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Explores the various physical, psychological, behavioral, and developmental health care needs facing children who have been adopted. Although written for parents, provides an excellent overview of key conditions that is useful for those supporting adoptive or guardianship families.

Helps administrators and other leaders understand how to use a tool that enables them to assess and improve the services offered to foster, adoptive, and kinship families.

Analyzes the prevalence of post-adoption formal and informal instability, risk or protective factors associated with instability experiences (including the quality of current adoptive parent—adoptee relationships), services and supports received, and perceived barriers and facilitators to these services.

Focuses on children who no longer reside with their adoptive parents after exiting foster care. This study analyzes data from 383 adoptees aged 15-36, combining previous NSCAW data with a new survey. The purpose of the study was to explore prevalence, risk factors, and protective factors related to post adoption instability as well as services and supports received.

Equips participants with tools to navigate challenging conversations about race and adoption, covering topics such as the impact of race on transracial adoption, discussions with children about race and adoption, and addressing race dynamics for black transracial adoptees, offering valuable guidance for all transracial adoptions. Users will need to create an account and use the code NCEPSFREE to access webinar. A training certificate is available.

Explores how New Jersey implemented TINT. Enables sites to determine if the intervention would work for their jurisdiction and prepare for implementation.

Provides a brief overview of how New Jersey planned to implement Tuning In To Teens (TINT) as part of its work with the QIC-AG.

Highlights the importance of normalizing the need for post-permanency support and ensuring that all families have access to these resources. It offers examples of how sites have tailored their post-permanency program to the unique dynamics of adoptive and guardianship families. Sites can use the article’s strategies and examples to help families understand that seeking support is an expected step in their journey. Introduction to the Resource Watch the video below for an overview of the resource or click on the button to access the article directly.    

Provides guidance for people engaged in conversations about race or racism where they have inadvertently caused harm to another.

Provides a clear description of the program. This guide is intended to be used by staff to carry out the program as intended. Consistency and fidelity in the delivery of services across the state is critical to ensuring that the intended outcomes are achieved.