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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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"...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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"...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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"...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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"...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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"...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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"...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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"...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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"...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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"...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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"...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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"...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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"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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"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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"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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"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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"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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"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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"Share Your Perspective" Paper on Race Equity in Child Welfare |
Birth Parent, Youth/Alumni, Kinship Caregiver, Foster Parent, Adoptive Parent, Organization/Advocate |
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06/23/22 |
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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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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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Birth Parent National Network Webinars |
Birth Parent |
Mental Health |
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04/24/20 |
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Building a 21st century child welfare research agenda |
Birth Parent, Youth/Alumni, Kinship Caregiver, Foster Parent, Adoptive Parent, Organization/Advocate |
Prevention |
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03/01/22 |
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Colorado engages constituents in Family First Prevention Services Act planning! |
Organization/Advocate |
Kinship, Older Youth |
|
03/15/19 |
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Constituent Voice Assessment |
Organization/Advocate |
Prevention |
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07/02/20 |
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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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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 |
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Family Voices on Mental and Behavioral Health Supports |
Birth Parent, Youth/Alumni, Kinship Caregiver, Foster Parent, Adoptive Parent, Organization/Advocate |
Mental Health, Prevention |
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06/10/21 |
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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 |
|
06/26/19 |
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Family Voices United Family First Peer Learning Session |
Organization/Advocate |
Congregate Care, Kinship, Mental Health, Older Youth, Pregnant & Parenting Youth, Prevention |
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03/12/21 |
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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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Family Voices United: Advisory Board Overview |
Birth Parent, Youth/Alumni, Kinship Caregiver, Foster Parent, Adoptive Parent, Organization/Advocate |
|
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12/08/22 |
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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 |
|
05/13/20 |
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FosterClub Press Release: Youth from Foster Care Thrown into Crisis During Pandemic |
Youth/Alumni, Organization/Advocate |
Older Youth |
|
03/28/20 |
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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 |
|
05/24/19 |
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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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New Resource for Birth and Foster Parents |
Birth Parent, Foster Parent |
|
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07/02/20 |
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Ohio Grandparent Advocates for Fellow Grandparents |
Kinship Caregiver |
Kinship |
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08/12/19 |
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Ohio's Kinship Day at the Capitol: GrandRally Giving Voice to Kinship Families |
Organization/Advocate |
Kinship |
|
11/13/18 |
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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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Podcast: Family Voices on COVID19 Crisis Impact & Resources |
Organization/Advocate |
Kinship, Older Youth |
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04/06/20 |
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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 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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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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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 Supporting Kinship Families |
Birth Parent, Youth/Alumni, Kinship Caregiver |
Kinship |
|
10/30/19 |
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Share your Perspective on Supporting Kinship Caregivers |
Birth Parent, Youth/Alumni, Kinship Caregiver, Foster Parent, Adoptive Parent |
Kinship |
|
04/01/22 |
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Share Your Perspective"Prevention: Strengthening Families and Averting Crises |
Birth Parent, Youth/Alumni, Kinship Caregiver, Foster Parent, Adoptive Parent, Organization/Advocate |
Prevention |
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08/13/22 |
