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ALIGN CONNECTIONS For Indigenous Children/Youth & Caregivers January 2024
CONNECTIONS is monthly newsletter designed to support Foster and Kinship Caregivers to ensure First Nations, Metis & Inuit children in their care have access to cultural resources, activities and events that broaden their cultural awareness.
Alberta.ca New Supports for Foster Caregivers Oct. 2023
Alberta.ca Investing $23.6 million - starting Nov. 30, 2023 Alberta’s government will begin paying the daily skill fee or special rates to foster caregivers caring for Transition to Adulthood Program participants who are 18 years or older. This $16.7-million initiative will help more foster caregivers provide mentorship, support and stability for vulnerable young people at a critical juncture in their lives.
Foster, Kinship Care, and Transition to Adulthood: Do Child Welfare System Processes Explain Differences in Outcomes?
This study from Elsevier Children and Youth Services Review Volume 153, October 2023, 107098 examined teenage parenthood and incarceration based on initial placement in kinship or nonrelative family foster care.
Foundations of Caregiver Support (FCS) Report
This document provides the vision and purpose of the Foundations of Caregiver Support and a description of it’s three foundational pillars: child development, trauma, and loss and grief.
Alberta.ca Child Intervention Caregiver Package PS4LLC Practice Strategies for Lifelong Connections (CIPF)
Alberta.ca Practice strategies were initially focused on the “front end” – intake/assessment/initial status/placement decisions. The Practice Strategies for Lifelong Connections shift to a relationship based focus. We used leading research and evidence to inform their design. The development of the strategies was guided by staff, caregivers, and agency partners. This includes feedback from AFKA conferences, presentations, and representation on committees
