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.

March 2016

The Child Exchange

By Melissa Mendez|2016-12-01T19:32:52-06:00March 2nd, 2016|Categories: Stability, Permanency, and Adoption|Tags: adoptive parents, child abuse, child protection, child protection screening, child safety, child sexual abuse, child trauma, rehoming|

Today's guest blogger is Holly Gilbert. In 2013 Reuters did an investigation into a phenomenon known as “Re-homing” and published it in an article titled The Child Exchange. Many of the children involved in this re-homing were children who were “hard to place” children in the foster care system, were more likely to have higher [...]

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February 2016

2016 Student Blog Series about Permanency and Adoption

By Melissa Mendez|2016-12-01T19:32:52-06:00February 26th, 2016|Categories: Stability, Permanency, and Adoption|Tags: permanency, Permanency & Adoption, Permanency & Adoption Series, Permanency and Adoption series, student blogger, Students|

It’s that time of year again. Spring semester at the School of Social Work means guest blog posts from students enrolled in the SW5905 Permanency in Child Welfare course. Each week, starting next week and continuing through to the end of May, we will be publishing blog posts written by students learning about permanency and [...]

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May 2015

Conclusion of Permanency and Adoption course blog series

By JaeRan Kim|2016-12-01T19:32:54-06:00May 18th, 2015|Categories: Stability, Permanency, and Adoption|Tags: Permanency & Adoption Series|

We had a terrific series of guest posts written by MSW students in the SW5905 Permanency in Child Welfare courses this spring. Thank you for thought-provoking blog posts! We hope everyone enjoyed the series.

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Registration now open for 2015-2016 Permanency and Adoption Competency Certificate program in St. Paul and Duluth

By JaeRan Kim|2016-12-01T19:32:54-06:00May 15th, 2015|Categories: Stability, Permanency, and Adoption|Tags: PACC, Permanency and Adoption Competency Certificate|

We are pleased to announce that we are now accepting applications for the 2015-2016 Permanency and Adoption Competency Certificate program. The two cohorts for 2014-2015 will be located in the Twin Cities metro area and Duluth, MN. Successful graduates of the PACC will be listed on a searchable database where families, agencies, and other professionals can search for adoption-competent providers. The [...]

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Russian adoption ban and its impact on children and families

By JaeRan Kim|2016-12-01T19:32:55-06:00May 14th, 2015|Categories: Stability, Permanency, and Adoption|Tags: Permanency and Adoption series|

Today's guest blogger is Nickie Hanson. The article I chose was from NBC News and The Associated Press titled Boy sent back to Russia, adoption ban urged. This particular article was last updated on April 9, 2010. This particular article details the situation of a 7 year-old boy, who was put on a flight from [...]

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Black kids in white houses – transracial adoption

By JaeRan Kim|2016-12-01T19:32:55-06:00May 12th, 2015|Categories: Stability, Permanency, and Adoption|Tags: Permanency and Adoption series|

Today's guest blogger is Melissa Lee. The article that I read for the blog post is Black Kids in White Houses: On race, Silence and the changing American family by Jen Graves on November 8th 2008. I found the article on www.thestranger.com/seattle by searching transracial adoptions. The article is written about conversations that happen at [...]

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Cost of adoption

By JaeRan Kim|2016-12-01T19:32:55-06:00May 8th, 2015|Categories: Stability, Permanency, and Adoption|Tags: Permanency & Adoption Series|

Today's guest blogger is Angela Shepherd. The article, “Cost of Adoption; Perspective Parents Should Go into the Experience with Their Eyes and Wallets Wide Open” was found in the U.S. News & World Report, written by Geoff Williams. October 2, 2014. The article discussed the enormous cost of adoption. It spoke to enormous fees including [...]

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Inside America’s underground market for adopted children

By JaeRan Kim|2016-12-01T19:32:55-06:00May 6th, 2015|Categories: Stability, Permanency, and Adoption|Tags: adoption disruption, Permanency & Adoption Series|

Today's guest blogger is Kifah Abdi. Megan Twohey of Reuters spent eighteen months investigating the phenomena of the parents of (primarily) internationally adopted children being abandoned after coming to the United States through multiple online services. The first part of this investigation was released by the Reuters by September 9, 2013. In this article [...]

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