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A Kin-first Culture Approach at Washington State Department of Children, Youth, and Families

Presentation/Webinar
Data / Research
If children and youth are removed from parents, they have better outcomes with kinship caregivers than non-kinship resource families. The benefits of kinship placements are many, including allowing children and... (Read more)
Kinship

6 Tips to Prevent Child Abuse and Neglect This Summer

News
QUICK SUMMARY Many students are entering the time of year when they will be without resources provided by schools. Community members are encouraged to help support children and families in... (Read more)
Prevention

A Lift For Life After Foster Care

News
REDWOOD CITY – In a unanimous vote, San Mateo County supervisors agreed on Tuesday, July 11 to provide current and former foster youth ages 18 up to 22 with $1,000... (Read more)
Older Youth / Chafee

Cook County Health’s Project CHILD Releases Evaluation Report Highlighting Findings and Strategies to Reduce Child Abuse and Neglect Across Illinois

News
Cook County Health’s Project CHILD (Collaboration of Helpers Lowering Deaths of Children), today released their final evaluation report for the Child Safety Forward initiative funded by the Department of Justice... (Read more)
Prevention

Promoting Permanency for Teens: A 50 State Review of Law and Policy

Advocacy Tools
Law / Summary
Over the last 20 years the number of children in foster care has decreased significantly. Yet during this same period, the number of teenagers aging out of foster care without... (Read more)
Older Youth / Chafee

Licensing of Foster, Pre-adoptive, and Kinship Families - Massachusetts

Program Instructions
The Department of Children and Families, foster parents, biological families, and communities collaborate to support children in the Department’s care and custody. They work together to shorten the length of... (Read more)
Kinship

Guide to Full Disclosure of Permanency Options

Advocacy Tools
Implementation Strategies
There are many reasons why children can no longer be cared for by their parents. Parents may have a substance use disorder, mental illness, incarceration, or perhaps have even died... (Read more)
Courts
Kinship
Adoption Assistance

Colorado Title IV-E Prevention Plan

Title IV-E Prevention Plan
Review Colorado's Title IV-E Prevention Plan. This plan has been approved per the Children' Bureau website , which provides status updates on the states, tribes and jurisdictions that have... (Read more)

Florida Title IV-E Prevention Plan

Title IV-E Prevention Plan
Review Florida's Title IV-E Prevention Plan. This plan has been approved per the Children' Bureau website , which provides status updates on the states, tribes and jurisdictions that have... (Read more)

Idaho Title IV-E Prevention Plan

Title IV-E Prevention Plan
Review Idaho's Title IV-E Prevention Plan. This plan has been approved per the Children' Bureau website , which provides status updates on the states, tribes and jurisdictions that have... (Read more)
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American Academy of Pediatrics American Bar Association American Public Human Services Association Annie E. Casey Foundation Birth Parent National Network Casey Family Programs Chapin Hall Child Focus Children's Defense Fund Children's Trust Fund Alliance Child Trends Family Centered Treatment Foundation Family Focused Treatment Association Federal HHS/ACYF/CB Foster Care Alumni of America FosterClub Generations United Juvenile Law Center Mathematica National Association of Counsel for Children National Conference of State Legislatures National Council of Juvenile and Family Court Judges National Council on Crime & Deliquency National Governors Association National Indian Child Welfare Association Other Public Consulting Group Senate / Congress Within Our Reach Youth Villages

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Adoption Assistance Child Fatalities Courts COVID-19 Evidence-Based Practice Interstate Placement / NEICE Juvenile Justice Kinship Older Youth / Chafee Overview / General Pregnant & Parenting Prevention QRTP / Congregate Care

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