By Carmelita Coleman Reunification is often the goal for children and youth placed in foster care. For older youth, this journey is especially complex, as […]
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LINKS and Utilizing Lived Experience
By Tori Marshall The John H. Chafee Foster Care Federal Program for Successful Transition to Adulthood is known as the “LINKS Program” in North Carolina. The […]
Read moreA Reader Asks: What is Unlicensed Kinship Care?
What is Kinship Care? Kinship care is the full-time care, nurturing, and protection of children by their relatives, members of their tribes or clans, godparents, […]
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 […]
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