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Hawaii's Foster Care ResourceIt Takes an ‘Ohana is a program of Family Programs Hawaii. We provide the latest news in foster care and updates to Hawaii’s child welfare laws. For more information on foster care and strengthening families in Hawaii, visit our main website by clicking the button below.
2016 Annual Child Welfare Law Update Conference
The 2016 Annual Child Welfare Law Update Conference was held August 12, 2016 at the Ko’olau Golf Course in Kaneohe with the Honorable R. Mark Browning, Senior Family Court Judge, Family Court of the First Circuit, providing the opening remarks. Presentation titles with handouts are below. More handouts will be posted as they become available.
Program and Speaker Information
TED Talks played during lunch:
Shawn Achor: The happy secret to better work.
Kelly McGonigal: How to make stress your friend.
- Child Welfare Statutory Changes and Appellate Decisions
- Child Welfare and Related Laws Update -PowerPoint by Patrick Pascual
- EnsuringEdStabilityPP
- SDO & Memo Op Table-2
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- 2016 BIA ICWA Regulations (Federal Register)
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- 2016_hrap11_12.1_28_29am_ada
- 2016_hrap11_12.1_28_29am_ada BIA ICWA Guidelines – 2015
- ED AND HHS EFFECTIVE DATES DCL.PDF
- Every Student Succeeds Act of 2016
- HB 2082 Act 080 signed by Gov
- HB 2340 Act 096 signed by Gov
- HB 2350 Act 133 signed by Gov Higher Ed age extension 2016
- Higher Ed age extension 2016 SB 2878 Act 134 signed by Gov
- Judiciary and Executive Branch: Child Welfare Initiatives, Accomplishments, and Plans for 2016-17
- LGBTQ Update: Overview of Current LGBTQ Issues and Legal Developments in Hawaii and the Nation
- Introduction to the DHS Unknown Perpetrator Protocol
- “Prudent Parenting” Statute: Promoting Wellbeing and Normalcy for Minors in Foster Care Panel
- Video: Promoting Well-Being and Normalcy for Foster Youth
- Don’t Say No Until You Know
- Learning by doing
- Normalcy in Foster Care-Guide for RC
- RC-CCI-Use and safety considerations of social networking
- Social Media-Tips for Foster Youth
- REISSUED BILL OF RIGHTS FOR CHILDREN & YOUTH IN FOSTER CARE 3-10-16 lkazama
- Benefits-for-Foster-Children-and-Resource-Caregivers
- Child Welfare Information Gateway’s resource page highlights the provision of the 2014 Strengthening Families Act that allows caregivers and foster parents to use a reasonable and prudent parent standard as they make decisions to allow young people to participate in age-appropriate activities that were too often off-limits for youth in care. Click here to visit the page.
- Current Drug Trends
- Presented by Gary Shimabukuro, Certified Prevention Specialist, Laulima Hawaii
Support Normalcy for Youth in Foster Care
The Child Welfare Information Gateway has a new web page with resources to help professionals and parents support and promote normal childhood experience for youth in foster care. The page highlights the provision of the 2014 Strengthening Families Act that allows caregivers and foster parents to use a reasonable and prudent parent standard as they make decisions to allow young people to participate in age-appropriate activities that were too often off-limits for youth in care.
Click here to visit the page.
https://www.childwelfare.gov/topics/outofhome/resources-foster-families/parenting/normalcy/?utm_source=Professionals&utm_campaign=a548505968-E_Notes_July_2016_06_29_16&utm_medium=email&utm_term=0_9bab4b66b7-a548505968-292369425
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Information Resource Caregivers are Entitled To
We at ITAO believe strongly that “Knowledge is Power”, thus work to bring the information you need as a resource family to you. In particular, we believe that information about your foster child and the case plan is necessary for you to have so that you can provide the best care for each child in your home. In light of that need, we worked with the Hawai`i Department of Human Sevices to put together a “Information Resource Caregivers are Entitled To”. Follow link to download and print.
Who Ya Gonna Call?
In January of 2015 ITAO worked with DHS to update the list of phone numbers that resource caregivers may need in the course of fostering the children in their care. Follow this link to download the Who-To-Call list.
We send a big MAHALO to each and every person who steps up to the plate to help children and families in need and hope that this information is helpful to YOU!
2015 Annual Child Welfare Law Update Conference
The 2015 Annual Child Welfare Law Update Conference was held August 14, 2015 at the Ko’olau Golf Course, Kaneohe, Hawai’i with the Honorable R. Mark Browning, Senior Family Court Judge, Family Court of the First Circuit and Rachael Wong, Director, Department of Human Services, providing the opening remarks. Follow this link to view handouts and information from the conference.