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Eight Ways to Promote the Health and Well-Being of LGBTQ+ Youth Involved with Child Welfare
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Alexandra Citrin and Megan Martin |
The Family First Prevention Services Act (FFPSA)1 marks a substantial movement toward child welfare reform by beginning to bring child welfare financing into alignment with what research tells us is best for children and families. Children and youth who identify as lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender, or queer/questioning (LGBTQ+)2 experience both disproportionate involvement with child welfare, and once involved, disparate outcomes including placement instability and longer stays in foster care. Through FFPSA there is a significant opportunity for child welfare systems to address existing disproportionalities and disparities for LGBTQ+ children, youth and families. Successful implementation of these strategies will in turn support state efforts in achieving an equitable child welfare system with better outcomes and improved well-being for all children, youth and families. |
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August 2019 |
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Engaging the Families of Transgender & Gender Diverse Children
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National LGBTQIA+ Health Education Center, National Health Care for the Homeless Council |
This publication engages pediatric primary care providers, mental health providers, health center administrators, and support staff in learning how to actively engage families in the support of their transgender and gender-diverse (TGD) children, with the aim of improving the health outcomes for TGD youth. Providers will learn best practices for serving the families of TGD youth, and strategies for successfully providing resources and referrals in response to a variety of family and patient needs and priorities. |
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2021 |
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Ensuring Competent Residential Interventions for Youth with Diverse Gender and Sexual Identities and Expressions
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Douglas A. Glick |
This paper focuses on the many issues faced in the field in providing quality residential interventions for youth of sexual diversity, including sexual orientation and gender identity. For lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender, questioning, intersex, and two-spirit (LGBTQI2-S) youth in residential care, open expression of sexuality or gender identity can be a significant challenge, with many barriers faced both within the program and in the community at large. This paper provides guidelines and strategies for serving and supporting LGBTQI2-S youth, building on the efforts of programs that have successfully created “sexual and gender minority-positive” cultures. |
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2014 |
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Expanding Resources for Children III: Research-Based Best Practices in Adoption by Gays and Lesbians
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Brodzinsky |
This resources offers best practice guidelines for supporting gay and lesbian adoptive parents. |
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2011 |
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Experiences and Well-Being of Sexual and Gender Diverse Youth in Foster Care in New York City
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Theo G. M. Sandfort |
the study aimed to determine the proportion of lgBtQAi+ youth in foster care in new york city and whether the experiences of lgBtQAi+ youth in foster care differ from those of youth who are not lgBtQAi+.
A telephone survey was conducted among youth, 13 to 21 years old, who were in foster care in new york city at the time of the survey (september – november 2019). the survey questionnaire included questions about the sexual and gender status, demographic characteristics, characteristics of the youth’s placement in foster care, the youth’s social connections, and their well-being. collected data about youths’ sexual and gender status were linked to Acs administrative data, to further explore differences between lgBtQAi+ youth and non-lgBtQAi+ youth in foster care. |
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November 2020 |