Benefits of Kinship Placement Benefits of Kinship Placement Social science support for your in-court and out-of-court legal advocacy: A tool for lawyers Anonym / Saturday, January 1, 2022 0 0 This toolkit was developed to support child and parent attorneys' advocacy for kinship placements for their clients/client’s children through trial and appellate advocacy, as well as outside of the court setting. This toolkit includes federal and state law and policy resources, and a comprehensive overview of social science articles and research studies on the benefits of kinship care. Read more
How can we prioritize kin in the home study and licensure process, and make placement with relatives the norm? How can we prioritize kin in the home study and licensure process, and make placement with relatives the norm? Heidi Epstein / Wednesday, July 1, 2020 0 2 Casey Family Programs Information Packet on how to support placement and licensing of kinship homes including jurisdictional examples and tools. July 2020. Read more
Obtain a Child Abuse and Neglect Central Registry Check in Each State SuperUser Account / Wednesday, May 15, 2019 0 0 Contains the state contact for child abuse and neglect checks. Read more
Program Standards for Treatment Foster Care Program Standards for Treatment Foster Care SuperUser Account / Wednesday, May 1, 2019 0 0 These standards developed by the Foster Family-based Treatment Association, are designed to assist agencies in the development of quality Treatment Foster Care services for children, youth, and families. (2013) Read more
Foster and Kinship Parent Recruitment and Support Best Practice Inventory Foster and Kinship Parent Recruitment and Support Best Practice Inventory SuperUser Account / Monday, July 31, 2017 0 0 This best practice guide for foster and kinship parent recruitment, produced by ChildFocus and the Redlich Horwitz Foundation, was developed to provide counties and provider agencies with new ideas and proven tools to improve their retention and support practices for foster parents (2017). Read more