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National Center for Child Welfare Excellence Offers Curricula
The National Center for Child Welfare Excellence has produced several curricula related to key issues in child welfare. Titles include:
• Reaching Higher: A Curriculum for Foster/Adoptive Parents and Kinship Caregivers Caring for LGBTQ Youth
• Reaching Higher: Increasing Competency in Practice with LGBTQ Youth in Child Welfare Systems
• Making it Possible: Permanency Pathways for Older Youth in Care
• Assessing Adult Relatives as Preferred Caretakers in Permanency Planning: A Competency-Based Curriculum
Each features a facilitator’s guide and handouts for participants.
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Adoption Assistance Available to More Children
Many children previously ineligible for adoption assistance now qualify due to a change in DHS procedures.
Audit of the Foster Board Payment Program
This audit assesses the progress made on the recommendations of the 1994 audit. The audit found areas of improvement as well as some continued areas...
Authority to Provide Educational Consent
Act 73, passed in 2001, gives the foster parent the authority to provide consents for a foster child’s educational and recreational needs.