Children and youth in foster care or those at risk of entry into foster care are faced with a multitude of trauma and loss experiences. Beginning with being a part of a family unit in which the safety and wellbeing may be jeopardized only to then move from place to place during their tenure in […]
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Defining Due Diligence: Identifying Relatives for Foster Youth
The Foster Connections Act of 2008 (FCA) has established the legal requirements of identifying and notifying relatives for children and youth who are entering or are in danger of entering the foster care system. This brief highlights strategies to comply with those legal mandates, and explores the overall meaning and intent of due diligence to […]
Our Responsibility to Change the Course of Events for Children Through Family Finding
Summary: This article provides judicial officers, CASA volunteers and other stakeholders with a quick reference on some of the many benefits of family finding, an understanding of how everyone has an important role, and how we can participate in all aspects of family finding. “Kinship care helped me stay connected to my son.” 1 What if […]