National Reunification Month

Why Celebrating Reunification Month Matters

This article highlights the importance of celebrating parents and maintaining families. It reminds that "[t]his month is meant to be a social justice call to advocates – a time to highlight the importance that families receive due process, protection of parental constitutional rights and that parental voices are integrated in every decision-making moment..."

Reunification: Providing Hope and Plan with Family Centered Treatment

A 2021 white paper on family-centered treatment, a home-based treatment model for families faced with forced removal of their children from the home or dissolution of the family due to external and internal stressors and circumstances.

New Center to Support Resource Parents

The Children’s Bureau has awarded Maryland DHS a grant to create a Center for Excellence in Resource Family Development (CfE): The CfE model trains and supports resource parents through an evidence-based intervention to work in collaboration with birth families to preserve and nurture critical parent-child relationships and support reunification.

Child Welfare Information Gateway Reunification Resources

Use these resources to help engage children and families in the reunification process, equip parents to resolve issues that led to family separation, help increase reunification rates for families from diverse backgrounds, and address racial disproportionality and disparity in child welfare.

Congressional Black Caucus Special Order

On June 20, 2023, the Congressional Black Caucus issued a special order focusing on national reunification month.

National Reunification Month Social Media Toolkit

This toolkit provides easy copy/paste content you can adapt and use to spread the word about National Reunification Month, including hashtags, sample social posts, and graphics.

Children's Bureau Express Issue Spotlight on Reunification

The June 2023 "Children's Bureau Express" highlights reunification and the importance of supporting families as they work toward their reunification goals.

National Reunification Month Virtual Background

Download one of our National Reunification Month Virtual Backgrounds. Help promote family reunification during the month of June!

How foster parents can support reunification

An AdoptUSKids foster care and adoption specialist shares strategies around partnering with the birth families.

Additional Resources

Washington

For the first time since the pandemic, the Washington Supreme Court Commission on Children in Foster Care (Commission) is bringing together child welfare stakeholders to celebrate family reunification.

Hawaii

Hawai‘i will be celebrating its tenth National Reunification Month by honoring the Francisco-Kaleleiki ‘Ohana and the Lili‘uokalani Trust Ka Pili ‘Ohana program.

New York

The New York Office for Justice Initiatives’ Child Welfare Court Improvement Project hosted a two-day virtual series to celebrate National Reunification Month.

New Jersey

To mark their commitment to securing intact families and avoiding separation, Legal Services of New Jersey (LSNJ) has celebrated Family Unification Day since 2017.