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Support for kinship care is an investment that can benefit families and children

Advocacy Tools
Opinion
Real Story
In this Des Moines Register Opinion piece, Andreah Moyer-Stevens, a kinship caregiver, foster and adoptive parent writes about the value of investing in kinship families. Read her firsthand story here... (Read more)
Kinship

Letter to the Field from Assoc. Commissioner Jerry Milner: Ensuring the Continuation of Critical Court Hearings

Guidance
In a December 4, 2020 letter, Dr. Milner urges agencies and courts to continue working together to ensure that access to justice continues and that critical judicial oversight occur in... (Read more)
Courts

Webinar Recording: Parents and Caregivers: A Community-based Multidisciplinary Approach to Strengthening Families

Presentation/Webinar
Constituent Engagement
Implementation Strategies
In this webinar from the American Bar Association's Center on Children and the Law, Birth Parent National Network leaders and lawyers who work as part of interdisciplinary legal representation teams... (Read more)
Prevention

Every Kid Needs a Family Website

Implementation Strategies
The purpose of this site is to provide information and advocacy tools to assist judges, attorneys, and advocates in making decisions regarding the placement of children that reflect the least... (Read more)
QRTP / Congregate Care
COVID-19
Courts

Considerations for Scaling Evidence-Based Prevention Programs under the Family First Prevention Services Act

Title IV-E Prevention Plan
Data / Research
Implementation Strategies
This resource from Child Trends outlines lessons learned in jurisdictions such as New York City that were early adopters of evidence-based prevention services. This brief includes details of two evidence-based... (Read more)
Prevention

Transforming Child Welfare Systems to a 21st Century Model that Strengthens and Supports Families and Communities: Innovations from the Field

Implementation Strategies
This document from the Within Our Reach office of the Alliance for Strong Families and Communities is designed to describe a public health approach and provide some examples of innovations... (Read more)

Letter to Child Welfare Leaders: IV-E Prevention Program Stafford Act flexibilities

Program Instructions
Title IV-E Prevention Plan
Implementation Strategies
This letter from Associate Commissioner Jerry Milner to child welfare leaders addresses flexibility related to the title IV-E prevention program, allowing programs and services to be adapted to a virtual... (Read more)
Prevention
COVID-19

Child Welfare Policy Manual Q & A: Section 8.6C "Title IV-E Prevention Services Program, Administrative Functions/Costs"

Financing
Program Instructions
The Child Welfare Policy Manual has released a new Question and Answer under Section 8.6C "Title IV-E Prevention Services Program, Administrative Functions/Costs. Question 1: May a title IV-E agency... (Read more)
Prevention

Letter from Associate Commissioner Milner reflecting on Roundtables with Young Leaders

Constituent Engagement
Guidance
On November 18th, Associate Commissioner Jerry Milner of the Federal Children's Bureau released a letter reflecting on the twelve roundtables conducted with young people in/from foster care that the Children's... (Read more)
COVID-19

Birth Parent National Network Member Corey Best Spotlights the Problem with America’s Child Welfare System

Advocacy Tools
Real Story
Constituent Engagement
Guidance
In this blog resource from Family Voices United, Birth Parent National Network Member Corey Best reflects on how racism shows up in child welfare and presents questions that child welfare... (Read more)
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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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  • Implementation Strategies (78)
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  • Opinion (12)
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  • Real Story (19)
  • State Teams (32)
  • Title IV-E Prevention Plan (4)

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Child Trends
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Foster Care Alumni of America

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