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RESOURCE COLLECTION
It's National Reunification Month! Resources for Reunifying Families & Outreach Tools
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As we recognize National Reunification Month, let’s take a moment to acknowledge the team of partners working together to support long-term family stability—all the families and caregivers, caseworkers and agencies, and legal and community providers who are positively impacting reunification efforts in every jurisdiction. |
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To support the reunification process, it is critical to implement trauma-informed, family-centered approaches that build on family strengths and actively engage parents, youth, and kin—including maternal and paternal relatives and fictive kin—as experts on their own lives. |
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Commit to a culturally responsive approach to reunification.
As child welfare professionals, our commitment goes beyond cultural awareness to celebrating the intersecting identities that shape each family. We recognize that race, ethnicity, sexual orientation, and gender identity and expression affect an individual’s worldview, experiences, and relationships. By committing to a culturally responsive approach that prioritizes family ties and kin, we acknowledge the systemic inequities and biases that affect underserved communities and work toward dismantling them.
—Read more on "The ABCs of Reunification" from Jennifer Lee, Children's Lee, Children’s Bureau national foster care specialist, in the June issue of Children’s Bureau Express.
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This collection from Child Welfare Information Gateway will help you continue making progress in helping families achieve their reunification goals. Find strengths-based and culturally responsive resources that support family reunification. Let's keep working together to make a difference.
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Join us in raising awareness for National Reunification Month! Use these social media posts and graphics to share resources with your network easily. Remember to tag Information Gateway on LinkedIn, Facebook, and X.
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While family reunification is always the goal for children in foster care and child welfare professionals should prioritize kin connections, we also want to emphasize the need to preserve family unity. This collection of resources focuses on essential strategies we can implement to prevent removals and separations whenever possible.
Family Unification Resources:
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