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The purpose of this U.S.-based study was to examine two intervening variables, self-care and formal support that affect the relationship between children with behavioural issues and caregiver depression. Specifically, this study examines whether self-care can mediate the relationship between children's behavioural issues and caregivers' depression levels and whether formal support can moderate the relationship between children's behavioural issues and caregivers' depression levels. Data from this study were collected from Qualtrics survey in 2020. A total of 136 participated in the survey,…
This 2023/2024 Prevention Resource Guide offers critical information, including concrete examples of how grant recipients and other Federal or national agencies are taking bold actions to authentically engage with and support families.
The guide outlines the information through a social-ecological approach to reinforce the need to be aware of and address the impacts of factors at the societal, systemic, organizational, community, and family levels that can strengthen or challenge families.
Developed with direct input from individuals with lived experience, the guide also features tools…
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Foster parents serve a critical role in the child welfare system; however, many report being dissatisfied with their role. As such, dissatisfied foster parents are at risk of disruption and turnover, ultimately resulting in placement moves for youth in care. Placement moves have negative impacts on youth well-being, prompting a need to explore issues related to placement longevity related to foster parent satisfaction.
This mixed-methods study included foster parents in six mid-Southwestern states who participated in an online survey between June 2021 and January…
La Guía para facilitadores de “Educando en Familia” es una guía realizada por “Cambiando La Forma en que Cuidamos Guatemala” y está basada en la metodología de Educando en Familia de la Secretaría de Bienestar Social de la Presidencia de la Republica de Guatemala, la guía proporciona herramientas, dinámicas y técnicas para trabajar el programa con grupos de padres, madres y cuidadores; la guía está dirigida a las personas que facilitan el programa o que están certificados para replicarlo por SBS.
This presentation is by the Children’s Trust Fund Alliance and their colleagues regarding a project they have been working on in partnership with parents to identify alternatives to CPS investigations. Using a participatory action research approach, three foundations (Annie E. Casey, Stand Together, and Aviv Foundation) supported a project to engage with parents as planners, recruiters, and interviewers to reach out to 100 parents across the U.S. who have experienced an initial visit from their local child welfare system.
Ten parents interviewed 100 parents to help better understand their…
As part of the project ‘Humanitarian Response to the Protection Needs of Migrant Girls, Boys and Teenagers on the Northern Border of Mexico’, financed by the Basque Government’s Cooperation and Development Aid Fund (FOCAD) (August 2020 to November 2022), SC Spain alongside SC Mexico have developed a series of workshops. These workshops, based on the methodology ”Parenting with tenderness” (It is a tool to strengthen the bond between fathers, mothers and sons and daughters based on love and respect) and “Parenting on the Move”, are aimed at mothers, fathers and caregivers, with the goal of…
Legal and relational permanence have long been viewed as a central outcome of child welfare services. Timely termination of parental rights (TPR) has been a cornerstone of these permanency efforts because TPRs facilitate permanency through adoption. Yet the number of adoption plans that are not finalized or sustained are not trivial.
Over 2,000 youth emancipate from foster care each year and many more leave earlier but not before a TPR has occurred. Some states have passed legislation to allow reinstatements of parental rights. This paper reviews the range of factors state legislation…
The perceptions of 145 incarcerated mothers of minor children in a large Midwestern jail were examined to understand the correlation between where their children are living during their incarceration and the mothers’ feelings about these placements and relationships with their children. Mothers were most satisfied if children lived with maternal grandparents, and least satisfied if children were in foster care. Women with higher scores for the relationship with close relatives, those having contact with their child(ren) while incarcerated, and mothers with no children in foster care reported…
“Engaging Fathers – Putting Lessons Into Practice” is a three-part series to share strategies implemented from three of the five State or county agencies: Los Angeles County, California; Hartford, Connecticut; and Prowers County, Colorado. Part one focuses on the strategies developed within Hartford, Connecticut.
The following individuals are featured in this episode:
- Angela Parks-Pyles, deputy director, contract services, Los Angeles County Department of Children and Family Services
- Alan-Michael Graves…
“Engaging Fathers – Putting Lessons Into Practice” is a three-part series to share strategies implemented from three of the five State or county agencies: Los Angeles county, California; Hartford, Connecticut; and Prowers county, Colorado. Part one focuses on the strategies developed within Hartford, Connecticut.
The following individuals are featured in this episode:
- Christine Lau, MSW. assistant chief of child welfare, Connecticut Department of Children and Families
- Abdul Rahmaan I. Muhammad, LMSW, executive director, My People Clinical Services