{"id":2002,"date":"2021-04-12T15:25:19","date_gmt":"2021-04-12T15:25:19","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/fosteringperspectives.org\/?p=2002"},"modified":"2023-05-30T17:53:57","modified_gmt":"2023-05-30T17:53:57","slug":"june-is-reunification-month","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/fosteringperspectives.org\/?p=2002","title":{"rendered":"June is Reunification Month!"},"content":{"rendered":"

June is Reunification Month, the perfect time for resource parents to reflect on their role in supporting reunification. There is promising evidence that building a strong relationship between parents and resource parents increases the likelihood of reunification.<\/p>\n

\u201cWhen foster parents support or mentor birth parents, they can enhance the ability of birth parents to stay informed about their children\u2019s development while they are in out-of-home care, improve parenting skills, increase placement stability, and lead to more timely reunifications\u201d (CWIG, 2017).<\/p>\n

The American Bar Association Center on Children and Law developed a Tip Sheet for resource parents on supporting family reunification based on interviews with experienced resource parents. Their concrete tips center around four key themes.<\/p>\n

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  1. Respect parents and be compassionate.<\/li>\n
  2. Encourage visitation and regular contact.<\/li>\n
  3. Communicate with the family regularly.<\/li>\n
  4. Remember that safe reunification is best for the children.<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n

    To access this valuable resource and learn more about concrete actions you can take in these four categories, visit https:\/\/bit.ly\/3cmCtFR<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

    June is Reunification Month, the perfect time for resource parents to reflect on their role in supporting reunification. There is promising evidence that building a […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":2026,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_exactmetrics_skip_tracking":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[23,17],"tags":[270],"series":[1628],"class_list":["post-2002","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-child-welfare-news","category-promoting-permanency","tag-reunification","series-may-2021"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/fosteringperspectives.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2002","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/fosteringperspectives.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/fosteringperspectives.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/fosteringperspectives.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/fosteringperspectives.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=2002"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/fosteringperspectives.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2002\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/fosteringperspectives.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/2026"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/fosteringperspectives.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=2002"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/fosteringperspectives.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=2002"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/fosteringperspectives.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=2002"},{"taxonomy":"series","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/fosteringperspectives.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fseries&post=2002"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}