Income Guarantee
GIVE KIDS AGING OUT OF THE FOSTER CARE SYSTEM MONEY TO SURVIVE One of America’s most populous counties is piloting an income guarantee to young… Read More »Income Guarantee
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International Review
Promoting parent and child participation is central to achieving children’s rights. This review of the literature and program documentation, prepared by David Tobis, Andy Bilson… Read More »International Review
The “Forget Me Not Garden” at The Open Nest
Parents who have lost their children to adoption have opened a memorial garden as somewhere permanent and special for parents and families to remember their… Read More »The “Forget Me Not Garden” at The Open Nest
Two Good Mums
Two Good Mums is a podcast launching this Friday 10th April. It’s a positive story of post-adoption contact.Laura’s children, ‘CJ’ and ‘RJ’, were removed from… Read More »Two Good Mums
Camden Conversations
Safeguarding Survivor’s article in Community Care about how a family-led child protection enquiry built trust between social workers and families and led to changes in… Read More »Camden Conversations
Mom knows best: the new role of parents in children’s social welfare
Article by David Tobis about parent advocacy which starts: Mothers who have had children placed in residential care or foster care have often had little… Read More »Mom knows best: the new role of parents in children’s social welfare
Coronavirus puts vulnerable UK children at greater risk, campaigners warn
Louise Tickle in The Guardian raises a number of issues for parents and children in the child protection system raised by the response to coronavirus.… Read More »Coronavirus puts vulnerable UK children at greater risk, campaigners warn
TPPF, Coalition Makes 9 Recommendations for Families During COVID-19 to Texas DFPS
A group of more than one dozen family rights activists submitted a letter to the commissioner of the Texas Department of Family and Protective Services with nine recommendations for protecting the rights of parents and children during the COVID-19 pandemic.
Birmingham 2020
Reforming the child protection system:Parents and their Allies Together On 25 February 2020, an exciting event launched a new and innovative parent partnership project for… Read More »Birmingham 2020
COVID-19 Creates Deep Uncertainty in NYC’s Child-Welfare System
New York has been hit hard by COVID-19 and parents involved in the child protection system are badly affected. Rachel Blustain describes how, as the US struggles to catch up with the ever-growing Coronavirus crisis, child-welfare systems are racing to find their own solutions to wrenching ethical and practical dilemmas over how to safeguard the psychological well-being of children in foster care and the rights of families while protecting the physical health of children, parents, foster parents, staff and the community at large.