This guest post was written by Teresa King. On February 28th, 2013 King5.com posted an article titled Support Safe Housing for All Youth Aging Out of Foster Care written by Jim Theofelis. Theofelis is a guest contributor for King 5.com and Executive Director of The Mockingbird Society. The Mockingbird Society's website states that their mission [...]
This guest post was written by Tracy Neil. (Photo by Chip Somodevilla / Getty Images / February 8, 2013) The Los Angeles Times ran an article on February 11, 2013 that was written by Karen Bass and Lucille Roybal-Allard that are both members of the Congressional Caucus on Foster Care. This article brought attention to [...]
In February of 2012, the Office of the Legislative Auditor (OLA) released its findings on child protection screening and provided recommendations for the State to improve this process. As a response to the OLA recommendations, Sen. Jeff Hayden and Rep. Susan Allen introduced legislation this year to establish a child protection screening work group and [...]
This guest blog was written by Jill Melaas. Lisa Black, a reporter for the Chicago Tribune, has been following a court case for the past few months involving an Evanston, Illinois couple and the country of South Korea. Christopher and Jinshil Duquet went to South Korea to adopt Baby Sehwa a few days after her [...]
This guest blog post was written by Min Hae Cho. I am interning at the Children's Home Society and Family Services. Several weeks ago I had an opportunity to join a domestic adoption case consultant meeting. During the meeting, an embryo adoption issue was brought up. A client applied for domestic infant adoption and at [...]
Guest blog post by Caitlin Magistad. My name is Caitlin Magistad, and I'm excited to be a new guest blogger for the CASCW Child Welfare Policy blog! I'm a third year MSW student here at the University of Minnesota. I currently work as a case manager at a local family homeless shelter, and am doing [...]
This guest post was written by Brittany Kellerman. [Photo: Mark Holm for the NYT] The New York Times published an article on January 26, 2013 entitled "Focus on Preserving Heritage Can Limit Foster Care for Indians" by Dan Frosch. The article discusses the impact that the Indian Child Welfare Act (ICWA) of 1978 continues to [...]
This guest blog post was written by Abdifateh Ahmed. Review of Tufts University, Health Sciences (2010, September 24). Psychotropic medication and youth in foster care report. ScienceDaily. In summary the article gives us insights on the subject of the use of medication for treating behavioral and mental health tribulations in foster care children. The article [...]