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All posts tagged "Foster Care"
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3.3KGuest Opinion EssayWe Have Chance to Build Better Child, Family Well-Being System
The current global pandemic and associated economic crisis is shining a spotlight on the stresses and resiliency of families and some of...
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3.2KGuest Opinion EssayHow to Recruit and Retain High-quality Foster Caregivers in South, Southwest
There is a growing need for individuals who can commit to serve as foster caregivers to children and adolescents in the United...
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3.0KGuest Opinion EssayFamilies, Communities, Systems Need to Collaborate to Really Help Whole Child
An ancient parable describes a group of people who come across something unknown to them — an elephant. Fascinated, each person begins...
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2.2KGuest Opinion EssayNew Types of Therapy Hold Promise at One Treatment Foster Care Program
Vast, beautiful land coupled with a rich history and cultural allure solidify the reality of New Mexico as the “Land of Enchantment.”...
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1.9KGuest Opinion EssayNew Mexico, and U.S., Needs Help With Both Immediate Needs, Ultimate Causes
A few years ago I attended a workshop on Theatre of the Oppressed, an approach to community education based on the use...
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1.8KNewsNewly Updated Technology Helps CYFD Stay in Touch
When Brian Blalock entered his new job as cabinet secretary at the Children, Youth and Families Department (CYFD) approximately a year and...
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1.5KNewsFor New Mexican, Tribal Leaders, It’s ‘All Hands on Deck’ in 2 Counties
Government officials and public health professionals say there’s no sugar-coating it: The coronavirus outbreak that’s done a number on the Gallup area...
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2.5KNewsCOVID-19 Challenges Don’t Stop Carlsbad Transitional Housing Program
“On call” means something different these days for Johnnie Bradford. As the longtime housing supervisor for Carlsbad Transitional Housing, she has always...
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1.6KNewsLas Cruces Caseworker Helping Youth Who Have Aged Out of Care Plus the System-involved
Transitioning out of juvenile justice is already laborious for many young people. It’s infinitely more difficult during a global pandemic. “They’re literally...
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2.0KNewsNew Mexico Tribal, State Leaders Pulling Together Against Pandemic
The arrival of the coronavirus in New Mexico in mid-March toppled the lives of the state’s foster and at-risk youth, who were...
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1.9KFrom the BureausFoster Parent Expert Advises Support Groups, Online Training to Cope With Anxious Kids During COVID-19
John DeGarmo is the founder and director of the Foster Care Institute. He and his wife Kelly have been foster parents for...
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2.0KNewsIntensive Coaching, Group Therapy Helped California Foster Youth at Risk for Homelessness, Chapin Hall Study Shows
In the transition from adolescence to adulthood, even the best-prepared kids can be expected to stumble.
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4.4KGuest Opinion EssayInclusion of Homebuilders Model Makes Family First Act a Much More Useful Law
The first time I saw the photo, nearly 20 years ago, I was so moved it almost made me cry. That may...
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4.7KGuest Opinion EssayPandemic Affecting Adolescent Development; We Must Help Them Handle New Traumas
The COVID-19 pandemic spotlights the disproportionate impact of crises on our most vulnerable communities, particularly here in New Mexico. Reports across the...
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3.4KGuest Opinion EssayLet’s Boldly Reimagine Child Welfare System to Strengthen Families In Post-COVID-19 World
A crisis — such as the COVID-19 global pandemic — has a way of shaking up our worlds. And while this can...
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3.0KGuest Opinion EssayNew Mexico Must Do More For Homeless Youth
As a longtime advocate for children, youth and families in New Mexico, I wholeheartedly believe in the power, idealism, enthusiasm and courage...
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3.1KGuest Opinion EssayNative American Children Protected in Groundbreaking Foster Care Settlement
For decades, we have repeated and recapitulated: Our nation’s foster care system is broken. New Mexico, which receives the lowest markers of...
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2.0KGuest Opinion EssayCOVID-19 Makes Delivering Services to New Mexican Immigrant Families, Children Harder
Las Cumbres Community Services is providing crisis services to immigrant families and children in response to the COVID-19 pandemic. Our organization is...
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1.8KGuest Opinion EssayNew Mexico Foster Care Challenges Need Proper Policy, Oversight, Leadership
New Mexico is known as the Land of Enchantment and that certainly holds true. In the four years I had the joy...
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1.9KNewsCOVID-19 Changes in Eddy County Mean Fewer Referrals, More Donations
The child welfare challenges brought about by the current COVID-19 pandemic have easily been the most disquieting for Maria Calderon, protective services...
