NE DHHS Family Finding

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

National Child Abuse Prevention Month 2018

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

10 Facts About Adopting Siblings 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...

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

Building a Positive Relationship with Birth Parents 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…

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

Part 3 - Shared Parenting: Advice for Foster Parents 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...

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

www.youtube.com Grief and Loss for Youth in Foster Care & Adoption

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/

Leaving Your Child Home Alone - Child Welfare Information Gateway

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

Reunification: Bringing Your Children Home From Foster Care - Child Welfare Information Gateway

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 Grief and Loss for Youth in Foster Care & Adoption

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/

For Kinship Caregivers - National Foster Care Month 2017 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...

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

National Foster Care Month 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