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Volume 8
- Issue 1: Achieving Work-Life Balance for Stronger Child Development
- Issue 2: Social Work Education: Preparing the Next Generation of Child Welfare Professionals
- Issue 3: Supporting Vulnerable Youth: Addressing the Unique Needs of Adolescents in Kinship Care
- Issue 4: From Care to Courage: Supporting Youth Beyond Child Welfare
- Issue 5: From Care to Courage: Supporting Youth Beyond Child Welfare Part 2
- Issue 6: A Father’s Day Special
- Issue 7: 32 Years Strong: Honoring Kinship, Elevating Voices
- Issue 8: Rooted in Care, Ready to Learn: Nurturing Students for Success
- Issue 9: Honoring National Kinship Care Month
- Issue 10: Strengthening Families Through Wellness and Awareness
- Issue 11: Together We Thrive: The Power of Family Connections
Volume 7
- Issue 1, January 2024: Holistic Wellness for Youth in Care and Their Families
- Issue 2, February 2024: Fostering Hope and Empowerment in Youth in Care through Creative Expression
- Issue 3, March 2024: Navigating the Currents in Social Work
- Issue 4, May 2024: The Pathway to a Forever Family: Embracing Resilience Together
- Issue 5, June 2024: Generational Fatherhood in Child Welfare: Inspiring Stories of Love and Impact
- Issue 6, July 2024: 30 Years of Honoring Heritage, Embracing Unity, & Building Futures
- Issue 7, August 2024: Distinguishing Between Cultural Bias and Inadequate Care
- Issue 8, September 2024: Unveiling the Power of Kinship Care and Community
- Issue 9, October 2024: Breaking Chains: Bringing Awareness to the Impact of Domestic Violence on Children and Families
- Issue 10, November 2024: Honoring Heritage, Ensuring Holistic Care: Celebrating Native American Heritage Month
- Issue 11, December 2024: Fostering Wholeness: Illuminating Holistic Family Well-being Systems
Volume 6
- Issue 1, January 2023: A Discussion On Mentoring and Financial Wellness for Youth Aging Out Of The System
- Issue 2, February 2023: Kinship Connections Corner & Policy Updates
- Issue 3, March & April 2023: Social Work Breaks Barriers
- Issue 4, May & June 2023: An Open Letter to Social Workers, Kinship Caregivers and LGBTQ2IAS+ Youth
- Issue 5, July & August 2023: ASCI Partners with DHS to Support Grand Families
- Special Edition: New Federal Kinship Rule Finalized
- Issue 6, September & October 2023: Celebrating Strides in Kinship Care
- Issue 7, November 2023: ASCI Opens New Office in New Hampshire!
- Issue 8, December 2023: Generations United Discusses Centering the Rights of Grandfamilies
Volume 5
- Issue 1, January 2022: The Absence and Neutrality of Social Justice in Child Welfare; Plus: Why Strong Partnerships Are Vital to Lasting System Transformation
- Issue 2, February 2022: ASCI Releases New Impact Report
- Issue 3, March 2022: Discussing Kinship Care In Academia; Why The Study Of Kinship Care is Critical for Social Work Students
- Issue 4, April 2022: Autism Speaks, It’s Time to Listen
- Issue 5, May 2022: A Discussion On Child Abuse Prevention With Prevent Child Abuse America: Q&A With Jennifer Jones
- Issue 6, June 2022: Perfectly Imperfect: How Imprecise Definitions of Child Neglect and Poverty Reinforce Anti-Black Racism in the Child Welfare System
- Issue 7, July 2022: Suffering in Silence: Addressing the Youth Mental Health Crisis Further Exposed by the COVID-19 Pandemic | Q&A with Dr. Jacqueline Wilson
- Issue 8, August 2022: Kinship Care is Community Care: A Discussion on the Power of Community Involvement During Black Owned Business Month with Jeannine Cook
- Issue 9, September 2022: National Kinship Care Month: Kin First
- Issue 10, October 2022: National Youth Justice Action Month: Q&A with Shielah DeBlanc
- Special Edition: 30 Years of Knowledge Building for an Effective Kin-First Culture: A Natural Family Resource for Children in and out of the Child Welfare System
- Issue 11, November 2022: Protecting ICWA Protects Kinship: Scouts Hears Oral Arguments In Brackeen V. Haaland
- Issue 12, December 2022: Universal Human Rights: Dignity, Freedom, and Justice for All
- Issue 13, 2022 Highlights
Volume 4
- Issue 1, January 2021: Vulnerable Youth Are Stuck in Traffic We Can’t See
- Issue 2, February 2021: Exploring the Black Family Experience
- Issue 3, March 2021: Exclusive Q&As with Influential Women in Child Welfare
- Issue 4, April 2021: LGBTQIA2S+ Youth: A Personal Story of Family Love & Acceptance
- Issue 5, May 2021: Defining Justice for Black Children & Families
- Issue 6, June 2021: Lessons from Ma’Khia Bryant’s Death & Elevating the Voices of Black Fathers
- Issue 7, July 2021: Exclusive Q&A with D.C.’s New Child Welfare Director
- Issue 8, August 2021: Juvenile Justice Reform Through Kinship: How Kinship Care and Other Community-Based Supports Provide Trauma-Informed Alternatives for At-Risk Crossover Youth
- Issue 9, September 2021: The Evolution of Kinship Care: Past, Present & Future Implications for Family Independence & Well-Being
- Issue 10, October 2021: COVID-19 and the “Great Resignation” Illuminate Need for Improved, Intentional Wellness Programs in Child Welfare
- Issue 11, November 2021: Kinship Family Helps Autistic Niece Defy Presumed Limits & Flourish
- Issue 12, December 2021: ASCI Helps Fathers Keep the F.A.I.T.H.
- Issue 13, 2021 Highlights
Volume 3
- Issue 1, January 2020
- Issue 2, February 2020, Black History Month Special Edition
- Issue 3, March 2020, Social Work Month Special Edition
- Issue 4, April 2020
- Issue 5, May 2020, Foster Care Month Special Edition
- Issue 6, June 2020
- Issue 7, July 2020
- Issue 8, August 2020
- Issue 9, September 2020
- Issue 10, October 2020
- Issue 11, November 2020
- Issue 12, December 2020
- Issue 13, 2020 Highlights
Volume 2
- Issue 1, January 2019
- Issue 2, Part 1, February 2019
- Issue 2, Parts 2-4, February 2019
- Issue 3, March 2019
- Issue 4, May 2019
- Issue 5, May 2019
- Issue 6, June 2019
- Issue 7, July 2019: 25th Anniversary Special
- Issue 8, August 2019
- Issue 9, September 2019
- Issue 10, October 2019
- Issue 11, November 2019
- Issue 12, December 2019
- Issue 13, December 2019
Volume 1
- Issue 1, September 19, 2017
- Issue 2 October 17, 2017
- Issue 3 November 17, 2017
- Issue 4 December 22, 2017
- Issue 5 January 17, 2018
- Issue 6 February 15, 2018
- Issue 7 March 19, 2018
- Issue 8 April 30, 2018
- Issue 9 June 25, 2018
- Issue 10 July 19, 2018
- Issue 11 August 23, 2018
- Issue 12 September 20, 2018
- Issue 13 October 29, 2018
- Issue 14 November 2018
- Issue 15 December 2018
- Issue 16 December 2018