Resources
Historic Opportunity to Reform the Child Welfare System: Youth & Alumni Priorities on Older Youth Successful Transition to Adulthood
The National Foster Care Youth & Alumni Policy Council released a new statement: A Historic Opportunity to Reform the Child Welfare System: Youth & Alumni Priorities on Older Youth Successful... (Read more)
Published Dec 31, 2020
What Parents Say About: Supporting Families to Provide a Strong Start for Their Young Children
This document, from two members of the Birth Parent National Network: Tecoria Jones & Edwin Daye, provides a parent perspective on strengthening family-centered primary prevention with a focus on increasing... (Read more)
Published Dec 30, 2020
Chapin Hall Builds National Understanding of Pandemic’s Impact on Families
The COVID-19 pandemic has affected many aspects of our lives, including work, education, childcare, health, finances and contact with family and friends. It has also affected child welfare system and... (Read more)
Published Dec 21, 2020
A Guide for the Legal Community: The Family First Prevention Services Act of 2018
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)
Published Dec 21, 2020
Recommendations from ACF Youth Engagement Team: Improving Permanency & Well-Being
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)
Published Dec 15, 2020
Redefining Judicial Leadership: Stories of Transformative Practice
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)
Published Dec 11, 2020
Grandfamilies Share Stories of COVID-19 Hardships and Hope
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)
Published Dec 6, 2020
Letter to the Field from Assoc. Commissioner Jerry Milner: Ensuring the Continuation of Critical Court Hearings
In a December 4, 2020 letter, Dr. Milner urges agencies and courts to continue working together to ensure that access to justice continues and that critical judicial oversight occur in... (Read more)
Published Dec 4, 2020
Support for kinship care is an investment that can benefit families and children
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)
Published Dec 4, 2020
Implications of COVID-19 on the Research and Evaluation Provisions of Family First
Family First was designed to help children at risk of entering foster care remain safely with their families, and to help children already in foster care live with families rather... (Read more)
Published Dec 1, 2020
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