Children's Bureau Express

March 2020
Vol. 21, No. 2

Spotlight on Ensuring Meaningful Family Time

This issue of CBX focuses on the importance of establishing meaningful family time for families with children in out-of-home care. Family time is a critical reasonable effort that promotes well-being and expedites reunification. Read a message from Jerry Milner, Associate Commissioner of the Children's Bureau, and David Kelly, Special Assistant to the Associate Commissioner, about the importance of supporting the parent-child relationship and ensuring that families with children in out-of-home care are able to grow and heal together. The issue also includes a variety of publications and resources for professionals and families centered on the need for meaningful family time.

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Read about an Information Memorandum that centers on research, best practices, resources, and recommendations for making sure children and youth in out-of-home care have safe, meaningful, and frequent family time with their birth families; a report from the Office of Planning, Research and Evaluation that describes major family-strengthening efforts in 2018; and a listing of the latest additions to the Children's Bureau website.

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We highlight an article that discusses how children, youth, and families involved with child welfare experience the removal process and an article that focuses on research related to the impact of out-of-home placement and family separation on the well-being of children.

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