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ACYF-CB-IM-21-04: Clarification on Family First Services and Cultural Adaptation for Tribes

Title IV-E Prevention Plan
Implementation Strategies
The purpose of the Information Memorandum is to clarify how allowable adaptations to evidence-based programs and services that have been rated by the Title IV-E Prevention Services Clearinghouse can be... (Read more)
Prevention

ACYF-CB-IM-21-03: Emerging Transformed, Lessons from COVID-19 Pandemic

Guidance
The purpose of this information memorandum (IM) is to share lessons learned from the pandemic and highlight strategies and opportunities for child and family serving agencies, organizations, and entities to... (Read more)
Overview / General
COVID-19

ACYF-CB-IM-21-02: Civil Legal Advocacy to Promote Child and Family Well-being, Address the Social Determinants of Health, and Enhance Community Resilience

Guidance
The purpose of this information memorandum (IM) is to highlight the importance of civil legal advocacy in advancing child and family well-being; addressing the social determinants of health; enhancing community... (Read more)
Courts

Child Welfare Provisions of the Consolidated Appropriations Act, 2021

Law / Summary
This summary from Children's Defense Fund provides an overview of several important provisions related to the child welfare system included in the Consolidated Appropriations Act, 2021, which was signed into... (Read more)
Prevention
Overview / General
Evidence-Based Practice
Older Youth / Chafee
Kinship

ACYF-CB-IM-21-01: Achieving Permanency for the Well-Being of Children and Youth

Guidance
The purpose of this Information Memorandum (IM) is to provide information on best practices, resources,and recommendations for achieving permanency for children and youth in a way that prioritizes the child’s... (Read more)
Overview / General
Courts
Older Youth / Chafee

A Guide for the Legal Community: The Family First Prevention Services Act of 2018

Constituent Engagement
Guidance
The American Bar Association has issued a new guide for the legal community on Family First. This guide is designed to strengthen the legal community’s understanding and capacity to use... (Read more)
Courts

Recommendations from ACF Youth Engagement Team: Improving Permanency & Well-Being

Real Story
Constituent Engagement
Guidance
The All-In Youth Engagement Team released it's recommendations on Improving Permanency and Well-Being. These recommendations come from three roundtable discussions were held with the Youth Engagement Team and ACF Assistant... (Read more)
Prevention
Older Youth / Chafee
Kinship
Adoption Assistance

Redefining Judicial Leadership: Stories of Transformative Practice

State Teams
Through the Office of Juvenile Justice and Delinquency Prevention (OJJDP) funding, the Implementation Sites Project was developed to replicate the infrastructure pioneered by the National Council of Juvenile and Court... (Read more)
Courts

Grandfamilies Share Stories of COVID-19 Hardships and Hope

Real Story
In summer 2020, StoryCorps recorded these conversations as part of a project that focused on helping us understand the unique impacts COVID-19 is having on various types of families, including... (Read more)
Kinship

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
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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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  • Financing (16)
  • Guidance (112)
  • Implementation Strategies (152)
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  • News (68)
  • Opinion (20)
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  • Program Instructions (38)
  • Real Story (30)
  • State Teams (39)
  • Title IV-E Prevention Plan (54)

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Family Centered Treatment Foundation
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FosterClub
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Juvenile Law Center
Mathematica
National Association of Counsel for Children
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National Indian Child Welfare Association
National Governors Association
Public Consulting Group
Within Our Reach 
Youth Villages

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