Mahina Hanai Lahui

ʻO Mei ka National Foster Care Month, ʻo ia ke kumu i makemake nui ai au ma muli o kaʻu hana me Colorado Access. Ke hana nei au ma ke keʻena pilikia psychiatric ma Children's Hospital Colorado a hālāwai pinepine au i nā keiki i mālama ʻia, i hānai ʻia e ko lākou ʻohana ma o ka mālama hānai ʻana, a i ʻole ke komo ʻana i ka ʻōnaehana pono keiki i ka wā e noho ana i ko lākou home me ko lākou ʻohana, akā naʻe. loaʻa ke kākoʻo ma o ke kalana no nā lawelawe like ʻole i uhi ʻole ʻia e nā kumu kālā ʻē aʻe. Ma o kaʻu hana, ua ulu au i ka mahalo maoli i ka waiwai o kēia mau papahana i hoʻolālā ʻia e kōkua i ka hoʻopaʻa ʻana i nā ʻohana a me ka pale ʻana i nā hanauna e hiki mai ana.

He mau makahiki i hala aku nei, ma mua o koʻu hoʻomaka ʻana e hana me nā keiki i komo i loko o ka ʻōnaehana mālama hānai, e nānā ana māua me koʻu hoa i ka nūhou ahiahi a ua puka mai ke kumuhana o ka pono keiki i kā mākou kamaʻilio ʻana. Ua hōʻike au i koʻu makemake mau e lilo i makua hānai. Ua loaʻa iaʻu kēia manaʻo rosy e hiki iaʻu ke hoʻopōmaikaʻi i ke ola o ka poʻe ʻōpio a kōkua iā lākou i loko o ka pilikia e hiki ai ke hui hou me ko lākou mau ʻohana a ola hauʻoli nā mea a pau. ʻO kēia ka mea i alakaʻi iaʻu e hana i kaʻu noiʻi ponoʻī e pili ana i ka mōʻaukala o ka mālama hānai, kekahi mau manaʻo kuhihewa maʻamau, nā pale i kau ʻia no nā keiki ma ka ʻōnaehana mālama hānai, nā pōmaikaʻi o ka lilo ʻana i makua hānai a pehea e lilo ai i makua hānai.

ʻO ka National Foster Care Week he hana i hoʻomaka ʻia e The Children's Bureau, he keʻena i loko o ka 'Oihana Ola a me nā lawelawe kanaka. Ua hoʻoholo ʻia ʻo Foster Care Week i ka makahiki 1972 e Pelekikena Nixon e hoʻonui i ka ʻike i nā pono o ka ʻōpio i ka ʻōnaehana hānai a hoʻokipa i nā mākua hānai. Mai laila mai, ua koho ʻia ʻo Mei ma ke ʻano he National Foster Care Month e ka Pelekikena Reagan i ka makahiki 1988. Ma mua o ka makahiki 1912, ua mālama nui ʻia nā papahana mālama keiki a me nā hana hānai e nā hui pilikino a me nā hui hoʻomana. I ka makahiki 1978, ua paʻi ʻia ka Foster Children Bill of Rights, i kau ʻia ma nā mokuʻāina he 14 a me Puerto Rico. Hoʻokumu kēia mau kānāwai i kekahi mau palekana no nā ʻōpio i loko o ka ʻōnaehana mālama hānai, me ka ʻole o ka poʻe i mālama ʻia e ka Division of Youth Services a me nā halemai noʻonoʻo mokuʻāina.

ʻO kēia mau palekana no nā keiki a hiki i ka makahiki 18, ma ka hapanui o nā hihia, e komo pū me:

• Hoʻolaha i ka paʻa kula
• ʻO ke kūʻokoʻa e mālama i kahi waihona panakō emancipation
• Palekana e pili ana i ka lawelawe ʻana i nā lāʻau lapaʻau ke ʻole i ʻae ʻia e ke kauka
• ʻO nā ʻōpio ma waena o 16 a me 18 e hōʻoia ʻia e ka ʻaha e loaʻa i nā hōʻike hōʻaiʻē manuahi e kōkua i ka pale ʻana i ka ʻaihue ʻike.
• Pono nā mākua hānai a me nā mea hoʻolako home hui e hana i nā hana kūpono e ʻae i nā ʻōpio e komo i nā hana extracurricular, moʻomeheu, hoʻonaʻauao, pili i ka hana, a me nā hana hoʻonui pilikino.

Manaʻo ʻia ʻo ka mālama hānai he koho manawaleʻa i hoʻolālā ʻia e kōkua i nā mākua e kau i nā kākoʻo i hiki ke mālama i kā lākou mau keiki. Ua hoʻolālā ʻia kēia papahana me ka manaʻo e hui hou i nā ʻohana. Ma Colorado, 4,804 mau keiki i waiho ʻia i loko o ka hānai hānai i 2020, iho mai 5,340 i 2019. ʻO kēia ʻano haʻahaʻa i manaʻo ʻia he hopena o nā keiki i waho o ke kula i ka wā COVID-19. Me ka liʻiliʻi o nā kumu, nā kākāʻōlelo, a me nā hana ma hope o ke kula, ʻaʻole liʻiliʻi nā mea hoʻolaha kauoha a me nā poʻe mākua hopohopo ʻē aʻe e hōʻike i nā hopohopo o ka mālama ʻole a me ka hoʻomāinoino. He mea nui e haʻi i ka wā e kāhea ʻia ai e pili ana i nā hopohopo no ka palekana o kahi keiki, ʻaʻole ia he manaʻo e hoʻoneʻe ʻia ke keiki. Ke hōʻike ʻia kahi hopohopo, e hahai ka mea hana hihia a hoʻoholo inā kūpono nā hopohopo, inā pilikia koke ke keiki a inā hiki ke hoʻomaikaʻi ʻia ke kūlana me ke kōkua liʻiliʻi. A laila e ho'āʻo ka 'Oihana o nā lawelawe kanaka kalana e kōkua i ka hoʻoponopono ʻana i nā pilikia ma o ka hāʻawi ʻana i nā kumuwaiwai a me ke kākoʻo i ka ʻohana inā ʻaʻole ʻike ʻia ke keiki i ka pilikia koke. Hāʻawi ʻia ka nui o ke kālā a me nā kumuwaiwai e kōkua i nā ʻohana i ka hoʻokō ʻana i kā lākou pono. Inā hoʻoneʻe ʻia ke keiki mai ka home, ʻo ka nīnau mua e nīnau ʻia e pili ana i kahi mea hoʻolako pili. ʻO ka mea hoʻolako pili pili kahi koho hoʻonoho me nā ʻohana ʻē aʻe, nā hoaaloha pili o ka ʻohana a i ʻole kahi kanaka makua hilinaʻi i manaʻo ʻia e mālama i ke kaiāulu a me ka pilina ʻohana. ʻAʻole nā ​​hale hānai i mau hale hui a i ʻole me nā malihini i hāʻawi manawaleʻa e wehe i ko lākou naʻau a me nā home i nā keiki nele. ʻO nā keiki hānai 4,804, aia wale nō 1,414 mau hale hānai i loaʻa ma Colorado.

No laila pehea wau e lilo ai i makua hānai, inā e ʻae māua me kaʻu hoa e neʻe i mua? Ma Colorado, ʻaʻole pili ka lāhui, ka lāhui, ka moe kolohe, a me ke kūlana male i kou hiki ke lilo i makua hānai. ʻO nā koi e pili ana i ka piha ʻana o nā makahiki he 21, nona a hoʻolimalima hale paha, loaʻa nā ala kūpono e kākoʻo kālā iā ʻoe iho a me ka paʻa o ka naʻau e hāʻawi i ke aloha, ka hale, a me ke aloha i nā keiki. ʻO ke kaʻina hana e pili ana i ka loaʻa ʻana o ka CPR a me ke kōkua mua i hōʻoia ʻia, kahi haʻawina home kahi e loiloi ai ka mea hana hihia i ka home no ka palekana, ka nānā ʻana i ka hope a me nā papa hana makua. Hiki i nā keiki hānai ke loaʻa Medicaid a hiki i ka makahiki 18. Hiki nō hoʻi i nā keiki hānai ke loaʻa ka uku no nā lilo pili kula no ke kulanui ma hope o ka makahiki 18. Hiki i kekahi mau keiki hānai ke ʻae ʻia no ka hoʻokomo ʻia ʻana ma o kahi hānai hānai ke pau nā hana a pau e hui hou i ka ohana. Hoʻokipa pinepine nā keʻena hoʻokomo keiki a me ka County Department of Human Services Child Protection i nā hālāwai ʻike e pili ana i ka lilo ʻana i makua hānai. ʻO ka hoʻokomo ʻana he hana pipiʻi loa ia. Ma ke koho ʻana e lilo i makua hānai, hiki i nā ʻohana ke hoʻohana i nā keiki ʻaʻole i mālama ʻia e nā mākua ola, me ka hapa nui o nā lilo i uku ʻia e ke kalana ʻOihana Hana Hana.

Manaʻo wau hiki iā mākou ke ʻae pono i kēlā me kēia keiki ke ulu i kahi home hauʻoli a paʻa. Mahalo wau i nā ʻohana e koho ana e wehe i ko lākou mau home a me nā puʻuwai i nā keiki nele. ʻAʻole ia he koho maʻalahi akā he manawa koʻikoʻi ia e hōʻike ai i kahi keiki i nele. Laki wau i ka hana pili ʻana me nā ʻohana hānai, nā mea hana hihia, a me nā ʻōpio i komo i ka ʻōnaehana mālama hānai.

Resources

Bill of Rights Hanai (ncsl.org) https://www.ncsl.org/research/human-services/foster-care-bill-of-rights.aspx

Na keiki ma ka hanai | KIDS COUNT Kikowaena Ikepili https://datacenter.kidscount.org/data/tables/6243-children-in-foster-care?loc=1&loct=2&msclkid=172cc03b309719d18470a25c658133ed&utm_source=bing&utm_medium=cpc&utm_campaign=Foster%20Care%20-%20Topics&utm_term=what%20is%20foster%20care&utm_content=What%20is%20Foster%20Care#detailed/2/7/false/574,1729,37,871,870,573,869,36,868,867/any/12987

Huli Kānāwai Mokuʻāina – ʻO ka puka ʻike ʻike pono o nā keiki https://www.childwelfare.gov/topics/systemwide/laws-policies/state/?CWIGFunctionsaction=statestatutes:main.getResults

E pili ana i ka – National Foster Care Month – ʻO ka puka ʻike ʻike pono o nā keiki https://www.childwelfare.gov/fostercaremonth/About/#history

Colorado - ʻO wai ka mea mālama: He helu aupuni o nā hale hānai a me nā ʻohana (fostercarecapacity.com) https://www.fostercarecapacity.com/states/colorado

Hanai ma Colorado | Adoption.com Hanai ma Colorado | Adoption.com https://adoption.com/foster-care-colorado#:~:text=Also%2C%20children%20in%20foster%20care%20are%20eligible%20for,Can%20I%20Adopt%20My%20Child%20From%20Foster%20Care%3F