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Webinar Recording: DC Families First Family Success Center Initiative: Advancing Equity and Transforming Child Welfare

Presentation/Webinar
This webinar from the National Family Support Network provides an overview of the DC Families First Family Success Center Initiative. ​Presenters: Brenda Donald, Director, DC Child and Family Services Octavia... (Read more)
Prevention

New DC Provision that Extends Foster Care for Older Youth

image of page 46 of emergency legislation
Law / Summary
This emergency legislation extends foster care for older foster youth in Washington, DC who turn 21 years of age during a public health emergency. Read the provision on p.46 of... (Read more)
COVID-19
Older Youth / Chafee

Family First: Readiness Assessment, Planning, and Implementation

Data / Research
Chapin Hall is collaborating with jurisdictions and organizations across the country as they assess readiness and plan for Family First implementation and align their child welfare system with the transformational... (Read more)
Prevention
Overview / General

Applying Family First in Washington, DC

State Teams
Implementation Strategies
Chapin Hall staff Katie Rollins and Clare Anderson, with DC Child and Family Services partner Natalie Craver, published an article in Policy & Practice about how they worked together to... (Read more)
Prevention

Children’s Bureau Approves DC Child and Family Services Agency’s Federal Family First Prevention Plan

Screenshot of Press Release for DC Family First Act Prevention Plan Approved
Implementation Strategies
News
On October 30th, Jerry Milner, Associate Commissioner of the Children’s Bureau, joined Brenda Donald, Director of the District of Columbia (DC) Child and Family Services Agency (CFSA) to announce the... (Read more)
Prevention

Putting Families First in DC: Title IV-E Prevention Plan Five-Year Executive Summary

State Teams
Implementation Strategies
Child and Family Services Agency (CFSA) submitted their Family First Prevention Services Five Year plan to the Children’s Bureau on April 10, 2019. The executive summary provided outlines the key... (Read more)
Evidence-Based Practice
Prevention

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