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Home Visiting in the Family First Context

Data / Research
A recently released brief by Chapin Hall and Early Start promotes viewing the Family First Prevention Services Act (FFPSA) as a tool to provide new opportunities to reimagine how families... (Read more)
Prevention
Overview / General

6 Tips to Prevent Child Abuse and Neglect This Summer

News
QUICK SUMMARY Many students are entering the time of year when they will be without resources provided by schools. Community members are encouraged to help support children and families in... (Read more)
Prevention

How can people with lived experience be most effectively involved in systems change?

Constituent Engagement
This study identifies lessons learned from a literature review, discussions, and consultations with experts to more effectively and appropriately engage individuals with lived experience in efforts to improve research, policy,... (Read more)

GRANDFACTS: EASTERN BAND OF CHEROKEE INDIANS FACT SHEET FOR KINSHIP/GRANDFAMILIES

Constituent Engagement
This fact sheet includes national data and information on Eastern Band of Cherokee Indians (EBCI) tribal-specific programs that can assist kinship/grandfamilies. GrandFacts fact sheets for each state and the District... (Read more)
Kinship

Grandfamily Caregiver Tip Sheets

Constituent Engagement
Implementation Strategies
Generations United with support from our partner Humana, developed tip sheets on self-care and youth mental health for grandfamily caregivers See all the tip sheets here .(Read more)
Kinship

Together at the Table: Supporting the Nutrition, Health, and Well-Being of Grandfamilies

Data / Research
There are more than 2.5 million children in the U.S. growing up in “grandfamilies,” meaning they are being raised by relatives (grandparents, aunts, uncles, siblings, etc.) or close family friends... (Read more)
Kinship

New Guidance on Community Pathways from the Children’s Bureau

Guidance
On February 28, 2023, the U.S. Administration for Children and Families (ACF) Children’s Bureau released a Letter to Child Welfare Directors that includes, “resources to aid jurisdictions as they develop... (Read more)
Overview / General

Dear Child Welfare Colleague Letter from ACF on Title IV-E Prevention Plans

Title IV-E Prevention Plan
Excerpt : As of February 28, 2023, CB has approved 39 prevention plans from 35 states, 3 tribes, and the District of Columbia. The status of submitted plans and links... (Read more)
Overview / General
Evidence-Based Practice

Reasonable Efforts to Preserve or Reunify Families and Achieve Permanency for Children

Data / Research
Law / Summary
This factsheet discusses laws that require child welfare agencies to make reasonable efforts to provide services that will help families remedy the conditions that brought the child and family into... (Read more)
Overview / General

Partnering With Birth Parents To Promote Reunification

Data / Research
Case Study
Children, youth, and families benefit when foster and birth parents are supported by an agency culture that encourages a meaningful partnership and that provides quality support. Child Welfare Information Gateway... (Read more)
Overview / General
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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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  • Real Story (30)
  • State Teams (39)
  • Title IV-E Prevention Plan (54)

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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
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Evident Change
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 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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