Vol. 23, No. 7 | September 2022

SPOTLIGHT ON
KINSHIP CARE

Placing children in need of out-of-home care with relatives can help them maintain connections to family, community, and culture. Discover important resources on kinship care to help you support the important work kin caregivers do for the children in their family.

• Genia Newkirk's Story

  This month's message from Associate Commissioner Aysha E. Schomburg features the voice of Genia Newkirk and her story of caring for her brother’s daughter, Nadia.
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• Speaking of Change: How Can Kinship Care Advance Racial Equity in Child Welfare?

  Amara's Kinship Program has a second installment in its Speaking of Change webinar series that seeks to break down common assumptions and misconceptions about foster care and adoption by sharing stories of people engaged in child and family welfare.
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• New Grandfamilies and Kinship Support Network Formed

  The Administration for Community Living (within the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services) and Generations United have partnered to form the first national technical assistance center focused on working across jurisdictions to improve supports and services for grandfamilies and kinship families.
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• Benefits of Kinship Placement

  Learn about the American Bar Association's tool for lawyers to use in trial or during their appellate arguments to help them advocate for kinship placement.
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• Reimagining Permanency: The Struggle for Racial Equity and Lifelong Connections

  A series of articles in Family Integrity and Justice Quarterly discusses the importance of maintaining familial relationships in the wake of out-of-home care, the need for permanency, and the damage that severing ties with family means to children and youth involved with child welfare.
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In This Issue

News From the Children's Bureau

• Relative and Kin Connections Keep Families Strong
• Kinship Navigation Facilitates Permanency and Equity for Youth in Child Welfare
• New Changes to the Public Service Loan Forgiveness Program Bring Borrowers Closer to Loan Forgiveness
• September Is National Child Welfare Workforce Development Month 

• CB Website Updates
  
  

Training & Technical Assistance Updates

• NTDC Focuses on Tools and Training for Kinship Families
• New Podcast Available on Advancing Support for Kinship Caregivers
• Updates From the Children's Bureau's Training and Technical Assistance Partners
  
  

Child Welfare Research

• Drug Testing Brief Provides Practice Tips for Child Welfare Workers and Supervisors
• Brief Explores Tie Between Economic Hardship and Child Abuse in AAPI Families
  
  

Strategies & Tools for Practice

• CBX Survey Launches!
• September Is National Suicide Prevention Awareness Month
• Toolkit Provides Guidance for Child Welfare Professionals Supporting Children and Youth During and After Natural Disasters
  
  

Resources

• How Parents Who Are Incarcerated Can Support Their Children's Education
• Guide Helps Current and Former Youth in Care Pursue Postsecondary Education
  
  

Training & Conferences

• Recovery Coach Program Provides Substance Use Treatment for Parents
• Child Welfare Virtual Expo 2022
• Conferences

Children's Bureau Express (CBX) shares insights on emerging issues, trends and best practices for professionals concerned with child abuse and neglect, child welfare, and adoption. CBX is published 10 times per year and features a letter from the Children’s Bureau’s Associate Commissioner in each issue. Search the website to research topics or find past issues in the archive. 

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