The term Housed Out of Facility, or HOF, is one strategy the Minnesota Department of Corrections (MN DOC) uses to address over-crowding issues currently facing Minnesota prisons. When we learned about the impact of HOF on one inmate, we immediately became interested in conducting a Family Impact Analysis about HOF. This mother had been involved in the parenting program at […]
Category: Families
Adoption and Permanency Modules: Three Part Series
TheUniversity of Minnesota’s Center for Advanced Studies in Child Welfare (CASCW) has added a three part series on Adoption and Permanency to its resource library. Students, professionals, and families will find these modules useful: Module 1: Adoption and Permanency: An Introduction Module 2: Adoption & Permanency: Loss, Grief and Trauma Module 3: Adoption & Permanency: Identity, Openness and […]
Interactive Map: What States Consider Parental Disability in Termination of Parental Rights?
The Center for Advanced Studies in Child Welfare put together an interactive map providing up to date information on how states are including parental disability language in their state statutes, and resources about the intersection of parents with disabilities and child welfare.
Children in Common: Ensuring the Emotional Well-Being of Children When Parenting Apart
The Children, Youth & Family Consortium’s Children’s Mental Health eReview summarizes children’s mental health research and implications for practice and policy. It addresses the gap between what we know from the literature and what we experience working with families. Each issue explores a specific topic area and reflects the expertise of a group of people […]