Q&A with Macon Stewart, Co-Author of the Crossover Youth Practice Model
Growing research continues to support that restorative practices allow youth to remain in their homes and schools, help systems-involved families heal and keep communities intact. As such, prioritizing kinship care as a means to prevent out-of-home youth from becoming dually involved is reflected in juvenile justice and child welfare organizations’ practices and priorities nationwide. Additionally, models like the Crossover Youth…
Pittsburgh Magazine Profiles ASCI Founder’s Transformative Kinship Care Contributions
Article originally published in Pittsburgh Magazine. In 1993, Dr. Sharon McDaniel saw an opportunity. The need was dire, but McDaniel felt that her career had built up to that moment…
PFSA Offering Virtual Mandated Reporter Training
PFSA is continuing to offer virtual Mandated Reporter Training at no cost to mandated reporters in Pennsylvania. This three-hour virtual training is approved by the Departments of Human Services, Education,…
The Importance of Building a Relational Network of Support for Adoptive Families
This information on support for adoptive families is provided by Child Welfare Information Gateway. Adoptive families frequently express a need for support services. This calls for professionals to take initiative…
CWLA 2022 National Conference: Call for Proposals
The Fierce Urgency of Now: Collective Action to Ensure Children and Families Flourish SAVE THE DATES!April 27-29, 2022 Hyatt Regency Capitol HillWashington, DC Submit by August 16 CWLA is now…
SCOTUS Rules Unanimously in LGBTQ+ Rights Case
On June 17, the U.S. Supreme Court ruled in favor of Philadelphia Catholic Social Services in the LGBTQ+ rights case of Fulton v. The City of Philadelphia—the case that considered…
Lessons from Ma’Khia Bryant’s Death: Better Housing Policy & Kinship Care Aid Can Save Our Children
This article was written by ASCI’s editorial team and originally published by the Imprint. Sweet 16. It’s an age when many teens revel in the thought of getting a driver’s…
Child Welfare Legislative Updates: May 24 – June 4, 2021
Please review the following child welfare legislative updates pertinent to children and families from May 24 – June 4, 2021. These bills and other important legislation can be tracked at GovTrack.us. Health S….
Loving Her in the Skin She’s In
How a grandfather’s unconditional love for his LGBTQIA2S+ granddaughter fosters family and community acceptance Coming out LGBTQIA2S+ (i.e., Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, Transgender, Queer and/or Questioning, Intersex, Asexual, Two-Spirit) is—or always should be—a…
AID in PA: Resource Collection for Autism & Intellectual Disabilities
A new resource collection website, AID in PA, has recently launched. The site was created in partnership with the Department of Human Services Office of Developmental Programs, PA HCQUs, ASERT, and Temple University….