1) Permanency Tip of the Week: Preparing EVERYONE for the Permanency Process; 2) Permanency Success Story of the Week: “Adopting from Foster Care is Not a Sprint—It’s A Marathon”; 3) The Lingering Effects of Childhood Trauma; 4) How Lemn Sissay Found His Voice; 5) How to Cope (and Help!) When Your Child Whines; 6) Will My Husband Ever Be On The Same Page As Me With Adoption?; 7) Understanding Grief
Education
Permanency in the News – Week of 8/6/18
1) Permanency Tip of the Week: What do I Provide in the Permanency Relationship? 2) Permanency Success Story of the Week: Another You Gotta Believe Family Finalized their Adoption this Month! 3) 7 Things Everyone Should Know About Foster Care; 4) National Child Welfare Workforce Institute – Workforce Development Month; 5) How School, Family, and Community Protective Factors Can Help Youth Who Have Experienced Maltreatment; 6) Should Kinship Care be the Default Option for Kids in Foster Care?; 7) Dispelling the Myth of Child Abuse
Permanency in the News – Week of 7/23/18
1) Permanency Tip of the Week: What do I Receive from the Permanency Relationship?; 2) Permanency Success Story of the Week: Fostering Great Ideas: Celeste – A Bright Note!; 3) Collins, Casey Introduce Bipartisan Bill to Support Grandparents Raising Grandchildren as Opioid Epidemic Increases Their Numbers; 4) Foster, Adoptive Parents Find an Oasis in New Online Membership Community; 5) Complex Trauma – Never Give Up: A Video by Youth for Youth; 6) Mental Health Interventions for Children in Foster Care;
Permanency in the News – Week of 7/16/18
1) Permanency Tip of the Week: Reciprocity in the Permanency Relationship; 2) Permanency Success Story of the Week: Couple Adopts Three Sisters Out of Foster Care System; 3) Maintaining Connections: The Values Behind Family Engagement Practices Within the Child Welfare System; 4) Remembering Trauma: Connecting the Dots between Complex Trauma and Misdiagnosis in Youth; 5) Raising Both Biological and Adopted Children; 6) Old Wichita Convent Offers New Home to Kansas Foster Kids Setting Out On Their Own; 7) Support Matters – Lessons from the Field on Services for Adoptive, Foster, and Kinship Care Families
Permanency in the News – Week of 7/9/18
1) Permanency Tip of the Week: Helping the Youth Develop the Skills to Connect Permanently; 2) Permanency Success Story of the Week: Not Perfect—But Happy; 3) Springfield Farm Goes Viral After Reality Show Comes to Visit; 4) Why Babies in America are Suffering: Opioid Addictions Placing More Babies In Foster Care; 5) Foster Care is Somewhere You’ve Been, Not Something You Are; 6) Embracing a “Youth Welfare” System: A Guide to Capacity Building; 7) A Day in the Life of a Foster Child