Sentences with phrase «including kinship care families»

Cultural Considerations Futures Without Violence (2016) Encourages child welfare and other professionals to consider the unique needs of families, including kinship care families, and provide culturally specific responses to violence.

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That may include teen parents, homeless families, families of medically fragile children, and children and families in foster or kinship care.

We have experience in facilitating the least disruptive options for families, including Aboriginal customary care, kinship placements, and creative custody arrangements.

Her publications include: Kinship Care: Fostering Effective Family and Friends Placements (Jessica Kingsley 2008); Spotlight on Kinship Care: Using Census micro data to examine the extent and nature of kinship care in the UK at the turn of the twentieth century (University of Bristol 2011) and The poor relKinship Care: Fostering Effective Family and Friends Placements (Jessica Kingsley 2008); Spotlight on Kinship Care: Using Census micro data to examine the extent and nature of kinship care in the UK at the turn of the twentieth century (University of Bristol 2011) and The poor relatiCare: Fostering Effective Family and Friends Placements (Jessica Kingsley 2008); Spotlight on Kinship Care: Using Census micro data to examine the extent and nature of kinship care in the UK at the turn of the twentieth century (University of Bristol 2011) and The poor relKinship Care: Using Census micro data to examine the extent and nature of kinship care in the UK at the turn of the twentieth century (University of Bristol 2011) and The poor relatiCare: Using Census micro data to examine the extent and nature of kinship care in the UK at the turn of the twentieth century (University of Bristol 2011) and The poor relkinship care in the UK at the turn of the twentieth century (University of Bristol 2011) and The poor relaticare in the UK at the turn of the twentieth century (University of Bristol 2011) and The poor relations?

Each year we advise more than 2000 kinship carers, including grandparents and older siblings, and wider family members considering taking on the care of a child who is unable to live with their parents.

Resource families — which include foster parents, foster - to - adopt families, and kinship caregivers — are critical partners for child welfare professionals because they provide care for children who can not live with their parents, and they can play a supportive role in reunification.

Her research interests on which she has published widely include foster and residential care, the reunification of separated children with their families, child protection and kinship care.

This page includes reports and submissions drawn up by Family Right Group and by the Kinship Care Alliance, which is serviced by Family Rights Group.

Support Matters: Lessons From the Field on Services for Adoptive, Foster, and Kinship Care Families (PDF - 2,170 KB) National Resource Center for Diligent Recruitment at AdoptUSKids (2015) Provides details on specific program models, including services for older youth, parents, and families and tips for implementing and sustaining support sFamilies (PDF - 2,170 KB) National Resource Center for Diligent Recruitment at AdoptUSKids (2015) Provides details on specific program models, including services for older youth, parents, and families and tips for implementing and sustaining support sfamilies and tips for implementing and sustaining support services.

Includes information on working with children and youth in out - of - home care; working with birth families; recruiting, preparing, and supporting resource families (i.e., foster, adoptive, and kinship families); independent living services; placement decisions and stability; and systemwide issues.

Casey services include adoption, guardianship, kinship care (being cared for by extended family), and family reunification (reuniting children with birth families).

out - of - home care Also called foster care, including family foster care, kinship care, treatment foster care, and residential and group care.

Children in Kinship Care Experience Improved Placement Stability, Higher Levels of Permanency, and Decreased Behavioral Problems: Findings From the Literature (PDF - 81 KB) Child Focus (2014) Explains research that shows children have better outcomes in kinship families, including improved placement stability, higher levels of permanency, and decreased behavioral prKinship Care Experience Improved Placement Stability, Higher Levels of Permanency, and Decreased Behavioral Problems: Findings From the Literature (PDF - 81 KB) Child Focus (2014) Explains research that shows children have better outcomes in kinship families, including improved placement stability, higher levels of permanency, and decreased behavioral prkinship families, including improved placement stability, higher levels of permanency, and decreased behavioral problems.

Perspectives on Fostering Connections: A Series of White Papers on the Fostering Connections to Success and Increasing Adoptions Act of 2008 (PDF - 1,464 KB) The FosteringConnections.org Project (2013) Provides an update on the implementation of the Fostering Connections Act, including summaries of achievements and challenges associated with each of the six issue areas of the act: incentives and assistance for adoption, improved educational stability and opportunities, coordinated health services, support for kinship care and family connections, support for older youth, and direct access to Federal resources for Indian Tribes.

Support Matters: Lessons From the Field on Services for Adoptive, Foster, and Kinship Care Families AdoptUSKids (2015) Provides instruction for managers to effectively plan and implement various support service programs, including kinshiKinship Care Families AdoptUSKids (2015) Provides instruction for managers to effectively plan and implement various support service programs, including kinship cCare Families AdoptUSKids (2015) Provides instruction for managers to effectively plan and implement various support service programs, including kinshipkinship carecare.

Taking a Break: Creating Foster, Adoptive, and Kinship Respite Care in Your Community AdoptUSKids (2013) Provides information for parent group leaders and leaders of public agencies on how to partner with each other to develop respite care programs in their community to benefit children, youth, and families involved in adoption, foster care, and kindship care, including options to ensure a continuum of cCare in Your Community AdoptUSKids (2013) Provides information for parent group leaders and leaders of public agencies on how to partner with each other to develop respite care programs in their community to benefit children, youth, and families involved in adoption, foster care, and kindship care, including options to ensure a continuum of ccare programs in their community to benefit children, youth, and families involved in adoption, foster care, and kindship care, including options to ensure a continuum of ccare, and kindship care, including options to ensure a continuum of ccare, including options to ensure a continuum of carecare.

Titles relating to out - of - home care (also called foster care), including family foster care, kinship care, treatment foster care, and residential and group care.

Home Study Requirements for Prospective Foster Parents Child Welfare Information Gateway (2014) Presents State laws and policies for licensing or approving family foster homes, including laws about standards, the approval process, kinship foster care, and interjurisdictional approval.

These include kinship or relatives» homes, family foster homes, treatment foster homes, or group or residential care.

It includes chapters that address the unexpected role of becoming a kinship caregiver, getting organized to provide care, legalities regarding kinship care, financial assistance for providing kinship care, changing family dynamics, tips for dealing with an adult child, and much more.

Guide to Kinship Legal Guardianship Support Services (PDF - 978 KB) New Jersey Department of Children and Families (2016) Provides information on supports for kinship caregivers in New Jersey, including topics such as financial assistance, health care, education, behavioral and / or emotional challenges, and disabiKinship Legal Guardianship Support Services (PDF - 978 KB) New Jersey Department of Children and Families (2016) Provides information on supports for kinship caregivers in New Jersey, including topics such as financial assistance, health care, education, behavioral and / or emotional challenges, and disabikinship caregivers in New Jersey, including topics such as financial assistance, health care, education, behavioral and / or emotional challenges, and disabilities.

Kinship Care Portal: Financial Support Services Georgia Department of Human Services Lists financial resources available to relative caregivers in Georgia, including the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP), Temporary Assistance for Needy Families (TANF) program, earned income tax credit, subsidy payments, care subsidies, Medicaid, and child suppCare Portal: Financial Support Services Georgia Department of Human Services Lists financial resources available to relative caregivers in Georgia, including the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP), Temporary Assistance for Needy Families (TANF) program, earned income tax credit, subsidy payments, care subsidies, Medicaid, and child suppcare subsidies, Medicaid, and child support.

The reasons for kinship care is as varied and diverse as families are but some of the reasons that children may live with relatives include:

The recommendations include: recognition that support needs for carers of non-looked after children are often the same as when the children are looked after; improved respite care; improved practical and emotional support, including counselling, for carers and children; assistance with maintaining or establishing support groups; training for practitioners working with kinship carers; access to clear and easy information and independent advice; and no barriers to family and friends care if it is in the best interests of the child.

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Read further briefings and submissions by the Kinship Care Alliance to consultations by Government and other agencies to reform child welfare law and practice including family justice.

Summary: (To include comparison groups, outcomes, measures, notable limitations) The current study tests if the Kinship as Teachers (KAT) Program [now called Kin as Teachers (KAT)-RSB- improves kinship caregiver's knowledge of child development and age - appropriate family environment for caregivers caring for chKinship as Teachers (KAT) Program [now called Kin as Teachers (KAT)-RSB- improves kinship caregiver's knowledge of child development and age - appropriate family environment for caregivers caring for chkinship caregiver's knowledge of child development and age - appropriate family environment for caregivers caring for children.

The amendments primarily focus upon: - A duty on local authorities to explore suitable wider family placements prior to a child becoming looked after, including offering families a family group conference; - Extending the provisions to support educational attainment of previously looked after children to all children in kinship care.

Family composition of the group included single - parent families (65.8 percent), dual families (31.6 percent), and kinship care families or youths raised by extended family members (2.6 perFamily composition of the group included single - parent families (65.8 percent), dual families (31.6 percent), and kinship care families or youths raised by extended family members (2.6 perfamily members (2.6 percent).

This factsheet is designed to help kinship caregivers — including grandparents, aunts and uncles, other relatives, and family friends caring for children — work effectively with the child welfare system.

Families being served through this program include biological families who have reunified with their children and no longer have an open case with the Department of Human Services, kinship families who have guardianship of the children in their care and finalized adoptive fFamilies being served through this program include biological families who have reunified with their children and no longer have an open case with the Department of Human Services, kinship families who have guardianship of the children in their care and finalized adoptive ffamilies who have reunified with their children and no longer have an open case with the Department of Human Services, kinship families who have guardianship of the children in their care and finalized adoptive ffamilies who have guardianship of the children in their care and finalized adoptive familiesfamilies.