QPI Local & National News
Not just limited to Minnesota, QPI is a nationwide movement, currently in 10 states. Below is a gathering of recent news and updates from us and our peers.
National Brochure
The Quality Parenting Initiative (QPI) is a national movement for foster care change, made up of a network of states, counties and private agencies committed to ensuring that all children in care have excellent parenting and lasting relationships so they can thrive and grow.
power in partnership series
This story series Power in Partnership: Elevating Shared Parenting Policies and Practices Through The Lens of Lived Experience highlights policy and practice changes across QPI sites to support birth and foster parents working together for what is in the best interest of each child and youth.
Quality Parenting Initiative: Engaging Diverse STakeholders as champions for child welare systems reform
Journal of the Society for Social Work and Research
Minnesota Department of Human Services Brief
MN-DHS released a brief on the strength and importance of relative visits and alternative care approaches for children in foster care.
Image courtesy of The Philadelphia Inquirer
Research on qpi practices
Relationships matter: Exploring the implementation of the Quality Parenting Initiative and the foster parent experience
Image courtesy of Sesame Workshop
What ‘Sesame Street’ knows about foster care
A compelling opinion piece from Naomi Schaefer Riley, originally published in the Los Angeles Times, on the work Sesame Street is doing to educate on the reasons children enter the foster care system.