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Child Welfare Information Gateway E-lert! August 2013 Encourage your colleagues to subcribe to E-lert! To ensure that E-lert! reaches you each month, please add us to your safe senders list. The following new and updated publications and resources are now available from Child Welfare Information Gateway. Use the links listed below, or contact us to request print copies, which we will mail you free if they are available. Share our publications with your colleagues via email, Facebook, and more! What's New Supporting Your LGBTQ Youth: A Guide for Foster Parents Helps foster parents learn about LGBTQ (lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender, and questioning) youth in the child welfare system, the unique risks they face, and the important role that foster parents can play in reducing those risks. https://www.childwelfare.gov/pubs/LGBTQyouth.cfm What Is Child Welfare? A Guide for Health-Care Professionals Provides an overview of the field of child welfare and suggests ways that health-care professionals and child welfare workers can work together to promote better outcomes for children and families. https://www.childwelfare.gov/pubs/cw_healthcare.cfm Updates Grounds for Involuntary Termination of Parental Rights Discusses State laws that provide the legal basis for terminating the rights of parents who have been found unfit to parent their children. https://www.childwelfare.gov/systemwide/laws_policies/statutes/groundtermin.cfm Infant Safe Haven Laws Highlights State laws that provide safe places for parents to relinquish newborn infants. https://www.childwelfare.gov/systemwide/laws_policies/statutes/safehaven.cfm Stepparent Adoption Offers general information about legal issues to consider and steps to take when adopting a stepchild. https://www.childwelfare.gov/pubs/f_step.cfm In This Month's CBX The July/August issue of Children's Bureau Express (CBX) looks at the intersection between child welfare and human trafficking. https://cbexpress.acf.hhs.gov Subscribe to CBX at https://www.childwelfare.gov/admin/subscribe Did You Know? Centennial Webinars The historical and topical webinars that were presented throughout the Children's Bureau's centennial year can be found on the centennial website. View the presentation slides, listen to the audio recordings, and read the transcripts: https://cb100.acf.hhs.gov/webinars Upcoming Conferences We will be at the following upcoming conferences. Please stop by and see us if you will be attending! 2013 Child Protection Summit, Booth #104 August 28-30, Orlando, FL 2013 Arkansas Conference on Child Abuse and Neglect September 11-13, Little Rock, AR Give Us Your Feedback To help us meet your needs, we welcome your ideas and suggestions. Please check out our website for publications surveys and other ways you can provide input. Thank you! Connect With Information Gateway and the Children's Bureau on Facebook Child Welfare Information Gateway and the Children's Bureau are on Facebook! "Like" both pages today and start connecting with others in child welfare and related professions. http://www.facebook.com/childwelfare http://www.facebook.com/thechildrensbureau Contact Information Child Welfare Information Gateway Phone: 800.394.3366 Email: info@childwelfare.gov Web: https://www.childwelfare.gov Chat live with an Information Specialist between 10 a.m. and 5 p.m. EDT. E-lert! is a free service of the Children's Bureau/ACF/HHS and Child Welfare Information Gateway.