Advocacy Tools, Real Story, Constituent Engagement, Guidance

Birth Parent National Network Member Corey Best Spotlights the Problem with America’s Child Welfare System

In this blog resource from Family Voices United, Birth Parent National Network Member Corey Best reflects on how racism shows up in child welfare and presents questions that child welfare... (Read more)

Published Oct 28, 2020

Data / Research

State-level Data for Understanding Child Welfare in the United States

This comprehensive child welfare resource from Child Trends provides state and national data on child maltreatment , foster care , kinship caregiving , and adoption from foster care. The data... (Read more)

Published Oct 28, 2020

Advocacy Tools, Implementation Strategies

Webinar Recording: Utilizing Casey Family Programs’ Community Opportunity Map to Support Family Resource Centers

This webinar recording from the National Family Support Network provides an overview of Casey Family Programs’ Community Opportunity Map and illustrate how it can be leveraged to support Family Resource... (Read more)

Published Oct 28, 2020

Advocacy Tools, Guidance

Understanding Racial Trauma and Institutional Racism to Improve Cultural Responsiveness, Race Equity, and Implicit Bias in Child Welfare Cases

In this webinar recording from the National Association of Counsel for Children, presenters discussed Racial Trauma and Institutional Racism in the field of child welfare, particularly through agencies charged with... (Read more)

Published Oct 27, 2020

Data / Research

COVID-19 and Child Welfare: Using Data to Understand Trends in Maltreatment and Response

Since March 2020, stay-at-home orders and deteriorating economic conditions have placed families under stress, while children home from school have diminished exposure to adults who might detect and report abuse... (Read more)

Published Oct 23, 2020

Real Story, Constituent Engagement

Our American States Podcast - State, Federal Policies Aim to Ease Transition Out of Foster Care

The 108th episode of the Our American States Podcast from the National Conference of State Legislatures focuses on policies that support youth transitioning out of foster care and challenges young... (Read more)

Published Oct 23, 2020

Implementation Strategies

Implementing the Substance Use Disorder Provisions of the Family First Prevention Services Act

This toolkit, from Child and Family Futures, ChildFocus and the National Association of State Alcohol and Drug Abuse Directors, is designed to guide state leaders in their efforts to implement... (Read more)

Published Oct 23, 2020

State Teams

Wisconsin's Family First Website

This website, hosted by Wisconsin Department of Children and Families, outlines the state's efforts to implement the Family First Prevention Services Act. Resources include background, action teams and Quality Residential... (Read more)

Published Oct 23, 2020

Guidance

Support for Family-Focused Residential Treatment-Title IV-E and Medicaid Guidance

On October 5th, the Administration of Children & Families and Center for Medicaid & CHIP Services released guidance on Support for Family-Focused Residential Treatment. Guidance includes: Existing Opportunities and Flexibilities... (Read more)

Published Oct 5, 2020

State Teams, Title IV-E Prevention Plan

Washington State Title IV-E Prevention Program Plan (approved)

On October 1, 2020, Washington State received approval for it's amended Title IV-E Prevention Program Plan from the federal Children's Bureau. View the approved plan here . Learn more... (Read more)

Published Oct 1, 2020