Sentences with phrase «kinship care families»

Actively reaching out and locating kinship care families in their service area, identifying those not involved in support group networks and / or in need of additional services; special attention is focused on serving relatives from geographically isolated and ethnic communities

Helping to educate the community, including service providers and faith based organizations about the needs of kinship care families and available resources and services to them

PSS holds summer picnics, a Galiano Nature Camp, Grandparents» Day Festivities, and other social events for kinship care families to connect with one another and have a bit of respite from day - to - day life.

The Kinship Navigator services help kinship care families establish or maintain greater self - sufficiency and long - term stability needed to keep their children out of foster care.

Help kinship care families establish or maintain greater self - sufficiency and long - term stability needed to keep their children out of foster care

By sharing the video on Facebook and Twitter, you can help spread the word about kinship care families and raise awareness of their need for better support.

Becoming a Kinship Care Provider (Legal Options) Ellis (2008) In A Kinship Guide to Rescuing Children for Grandparents and Other Relatives as Parents View Abstract Explains reasons children come into kinship care, voluntary kinship care families, and placement situations.

Since many kinship care families are unaware of services for which they are entitled, Kinship Navigators also explain how to apply for federal and state benefits.

Parents and professionals are invited to learn effective ways to provide adoptive, foster, and kinship care families with information and support — including through support groups, a peer to peer support network, private Facebook groups, and other programs.

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.

The program's goal of helping post-adoptive and post-guardianship families face the unique challenges following an adoption or guardianship are in perfect alignment with the Coalition's vision; that no foster, adoptive or kinship care family in New York State will feel alone or unsupported and that all such families will have the tools, support and community they need to nurture their children and be role models for others.

The Grandparent Resource Site is provided through a grant and it is intended to provide a holistic system of services to grandparents, grandchildren and professionals with the goal of enhancing the abilities of kinship care families to foster school readiness in young children.

With funding from Big Lottery Fund, Buttle UK has joined with Kinship Care Northern Ireland, to offer an extended package of support for kinship care families.

NACAC's role in the partnership is to raise awareness about the need for support services for foster, adoptive, and kinship care families, and to support prospective lesbian, gay, bisexual, and transgender prospective foster and adoptive parents.

Support Matters: Lessons From the Field on Services for Adoption, Foster, and Kinship Care Families (PDF - 1,454 KB) National Resource Center for Diligent Recruitment at AdoptUSKids (2017) Provides guidance on using support services to recruit families, assess family needs, use data to demonstrate the value of services, and implement programs.

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 services.

Our organization's vision is very clear: That no foster, adoptive or kinship care family in New York State will feel alone or unsupported and that all such families will have the tools, support and community they need to nurture their children and be role models for others.

Transformational Service Delivery in Kinship Foster Care: Influence of Casey's Breakthrough Series: Title IV - E Curriculum Module Center for Advanced Studies in Child Welfare, University of Minnesota (2009) Examines the impact of changes to kin search procedures on service delivery to kinship care families.

We encourage you to download the AdoptUSKIds publication Support Matters: Lessons from the Field on Support Services for Adoptive, Foster, and Kinship Care Families.

The Kinship Navigator Program - Washington State is a program that serves 30 counties and 8 tribes and provides a human services worker known as a Kinship Navigator that provides services to kinship care families in a single or multi-county area or for one of eight Tribes.

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 percent).

A new report, Needs of Kinship Care Families and Pediatric Practice, released by the American Academy of Pediatrics, discusses how awareness of a patient's placement in kinship care can better assist pediatricians in addressing their patient's health and wellness.