Through the Dave Thomas Foundation for Adoption's Wendy's Wonderful Kids® program, adoption recruiters use an evidence-based, child-focused model to find the right family for every child. Conducting a diligent search of a child's network — including family, friends, teachers, coaches, neighbors, etc. — is a key component of the model. Hear from Wendy's Wonderful Kids recruiter Macie about this process of making connections on the path to legal permanency. 

A publication release webinar highlighting historic reforms to the child welfare system to better support children, families and relative caregivers as a result of the Family First Prevention Services Act (passed into law February 2018).

Currently, 36 states, the District of Columbia and 11 tribes operate Title IV-E Guardianship Assistance Program (GAP). States and tribes operating a federal Title IV-E GAP can use recent reforms to further strengthen their existing programs to support families. On this webinar you will learn how states and tribes that have not yet taken advantage of the federal Title IV-E Guardian Assistance Program option might favorably consider new opportunities to improve the array of supports to children and their families.

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Short Summary of the Fostering Connections to Success and Increasing Adoption Act 

Summaries of the law prepared by several national nonprofits, including Generations United and the ABA Center on Children and the Law.

This guidebook, developed by our partners at the National Indian Child Welfare Association, particularly Subject Matter Expert Terry L. Cross, MSW, ACSW, LCSW and Mariah Meyerholz, MSW, discusses several important considerations and suggests a process through which tribes can develop locally appropriate standards. It is based on the premise that foster care standards, including care by relatives, are most useful when developed by the tribal community in which they will be used and when a broad segment of that community participates in the development and implementation process.