May is National Foster Care Month, a time to recognize the important role everyone involved in child welfare plays in supporting children, youth, and families. Thank you for improving the lives of children in foster care.
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May is National Foster Care Month! Join us all month long as we share child welfare-related facts, figures, and resources to help raise awareness and support for Mississippi children in foster care. By staying informed, you can contribute to improving outcomes for Mississippi’s children to the best of your potential! 💙 To kick off National Foster Care month, we encourage you to check out our “An Overview of Child Welfare in Mississippi” report on our website! The goal of this research is to facilitate improvements to programs and policies throughout Mississippi’s child welfare system while to spotlighting areas that are working well. Access the report here: https://bit.ly/OVCWFMS #NationalFosterCareMonth #FosterCareAwareness
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May is #nationalfostercaremonth and the Child Welfare Information Gateway has put the spotlights on support & uplifting adolescents in the foster care system. Did you know a reported 77% left foster care without receiving the federally funded services needed to support them? This year’s theme, “Engaging Youth. Building Supports. Strengthening Opportunities.” will raise awareness about authentic youth engagement, the importance of life-long connections, and how to best support youth as they transition out of foster care. https://lnkd.in/dHYXvThc.
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💚 Foster Care Awareness Month 💚 reminds us of the profound need for empathy and attachment in child welfare. While the fear of heartbreak 💔 from a child leaving can deter potential foster parents, we must be driven by the greater fear - that these kids 🧒🧑 may never experience a true, caring bond. End of
Translation Rather than avoiding attachment, these children desperately need someone willing to open their heart fully 💖, despite past behaviors or experiences. The very quality that may give us pause - the ability to form deep attachments - is precisely what equips us to provide the unconditional love every child deserves. With empathy 🫶 guiding us, we can reframe our fears as motivation to nurture vulnerable youth. 🌻 #FosterCareAwareness #ChildWelfare #Attachment #Empathy #FosterLove #lotcarolinas #FosterCarolinasTo view or add a comment, sign in
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I couldn't be more proud of UHC investing in kids in the foster system. What a great way to help set them up for future success and equip them with the necessary tools to embark on their journey into adulthood. Life is hard without any set backs/challenges as a child and has the potential to become even harder without the tools/resources to prepare them to enter into the community as an adult. What UHC is doing is a great example of how organizations, community leaders, and health plans can become part of the solution and make an investment into this special segment of America's youth. Many kids within the foster/adopt system hasn't had the easiest start to life and this could be a game changer and just one pathway to set them up for future success. #OneCommunity #TeachourKids #FosterAdopt #BeKind #LifeChanging #InvestinourYouth
The month of May is National Foster Care month, a time when we recognize the important role that the child welfare system plays in supporting youth and their families. Preparing young people who are transitioning out of foster care is crucial as they move toward living independently, managing their own health care, establishing a career and finding housing. To support those who are aging out of the system, we’ve developed several resources, including a web-based training program and classes for providers. Learn more about these and additional ways we’re working to meet the needs of children in foster care here: https://uhc.care/8qzh2b
Training programs improve transition to adulthood for youth in foster care | UnitedHealthcare Community & State
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New Federal Rule Supports Kinship Families in Foster Care Resource & Webinar Recording This short resource explains the final rule that was published by the U.S. Administration for Children and Families (ACF) on September 28, 2023. The rule explicitly gives all Title IV-E child welfare agencies the option to use kin-specific foster care licensing or approval standards and encourages them to limit those standards to federal safety requirements. This change will allow more children to be cared for by those they know and love and requires that they be financially supported like children with non-kin foster parents. You can download the resources regarding the ruling as well as watch the webinar at this link- https://buff.ly/46ADiUL #FFA #fostercare #fosterfamilies #lovemakesafamily #socialworker #fosterfamily #Kinship #webinar #resource
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The Every Student Succeeds Act (ESSA) recognizes the importance of providing students in foster care with consistent educational experiences. 📚 Our blog, ESSA and Foster Care Transportation: Ensuring Educational Stability, explores what this law says about transportation for students in foster care and why it matters. 🚗 Here are some key takeaways: - Students are entitled to appropriate transportation accommodations if they meet requirements - Emphasizes the importance of keeping children and youth in foster care in their "school of origin" whenever possible - Encourages stakeholder collaboration between schools, child welfare agencies, transportation providers, and other relevant parties Read now: https://hubs.la/Q02t_-w00 #ESSA #AlternativeStudentTransportation
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Today we release our report on Colorado #childwelfare and our Colorado Rate-of-Removal Index, which compares the rate at which Colorado's largest counties take away children. #familypreservation #fostercare #childabuse. Among the highlights: Colorado takes children at a rate 30% above the national average. Colorado uses the worst form of foster care, group homes and institutions, at a rate 33% above the national average, and Colorado uses the least harmful form of foster care, kinship foster care, at a rate 30% *below* the national average.
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If you have any interest or questions on being a Child Advocate/Guardian Ad Litem, please reach out to me! Would love to share what it means to advocate for foster children 🖤 #guardianadlitem #GAL #childadvocate #fostercare
May is National Foster Care Month, a time to recognize the important role that members from all parts of child welfare play in supporting children, youth, and families. Every child deserves a safe, loving, and permanent home, and our responsibility as a community is to make that a reality. Through our work at the Florida Statewide Guardian ad Litem Office, we make a difference in the lives of children in foster care by representing them in court and advocating for their best interests. We advocate for the children to have access to the resources and services they need to thrive. To learn more about how we help, and what you can do to help, www.guardianadlitem.org. #GuardianadLitem #Florida #makeadifference #bethedifference #volunteer #childadvocacy #childwelfare #childrepresentation #community #help #foster #fostercare
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May is #NationalFosterCareMonth, a time to acknowledge the contributions of foster, adoptive, and kinship caregivers and the needs of children in foster care. To learn more about how family members, foster parents, kinship caregivers, child welfare professionals, and providers can support children and youth in #fostercare, visit: https://bit.ly/3UFZABA
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