It has taken Regina Louise a lifetime to get here. When Louise released her first book, “Somebody’s Someone,” in 2003, she was on a mission to tell the story of a poor, abused and neglected […]
When you’re a parent, you call the shots. It’s about everyday routines like scheduling bedtime and planning what’s for dinner, and long-term goals like what school they will attend or how old they have to […]
Work is underway to test a national foster and adoptive parent training model that will be free for systems to use by 2022. The National Training and Development Curriculum for Foster and Adoptive Parents (NTDC) […]
The Council on Accreditation (COA) was founded in 1977 by the Child Welfare League of America and Family Service America (now the Alliance for Strong Families and Communities) to ensure a set of standards are […]
Oleg Lougheed has overcome a lot in his life, which began in a small Russian town 26 years ago. He was born to an alcoholic mother and absent father and was raised mostly by his […]
Kansas Governor Laura Kelly announced the termination of family preservation grants that were awarded last year under the previous administration. The awarding of those grants had drawn heat from the public because one of the […]
While lawmakers push Indiana’s child welfare agency to speed up and support adoptions, the state has green-lit a plan to extend the length of time youth can remain in foster care. The Indiana Department of […]
This morning, Youth First, a national organization that assists state and local justice campaigns, has issued a notice that one of its youth activists and leaders in Ohio is missing. Amber Evans has been missing […]
Korean-born Adam Crapser came to Michigan at age 3, adopted by an American family. After being forced back to his native South Korea through deportation proceedings, he’s now suing the government and the adoption agency […]
New Kansas Gov. Laura Kelly (D), who was inaugurated on January 14, wasted no time delving into the state’s troubled child welfare system. In short order, the former state senator has proposed added funding for […]
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