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Motivational Interviewing - Prevention Services Clearinghouse Rating

Screenshot of Motivational Interviewing on Prevention Services Clearinghouse
Data / Research
Guidance
The Prevention Services Clearinghouse has rated Motivational Interviewing as "Well-Supported" under Substance Abuse Programs and Services. Motivational Interviewing (MI) is a method of counseling clients designed to promote behavior change... (Read more)
Evidence-Based Practice
Prevention

Family First Prevention Services Act: Implications For Addressing Youth Homelessness

Advocacy Tools
The paper, from National Network for Youth and ChildFocus, outlines how the Family First Prevention Services Act can be leveraged as a tool to address homelessness for youth and young... (Read more)
Older Youth / Chafee
Prevention

State of GrandFamilies Report: A Place to Call Home: Building Affordable Housing for Grandfamilies

Advocacy Tools
A new report from Generations United, A Place to Call Home: Building Affordable Housing for Grandfamilies, found less than one in three eligible grandfamilies receive housing assistance and details the... (Read more)
Kinship

Multi-State Overview of the Interventions that States Plan to Include in their Family First Prevention Plan and the Intervention Technical Reviews that Are Being Planned

Guidance
Implementation Strategies
This resource from Casey Family Programs is an updated inventory (as of 2.11.20) showing what evidence based practices different states plan to use for Family First and what interventions states... (Read more)
Prevention

Title IV-E funding for legal representation and Title IV-E funding for Family First Prevention Services.

Guidance
Title IV-E funds available to reimburse jurisdictions for attorneys for parents and children are separate and distinct from IV-E funds available for prevention services under Family First. There has been... (Read more)
Courts
Prevention

Leveraging the Family First Prevention Services Act to Improve Use of Title IV-E GAP

Guidance
This brief highlights provisions in the Family First Act related to kinship families and federal Title IV-E GAP. It suggests how states and eligible tribes can build on these provisions... (Read more)
Kinship

Family First Transition Act. (S. 2777/H.R. 4980)

Implementation Strategies
Law / Summary
The bill (S. 2777/H.R. 4980) presents a bipartisan effort to help jurisdictions implement the Family First Prevention Services Act more effectively and proposes to provide resources to states, tribes and... (Read more)
Overview / General

Teens Shouldn't Be Put in This Position

Real Story
Joshua Christian, Member of the National Foster Care Youth & Alumni Policy Council , talks about why young people should be fully supported in considering their permanency options. “ I... (Read more)
Older Youth / Chafee

Reentry to Foster Care: Identifying Candidates Under The Family First Act

Data / Research
This study from Chapin Hall's Center for State Child Welfare Data examines the risk of returning to foster care after reunification or after placement with guardians. It aims to help... (Read more)
Prevention

Three Branch ToolKit & Webinar

Implementation Strategies
Reforming Child Welfare Through a Three-Branch Approach: A Toolkit for Success from the National Governors Association, the National Conference of State Legislatures and Casey Family Programs. A three-branch approach takes... (Read more)
Older Youth / Chafee
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Sources

American Academy of Pediatrics American Bar Association American Public Human Services Association Annie E. Casey Foundation Birth Parent National Network Casey Family Programs Chapin Hall Child Focus Children's Defense Fund Children's Trust Fund Alliance Child Trends Family Centered Treatment Foundation Family Focused Treatment Association Federal HHS/ACYF/CB Foster Care Alumni of America FosterClub Generations United Juvenile Law Center Mathematica National Association of Counsel for Children National Conference of State Legislatures National Council of Juvenile and Family Court Judges National Council on Crime & Deliquency National Governors Association National Indian Child Welfare Association Other Public Consulting Group Senate / Congress Within Our Reach Youth Villages

Topics

Adoption Assistance Child Fatalities Courts COVID-19 Evidence-Based Practice Interstate Placement / NEICE Juvenile Justice Kinship Older Youth / Chafee Overview / General Pregnant & Parenting Prevention QRTP / Congregate Care

Resource Types

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  • Guidance (92)
  • Implementation Strategies (78)
  • Law / Summary (29)
  • News (22)
  • Opinion (12)
  • Presentation/Webinar (28)
  • Program Instructions (29)
  • Real Story (19)
  • State Teams (32)
  • Title IV-E Prevention Plan (4)

FamilyFirstAct.org is a collaborative project between:

American Academy of Pediatrics
American Bar Association Center on Children and the Law
American Public Human Services Association
Annie E. Casey Foundation
Casey Family Programs
Child Trends
Child Focus
Children's Defense Fund
Children's Trust Fund Alliance
Family Centered Treatment Foundation
Family Focused Treatment Association
Foster Care Alumni of America

FosterClub
Generations United
Juvenile Law Center
Mathematica
National Association of Counsel for Children
National Council on Crime & Delinquency
National Council of Juvenile and Family Court Judges
National Indian Child Welfare Association
National Governors Association
Public Consulting Group
Within Our Reach 
Youth Villages

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