ASCI in the News
Bill to Help Grandparents Raising Grandchildren Due to Opioid Crisis Passes Senate
Washington, DC — Today, U.S. Senate Special Committee on Aging Chairman Susan Collins (R-ME) and Ranking Member Bob Casey (D-PA) celebrated the U.S. Senate’s passage of the Supporting Grandparents Raising Grandchildren Act (S….
The Current Immigration Crisis and America’s Legacy of Punishing Poor Black and Brown Children
The scene unfolding on the United States-Mexico border continues to be tough to watch. Even as immigration policies shift, it remains unclear how the more than 2,000 children wrenched from their…
GSPIA Alumna Named Nonprofit Leader in Social Work
Sharon L. McDaniel (GSPIA ‘91) will receive the 2018 Social Work Day on the Hill Outstanding Individual in the Nonprofit Sector Award. The award is presented by the Congressional Research Institute for Social…
Sharon McDaniel, Pioneer on Prioritizing Kin in Foster Care, Honored By Social Work Field
Dr. Sharon McDaniel’s own experience growing up in kinship care, led her to create Pennsylvania-based A Second Chance, Inc. (ASCI) in 1994. This month, McDaniel was honored for her work by the Congressional…
Less trauma, disruption when relatives get support to raise kids
Patricia Savulchak’s 16-month-old great-granddaughter climbed into her lap and leaned against her chest. Sandy-haired and blue-eyed, Layla looks like her mother did at that age. Savulchak brought up her children,…
Solutions Network Awareness Event focuses on the foster care system
UNIVERSITY PARK, Pa. — Penn State’s Child Maltreatment Solutions Network recently hosted “Building Resilience and Hope,” and brought together researchers, advocates, public servants, and foster youth to discuss Pennsylvania’s foster care system…
Opioid crisis creating ‘grandfamilies,’ a need for more resources
When a parent overdoses or becomes unable to care for children because of addiction, the task frequently falls to grandparents, who all-too-rarely get help from government agencies, according to participants in a…
Partnership Aims to Strengthen Network of American Indian, African-American Kinship Caregivers
As more and more grandparents step up to parent grandchildren, especially in the wake of the current opioid crisis, several organizations are teaming up to create a unique voice and education…
As Children Are Left Behind By Opioid Crisis, Foster System Increasingly Turns To Family For Care
When 22-year-old Kristian Trump Goerman died of a drug overdose in January, she left behind two young children. Trump Goerman had long battled an opioid addiction, and child welfare officials…
Dr. Sharon L. McDaniel receives the 2019 Ronald H. Brown Award for Community Leadership
Sharon L. McDaniel, president and CEO of A Second Chance Inc., received the 2019 Ronald H. Brown Award for Community Leadership in the Greater Pittsburgh community.