It Takes an 'Ohana
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.
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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Nurturing the Growth of Gay, Lesbian and Transgender Children and Youth
The Foster Care Training Committee, supported by the Hawaii Department of Human Services, hosted this training on August 30, 2012. The training...
2012 Annual Child Welfare Law Update Conference
Follow this link to see the latest information available regarding child welfare laws and policy in Hawai`i. There you will find the handouts and program from the 2012 Law Update Conference held August 24, 2012 at Ko`olau Ballrooms in Kaneohe.
Hootah’s Baby
A new book has just come out that can help explain adoption to children who have been taken from biological parents due to neglect or harm!
Hootah’s Baby is a story about a mother owl whose life-style choices have made it impossible to be an effective mother. The community steps in to ensure the baby’s safety. It is not about whether or not the mother loves her baby. It is all about mothering skills and the child’s need to be safe. Follow link to learn more.