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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Ten tips to ensure families know about support services
Children and youth with trauma often require special parenting approaches. Fortunately, there are support services available to help parents navigate their options. Unfortunately, many families do not know about available support services or may be reluctant to access them. We offer strategies to ensure families are both aware of services and understand that needing support is common.
New center aims to enhance mental health services
A new resource center recently debuted with the goal of building bridges between child welfare systems and mental health systems.
New post-adoption center enhances support to adoptive and guardianship families
A new federal center has been launched to help agencies and staff develop, implement, and sustain post-permanency services that are comprehensive, culturally responsive, and accessible.
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.
MPLD fellow explores how to share post-adoption information
Melissa Fleurio investigated how families could benefit from post-adoption services when encouraged to seek them out before they encountered a crisis.