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Planning for Adoption: Knowing the Costs and Resources
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Child Welfare Information Gateway
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U.S. Department of Health & Human Services, Administration for Children & Families
For families interested in adoption, this factsheet explains the wide range of expenses associated with the various types of adoption and offers multiple resources
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Internal Dynamics of Families
Family Law and Public Policy
Human Growth and Development Across the Lifespan
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Reunification: Bringing Your Children Home From Foster Care
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Child Welfare Information Gateway
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U.S. Department of Health & Human Services, Administration for Children & Families
For families working toward reunification, this factsheet offers a general overview of the entire process, from foster care to returning and living at home.
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Family Law and Public Policy
Internal Dynamics of Families
Human Growth and Development Across the Lifespan
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Lessons Learned From Three States
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Zero to Three
The states of Indiana, Oregon, and Vermont participated in a project to develop cross-sector infant-toddler policy priorities.
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Families and Individuals in Societal Contexts
Human Growth and Development Across the Lifespan
Family Law and Public Policy
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Elaine S. Barry, Ph.D., Associate Professor, Department of Human Development and Family Studies, Penn State Fayette
“Bedsharing” refers to a parent (usually the mother) and infant sharing the same adult bed for all or part of the night.
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Human Growth and Development Across the Lifespan
Interpersonal Relationships
Internal Dynamics of Families
Family Law and Public Policy
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Karen Oehme, Anthony J. Ferraro, Nat Stern, Lisa S. Panisch, and Mallory Lucier-Greer
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The Institute for Family Violence Studies
An overview of the advent and proliferation of statutorily mandated divorce education classes in the United States as well as their goals.
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Internal Dynamics of Families
Parent Education and Guidance
Family Law and Public Policy
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United Nations, UN Women
Analysis of the 2017 United Nations meeting focused on "women’s economic empowerment in the changing world of work."
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/sites/default/files/2017-04/SherifTrask.pdf
Bahira Sherif Trask, Ph.D., is recently gave the keynote presentation at the 50th Session of the Commission on Population and Development at UN Headquarters
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The Center for Law and Social Policy (CLASP)
The Center for Law and Social Policy examines the policies that have led the United States to incarcerate people at a rate higher than any other developed nation.
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Family Law and Public Policy
Families and Individuals in Societal Contexts
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Manpower Demonstration Research Corporation (MDRC)
The Manpower Demonstration Research Corporation (MDRC) has released a new policy memo titled "Putting Evidence at the Heart of Making Policy."
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The Manpower Demonstration Research Corporation (MDRC)
This Manpower Demonstration Research Corporation (MDRC) memo argues that more should be done to improve research capabilities.
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Department of Health & Human Serrvices
The Office of the Assistant Secretary for Planning and Evaluation (ASPE) released a brief examining income and employment patterns of working families.
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Family Law and Public Policy
Family Resource Management
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Tedx
"We have a crisis on our hands," says NCFR Fellow Bahira Sherif Trask in this fascinating Tedx Talk titled "Blending Work and Family: You Are Not Alone. "
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Family Law and Public Policy
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Child Welfare Information Gateway
A fact sheet created to inform families in the child welfare system what to expect during various stages of court proceedings.
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The Center for Law and Social Policy (CLASP)
The Center for Law and Social Policy (CLASP) has released fact sheets that demonstrate the benefits of the Child Care and Development Block Grant.
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Family Law and Public Policy
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by Luz Van Meek, Ph.D., CFLE
This article highlights the contribution of the U.S. National Committee for UN Women's work toward achievement of gender equality.
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Families and Individuals in Societal Contexts
Family Law and Public Policy
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This 48-page report by the U.S. Department of Labor looks at the challenges faced by the millions of working Americans who provide unpaid care.
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Internal Dynamics of Families
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/sites/default/files/lewis_2016_african_american_families_managing_incarceration_and_its_alternatives.pdf
Notes and resources compiled by Edit A. Lewis, University of Michigan.
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Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion
Families and Individuals in Societal Contexts
Family Law and Public Policy
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by Mary Burke, Ph.D., Psychology and Counseling Departments, Carlow University
In this 2016 NCFR conference plenary video recording, Mary Burke describes human trafficking using a human rights lens.
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Counseling and Therapy
Families and Individuals in Societal Contexts
Family Law and Public Policy
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by Luca Maurer, M.S., CFLE, CSE, CSC, Director, Center for LGBT Education, Outreach & Services, Ithaca College
For transgender people, using a restroom is a major safety concern.
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Families and Individuals in Societal Contexts
Family Law and Public Policy
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by Renada Goldberg, M.Ed., MSW, doctoral student, and Sarah A. Burcher, MBA, M.A./Ph.D. student, Department of Family Social Science, University of Minnesota
Treating family policy as a tool in handling only specific phenomena leaves nuances and complexities unexplored.
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by Juliet R. Bradley, PhD, LSW, Professor, Human Services Department, Kaplan University
Despite the fact that same-sex adoption is legal in all fifty states, same-sex couples may still encounter issues when trying to adopt.
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Families and Individuals in Societal Contexts
Family Law and Public Policy
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by Coltan Schoenike and Markell Jurek, undergraduate students, and Amanda E. Barnett, Ph.D., Assistant Professor, Department of Human Development and Family Studies, University of Wisconsin–Stout
Most victories for the LGBTQIA+ community have particularly benefited gay and lesbian men and women.
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Families and Individuals in Societal Contexts
Family Law and Public Policy
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This Family Focus section of NCFR Report — themed "Families and Human Rights" — includes articles that address human rights in countries around the world.
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Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion
Families and Individuals in Societal Contexts
Family Law and Public Policy
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Organizers of the Research and Evaluation Conference on Self-Sufficiency (RECS) have posted video recordings of several sessions from the 2016 RECS.
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Families and Individuals in Societal Contexts
Family Law and Public Policy