Placing Children with Relatives: The Case for a Clear Rationale for a Seperate Foster Care Licensing Standards, Background Check Procedures, and Improved Relative Placement Statues in Alaska Placing Children with Relatives: The Case for a Clear Rationale for a Seperate Foster Care Licensing Standards, Background Check Procedures, and Improved Relative Placement Statues in Alaska Thursday, June 1, 2017 0 0 Law review article by Courtney Lewis on how Alaska could improve outcomes for families, including adopting the Model Family Foster Home Licensing Standards and revising the state relative placement laws (2017). Read more
California Resource Family Approval Toolkit California Resource Family Approval Toolkit Wednesday, February 1, 2017 0 0 The Alliance for Children’s Rights, the Step Up Coalition, and a wide range of state and local partners created a Resource Family Approval Toolkit designed to help walk California caregivers through the newly implemented Resource Family Approval process (2017). Read more
Live Scan Fingerprinting Technology: A Primer for Child Welfare Agencies Live Scan Fingerprinting Technology: A Primer for Child Welfare Agencies Monday, April 11, 2016 0 0 This ChildFocus primer for child welfare agencies gives practical information on how to obtain and implement live scan technology (2016). Read more
Relative Foster Care Licensing Waivers in the States: Policies and Possibilities Relative Foster Care Licensing Waivers in the States: Policies and Possibilities Sunday, January 1, 2012 0 0 Summary of state waivers and variances. ABA and CLASP (2010) Read more
Report to Congress on States' Use of Waivers of Non-Safety Licensing Standards for Relative Foster Family Homes Report to Congress on States' Use of Waivers of Non-Safety Licensing Standards for Relative Foster Family Homes Sunday, January 1, 2012 0 0 Children’s Bureau, Administration on Children, Youth and Families report to Congress on children placed in relative foster family homes and the use of licensing waivers (2011) Read more