Last week, The Adoption Exchange Association (AEA) and the Dave Thomas Foundation for Adoption (DTFA) announced the creation of a joint plan to train professionals and students interested in the field of adoption. The Initiative […]
Next week, Colorado Department of Human Services (DHS) officials will continue the annual tradition of touring the state to gather feedback and suggestions about the child welfare system. DHS Executive Director Reggie Bicha and other […]
As foster and adoptive parents, Mike and Kristin Berry understand intimately what a lonely journey it can be parenting children with difficult early childhood beginnings. In 2012 they launched their blog, Confessions of an Adoptive […]
Back in 2004, there were more than 118,000 kids waiting to be adopted from foster care. Advocates, child welfare professionals and policymakers across the U.S. were desperate for solutions that would land these vulnerable youngsters […]
As Kansas rolls out changes to its child welfare system, a decision to loosen requirements for child protection specialists has some child advocates concerned that the state is trading a quantity problem for a quality […]
In 2013, the images of a young girl, Zoe, being removed from her family in the short film “ReMoved” flooded social media. People across the country were moved by the depiction of the little […]
When Missouri residents Scott and Ning Haluck decided to become foster parents a couple years ago, they heard about trainings offered by FosterAdopt Connect, a nonprofit that started as a small support group in 1998 […]
With years of experience working with kids in group homes and residential care, Lynn and Jennie Owens felt prepared when they adopted a 6-year-old boy and his 10-year-old sister from foster care. They even moved […]
Nebraska is getting a jump start on embracing the Family First Prevention Services Act, an overhaul of federal child welfare funding that was passed in February. The Nebraska Department of Health and Human Services (DHHS) hosted […]
Note: This article was updated on June 19. Black and Native American children are vastly overrepresented in Nebraska’s foster care system, according to a report issued this month by the state’s Foster Care Review Office […]
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