“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.”
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.
Two new public service announcements (PSAs) ads highlight the rewards of adopting a teen from foster care.
Bob Friend, director of the NIPFC, talks about his organization’s approach to family finding.
Suggestions for providing emotional and logistical support and helping family members access the specific services that are available to them.
In September, the third cohort of the AdoptUSKids MPLD program graduated in a three-day online ceremony.