Child Trends

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)

COVID-19

Education and Skills Training May Ease Transition to Adulthood for Young People Involved in Foster Care

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Data / Research

Nearly 18,000 young people aged out of the foster care system in fiscal year (FY) 2018. In other words, the child welfare system failed to reunify these young people with... (Read more)

Resources to Support Children’s Emotional Well-Being Amid Anti-Black Racism, Racial Violence, and Trauma

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Child Trends released resources to support children’s emotional well-being amid anti-black racism, racial violence, and trauma. You can access the resources here .(Read more)

Direct Service Provision during the COVID-19 Pandemic

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Child Trends recognize that community-based direct service providers may struggle to know how best to support families while adhering to social distancing mandates. Child Trends released a tip sheet that... (Read more)

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Supporting Clients in Under-resourced Communities during the COVID-19 Pandemic

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This resource from Child Trends is based on promising practices implemented by South Ward Promise Neighborhood Partner agencies. It offers strategies to help front-line staff support their clients while working... (Read more)

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States can improve supports for infants and toddlers who are in or at risk of entering foster care

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Child Trends fielded a 2019 Survey of Child Welfare Agency Policies and Practices for Infants and Toddlers in, or who are Candidates for, Foster Care. The survey, supported by ZERO... (Read more)

Prevention

Considerations for Scaling Evidence-Based Prevention Programs under the Family First Prevention Services Act

Title IV-E Prevention Plan

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Implementation Strategies

This resource from Child Trends outlines lessons learned in jurisdictions such as New York City that were early adopters of evidence-based prevention services. This brief includes details of two evidence-based... (Read more)

Prevention

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

Data / Research

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)

Kinship

Ways to Promote Children’s Resilience to the COVID-19 Pandemic

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Child Trends has released a new fact sheet, Ways to Promote Children’s Resilience to the COVID-19 Pandemic, which focuses on protective factors that help enhance healthy development and help children... (Read more)

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

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Guidance

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)

COVID-19

Child Trends

Implications of COVID-19 on the Research and Evaluation Provisions of Family First

Education and Skills Training May Ease Transition to Adulthood for Young People Involved in Foster Care

Resources to Support Children’s Emotional Well-Being Amid Anti-Black Racism, Racial Violence, and Trauma

Direct Service Provision during the COVID-19 Pandemic

Supporting Clients in Under-resourced Communities during the COVID-19 Pandemic

States can improve supports for infants and toddlers who are in or at risk of entering foster care

Considerations for Scaling Evidence-Based Prevention Programs under the Family First Prevention Services Act

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

Ways to Promote Children’s Resilience to the COVID-19 Pandemic

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

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