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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.

December 2011

Weekly news round-up

By |2016-12-01T19:33:19-06:00December 23rd, 2011|Categories: Stability, Permanency, and Adoption|Tags: , , , , |

Each Friday on the Stability, Permanency and Adoption blog we will provide a selection of news from the past week that you may have missed. Today's news round up: A new research center in Michigan will address the needs of grandparents raising grandchildren. The National Research Center for Grandparents Raising Grandchildren is the result of [...]

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Dave Thomas Foundation for Adoption videos

By |2016-12-01T19:33:19-06:00December 22nd, 2011|Categories: Stability, Permanency, and Adoption|Tags: , |

Last night the Dave Thomas Foundation for Adoption aired its 13th Annual A Home for the Holidays with host Martina McBride and guests Mary J. Blige, Justin Bieber, Gavid DeGraw, One Republic and Christina Perri. Each year this special highlights stories about foster care adoption. The Dave Thomas Foundation for Adoption has created several moving [...]

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Resources and information on the Adoption Tax Credit

By |2016-12-01T19:33:19-06:00December 19th, 2011|Categories: Stability, Permanency, and Adoption|Tags: , |

We're making a change - our weekly news round-ups will now be on Fridays. Instead, today I'd like to highlight information and resources about the Adoption Tax Credit available to families that adopt. As the end of 2011 fast approaches, adoptive parents may not be aware of the adoption tax credit they are eligible to [...]

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Cherokee Nation seeks to define membership of child for ICWA case

By |2016-12-01T19:33:19-06:00December 16th, 2011|Categories: Stability, Permanency, and Adoption|Tags: , , |

A controversial ruling by the U.S. 10th Circuit Court of Appeals regarding an Indian Child Welfare Act case has been brought to the U.S. Supreme Court on behalf of the Cherokee Nation. The Cherokee Nation is asking the U.S. Supremem Court to determine whether the tribe has the jurisdiction to define their members regarding Indian [...]

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Youth in foster care: A report on teen parents

By |2016-12-01T19:33:20-06:00December 14th, 2011|Categories: Stability, Permanency, and Adoption|Tags: , , , |

According to a report from Chlid Trends released on December 9, 2011, youth in foster care have an increased risk of having a child as teen parent. These young parents experience many challenges and often, outcomes for these youth and their children are poor. Teen Parents in Foster Care: Risk Factors and Outcomes for Teens [...]

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Webinar: Meeting the Challenges of Providing Adoption Competent Mental Health Services

By |2016-12-01T19:33:20-06:00December 13th, 2011|Categories: Stability, Permanency, and Adoption|Tags: , , |

The Center for Advanced Studies in Child Welfare is pleased to announce that we will be co-presenting a webinar for the National Resource Center for Adoption tomorrow, Wednesday December 14th at 1pm CST/ 2pm EST. Traci LaLiberte, Executive Director of CASCW and JaeRan Kim, Coordinator of the Permanency and Adoption Competency Certificate will join Christeen [...]

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Weekly news round-up

By |2016-12-01T19:33:20-06:00December 12th, 2011|Categories: Stability, Permanency, and Adoption|Tags: , , |

Each Monday on the Stability, Permanency and Adoption blog we will provide a selection of news from the past week that you may have missed. Today's news round up: A Home for the Holidays, the annual televised special sponsored by the Dave Thomas Foundation for Adoption highlighting foster care adoption is schdeduled to air December [...]

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Upcoming adoption conference: New Worlds of Adoption

By |2016-12-01T19:33:20-06:00December 9th, 2011|Categories: Stability, Permanency, and Adoption|Tags: , |

Save the date! The Rudd Adoption Research Program at the University of Massachusetts - Amherst Department of Psychology holds an annual conference. This year's conference, New Worlds of Adoption: Navigating the Teen Years, will be co-hosted by the Evan B. Donaldson Adoption Institute. Minnesota has several connections with this year's conference. The Rudd Chair is [...]

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