Isabella Brooke Knightly and Austin Gamez-Knightly
In Memory of my Loving Husband, William F. Knightly Jr. Murdered by ILLEGAL Palliative Care at a Nashua, NH Hospital
Friday, May 25, 2012
Thursday, May 24, 2012
Prayer's for a Fellow Family Advocate/Activist
Prayer's and well wishes requested for Denise-Marie McIntosh, a fellow Family Advocate/Activist.
Court tomorrow to determine the fate of the custody of her child, separated from his Mother for several
year's due to the interference and false allegation's of our corrupt NH DCYF and their cohort's.
Good Luck Denise! May Justice prevail at long last!
http://dmvc-results.blogspot.com/
Court tomorrow to determine the fate of the custody of her child, separated from his Mother for several
year's due to the interference and false allegation's of our corrupt NH DCYF and their cohort's.
Good Luck Denise! May Justice prevail at long last!
http://dmvc-results.blogspot.com/
Funding Announcements on Service Delivery and Family Connections
Funding Announcements on Service Delivery and Family Connections | The Children's Monitor:
The Children’s Bureau has just announced two discretionary grant opportunities to improve child welfare service delivery and promote family connections. Authorized by the Adoption Opportunities Program (P.L. 111-320), Initiative to Improve Access to Needs-Driven, Evidence-Based/Evidence-Informed Mental and Behavioral Health Services in Child Welfare funds demonstration projects to build the capacity for an integrated approach to a screening, assessment, service provision and evaluation system that improves the socio-emotional and behavioral well-being of children served by child welfare. Both the Children’s Bureau and CWLA have prioritized making needed progress on tending to child well-being. Family Connection Grants: Combination Family-finding/Family Group Decision-making Projects is one of four FY2012 forecasted grants authorized under the Family Connection Discretionary Grants Program created by the Fostering Connections to Success and Increasing Adoptions Act of 2008 (P.L. 110-351). As indicated in the title, funds are available for demonstration projects on intensive family-finding (IFF) and family group decision-making (FGDM) to support permanency needs and maintenance of children in safe, permanent living arrangements.
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The Children’s Bureau has just announced two discretionary grant opportunities to improve child welfare service delivery and promote family connections. Authorized by the Adoption Opportunities Program (P.L. 111-320), Initiative to Improve Access to Needs-Driven, Evidence-Based/Evidence-Informed Mental and Behavioral Health Services in Child Welfare funds demonstration projects to build the capacity for an integrated approach to a screening, assessment, service provision and evaluation system that improves the socio-emotional and behavioral well-being of children served by child welfare. Both the Children’s Bureau and CWLA have prioritized making needed progress on tending to child well-being. Family Connection Grants: Combination Family-finding/Family Group Decision-making Projects is one of four FY2012 forecasted grants authorized under the Family Connection Discretionary Grants Program created by the Fostering Connections to Success and Increasing Adoptions Act of 2008 (P.L. 110-351). As indicated in the title, funds are available for demonstration projects on intensive family-finding (IFF) and family group decision-making (FGDM) to support permanency needs and maintenance of children in safe, permanent living arrangements.
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National Town Hall on Child Welfare
National Town Hall on Child Welfare | The Children's Monitor:
On Monday, the Administration for Children, Youth, and Families (ACYF) at the US Department of Health and Human Services hosted a National Town Hall on Child Welfare, along with colleagues from the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS), and the Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration (SAMHSA). The Town Hall covered the recent Information Memorandum (IM), which details plans for state child welfare waiver demonstration projects for FY’s 2012-2014. ACYF Commissioner Bryan Samuels highlighted the waiver demonstration goals and priorities. Deputy Commissioner Clare Anderson explained the new psychotropic medication management requirements that have been developed based on the work that the Administration is doing with state and tribal entities to ensure proper medication management for children in the child welfare system. Jean Close, CMS, discussed the role of Medicaid in promoting the well-being of children and youth. Finally, David DeVoursney, highlighted some key SAMHSA initiatives aimed at improving the behavioral health system for children and youth.
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On Monday, the Administration for Children, Youth, and Families (ACYF) at the US Department of Health and Human Services hosted a National Town Hall on Child Welfare, along with colleagues from the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS), and the Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration (SAMHSA). The Town Hall covered the recent Information Memorandum (IM), which details plans for state child welfare waiver demonstration projects for FY’s 2012-2014. ACYF Commissioner Bryan Samuels highlighted the waiver demonstration goals and priorities. Deputy Commissioner Clare Anderson explained the new psychotropic medication management requirements that have been developed based on the work that the Administration is doing with state and tribal entities to ensure proper medication management for children in the child welfare system. Jean Close, CMS, discussed the role of Medicaid in promoting the well-being of children and youth. Finally, David DeVoursney, highlighted some key SAMHSA initiatives aimed at improving the behavioral health system for children and youth.
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Marijuana Smokers Breathe Easy Says The University of Alabama
Marijuana Smokers Breathe Easy Says The University of Alabama:
As of January 10, 2012, a new study has been published in the Journal of the American Medical Association exonerating marijuana from the bad reputation of being as harmful to your lungs when smoked as tobacco cigarettes. Researchers at the University of California San Francisco and the University of Alabama at Birmingham completed a twenty-year study between 1986 and 2006 on over 5,000 adults over the age of 21 in four American cities. Study co-author Dr. Stefan Kertesz is a professor of preventive medicine at the University of Alabama at Birmingham. He explained that the studies measured the pulmonary obstruction in individuals with up to seven joint-years of lifetime exposure (one joint per day for seven years or one joint per week for 49 years). "What this study clarifies," Kertesz explains in a released video, "is that the relationship to marijuana and lung function changes depending on how much a person has taken in over the course of a lifetime."
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As of January 10, 2012, a new study has been published in the Journal of the American Medical Association exonerating marijuana from the bad reputation of being as harmful to your lungs when smoked as tobacco cigarettes. Researchers at the University of California San Francisco and the University of Alabama at Birmingham completed a twenty-year study between 1986 and 2006 on over 5,000 adults over the age of 21 in four American cities. Study co-author Dr. Stefan Kertesz is a professor of preventive medicine at the University of Alabama at Birmingham. He explained that the studies measured the pulmonary obstruction in individuals with up to seven joint-years of lifetime exposure (one joint per day for seven years or one joint per week for 49 years). "What this study clarifies," Kertesz explains in a released video, "is that the relationship to marijuana and lung function changes depending on how much a person has taken in over the course of a lifetime."
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Kinship care beats foster care for raising kids – support needed
Kinship care beats foster care for raising kids – support needed - CSMonitor.com:
An estimated 2.7 million children are being cared for by extended family such as grandparents and other relatives, who are likely to be poor, elderly and unemployed, according to a new Annie E. Casey Foundation report that urges new support and resources for them.
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An estimated 2.7 million children are being cared for by extended family such as grandparents and other relatives, who are likely to be poor, elderly and unemployed, according to a new Annie E. Casey Foundation report that urges new support and resources for them.
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New Casey Family Services Report on kinship families
Stepping Up for Kids
What government and communities should do to support kinship families
This is just one chart. Click on the link to read much more
How Many Children Are in Kinship Care?
About 4 percent of all children are in kinship care. While only around 104,000 of them are in state-supervised foster care, they represent nearly 26 percent of the foster care population.
TABLE 1
Children in Public and Children in State-Supervised
Private Kinship Care1 Kinship Foster Care2
% of all % of all children in
children foster care
State Number Number
United States 2,712,000 4% 103,943 26%
Alabama 50,000 4% 660 12%
Alaska 7,000 4% 451 25%
Arizona 60,000 3% 3,605 37%
Arkansas 34,000 5% 566 15%
California 333,000 4% 16,338 28%
Colorado 32,000 3% 923 13%
Connecticut 24,000 3% 601 14%
Delaware 8,000 4% 71 10%
District of Columbia 5,000 5% 322 16%
Florida 164,000 4% 8,071 43%
Georgia 103,000 4% 989 14%
Hawaii 12,000 4% 556 46%
Idaho 7,000 2% 399 27%
Illinois 105,000 3% 6,208 35%
Indiana 59,000 4% 3,814 31%
Iowa 18,000 3% 1,478 23%
Kansas 27,000 4% 1,536 26%
Kentucky 63,000 6% 632 9%
Louisiana 65,000 6% 956 21%
Maine 8,000 3% 408 26%
Maryland 48,000 4% 2,037 34%
Massachusetts 31,000 2% 1,616 18%
Michigan 59,000 2% 5,690 35%
Minnesota 21,000 2% 879 17%
Mississippi 53,000 7% 998 28%
Missouri 56,000 4% 2,087 21%
Montana 8,000 3% 562 33%
Nebraska 14,000 3% 1,153 22%
Nevada 19,000 3% 1,619 34%
New Hampshire 5,000 2% 139 18%
New Jersey 58,000 3% 2,518 35%
New Mexico 24,000 5% 324 17%
New York 153,000 3% 5,433 20%
North Carolina 101,000 4% 2,076 24%
North Dakota 4,000 3% 115 11%
Ohio 100,000 4% 1,631 14%
Oklahoma 56,000 6% 2,271 29%
Oregon 22,000 3% 2,254 25%
Pennsylvania 101,000 4% 3,456 23%
Rhode Island 6,000 2% 534 26%
South Carolina 54,000 5% 294 7%
South Dakota 7,000 3% 244 16%
Tennessee 67,000 5% 537 8%
Texas 276,000 4% 8,506 29%
Utah 15,000 2% 553 19%
Vermont 4,000 3% 132 14%
Virginia 69,000 4% 312 6%
Washington 53,000 3% 3,404 34%
West Virginia 19,000 5% 549 13%
Wisconsin 20,000 2% 1,944 30%
Wyoming 4,000 3% 196 20%
What government and communities should do to support kinship families
This is just one chart. Click on the link to read much more
How Many Children Are in Kinship Care?
About 4 percent of all children are in kinship care. While only around 104,000 of them are in state-supervised foster care, they represent nearly 26 percent of the foster care population.
TABLE 1
Children in Public and Children in State-Supervised
Private Kinship Care1 Kinship Foster Care2
% of all % of all children in
children foster care
State Number Number
United States 2,712,000 4% 103,943 26%
Alabama 50,000 4% 660 12%
Alaska 7,000 4% 451 25%
Arizona 60,000 3% 3,605 37%
Arkansas 34,000 5% 566 15%
California 333,000 4% 16,338 28%
Colorado 32,000 3% 923 13%
Connecticut 24,000 3% 601 14%
Delaware 8,000 4% 71 10%
District of Columbia 5,000 5% 322 16%
Florida 164,000 4% 8,071 43%
Georgia 103,000 4% 989 14%
Hawaii 12,000 4% 556 46%
Idaho 7,000 2% 399 27%
Illinois 105,000 3% 6,208 35%
Indiana 59,000 4% 3,814 31%
Iowa 18,000 3% 1,478 23%
Kansas 27,000 4% 1,536 26%
Kentucky 63,000 6% 632 9%
Louisiana 65,000 6% 956 21%
Maine 8,000 3% 408 26%
Maryland 48,000 4% 2,037 34%
Massachusetts 31,000 2% 1,616 18%
Michigan 59,000 2% 5,690 35%
Minnesota 21,000 2% 879 17%
Mississippi 53,000 7% 998 28%
Missouri 56,000 4% 2,087 21%
Montana 8,000 3% 562 33%
Nebraska 14,000 3% 1,153 22%
Nevada 19,000 3% 1,619 34%
New Hampshire 5,000 2% 139 18%
New Jersey 58,000 3% 2,518 35%
New Mexico 24,000 5% 324 17%
New York 153,000 3% 5,433 20%
North Carolina 101,000 4% 2,076 24%
North Dakota 4,000 3% 115 11%
Ohio 100,000 4% 1,631 14%
Oklahoma 56,000 6% 2,271 29%
Oregon 22,000 3% 2,254 25%
Pennsylvania 101,000 4% 3,456 23%
Rhode Island 6,000 2% 534 26%
South Carolina 54,000 5% 294 7%
South Dakota 7,000 3% 244 16%
Tennessee 67,000 5% 537 8%
Texas 276,000 4% 8,506 29%
Utah 15,000 2% 553 19%
Vermont 4,000 3% 132 14%
Virginia 69,000 4% 312 6%
Washington 53,000 3% 3,404 34%
West Virginia 19,000 5% 549 13%
Wisconsin 20,000 2% 1,944 30%
Wyoming 4,000 3% 196 20%
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