Kinship Care Awareness Month
What Month is National Kinship Care Awareness Month celebrated?
September
National Child Abuse Prevention Month is celebrated in what month?
What is April
What month is National Foster Care Month celebrated?
What is May
What month is National Adoption Month celebrated?
What month is National Reunification Month celebrated?
What is June
A placement where children and youth live with relatives, such as aunts, uncles, grandparents, siblings, extended family, or fictive kin is called
Kinship Care
What Federal child protection legislation marks the beginning of a new national response to the problem of child abuse and neglect
What is Child Abuse Prevention and Treatment Act (CAPTA)
To increase outcomes, National foster care month consistently focuses on supporting what group
What is youth and young adults
This month-long event encourages communities to support this group of children in need of permanent families
Who are children experiencing foster care?
What is the most common goal for children and youth in foster care
What is reunification
What are three benefits of kinship care?
What is reduces trauma, improves mental health, fewer behavioral issues, better educational outcomes, greater placement stability, increase family and cultural ties, and greater placement satisfaction
This Federal legislation allows for Federal reimbursement for mental health services, substance use treatment, and in-home parenting skill training, and incentives for States to reduce congregate care placement.
What is the Family First Prevention Services Act (FFPSA)
Name 3 of the 5 types of hearings in a foster care case
What is preliminary protective or shelter, adjudicatory, dispositional, review, and permanency planning hearings
Besides Information Gateway this organization is one of the Children Bureau's key National Adoption Month partners
What is Adopt US Kids
What type of plan is considered a road map for bringing a child(ren) home
What is a case plan
What are the three types of kinship care?
What are informal, voluntary, formal
President Reagan proclaimed April to be the first National Child Abuse Prevention Month in what year?
What is 1983
This group of children represented 14% of the total child population but 22% of all kids in foster care.
What are Black/African American
This federal law provides financial assistance to states to support children in foster care and promote adoption
What is the Adoption Assistance and Child Welfare Act of 1980
How many years has National Reunification Month been celebrated?
What is for the last 10 years
What Federal Act increased federal support to states so they can place more children permanently with relative guardians or adoptive parents, and enhance aid to youth in foster care?
What is the Fostering Connections to Success and Increasing Adoptions Act of 2008
To honor families, States are moving away from celebrating Child Abuse Prevention Month. What type of campaign are they celebrating instead?
What is a Family Strengthening campaign
According to AFCARDS, how many children are in the US foster care system
What is more than 365,000
Approximately how many children are in foster care waiting to be adopted in the United States?
What is around 109,000 children?
To support unity within families, States are moving away from celebrating National Reunification Month. What type of campaign are they celebrating instead?
What is Unification Month