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 [...]
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 [...]
In 2014, there were over 12,000 children who spent some time in out-of-home care in Minnesota, with a majority in family foster care. While most children in foster care return home, for others, reunification is not an option. As the agency policy specialist for the Permanency Unit of the Child Safety and Permanency Division at [...]
In advance of this week's graduation of the 4th Permanency and Adoption Competency Certificate (PACC) cohort, former Stability, Permanency and Adoption Coordinator JaeRan Kim guest blogs on the impact of newly introduced adoption legislation. JaeRan is currently Assistant Professor at the University of Washington – Tacoma in the social work program. Until the passage of the Child [...]
Participants attend the PACC certificate program as part of a cohort, building and strengthening a network of professionals. Locations and times vary by year. The PACC program consists of: thirteen in-class sessions, two self-guided (accessing online materials) sessions, six months (18 hours) of post-training clinical case consultation and supervision, and Up to 114.5 hours of [...]
Participants attend the PACC certificate program as part of a cohort, building and strengthening a network of professionals. Locations and times vary by year. The PACC program consists of: thirteen in-class sessions, two self-guided (accessing online materials) sessions, six months (18 hours) of post-training clinical case consultation and supervision, and Up to 114.5 hours of [...]
Participants attend the PACC certificate program as part of a cohort, building and strengthening a network of professionals. Locations and times vary by year. The PACC program consists of: thirteen in-class sessions, two self-guided (accessing online materials) sessions, six months (18 hours) of post-training clinical case consultation and supervision, and Up to 114.5 hours of [...]
Participants attend the PACC certificate program as part of a cohort, building and strengthening a network of professionals. Locations and times vary by year. The PACC program consists of: thirteen in-class sessions, two self-guided (accessing online materials) sessions, six months (18 hours) of post-training clinical case consultation and supervision, and Up to 114.5 hours of [...]