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May 2016

There’s No Place Like Home

By |2016-12-01T19:32:50-06:00May 16th, 2016|Categories: Stability, Permanency, and Adoption|Tags: , , , , , , , , , |

Today's Guest Blogger is Ann Rajkowski. The Mallon, Aledort & Ferrera (2002) article entitled There’s No Place Like Home: Achieving Safety, Permanency and Well-being for Lesbian and Gay Adolescents in Out-of-Home Settings discusses an exploratory study conducted on youth residing in two gay-affirming social service agencies, one in New York City and one in Los [...]

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April 2013

Review of the new ABC Family show about a foster family

By |2016-12-01T19:33:08-06:00April 2nd, 2013|Categories: Stability, Permanency, and Adoption|Tags: , , |

This guest blog post was written by Courtney Knoll. ABC Family recently started airing promos for their upcoming series, produced by Jennifer Lopez, "The Fosters," set to air in June. It was highlighted this on the website BuzzFeed. Featuring a "multi-ethnic family mix of foster and biological kids being raised by two moms," the show [...]

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October 2012

Woman denied right to adopt partner’s child

By |2016-12-01T19:33:13-06:00October 18th, 2012|Categories: Stability, Permanency, and Adoption|Tags: , , |

A same-sex couple in Alabama lost an appeal to allow the non-biological parent to adopt her partner's child last Friday. The couple, who were married in California in 2008, currently lives in Alabama which does not recognize same-sex marriage and does not allow the adoption because, according to the court, the woman "is not the [...]

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August 2011

Highlighted child welfare legislation from 8-15 to 8-18

By |2016-12-01T19:33:22-06:00August 19th, 2011|Categories: Child Welfare Policy|Tags: , , , , , , , , |

Our Friday recap of highlighted legislation on our Facebook page: H.R. 2012/S. 420: Foster Care Mentoring Act of 2011Bill description: To support the establishment or expansion and operation of programs using a network of public and private community entities to provide mentoring for children in foster care.Bill status: Waiting for a hearing in the House [...]

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