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This prestigious 12-month fellowship is more than just a professional development opportunity. The program offers several avenues for personal and professional growth and a structured path for exploring impactful solutions that tackle real challenges in child welfare.
Phoenix Santiago didn’t grow up discussing policy, but her time in foster care showed her firsthand its real impact on actual lives. And while that… Read More »Planting seeds, growing leaders: APLD celebrates Cohort Six graduates
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.
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Make sure that those with lived experience get the development and support they need as they advise, provide, develop, or lead support services for other resource families.