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Repeal CAPTA Coalition was in FULL FORCE at the Capitol yesterday, January 31, 2024, to mark the beginning of the end of the 50 year reign of what Prof. Dorothy Roberts calls the “benevolent terror” of “child protective services/CPS” - more accurately termed the Family Police. The Child Abuse Prevention and Treatment Act of 1974, with its system of mandated reporting, investigation, prosecution, child removal, and “treatment” , institutionalized the multi-billion dollar, child commodification, family destroying foster, adoptive, and child welfare “treatment/services” industry. #ShiningTheLight “Separating children from their families and making them wards of the state is far more profitable for governments and their private industry partners than reunification with the children’s families. The commodification of Black children generates a steady stream of open-ended funding from federal taxpayers’ dollars to state and local governments and agencies that are rewarded for removing children from their families, prolonging their stay in state custody, and terminating parental rights. In just under fifty years since the enactment of CAPTA in 1974 with an authorization of $86 million to be spent over three years, the child abuse and neglect industry has grown into a multi-billion-dollar conglomerate.” https://lnkd.in/gR93Ky_F #RepealCaptaNow

The #ChildFirstModel is about putting the foster youth's needs first! IFoster's Voice of the Foster Care Community Report talks about how the child welfare system should provide support, from prevention to youth exiting care. Watch the full video & learn more here: https://bit.ly/4dwWs1w #iAmiFoster #VOC3 #YouthFirst

In this episode hosts Sonia Johnson and ⁠⁠Classie Colinet⁠⁠ interview two trailblazers in child welfare advocacy - Toni Oliver and Leora Neal. 🔹 Episode Highlight: Toni Oliver and Leora Neal, social workers associated with the National Association for Black Social Workers (@NABSW), share invaluable insight into critical topics like family preservation, the complexities of transracial adoptions, and the transformative work of the NABSW. https://lnkd.in/gSgKKsm4

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You may have seen the terms "formal" and "informal" used in our social media posts before. Let's talk about what we mean when we use those terms! Formal refers to circumstances when children are in the care of a relative or non-related extended family member and are in the custody of a public child welfare agency. These families will have a foster care worker. Informal refers to circumstances when children live with grandparents or other relatives and are not in the custody of a public child welfare agency. These families will not have a foster care worker but may have had contact with Child Protective Services. Informal families might have no legal relationship to the children in their care, or they might have Power of Attorney (POA), guardianship, or another legal relationship. For more information, contact the Kinship Care Resource Center at kinship@msu.edu or 800-535-1218. #KinshipCare #Caregiver #KCRC #KinshipCareResourceCenter #MSU #MichiganState #MichiganStateUniversity #Michigan #Training #Support #SupportGroup #Grandparents #Grandchildren

In addition to the trauma that comes with being in the child welfare system, BIPOC youth in foster care often experience additional stressors due to discrimination and cultural displacement. It's vital to understand and support their mental well-being by recognizing these challenges and advocating for culturally competent care. https://rebrand.ly/6rw29jx #mentalhealth #BIPOC #MentalHealthAwareness #FosterYouth

Urge the United States Congress to act immediately to stop the reprehensible practice of forced family separation which affects hundreds of thousands of children and families annually. Not only do these families lose their vital connection to each other, they face ongoing trauma and abuse from the ‘System‘ that separated them. Call and write your United States Congress Members to demand that federals reforms are enacted to the US Child Welfare System to make state care a safe, nurturing, supportive, healthy, and happy environment. The trauma inflicted by The Child Welfare System on children and families is so impactful, it is passed down through generations affecting the mental health and outcomes of the victims‘ descendants for generations to come. https://lnkd.in/eciS2BZX #ChildWelfare #FosterCare #REFORMSNOW #Advocacy #GetInvolved #ChildAbuse #Trauma #ChildNeglect #ChildTrafficking #CPS #FamilySeparation #ChildrensRights #ParentsRights #FamilyPreservation

➡️ Child welfare agencies receive around 3.9 million reports involving 7.1 million children in a given year. Safe Families is a family preservation movement that keeps children from unnecessarily entering the foster care system by providing prevention support to families facing crisis. Will you be a part of the solution? #safefamilies #keepchildrensafe #familiestogether #ittakesavillage #supportparents #ThursdayThought #trending #childwelfare (Stats from Children's Right 2023 Fact Sheet)

▶️ Child welfare agencies receive around 3.9 million reports involving 7.1 million children in a given year. Safe Families is a family preservation movement that keeps children from unnecessarily entering the foster care system by providing prevention support to families facing crisis. Will you be a part of the solution? #safefamilies #childrensafe #familiestogether #ittakesavillage #supportparents #ThursdayThought #trending #childwelfare (Stats from Children's Right 2023 Fact Sheet)

"Of the more than 54,000 kids adopted out of the child welfare system in 2021, over half were young kids ages 1 to 5, consistent with previous years. Most of these adoptions are by the foster parents (either relatives or non-relatives), who cared for the children while in foster care." Source: The Annie & Casey Foundation #OAAdoptOH #InfantAdoption #SiblingAdoption #SiblingGroupAdoption #AdoptionMyths #AdoptionFacts #AdoptionCommunity #AdoptionSupport #AdoptionJourey #AdoptionSavesLives #FosteringSavesLives #AdoptionRocks #FosteringRocks #BirthParents #AdoptionStatistics