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This fact sheet (PDF, 14 pages) discusses topics and challenges immigrant and refugee families may encounter that could affect their child or family’s well-being. It describes some of the challenges of raising children in a new country, how the immigrant or refugee experience might affect family dynamics and well-being, and ...
This fact sheet (PDF, 13 pages) aims to help immigrant and refugee families understand what the U.S. child welfare system is and how it can help keep their children safe. It also discusses some of the issues immigrant and refugee families may encounter if they become involved with the child ...
This webpage contains materials for the DEA’s One Pill Can Kill campaign. The page presents laboratory findings on the lethality of fentanyl-laced pills and provides information on what every parent and caregiver needs to know about fake pills. It also presents facts about fake pills and shows side-by-side comparisons of ...
This report (PDF, 25 pages) explores findings from over 1,500 parents and caregivers about their experiences with and insights into their school’s family engagement efforts. Learn more (PDF, 25 pages). 
This webpage explores peer, family, emotional, and school factors that contribute to some youth bullying other youth. The page seeks to help parents, caregivers, and teachers empathize with young people who bully so they can understand the root of the problem and help stop bullying for good. Learn more.  ...
This factsheet (PDF, 7 pages) answers parent and caregiver concerns about the court process in child welfare cases and provides resources regarding legal action and parental rights. It includes information about the different stages of court proceedings, how parents and family members can prepare for court hearings, and who and ...
This factsheet (PDF, 5 pages) briefly discusses the benefits of social media for children and youth in foster care and provides tips for parents and caregivers who want to help them use social media safely. It also provides advice for foster parents on how to responsibly use their own social ...
This publication (PDF, 6 pages) provides an overview of state laws on efforts to curtail the practice of some adoptive parents placing their adopted children into the custody of unrelated persons without the oversight of a child welfare agency or court. Such transfers put a child at risk of abuse, ...
This factsheet (PDF, 9 pages) describes adoption-specific services and resources available to potential adoptive parents to meet the needs of their child or youth before the adoption and in the years to come. Learn more.  
This bulletin (PDF, 5 pages) equips stepparents interested in adoption with the necessary steps to consider when formally adopting a spouse’s child. It discusses legal issues associated with stepparent adoption, as well as the adoption of a foreign spouse’s child. The bulletin includes the steps required to prepare for the ...
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