Advocacy Tools, Implementation Strategies

Helping Youth Transition to Adulthood: Guidance for Foster Parents

The transition to adulthood and self-sufficiency can be challenging for any young person. For teenagers who have been living in foster care, the transition to life outside of care can... (Read more)

Published Nov 21, 2022

Data / Research, Implementation Strategies

Status of Family First Prevention Plans

This map illustrates the Status of Family First Preventions Act, to which this information came from Children's Bureau and was compiled by Don Winstead Consulting from ACF/CB. View the map... (Read more)

Published Nov 14, 2022

Advocacy Tools, Implementation Strategies

Grounding Family and Child Well-Being Policies and Systems in Anti-Racist Principles and Strategies

Early childhood is an important period of development for children and a time of both opportunity and challenge for parents because of the emotional, physical, and fnancial stressors unique to... (Read more)

Published Nov 7, 2022

Implementation Strategies

Colorado Five- Year Family First Prevention Services Plan

Colorado’s child welfare system is in the midst of a significant transformation. Over the last several years, there has been an intentional shift to focus on proactively strengthening families through... (Read more)

Published Oct 31, 2022

Advocacy Tools, Implementation Strategies

Domestic Violence: A Primer for Child Welfare Professionals

Domestic violence is a devastating social problem that affects every segment of the population, regardless of age, gender, sexuality, or ethnicity. Many families experiencing domestic violence also come to the... (Read more)

Published Oct 25, 2022

Advocacy Tools, Guidance

Promoting Protective Factors for Children Exposed to Domestic Violence: A Guide for Practitioners

Protective factors are conditions or attributes of individuals, families, communities, or the larger society that, when present, promote well- being and reduce the risk for negative outcomes. These factors may... (Read more)

Published Oct 14, 2022

Law / Summary

Measuring Child Welfare Court Performance: Review of Resources

This report summarizes information about the types and range of measures developed to assess court, judicial, and attorney performance in child welfare cases and used to study child welfare court... (Read more)

Published Oct 3, 2022

Data / Research

TRANSFORMING & EXPANDING ACCESS TO MENTAL HEALTH CARE IN URBAN PEDIATRICS

The lack of accessible, effective behavioral health* care is among the gravest threats to the healthy development of children and adolescents. Early identification and treatment of behavioral health needs can... (Read more)

Published Sep 12, 2022

Title IV-E Prevention Plan

Safely Home, Families First: Indiana Department of Child Services Title IV-E Prevention Plan

The Family First Prevention Services Act (FFPSA) was adopted in February 2018 as part of the Bipartisan Budget Act (HR. 1892). FFPSA makes federal resources available through reimbursement for prevention... (Read more)

Published Aug 30, 2022

Data / Research

Reducing Adverse Police Contact Would Heal Wounds for Children and Their Communities

For many children and youth—especially those from communities of color—interactions with police and law enforcement officers constitute an “adverse police contact,” which we define as a source of physical and... (Read more)

Published Aug 22, 2022