Considerations for LGBTQ Children and Youth in Foster Care: Exploring Normalcy as It Relates to P.L. 113–183 Recorded Webinar

Learn about normalcy for LGBTQ children and youth in foster care in the context of the Preventing Sex Trafficking and Strengthening Families Act (P.L. 113–183).

Publication year: 2016
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Discover information that child welfare professionals and resource parents can use to better understand what constitutes normal, age-appropriate activities and learn strategies to create age-appropriate activities for LGBTQ young people in foster care that support healthy development.

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Capacity Building Center for States. (2016). Considerations for LGBTQ children and youth in foster care: Exploring normalcy as it relates to P.L. 113–183 [Recorded webinar]. Children’s Bureau, Administration for Children and Families, U.S. Department of Health and Human Services. 

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