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.

April 2016

Taking Another Look at the Case of a Stalled Adoption: a response to Brandon Stahl’s Article “After adoption stalls, would-be mother speaks out”

By Melissa Mendez|2016-12-01T19:32:51-06:00April 13th, 2016|Categories: Stability, Permanency, and Adoption|Tags: adoption policy, adoption process, adoption realities, American Indian Child Welfare, Permanency & Adoption Series, student blogger|

Today's Guest Blogger is Krysta Sather The child welfare system in Minnesota has been under scrutiny since the tragic death of a young boy. Those in the child welfare system and individuals following the changes to the child welfare system in response to the media attention likely know the watchdog reporter from the Star Tribune, [...]

“Is she happy? Is she loved? Remembering the girl who was almost my daughter”

By Melissa Mendez|2016-12-01T19:32:51-06:00April 13th, 2016|Categories: Stability, Permanency, and Adoption|Tags: adoption process, cultural values, international adoption, Permanency & Adoption Series|

Today's Guest Blogger is Bethany Janson. The article I chose for our Blog Post Assignment was from The Washington Post in the “On Parenting” section on the topic of International Adoption. The article, “Is she happy? Is she loved? Remembering the girl who was almost my daughter,” written by Sharon Van Epps on November 25, 2015, [...]

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March 2016

Long-Lost Links – Searching for Permanency Options for Children

By Melissa Mendez|2016-12-01T19:32:51-06:00March 29th, 2016|Categories: Stability, Permanency, and Adoption|Tags: adoption, adoption assistance, adoption records, child protection, ethics in adoption, foster care, in the media, Permanency & Adoption Series, Permanency and Adoption series, practice issues, social media, technology|

Guest blogger: Kayla Hinrichs In the December 2015 article “Detectives unearth long-lost links for kids needing adoption,” reporter Erin Adler from the Star Tribune highlights a semi-recent phenomenon that expands resources for social workers searching for permanency and supportive caregivers for children within the child welfare system. This article discusses how social media and other [...]

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What’s the Point of Adopting a 17 Year-Old Kid?

By Melissa Mendez|2016-12-01T19:32:51-06:00March 21st, 2016|Categories: Stability, Permanency, and Adoption|Tags: adopting teens, adoption, adoption realities, permanency for older youth|

Today's guest blogger is Wijit Xiong The article I found was called, What’s the Point of Adopting a 17-year-old Kid? This article was written by Jessica Good on November 4, 2015 and was published by adoption.com. The author started out by telling her own story of how she thought back on the hardship that she had [...]

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Closed Adoption – On Its Last Legs

By Melissa Mendez|2016-12-01T19:32:51-06:00March 15th, 2016|Categories: Stability, Permanency, and Adoption|Tags: adoption, adoption realities, adoptive parents, IV-E students, MSW IV-E, MSW student experience, open adoption, Permanency & Adoption|

Today's guest blogger is Annie Patnode The article, Closed Adoption Is on its Last Legs So Here’s What We Must Do by Lori Holden from the Huffington Post, succinctly refers to adoption as “the shades of gray and hues of color, so much deeper and more intricate than simple black and white interpretations.” As an [...]

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Long-Term Foster Care in an American Indian Cultural Environment

By Melissa Mendez|2016-12-01T19:32:52-06:00March 9th, 2016|Categories: Stability, Permanency, and Adoption|Tags: AICE, American Indian Child Welfare, community context, cultural values, culturally appropriate, culturally responsive, ICWA, long-term foster care, permanency, Permanency & Adoption|

Today's guest blogger is Caleb Williamson The Indian Child Welfare Act (ICWA) is a social welfare policy that was established by congress in 1978. The law was initially created in response to the high numbers of American Indian youth being removed from their homes and placed in non-Indian foster and adoptive homes (25 U.S.C. 1901-63). [...]

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Adoptees’ Right to Know

By Melissa Mendez|2016-03-08T10:42:09-06:00March 8th, 2016|Categories: Stability, Permanency, and Adoption|Tags: adoptees, adoption records, legal issues, Permanency & Adoption, Right to Know|

Today's Guest Blogger is Maria Albares In the general population there seems to be little knowledge about the history of adoption and, more specifically, the history of adoption records and the debate surrounding them. As adoptees’ arguments become more prevalent in the media, it is imperative that people have a better understanding of the history [...]

Families First Act

By Melissa Mendez|2016-12-01T19:32:52-06:00March 7th, 2016|Categories: Stability, Permanency, and Adoption|Tags: child abuse, child neglect, early intervention, Families First, permanency, Racial Disproportionality, substance abuse|

Today's guest blogger is Beth Ringer. On February 24, 2016, the Huffpost Politics blog posted an article written by Dr. Jeremy Christopher Kohomban (CEO of Children’s Village in New York) and Jess Dannhauser (CEO of Graham Windham) titled Towards Equity: Bi-partisan Federal Legislation Tackles Racial Disproportionality and Puts Families First. The article explains the importance [...]

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