Recruitment alone isn’t enough April 29, 2022 by AdoptUSKids · Published April 29, 2022 · Last modified May 5, 2022 Learn why culturally competent engagement and support is key to sustaining a pool of Black, Indigenous, and Latinx foster and adoptive families.
Successfully recruiting and supporting African American families January 5, 2022 by AdoptUSKids · Published January 5, 2022 · Last modified April 18, 2022 “There’s been a shift from screening families out to screening them in…we started looking at what families can do, and working to remove barriers that were preventing people from fostering and adopting.”
Family-centered practice respects expertise of family and creates lasting connections October 20, 2021 by AdoptUSKids · Published October 20, 2021 · Last modified November 1, 2021 Bob Friend, director of the NIPFC, talks about his organization’s approach to family finding.
Beyond the search: Supporting potential families after family-finding efforts September 29, 2021 by AdoptUSKids · Published September 29, 2021 · Last modified November 1, 2021 Suggestions for providing emotional and logistical support and helping family members access the specific services that are available to them.
Using family-finding models to achieve permanency (part 2) WEBINAR by AdoptUSKids · Published August 25, 2021 · Last modified October 20, 2021 Presenters provide details on three models to family finding and engagement that AdoptUSKids helped jurisdictions replicate.
Using family-finding models to achieve permanency (part 1) WEBINAR by AdoptUSKids · Published July 30, 2021 · Last modified October 20, 2021 In this 90-minute webinar, presenters share highlights of AdoptUSKids’ recent work supporting replication of family-finding models in multiple child welfare systems across the country.
