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Ohio's Kinship Day at the Capitol: GrandRally Giving Voice to Kinship Families |
Organization/Advocate |
Kinship |
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11/13/18 |
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"I’ve gone through 15 years of abuse and actually talking to people that care to listen really helped me feel like I wasn’t alone. Everywhere I looked I saw everyone that supported me through my journey." |
Youth/Alumni |
Mental Health |
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01/04/19 |
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"Behavioral health services could have helped my mother... No one told her that her decision could impact our family for the rest of our lives... If someone had, I believe my family’s story would be different." |
Youth/Alumni |
Mental Health |
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01/07/19 |
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"Mental health services could have created stability, a safer living environment, and most importantly, I wouldn’t have ended in the foster system." |
Youth/Alumni |
Mental Health |
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01/10/19 |
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"The services in place weren't addressing my issue specifically. Things I said in confidence were repeated in family therapy, which made things worse. I felt like I had no one." |
Youth/Alumni |
Mental Health |
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01/14/19 |
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"...My parents didn't have support to access or understand how necessary mental health services were for them to keep their children..." |
Youth/Alumni |
Mental Health |
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01/17/19 |
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"...While my mother was given services for substance abuse, housing, and employment, she did not receive any or adequate mental health services. I truly believe if she had mental health support/services I would have been reunified with her." |
Youth/Alumni |
Mental Health |
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01/22/19 |
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"...Having access to support groups and information through groups like the National Alliance on Mental Illness (NAMI) helped our family understand the illness..." |
Kinship Caregiver, Organization/Advocate |
Mental Health |
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01/22/19 |
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"As a parent who is a trauma survivor — knowing what's available could have led to receiving help for trauma and mental health issues. Understanding helps families heal." |
Birth Parent |
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01/24/19 |
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"...I wish I would have felt supported to address *all* of the major barriers and needs to quality parenting during the life of my case. Instead, I reacted with fear and stigma..." |
Birth Parent |
Mental Health |
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01/25/19 |
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"...Growing up, I knew my mom had some challenges. I firmly believe mental health services would have helped my mom and helped me figure out how to support her..." |
Youth/Alumni |
Mental Health |
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01/29/19 |
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"...I cannot help but think that if she had access to mental health treatment, she might not have relapsed and died at age 22 almost one year clean, leaving behind her 9-month-old daughter." |
Kinship Caregiver |
Mental Health |
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01/30/19 |
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Kinship grandparent shares her experience with mental health supports and navigating the system |
Kinship Caregiver |
Kinship, Mental Health |
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02/15/19 |
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"...It just seemed to me that legislators might want to hear the voice of someone who’s impacted by a bill that’s on the table..." |
Youth/Alumni |
Older Youth |
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02/25/19 |
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Colorado engages constituents in Family First Prevention Services Act planning! |
Organization/Advocate |
Kinship, Older Youth |
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03/15/19 |
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"I would like to see more opportunities for kinship and foster families (parents and kids) to connect. It's most helpful to learn about resources from peers that have been through it." |
Kinship Caregiver |
Kinship |
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03/30/19 |
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"...A contact person for every family - to answer the caregivers' questions about how to navigate the system and be able to share what services are and aren't available..." |
Kinship Caregiver |
Kinship |
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04/10/19 |
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Family Voices United member, Tecoria Jones, spoke at South Carolina's Kinship Day at the Capitol |
Kinship Caregiver |
Kinship |
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04/10/19 |
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"...I would have liked them to go through a training to understand their role for me and understand the trauma I was still experiencing, instead of them telling me I should be grateful to be with them instead of a "random family"..." |
Youth/Alumni |
Kinship |
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04/10/19 |
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"As a grandmother raising a baby, I wanted to connect with other relative caregivers in similar situations. There wasn't a resource, so I started the local Grandparents Raising Grandchildren Support Group." |
Kinship Caregiver |
Kinship |
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04/12/19 |
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"...Be willing to go above and beyond your duties to assist caregivers goes a long way - helping them fill out applications and connecting them directly to a resource rather than just handing them a pamphlet helps to make referrals successful..." |
Organization/Advocate |
Kinship |
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04/29/19 |
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"...Apply wrap-around care that coordinates efforts from one location for all available services and resources with attention given to specific needs and circumstances..." |
Birth Parent |
Kinship |
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04/30/19 |
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"...The more support relative caregivers receive, the more likely relatives will step up to care for their family members. This will help to lower the number of foster homes needed and decrease the number of children in foster care..." |
Youth/Alumni |
Kinship |
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05/07/19 |
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From being served by the system to influencing it: Rynn Bell helps human services agencies reshape how they provide services |
Birth Parent |
Pregnant & Parenting Youth |
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05/16/19 |
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Join us for a Podcast Production on Mental Health Supports May 29th at 5pm (ET) |
Organization/Advocate |
Mental Health |
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05/24/19 |
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Family Voices on Mental Health Supports |
Birth Parent, Youth/Alumni, Kinship Caregiver |
Mental Health |
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06/26/19 |
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Family Voices United - A Podcast on Mental Health Supports |
Birth Parent, Youth/Alumni, Kinship Caregiver |
Mental Health |
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06/26/19 |
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Ohio Grandparent Advocates for Fellow Grandparents |
Kinship Caregiver |
Kinship |
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08/12/19 |
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Administration Issues Memo Regarding Constituent Voice |
Birth Parent, Youth/Alumni, Kinship Caregiver, Foster Parent, Adoptive Parent, Organization/Advocate |
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10/07/19 |
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Podcast: Family Voices on Supporting Kinship Families |
Birth Parent, Youth/Alumni, Kinship Caregiver |
Kinship |
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10/30/19 |
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Podcast: Family Voices on Legal Representation for Families |
Birth Parent, Youth/Alumni, Kinship Caregiver, Organization/Advocate |
Kinship, Older Youth, Prevention |
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11/11/19 |
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Podcast: Family Voices on Strengthening Families & Keeping Kids out of Foster Care |
Birth Parent, Youth/Alumni, Kinship Caregiver |
Kinship, Mental Health, Older Youth, Prevention |
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01/03/20 |
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Podcast: Family Voices on Constituent Engagement |
Birth Parent, Youth/Alumni, Kinship Caregiver |
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01/05/20 |
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What's needed to help relative caregivers navigate supports and services for the children they are raising? |
Birth Parent, Youth/Alumni, Kinship Caregiver, Organization/Advocate |
Kinship |
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03/05/20 |
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What do attorneys representing families in court proceedings need to know to keep families together? |
Birth Parent, Youth/Alumni, Kinship Caregiver |
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03/20/20 |
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COVID-19 RESOURCES & GUIDANCE |
Organization/Advocate |
Kinship, Older Youth, Prevention |
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03/27/20 |
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FosterClub Press Release: Youth from Foster Care Thrown into Crisis During Pandemic |
Youth/Alumni, Organization/Advocate |
Older Youth |
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03/28/20 |
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Podcast: Family Voices on COVID19 Crisis Impact & Resources |
Organization/Advocate |
Kinship, Older Youth |
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04/06/20 |
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What are the ways that the COVID-19 crisis is impacting you and/or your family? |
Birth Parent, Youth/Alumni, Kinship Caregiver, Foster Parent, Adoptive Parent, Organization/Advocate |
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04/14/20 |
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Birth Parent National Network Webinars |
Birth Parent |
Mental Health |
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04/24/20 |
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FosterClub Press Release: Young People from Foster Care Hit Hard by COVID-19, Lack Resources and Connections to Weather this Storm |
Youth/Alumni, Organization/Advocate |
Older Youth |
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05/13/20 |
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“What are the EARLY warning signs that a family might be approaching a crisis?" |
Birth Parent, Youth/Alumni, Kinship Caregiver, Foster Parent, Adoptive Parent, Organization/Advocate |
Kinship, Older Youth, Prevention |
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05/22/20 |
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“When a youth leaves a foster care facility or institutional care (like a treatment center), what supports will be most helpful for them to integrate back into a family setting?” |
Birth Parent, Youth/Alumni, Kinship Caregiver, Foster Parent, Adoptive Parent, Organization/Advocate |
Congregate Care, Prevention |
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05/29/20 |
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Podcast: Family Voices on Self-Care During a Crisis |
Birth Parent, Youth/Alumni, Kinship Caregiver, Organization/Advocate |
Prevention |
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06/15/20 |
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Constituent Voice Assessment |
Organization/Advocate |
Prevention |
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07/02/20 |
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New Resource for Birth and Foster Parents |
Birth Parent, Foster Parent |
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07/02/20 |
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“As states move towards reopening, what supports would help you and your family make that transition most successful?” |
Birth Parent, Youth/Alumni, Kinship Caregiver, Foster Parent, Adoptive Parent, Organization/Advocate |
Kinship, Older Youth, Prevention |
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07/09/20 |
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Podcast: Family Voices on School Reopening |
Birth Parent, Youth/Alumni, Kinship Caregiver, Foster Parent, Adoptive Parent, Organization/Advocate |
Pregnant & Parenting Youth, Prevention |
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08/17/20 |
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“What is needed to ensure school reopenings are safe and equitable for children and families who are most impacted by COVID-19?” |
Birth Parent, Youth/Alumni, Kinship Caregiver, Foster Parent, Adoptive Parent, Organization/Advocate |
Kinship, Mental Health, Older Youth |
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09/10/20 |
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Family Voices on Discrimination in the Child Welfare System |
Birth Parent, Youth/Alumni, Kinship Caregiver, Foster Parent, Adoptive Parent, Organization/Advocate |
Kinship, Older Youth |
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09/22/20 |
