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Reframing Childhood Adversity: Promoting Upstream Approaches developed by Prevent Child Abuse America is a highly accessible, actionable guide that takes recent science and current communications contexts into account, speaks to... (Read more)

This factsheet developed by Child Welfare Information Gateway reviews what substance use disorders are, how parental substance use affects families, and how child welfare professionals can support these families. It... (Read more)

Beginning in early 2019, leaders representing family-serving state agencies, community organizations, and stakeholder groups came together to address Georgia’s high rate of child abuse and neglect. It was determined that... (Read more)

Maine's Child and Family Services website section on Family First provides details on Maine's implementation plan including candidacy, evidence based practice, workforce and training and qualified residential treatment programs. The... (Read more)

The Child Welfare Information Gateway developed a website for National Adoption Month 2020. The website includes resources for child welfare professionals, for legal professionals, and for youth. It also features... (Read more)

In the crush of child welfare, State and local agencies may struggle with providing appropriate and holistic services to older youth in care who are parents or expecting the arrival... (Read more)

Child welfare professionals routinely meet with children and families in their communities. Sometimes environmental factors, such as a public health crisis, or situational factors, such as caseload and travel demands,... (Read more)

Family time, also known as parent-child visits, is critical to promoting family bonding and setting the stage for successful reunification. Although in-person contact is preferred, there are extreme occasions when... (Read more)

The Prevention Services Clearinghouse is pleased to announce that a public call for program and service recommendations is now open. This call is an opportunity for the public to recommend... (Read more)

The Legal Center for Foster Care and Education, the Juvenile Law Center, and the Education Law Center created a list of resources to assist local jurisdictions with education for youth... (Read more)