Sentences with phrase «retain families for children»

Subscribe to the Adoption Triad RSS Feed Provides adoption professionals with a monthly e-brief of practical information, tools, and strategies to help build their capacity to identify, recruit, and retain families for children and youth.

Subscribe to Adoption Triad Provides adoption professionals with a monthly e-brief of practical information, tools, and strategies to help build their capacity to identify, recruit, and retain families for children and youth.

NACAC is also a partner in AdoptUSKids, a federally funded collaboration to help states, territories, and tribes recruit and retain families for children.

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The 2014 law required states to take certain steps to help families get and retain child care assistance — and many have taken steps like allowing families to stay eligible for assistance for a full year without having to continuously recertify their income level, giving them a semblance of certainty about their finances for at least the coming year.

Louis Tehan, Executive Director of Upstate Cerebral Palsy, said: «The Oneida County College Corps Program is one way that we can help attract and retain young people as well as address the need for a highly dedicated workforce to deliver crucial and pivotal help in shaping the lives of vulnerable children, youth and families.

When state law essentially guarantees public employment for ineffective teachers in California, low - income families pay one way or another — either in the form of salary incentives to retain and redistribute effective teachers, reductions in other services required to pay for those salary incentives, or because such policies usually fail to completely offset the burden, in terms of the lowered achievement of their children.

But challenges remain in providing all children access to quality schools, in improving opportunities for young people, and in retaining middle - income families.

Under the UK position paper those who count as direct family members (broadly: spouses, children, and parents / grandparents who are dependent) as well as those who have retained rights of residence, eg following divorce, will be able to apply for settled status.

(7) An employer shall retain or arrange for some other person to retain all notices, certificates, correspondence and other documents given to or produced by the employer that relate to an employee taking pregnancy leave, parental leave, family medical leave, organ donor leave, family caregiver leave, critical illness leave, child death leave, crime - related child disappearance leave, domestic or sexual violence leave, personal emergency leave, emergency leave during a declared emergency or reservist leave for three years after the day on which the leave expired.

By offering these alternative forms of dispute resolution to clients when feasible, we can contribute to a healthier resolution of disputes that often leads to stronger long - term relationships for families who retain ties due to children or other circumstances.

Using Social Media in Recruitment AdoptUSKids Offers resources that can help child welfare professionals decide if their agency is ready to use social media as a tool for recruiting and retaining families, including tips and best practices to get the most out of a Twitter profile or Facebook page.

The Child Witness to Violence Project at Boston Medical Center in Boston, Massachusetts, for example, has been retained as guardian ad litem by Massachusetts probate and family courts in cases involving domestic violence.

Research Summary: Supporting, Retaining & Recruiting Resource Families (PDF - 1,597 KB) Public Child Welfare Training Academy, San Diego State University School of Social Work (2015) Highlights promising practices around recruitment, including lessons learned from recruiting resource families for Washington State's children Families (PDF - 1,597 KB) Public Child Welfare Training Academy, San Diego State University School of Social Work (2015) Highlights promising practices around recruitment, including lessons learned from recruiting resource families for Washington State's children families for Washington State's children in care.

Retaining resource families helps to ensure continuity of care for children within the child welfare system.

Idaho Statewide Assessment of Resource Parent Recruitment and Retention (PDF - 180 KB) Idaho Department of Health & Welfare — Family and Community Services (2013) Focuses on strengths, barriers, and ideas to improve outcomes, such as stability for children in foster care, timely reunification, foster care re-entries, and retaining trained, qualified, and experienced foster homes.

Research Summary: Supporting, Retaining & Recruiting Resource Families (PDF - 1,596 KB) Harbert & Tucker - Tatlow (2015) Public Child Welfare Training Academy Discusses effective practices for retaining foster parents, including respite care, in - service training, and recertiRetaining & Recruiting Resource Families (PDF - 1,596 KB) Harbert & Tucker - Tatlow (2015) Public Child Welfare Training Academy Discusses effective practices for retaining foster parents, including respite care, in - service training, and recertiretaining foster parents, including respite care, in - service training, and recertification.

Recruiting and retaining resource families Addresses how agencies can effectively recruit and retain kin, foster, and adoptive families for children who have been removed from their homes

The General Assembly, Guided by the purposes and principles of the Charter of the United Nations, and good faith in the fulfilment of the obligations assumed by States in accordance with the Charter, Affirming that indigenous peoples are equal to all other peoples, while recognizing the right of all peoples to be different, to consider themselves different, and to be respected as such, Affirming also that all peoples contribute to the diversity and richness of civilizations and cultures, which constitute the common heritage of humankind, Affirming further that all doctrines, policies and practices based on or advocating superiority of peoples or individuals on the basis of national origin or racial, religious, ethnic or cultural differences are racist, scientifically false, legally invalid, morally condemnable and socially unjust, Reaffirming that indigenous peoples, in the exercise of their rights, should be free from discrimination of any kind, Concerned that indigenous peoples have suffered from historic injustices as a result of, inter alia, their colonization and dispossession of their lands, territories and resources, thus preventing them from exercising, in particular, their right to development in accordance with their own needs and interests, Recognizing the urgent need to respect and promote the inherent rights of indigenous peoples which derive from their political, economic and social structures and from their cultures, spiritual traditions, histories and philosophies, especially their rights to their lands, territories and resources, Recognizing also the urgent need to respect and promote the rights of indigenous peoples affirmed in treaties, agreements and other constructive arrangements with States, Welcoming the fact that indigenous peoples are organizing themselves for political, economic, social and cultural enhancement and in order to bring to an end all forms of discrimination and oppression wherever they occur, Convinced that control by indigenous peoples over developments affecting them and their lands, territories and resources will enable them to maintain and strengthen their institutions, cultures and traditions, and to promote their development in accordance with their aspirations and needs, Recognizing that respect for indigenous knowledge, cultures and traditional practices contributes to sustainable and equitable development and proper management of the environment, Emphasizing the contribution of the demilitarization of the lands and territories of indigenous peoples to peace, economic and social progress and development, understanding and friendly relations among nations and peoples of the world, Recognizing in particular the right of indigenous families and communities to retain shared responsibility for the upbringing, training, education and well - being of their children, consistent with the rights of the child, Considering that the rights affirmed in treaties, agreements and other constructive arrangements between States and indigenous peoples are, in some situations, matters of international concern, interest, responsibility and character, Considering also that treaties, agreements and other constructive arrangements, and the relationship they represent, are the basis for a strengthened partnership between indigenous peoples and States, Acknowledging that the Charter of the United Nations, the International Covenant on Economic, Social and Cultural Rights (2) and the International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights, 2 as well as the Vienna Declaration and Programme of Action, (3) affirm the fundamental importance of the right to self - determination of all peoples, by virtue of which they freely determine their political status and freely pursue their economic, social and cultural development, Bearing in mind that nothing in this Declaration may be used to deny any peoples their right to self - determination, exercised in conformity with international law, Convinced that the recognition of the rights of indigenous peoples in this Declaration will enhance harmonious and cooperative relations between the State and indigenous peoples, based on principles of justice, democracy, respect for human rights, non-discrimination and good faith, Encouraging States to comply with and effectively implement all their obligations as they apply to indigenous peoples under international instruments, in particular those related to human rights, in consultation and cooperation with the peoples concerned,

When a child is eligible for adoption assistance but assistance is not immediately needed by the child or family or when the child is at risk of being determined a child with special needs and assistance may be needed in the future, an Agreement to Future Subsidy (Form 470-0762) can be completed and retained by the Department of Human Services (DHS) for future reference.

Marla believes that the collaborative process maximizes the potential for a divorce that protects and strengthens children, helps parties retain their dignity, preserves financial security, and supports cordial family relations in the future.

Our response illustrates how crucial it is for children and families that the Human Rights Act is retained.

The mission of the Tribal and Indigenous Early Childhood Network Interest Forum is to attract, recruit, and retain Native American / Alaska and Hawaiian Natives to NAEYC, to promote dialogue on relevant issues pertaining to Tribal and Indigenous Early Childhood programs, and to provide an opportunity for professionals, para-professionals, parents, and tribal leaders to become more active in advocating and promoting quality early childhood services on behalf of Native American / Alaska and Hawaiian Native children and families.

• Consider various alternatives for dividing property, alimony, and child support • Small business and professional practice valuations • Moore - Marsden and reimbursement calculations Marital lifestyle analysis • Designated as a CPA / Personal financial specialist • Frequent speaker on mediation and collaborative law • Educate individuals so that they understand settlement options • Prepare tax returns • Assist in negotiations • Jointly retained by family law attorneys as neutral financial expert • Appointed by judges as the Court's forensic accounting expert

In her current role as Director of Family Support Services, she is responsible for developing and implementing services to recruit, retain and support prospective adoptive families from their first contact with MARE to the placement of a child in their home.

When the youngest child retains some degree of healthy, then there are ways to use the youngest child's continued healthy as a formative seed around which to reconstitute healthy parent - child and sibling relationships throughout the family, in which the remaining healthy of the youngest child can serve as a source of «social referencing» within therapy sessions for what constitutes «normal - range» and balanced.

Qualitative research studies suggest numerous ways to improve access — defined as the opportunity for children and families to participate and fully experience the benefits of a programme, affordability, suitability and sufficient quality — to early childhood services for Aboriginal children and their families.24 Some examples include: provision of transport; locating services in areas where other daily activities occur (eg, schools); provision of low - cost or no - cost services; employing, training and retaining Aboriginal staff; provision of culturally competent and secure services; community involvement in the planning and delivery of services; and provision of flexible, comprehensive and continuous services.24 Although some Aboriginal families prefer to use mainstream instead of Aboriginal - specific services, choice is another facilitator of access.24 Furthermore, it remains unknown as to whether mainstream early childhood services with proven effectiveness in non-Aboriginal populations confer the same benefits to Aboriginal children.

In child custody cases where primary residential custody is awarded, that parent often will retain ownership of the family home to ease the transition for the child.

Developing Refugee Foster Families: A Worthwhile Investment (PDF - 208 KB) Bridging Refugee Youth & Children's Services (2004) In Serving Foreign - Born Foster Children: A Resource for Meeting the Special Needs of Refugee Youth and Children Suggestions for recruiting, training, licensing, and retaining refugee foster fFamilies: A Worthwhile Investment (PDF - 208 KB) Bridging Refugee Youth & Children's Services (2004) In Serving Foreign - Born Foster Children: A Resource for Meeting the Special Needs of Refugee Youth and Children Suggestions for recruiting, training, licensing, and retaining refugee foster familiesfamilies.

Alternatively, both spouses can retain the family home in both their names and make arrangements for the payment of the mortgage until a later date when the children move out of the home or the real estate market is more favorable.

As for how the «gift» of real estate is structured, some parents buy it as a gift for their children and take advantage of tax gift exclusions, others buy it as an investment property and retain ownership, and some are buying it through a family trust or joint ownership.