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Resources for Supporting Children’s Emotional Well-being during the COVID-19 Pandemic

The following guidance, recommendations, and resources are provided by child trauma experts at Child Trends and the Child Trauma Training Center at the University of Massachusetts. The Center is housed... (Read more)

Published Mar 18, 2020

Housing Support When Universities, Colleges Close Due to COVID-19

This letter from Associate Commissioner Jerry Milner notes that agencies should also be prepared to offer youth assistance with food, health care, and emotional support. https://www.acf.hhs.gov/cb/resource/housing-support-covid-19(Read more)

Published Mar 12, 2020

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Planning Title IV-E Prevention Services: A Toolkit For States

Both, the Assistant Secretary for Planning and Evaluation and Mathematica released a toolkit that aims to help states develop a plan for Title IV-E prevention services, and to assist states... (Read more)

Published Mar 11, 2020

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General Guidance to Child Welfare Stakeholders in Pennsylvania

In response to growing concerns about the spread of COVID-19 and its potential impact on the delivery of services to individuals and families the Department of Human Services, Office of... (Read more)

Published Mar 10, 2020

Status of Submitted Title IV-E Prevention Program Five-Year Plans

This section of the Children's Bureau Title IV-E Prevention Program webpage outlines the status of five-year plans submitted by state, jurisdiction or tribal IV-E agencies who are directly operating an... (Read more)

Published Mar 4, 2020

Children's Bureau Webpage: Title IV-E Prevention Program

This webpage from the Children's Bureau includes links to the Family First Act law, outlines the federal guidance (program instructions, information memoranda and technical bulletins), includes an overview of the... (Read more)

Published Mar 4, 2020

Scaling Evidence-Based Programs in Child Welfare

The Social Innovation Research Center, with support from the IBM Center for the Business of Government, released a new report on the challenge for government policymakers of how to scale... (Read more)

Published Mar 4, 2020

Kansas Family First webpage

The state of Kansas has a webpage dedicated to the implementation of Family First Prevention Services Act. The webpage includes: legislation overview, service menus for each region, maps and newsletters... (Read more)

Published Mar 4, 2020

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Child Abuse and Neglect Fatalities 2018: Statistics and Interventions

Despite the efforts of the child protection system, child maltreatment fatalities remain a serious problem. Although the untimely deaths of children due to illness and accidents are closely monitored, deaths... (Read more)

Published Mar 1, 2020

ACYF-CB-PI-20-05 - Kinship Navigator funding

The purpose of this Children's Bureau Program Instruction is to provide guidance to state, territorial and tribal title IV-E agencies on the actions required to apply for FY 2020 title... (Read more)

Published Feb 28, 2020