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Common Ground Newspaper Themes
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1996
January
Alcohol & Other Drug Use
Foster Parent Recruitment and Retention
May
Residential Care
Family Preservation/Family Support
November
Protective Service Reform
Child Welfare and the Media
1997
May
Open Issue
November
Juvenile Justice
Permanency Planning
1998
March
Child Day Care
Kinship Care
December
Focus on Positive Youth Development
Investing in Children, Families and Communities
1999
May
Striving for Cultural Competence
Meeting the Challenge of ASFA
November
Training, Quality Assurance and Organizational Effectiveness
Violence – Intervention and Prevention
2000
April
Alcohol and Other Drug Use and Child Maltreatment
Foster Parent Recruitment and Retention
November
Open Issue
2001
April
Early Childhood Development and Child Welfare
Working with Children of Incarcerated Parents
November
Transitioning Youth in the Foster Care System to Adulthood
Recruiting and Retaining Staff
2002
April
ASFA and Permanency for Children
Child Welfare Information Systems, Research & Practice
November
Open Issue
2003
April
Working with Sexual Minority Youth
Professional Development, Partnerships and System Improvements
November
Quality in Child Welfare Services
Permanency Planning for Older Youths
2004
April
Kinship Care
Meeting Children’s Behavioral Health Needs
November
Effecting Change
Mental Health Issues
Gender Minority Issues
2005
April
Family Centered Practice & Child Welfare
Adoptive & Foster Family Recruitment and Retention
November
Birthday Issue
Looking Back, Looking Forward
Research and Practice
2006
April
Developing Leaders
Facilitating Permanency
November
Contributors to Organizational Effectiveness
In Retrospect:
• Loretta Kowal on Generating public and media support for families and children first published November 1996
• It takes a whole team to protect a child from July 1998 issue (O.U.R. House in Vermont)
2007
May
Parenting Education and Family Support
In Retrospect:
• Massachusetts Patch – first published in 2000. (Carolyn Mower Burns and Pamela Whitney)
• New Hamshire Foster Care Health Program –from November 2000 issue
• Positive youth development by Lisa Ciullo - PAYA program