The Importance of Acknowledging Minority Mental Health
Minority Mental Health Month is recognized to bring awareness to the unique struggles that racial and ethnic minority communities face regarding mental illness in the United States. According to McLean…
#SocialWorkSuperhero Domonik Daniels
ASCI: What challenges and benefits have you experienced as a child welfare caseworker? Domonik Daniels: As a child welfare caseworker, I have experienced quite a few challenges. This work is…
#SocialWorkSuperhero Victoria Lynch
ASCI: What challenges and benefits have you experienced as a child welfare caseworker? Victoria Lynch: One challenge that I have seen is that everyone working in the child welfare realm…
#SocialWorkSuperhero Tiffany Byrd
ASCI: What challenges and benefits have you experienced as a child welfare caseworker? Tiffany Byrd: As a child welfare caseworker, I experienced challenges around not understanding the “why?” behind decisions…
A Discussion on Mentoring and Financial Wellness for Youth Aging Out of the System
Mentorship can play a critical role in preparing transition-age youth for adulthood. According to the University of Chicago’s Chapin Center, by age 26, 36% of young people who ‘aged out’ of foster…
ASCI Presents: A Lived Experience Story ft. Jaslyn Cuff
Each month A Second Chance, Inc. tries to share the voices of our kinship families through Q&A style discussions. We are an agency that strives to provide a safe, secure, and nurturing…
Sharing Our Year in Review: A Strong Year of Kinship as a Culture of Learning
Through over 30 years of knowledge building for an effective kin-first culture, we know that kinship care work must include the kinship triad (the child, birth parent, and caregiver). In reflecting over…
Protecting ICWA Protects Kinship: SCOTUS Hears Oral Arguments in Brackeen v. Haaland
Kinship stretches far beyond blood relation. This same belief is shared by American Indian and Alaska Native (AI/AN) tribal communities, and why the Indian Child Welfare Act of 1978 (ICWA) is…
30 Years of Knowledge Building for an Effective Kin-First Culture: A Natural Family Resource for Children in and out of the Child Welfare System
Sharon McDaniel, Ph.D., EdD, MPA President and CEO, A Second Chance, Inc. I am an alumnus of what is now known as kinship care. Today we prefer to call this “lived…