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FPAWS is in support of keeping families together whenever possible; of working to make sure that it is always possible when it is in the
The CR serves as a navigator – helping to research, call, and vet resources based on what individuals tell us they need, and connecting kinship
At Mockingbird’s 2023 Youth Leadership Summit, young advocates shared their stories, highlighted issues affecting young people experiencing foster care and homelessness, and proposed their ideas
In 2022, Children’s Alliance convened a small workgroup of youth behavioral health experts in Washington to conduct a comprehensive analysis of the youth behavioral health
reposted with slight edits from the blog of Robert Latham, a law professor and former GAL in Florida One of the big topics in
If your child receives Washington State Medicaid, they may be eligible for the Community First Choice (CFC) Program. (All foster children receive Medicaid through Coordinated Care.
originally published by Dee Wilson in June 2023 Washington State law requires a review of suspected child maltreatment deaths when there was an open
This piece was originally published by Dee Wilson in May 2023 Foster children in the U.S. have several characteristics that increase the difficulty of safely
This piece was originally published by Dee Wilson in April 2023 Currently, there are approximately 6,100 children in foster care on any one day in
DCYF Begins Issuing Initial Licenses for Kinship Caregivers via DCYF Initial license is a new type of license that took effect July 1, 2023, created in
A multi-part commentary on risk assessment frameworks in child welfare, by DEE WILSON and TONI SEBASTIAN Part 1: The strange history of risk assessment The
The National Child Traumatic Stress Network Multisystem Involved Youth Collaborative Work Group and Georgetown University’s McCourt School of Public Policy Center for Juvenile Justice Reform