“So how did court go?” I asked our social worker after learning a hearing had been held for a new foster placement that morning. “Fine,” […]
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Practicing Child Welfare with Lived Experience: From Foster Youth to Social Worker
By Candie Johnson Experiences shape who we are. They shape our perceptions of the world, how we navigate life, the frame we see the world […]
Read moreThe Connectivity of Lived Experience
If you were given the opportunity to change the world, what would you do? How would you go about it? Who would you get help […]
Read moreLived Experience Focuses Our Child and Family Services Plan on Families
By Rick Zechman, CMSW All states are required by the US Department of Health and Human Services, Administration for Children and Families (ACF) to develop […]
Read moreKinship Therapeutic Foster Care
By Erica Burgess Kinship care is when children or youth reside with relatives like grandparents, aunts and uncles, siblings, cousins, or someone they have a […]
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