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Offers advice for sites that might be interested in conducting a needs assessment survey of their adoptive/guardianship families, based on lessons learned in Vermont.

Offers advice for sites that might be interested in implementing Tuning In To Teens (TINT), based on lessons learned in New Jersey.

Offers suggestions for providing support services designed for adoptive families whose children are at risk of disruption, dissolution, or out-of-home placement.

Highlights the Illinois Adoption and Guardianship Support and Preservation (ASAP) program. This program provides a range of services to support adoptive and guardianship families.  The Illinois ASAP program offers in-home therapeutic support through counseling and the START 24/7 (State Early, Trauma-Informed, Attachment-focused, Resiliency-building, Therapeutic services).   This article discusses Illinois program through the lens of a service provider.

Discusses facts and findings related to kinship care and children who have experienced trauma. This report also provides recommendations to child welfare professionals on how to support kinship caregivers.

Explores how public agencies can better serve their communities. Includes six essential strategies for inclusive engagement, including enhancing relationships and engagement, enriching knowledge gathering, and embracing organizational change. Outlines key steps in inclusive public engagement.

Examines the historical evolution of adoption language and emphasizes the importance of incorporating the adoptee voice into practice and policy through tools for evaluation and empowerment. Users will need to create an account and use the code NCEPSFREE to access webinar. A training certificate is available.

Discusses the value of incorporating people who have lived expertise (both those who were in care or adopted and parents/caregivers) into support programs and offers suggestions for where and how to incorporate those with lived expertise, such as on advisory boards or work groups or as service providers. Offers examples from programs around the country and makes recommendations for training, supporting, and elevating those with lived expertise.

Explores the needs behind and principles for indicated services (services for children and families at high risk of discontinuity) that agencies can provide after permanency, offering examples of promising programs.

Describes what foster, adoptive, and kinship family support looks like at each stage of the journey, from inquiry to licensure or approval and after placement, and offers tips for integrating support throughout the process.