A Year Is a Long Time in the Life of a Child

Bonding and the Case for Permanence

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Preventing mental illness, crime, and homelessness among children in foster care and adoption: a guide for attorneys, judges, therapists and child welfare workers

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ACT is an advocacy group promoting early permanence in a safe and timely manner for foster children through reunification or adoption.

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Foster Parents Need Legal Standing

Posted by James Kenny, PhD on February 22, 2012 - 10:50am

A significant voice in court is necessary for foster parents if they are to provide the judge with the personal knowledge of the child that they possess. The federal Adoption and Safe Families Act (ASFA) granted them the right to be heard but this has often been misunderstood or overlooked. Frequently, it has proven difficult to get the attention of the judge.

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Keeping a daily journal is the number one way a foster parent can prepare for case conferences and/or help their attorney make their case in court.

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  • Question: We are foster parents and have been for the past 5 years. Last year we took in 3 siblings and one had sustained an injury while in are care it was an accident. Now they have returned home an have hired an attorney an we have been issued a lawsuit. Are agency has told us not to worry but i feel as if we have been hung out to dry. What should we do? Read ACT's response. (3 weeks 2 days ago)
  • Question: If a family receives the adoption tax credit does it get added to their taxable income for the year that they received the credit? Read ACT's response. (1 month 3 weeks ago)

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