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Could More Parents = Permanency for Kids?

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The headline reads, “Brown signs bill to allow children more than two legal parents“. While the bill may have been targeted at same-sex couples, my thoughts immediately went a slightly different direction. After more than two decades of working in … Continue reading

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When Will You Find Me a [Adoptive] Home?

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It was a legitimate question coming from an 8-year-old who had been in foster care for half of his young life. The thing is, we weren’t there to find him a home. We were there as part of a child … Continue reading

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Permanency, Where It’s At, Baby!

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By now, anyone working in or with child welfare knows about ‘Safety, Permanency, and Well-Being’. Since the kick-off of the federal Child and Family Service Reviews (CFSR) in 2001, these three constructs have been the focus of major child welfare … Continue reading

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