The US Children's Bureau, Casey Family Programs, the Annie E. Casey Foundation and Prevent Child Abuse America are partnering to launch a national effort to prove it is possible to rethink child welfare. The Thriving Families, Safer Children: A National Commitment to Well-Being program will work across the public, private and philanthropic sectors to assist jurisdictions in developing more just and equitable systems for all children and families.
University of Kentucky developmental psychology professor Rachel Farr recently released a study comparing LGBT parenting to heterosexual parenting and found that there is no difference in gender conformity of the children or the kids' friendship quality. Another study by Dr. Abbie Goldberg a professor of psychology at Clark University shows that LGBTQ families are more open to adopting hard-to-face children and that it does not make sense to discriminate against LGBTQ prospective adopters. Multiple studies show n discernible difference between children raised by same or differently gendered parents.
New York researchers have determined that when an interdisciplinary law office approach where a team of lawyers work in tandem with social workers and parent advocates there is a marked reduction in the time the family were separated. The reasons the interdisciplinary model is successful is because parents have access to high-quality representation, parent advocates and social workers attend to the parents out-of-the-courtroom needs that boosts success. Also, parents have broad legal representation during all-important meetings and lastly, parents emotional well-being is being carefully attended to.
The latest fromVoice for Adoption advocacy can be found here.
Update from theHuman Rights Campaign Foundation can be found here.
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