Fleming Community Library

Four fiscal year reports from 9/1/2000 to 8/31/2004 extracted from the Trails System for the Division of Child Welfare accompanied by a 3 page letter addressed to the Chairman of the Colorado Senate Joint Budget Committee interpreting the statistics in the reports.

As the numbers of kinship families rise, it becomes increasingly important for all members of the judicial sector to have a thorough understanding of the benefits and unique challenges of kinship placement. The purpose of this Guide is to provide the background information and tools to help judges, attorneys, CASAs, and others ask the right questions regarding kinship care and uncover the facts necessary to make the best decisions for a child's...

Marriage, family, and relationships: a cross-cultural encyclopedia/ Gwen J. Broude. Includes bibliographical references and index.

"The invented history of the Western world is crumbling fast, Anishinaabe writer Patty Krawec says, but we can still honor the bonds between us. Settlers dominated and divided, but Indigenous peoples won't just send them all 'home.' Weaving her own story with the story of her ancestors and with the broader themes of creation, replacement, and disappearance, Krawec helps readers see settler colonialism through the eyes of an Indigenous writer. Settler...

"Aunt Gerald takes in anyone who asks, but the conditions are harsh. For her young niece Goldie Taylor, abandoned by her mother and coping with trauma of her own, life in Gerald’s East St. Louis comes with nothing but a threadbare blanket on the living room floor. But amid the pain and anguish, Goldie discovers a secret. She can find kinship among writers like James Baldwin and Toni Morrison. She can find hope in a nurturing teacher who helps her...

The students in Ms. Fox's class each make a family tree. They learn how their aunts, uncles, grandparents, and cousins are related to them. They also learn the meaning of the words stepbrother, stepsister, stepparent, half sister, and half brother. As the students share their family tree, they see how every family is unique and special.