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Creating a Lifebook Is Creating Lasting Memories!

Creating a Lifebook with KVC Nebraska

Searching for a way to bond with the child in your care? Try creating a lifebook with them! Read more here to learn how it can help both you and them.

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Q&A with Monica Miller, Recruitment Coordinator

How do we find the loving and safe homes for children in foster care? Meet foster parent recruitment coordinator Monica Miller. She shares the Nebraska social work rewards and advice she would give the clients and families she serves in this employee Q&A.

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Q&A with Foster Care Specialist Becki Schindler

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Meet Foster Care Specialist Becki Schindler who shines light on what inspires her to help children and families in Nebraska.

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3 Encouraging Ways to Teach Your Child about Giving

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Teaching your child about giving provides developmental benefits and can also be a very fun process. Here are 3 ways to encourage your child to give back!

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Q&A With Shane Nevius, Extended Family Home Specialist

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Meet EFH Specialist Shane Nevius who discusses the Nebraska social work rewards and advice he would give the clients and families he serves.

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Jen Liebenthal Awarded Supervisor of the Year

Supervisor of the Year Jen Liebenthal

KVC Nebraska’s Omaha Foster Care Supervisor Jen Liebenthal was honored with the 2016 Kevin H. Orr Supervisor of the Year Award from the Nebraska Association of Homes and Services for Children.

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Reasonable and Prudent Parenting Standard: Required Training for Foster Parents

Reasonable and Prudent Parenting Standards KVC Nebraska

A new law passed in September 2014 allows for prudent parent standards throughout the United States.

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Kids and Smoke Don’t Mix! Annual Awareness Message

Kids and Smoke Don't Mix

In accordance with the KVC Nebraska Child Placing Agency Guidebook, all KVC foster parents will provide a safe and comfortable environment for children/youth to live in to include abstaining from […]

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KVC Helps Prevent Nebraska Youth from Entering Juvenile Detention

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By introducing other agencies to KVC’s Safe & Connected model, KVC helped one prominent juvenile justice agency reduce the average number of youth in detention by more than 10%.

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KVC Nebraska In-Home Team Receives Recognition!

KVC Nebraska In-Home Team Receives Recognition

In-Home Team Please help us in congratulating the In-Home team of Erin Curran and Elizabeth Horton on their nomination and receipt of the “Champion for Families”  Certificate of Appreciation. Erin and Elizabeth were nominated by […]

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