NE DHHS Family Finding

03/27/2018

April is Child Abuse Prevention month! Check out the national website for more information: https://www.childwelfare.gov/topics/preventing/preventionmonth/

10/31/2017

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Wb3SwPfJMzs

Nearly one of every four children photolisted on our web site has at least one sibling who is also waiting to be adopted. These children stand a better chanc...

10/20/2017

http://fosteringperspectives.org/fpv13n1/foster.htm

Foster parents are taught about the things children feel when experiencing loss. We are taught in MAPP about the grief cycle and how to help children through each stage. Yet we are not always taught that birth parents go through their own grief cycle. This is critical information—before we can hope…

10/11/2017

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YjU9InLa7AI

Foster parent and trainer Donna Foster offers advice to foster parents about how to successfully engage in shared parenting. More from the Family and Childre...

08/23/2017

Here's a great video on understanding grief and loss in foster youth and what that looks like in everyday life:

Grief and Loss for Youth in Foster Care & Adoption

08/15/2017

Have you ever wondered if your child is old enough to be left home alone? See the link for questions to consider as well as state specific information: https://www.childwelfare.gov/pubs/factsheets/homealone/

06/20/2017

June is National Reunification Month!! Check out some great resources:
https://www.childwelfare.gov/pubs/reunification/

06/13/2017

https://youtu.be/UYfAcHGkRLs
Great 3 minute video explaining the reason and trauma behind children's behavior!

Grief and Loss for Youth in Foster Care & Adoption

05/30/2017

A rising number of grandparents, aunts, and uncles are caring for their relatives that are involved in the foster care system. Check out the following link for kinship care resources! https://www.childwelfare.gov/fostercaremonth/resources/caregivers/kinship/

Kinship care refers to the care of children by relatives or, in some jurisdictions, close family friends (often referred to as fictive kin). Relatives are the preferred placement resource for children who must be removed from their birth parents because it maintains the children's connections with t...

05/05/2017

https://www.childwelfare.gov/fostercaremonth/

04/19/2017

Check out the National Foster Care Month page through the month of May
https://www.childwelfare.gov/fostercaremonth/spread/facebook-campaign/?utm_source=041917&utm_medium=eblast&utm_content=%20Campaign&utm_campaign=NFCM17