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Stability, Permanency, and Adoption

The Stability, Permanency, and Adoption (SPA) Blog was developed by CASCW as a way to inform child welfare professionals and others about practice, research, and policy issues regarding permanency and adoption of children and youth.

May 2013

Review of research examining links between tranracial adoption and educational outcomes

By |2016-12-01T19:33:06-06:00May 27th, 2013|Categories: Stability, Permanency, and Adoption|Tags: , , |

This guest blog post was written by Amanda Talan. Article: Is there a (transracial) adoption achievement gap? A national longitudinal analysis of adopted children's educational performance A recent article published in Children and Youth Services Review by Elizabeth Raleigh and Grace Kao seeks to determine whether there are differences in educational attainment between adopted and [...]

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Instead of retiring, some older Americans choose to adopt

By |2016-12-01T19:33:06-06:00May 25th, 2013|Categories: Stability, Permanency, and Adoption|Tags: , |

This guest post was written by Bahjo Mahamud. Phyllis Korkki wrote the article Filling up an Empty Nest, In the New York Times press. It was published in May 14 of 2013. This articles is written to awaken households and the our society that is never too late to adopt children and especially age should [...]

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Finding your baby on the subway

By |2016-12-01T19:33:06-06:00May 24th, 2013|Categories: Stability, Permanency, and Adoption|Tags: , |

This guest blog post was written by Kristin Struss. Image by Anthony Russo for the New York Times Stories of how children come into people's lives never cease to amaze me. Peter Mercurio's story of how he and his partner found their son and subsequently how their son became of part of their family is [...]

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Celebrity adoptions

By |2016-12-01T19:33:06-06:00May 22nd, 2013|Categories: Stability, Permanency, and Adoption|Tags: , , |

This guest post was written by Abdifateh Ahmed. Article: Why Are So Many Celebrities Adopting Black Babies? Writer: Kristen Howerton Posted: 06/14/2012 11:10 am Journal: Huffington Post Photo: Agence France-Presse -- Getty Images Summary The article sums up why celebrities are adopting children and why higher percentages of celebrities are adopting trans-racially and specifically black [...]

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Criminal record no longer automatic disqualifies prospective adoptive parents in Louisiana

By |2016-12-01T19:33:06-06:00May 20th, 2013|Categories: Stability, Permanency, and Adoption|Tags: , , , |

Last week I came across a news article from the Times-Picayune. The LA senate approved a bill sponsored by Patrick Jefferson (D), HB219, that would prohibit the disqualification of a prospective adoptive parent based solely on past criminal history. HB219 would require a judge to consider the type of offense and length of time since [...]

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White savior complex in international adoption

By |2016-12-01T19:33:06-06:00May 17th, 2013|Categories: Stability, Permanency, and Adoption|Tags: , , , |

This guest blog post was written by Salma Hussein. I recently came across an online article titled "Outrage, sadness as Americans barred from adopting Russian children," on worldnews nbc website. The article was dated March 30th, 2013 and written by Jim Maceda who is based in London. [Photo by NBC News] The strength of the [...]

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Looking at the assets of older adoptive parents

By |2016-12-01T19:33:06-06:00May 15th, 2013|Categories: Stability, Permanency, and Adoption|Tags: , , |

Photo: Derek Montgomery for The New York Times Today the New York Times published a story by reporter Phyllis Korkki about older adults who are choosing to open their homes to children instead of "retiring." A Minnesota family, Rebecca and Jim Gawboy, are featured. Rebecca is a retired community organizer and Jim is a retired [...]

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