Dr. Valerie Jackson Interview with Bold Journey
The U.S. Administration for Children and Families released a revised rule that addresses a longstanding inequity faced by relatives and kin caregivers and the children they care for in foster care. The revised rule, for the first time, explicitly allows states to use kinship specific commonsense foster care licensing standards.
Family Separation in the Foster Care System: Obstacles to Supported Permanency for BIPOC Kinship Caregivers
The U.S. Administration for Children and Families released a revised rule that addresses a longstanding inequity faced by relatives and kin caregivers and the children they care for in foster care. The revised rule, for the first time, explicitly allows states to use kinship specific commonsense foster care licensing standards.
Healing Pinocchio
In 2021, eight-year-old Noah came into my life after his release from a psychiatric hospital. His prospective adoptive parents had sent him to the hospital after only two weeks in their home. So, on a gloomy Saturday afternoon, a slender boy with large, fearful, empty eyes waited in the lobby of the psychiatric hospital for yet another stranger to pick him up.
Family Separation in the Foster Care System: Supporting BIPOC Children’s Ecosystem
The U.S. Administration for Children and Families released a revised rule that addresses a longstanding inequity faced by relatives and kin caregivers and the children they care for in foster care. The revised rule, for the first time, explicitly allows states to use kinship specific commonsense foster care licensing standards.
Ending the Foster Care to Dropout Pipeline
Ending the Foster Care to Dropout Pipeline Instead of ripping children’s lives apart, kinship care creates a more effective support for system for Black students.
Keeping Families Together: Addressing Needs of Relative Caregivers
In this episode, Dr. Valerie Jackson shares how Monarch Family Services got started as a child placing agency providing specialized support for biological families and kinship (relative) caregivers. We discuss how the needs of kinship families (relative caregivers) differ from typical foster families and why additional support is needed to keep these families intact.
Kinship Care – Dr. Jackson
Dr. Jackson gives an amazing overview of Monarch Family Services.
“Grandma Needs Help” Examining Social Supports for Kinship Caregivers
Desdamona Rios PhD, Edna Herrera, Aundrea Enrique, Lluvia Larios, Stephanie Zepeda,
Victoria Palacios DeLeon, Althea Lacewell MSW, and Valerie D Jackson PhD
Monarch Family Services Kinship Programs
Monarch Family Services compassionately and professionally delivers services to improve the lives of children and to strengthen families. Our agency is family-focused because we recognize every child and family has a unique path toward healing. MFS provides integrated and comprehensive services across family service spectrum.
Foster Care and Adoption in the State of Texas
Foster Care and Adoption
in the State of Texas