources to child welfare systems and professionals.
“All’s well that begins well”
“As a child welfare professional, I believe that it is my role and responsibility to lift youth’s voices in their permanency planning so that other children do not silently move through life the way that I did as a teenager.”
Congratulations to our fourth leadership program cohort!
16 MPLD fellows will learn about transformational leadership, take a closer look at disproportionality in child welfare, and complete an action research project that addresses a challenge in their local child welfare system.
AdoptUSKids launches new ad campaign
Two new public service announcements (PSAs) ads highlight the rewards of adopting a teen from foster care.
Using the AdoptUSKids Parent Group Leadership Curriculum
During this webinar, participants learn how to use our new free curriculum and how to prepare and support their parent group leaders.
Family-centered practice respects expertise of family and creates lasting connections
Bob Friend, director of the NIPFC, talks about his organization’s approach to family finding.