Congratulations to the 2020 MPLD fellows!
The January online celebration was the culmination of the 12-month program, which promotes professional leadership development of minorities in the adoption field.
The January online celebration was the culmination of the 12-month program, which promotes professional leadership development of minorities in the adoption field.
As part of the AdoptUSKids MPLD program, a state adoption director researched why there are more Black children in foster care, proportional to their percentage of the population, and why they stay in care longer.
The 15 fellows will learn about transformational leadership, practice, research, and policy, and take a closer look at disproportionality in child welfare.
A Nebraska social worker talks about how his experiences growing up in foster care inform his work.
A leadership program graduate talks about improving her organization’s matching process and making her system more family friendly.
In this 30-minute webinar, our program manager provides an overview of the leadership development program, talks about who can apply, and answers questions.