“All’s well that begins well” November 23, 2021 by AdoptUSKids · Published November 23, 2021 · Last modified December 1, 2021 “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 the latest MPLD graduates! September 28, 2021 by AdoptUSKids · Published September 28, 2021 · Last modified November 12, 2021 In September, the third cohort of the AdoptUSKids Minority Professional Leadership Development (MPLD) program graduated in a three-day online ceremony.
Keeping kids connected to their culture through kinship placements August 10, 2021 by AdoptUSKids · Published August 10, 2021 · Last modified September 29, 2021 Through his action research project, MPLD fellow Gilbert Soto identified barriers to kinship placements and helped to increase those placements in New Jersey.
2020 MPLD fellows share research projects with leaders in Washington, DC July 29, 2021 by AdoptUSKids · Published July 29, 2021 · Last modified August 10, 2021 Graduates of the 2020 Minority Professional Leadership Development (MPLD) program at AdoptUSKids networked, celebrated, and discussed their work during a June poster session.
Supporting the identity of children adopted transracially April 8, 2021 by AdoptUSKids · Published April 8, 2021 · Last modified July 19, 2021 A graduate of the AdoptUSKids Minority Professional Leadership Development program talks about the training she developed to help families and workers understand and address issues related to transracial adoption.
Screening resource families in to a role where they can succeed February 25, 2021 by AdoptUSKids · Published February 25, 2021 · Last modified April 13, 2021 As a participant in the AdoptUSKids Minority Professional Leadership Development program, April Ludwig improved her agency’s recruitment and retention strategies.
