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Family First Prevention Services Act: Initial Implementation & Considerations

Advocacy Tools
Implementation Strategies
The Family First Prevention Services Act of 2018 (Family First Act) is important federal child welfare reform legislation that gives states opportunities – and federal funding in select areas –... (Read more)
Prevention

HS TIAA Trauma Informed Data Sheet

HS_TIAA_Trauma Informed_Data_Sheet
Advocacy Tools
Data / Research
Public agencies and community-based providers interact with vulnerable individuals every day, many of whom have experienced trauma. To ensure staff have the proper tools to support those seeking help, and... (Read more)
Evidence-Based Practice

The Path to Well-being for Children and Youth in Foster Care Relies on Quality Family-Based Care What’s the Appropriate Role of Residential Care?

QRTP, IMD, Family First Prevention Services Act
Real Story
Constituent Engagement
Implementation Strategies
This brief, developed by the American Academy of Pediatrics, Children's Defense Fund, FosterClub, Think of Us and Youth Law Center, outlines the child-centered reforms made under the Family First Act... (Read more)
QRTP / Congregate Care

Frequently Asked Questions About: The Family First Prevention Services Act, Quality Residential Treatment Programs (QRTPs), and the Medicaid IMD Exclusion Rule

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Law / Summary
Frequently asked questions regarding Quality Residential Treatment Programs and the Medicaid IMD Exclusion Rule are covered in this resource. Questions include: The Family First Act created Qualified Residential Treatment Programs... (Read more)
QRTP / Congregate Care

Letter from Department of Health and Human Services on Equity

Opinion
"The federal government as a whole, and the Children’s Bureau specifically, is committed to advancing equity through our work at the federal level and through our work with states, territories, tribes, and all other grantees. I want to take this opportunity to share publicly how focusing on equity will inform all of our work as we move forward."(Read more)
Overview / General

ACYF-CB-PI-21-02 - Updated guidance on applying for FY 2022 CIP Funding

Program Instructions
The Children’s Bureau has released Program Instruction ACYF-CB-PI-21-02. The purpose of this Program Instruction (PI) is to provide information on changes to the Court Improvement Program (CIP) that become effective... (Read more)
Courts

Grandfamilies and Kinship Care Provisions of the Consolidated Appropriations Act of 2021, February 9, 2021 Webinar

Presentation/Webinar
Constituent Engagement
A 60-minute webinar highlighting the grandfamilies and kinship care provisions of the Consolidated Appropriations Act of 2021, some of the most significant being those providing additional federal funds for kinship... (Read more)
COVID-19
Kinship

Consolidated Appropriations Act of 2021: Implications for Grandfamilies

News
Law / Summary
Generations United created a brief summary of the Consolidated Appropriations Act of 2021, focused on the implications for kinship caregivers. On December 27, 2020, the Consolidated Appropriations Act, 2021 (the... (Read more)
COVID-19
Kinship

ACYF-CB-IM-21-06: Utilizing Title IV-E Funding to Support High Quality Legal Representation

Financing
Guidance
The purpose of this IM is to urge all state and tribal title IV-E agencies, courts, administrative offices of the courts, and Court Improvement Programs to work together to ensure... (Read more)
Overview / General
Courts

ACYF-CB-IM-21-05: NEW LEGISLATION – Public Law (P.L.) 116-260

Guidance
News
This IM is to inform title IV-B and IV-E agencies and State and Tribal Court Improvement Programs of the enactment of Division X and Section 305 of Title III of... (Read more)
COVID-19
Courts
Older Youth / Chafee
Kinship
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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

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  • Title IV-E Prevention Plan (54)

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Juvenile Law Center
Mathematica
National Association of Counsel for Children
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National Indian Child Welfare Association
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