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Supporting & Strengthening Our Nation’s Families: A Blueprint for the Development of Strong Networks of Family Resource Centers
Families represent the foundation of, and most fundamental unit within a society. When families are healthy and strong, communities thrive. A Family Resource Center1 (FRC) is a community or school-based... (Read more)
Published Sep 19, 2023
Governor’s working group issues suggestions to improve Arkansas’ foster care system
A working group of more than 130 Arkansans with experience in child welfare and foster care released a list of 11 recommendations on Monday to improve the state’s foster system,... (Read more)
Published Sep 19, 2023
Advancing Family Economic Mobility
Advancing Family Economic Mobility (AFEM) is an initiative committed to creating sustainable pathways to economic mobility and well-being for all people and families. Funded by the William K. Kellogg Foundation... (Read more)
Published Sep 11, 2023
Child and Adolescent Mental and Behavioral Health Principles
Our organizations, representing a diverse array of perspectives, are dedicated to promoting the mental health and wellbeing of infants, children, adolescents, and young adults. In this document, we have identified... (Read more)
Published Sep 11, 2023
Ending the Need for Group Placements
Ending the Need for Group Placements is a collective effort by the Annie E. Casey Foundation, Casey Family Programs and community partners across the nation to ensure all children grow... (Read more)
Published Sep 11, 2023
What are some considerations for employing and supporting youth peer mentors in child welfare?
Peer support is a recognized therapeutic model for recovery and well-being that was first developed and used in the 1970s in the mental health and substance use disorder systems. Since... (Read more)
Published Sep 11, 2023
How can the child welfare system support families affected by substance use disorder?
Parental substance use is a key factor associated with infants and children ( particularly young children ) coming into foster care. 1,2 The opioid epidemic and increases in substance-related deaths... (Read more)
Published Sep 11, 2023
San Diego non-profit helps foster youth transition to adulthood
Just In Time For Foster Youth is for people between the ages of 18 and 27, helping former foster kids in the system become self-sufficient adults. Just In Time For... (Read more)
Published Sep 11, 2023
Federal money powers ‘monumental shift’ in Kansas to help keep kids out of foster care
TOPEKA, Kansas — A recent wave of child welfare programs that are keeping kids out of the troubled foster care system are growing in Kansas because of federal investment. Read... (Read more)
Published Sep 11, 2023
Minnesota's Family First Prevention Services Act Title IV-E Five-year Prevention Plan. September 2022.
This report presents Minnesota’s Family First Prevention Services Act, Title IV-E Five-year Prevention Plan. It begins by explaining the child welfare vision for placement prevention in Minnesota, child welfare values,... (Read more)
Published Sep 11, 2023
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