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Framework for Centering Constituent Voices in the Child Welfare System

Constituent Engagement
Implementation Strategies
Colorado Department of Human Services (CDHS) values meaningful engagement with our partners and the people we serve because we must work together to achieve the best outcomes. CDHS has gathered... (Read more)
Kinship
Overview / General

"Family First Prevention Services Act Section by Section

Law / Summary
Overview of the Family First Prevention Services Act Section by Section. View here(Read more)
Overview / General

Ohio FAMILY FIRST PREVENTION SERVICES ACT

Implementation Strategies
To keep you up to date on the latest new related to the design and implementation of FFPSA in Ohio ODJFS Office of Families and Children has created a web... (Read more)
Overview / General

Evidence-based and Promising Interventions for Preventing Child Fatalities and Severe Child Injuries Related to Child Maltreatment

Implementation Strategies
Though well-intentioned, current child welfare services may be failing to protect children from severe maltreatment due to constraints in policy, program design, practice and funding. Drawing from advances in the... (Read more)
Child Fatalities

Family First Prevention Services Act Overview

Law / Summary
This resource comes to us from National Center for State Courts. The Family First and Prevention Services Act (FFPSA) was included as a provision in the Bipartisan Budget Package/Continuing Resolution... (Read more)
Overview / General

CHAMPS Policy Playbook

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Advocacy Tools
CHAMPS (Children Need Amazing Parents) created the Policy Playbook and related tools to encourage and assist policymakers in championing reform efforts to strengthen foster parenting in their communities. Playbook priorities... (Read more)
Kinship
Overview / General

Safely Reducing the Use of Congregate Care: Considerations in the Age of Family First archived webinar

Presentation/Webinar
Explains the provisions in the Family First Prevention Services Act related to reducing reliance on congregate care and explores approaches to achieve this goal. This webinar includes a summary of... (Read more)
QRTP / Congregate Care

Pregnant & Parenting Youth FAQs

Guidance
Family First Prevention Services Act is particularly important in reshaping how pregnant and parenting youth (PPY)—both mothers and fathers—in foster care are served and supported by child welfare systems in... (Read more)
Older Youth / Chafee
Pregnant & Parenting

Child Maltreatment Fatality Reviews: Learning Together to Improve Systems That Protect Children and Prevent Maltreatment

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Guidance
This guidance will provide you with information to assist you in conducting high quality case reviews of child maltreatment fatalities. The purpose of the guidance is to help ensure that... (Read more)
Child Fatalities

CHAMPS Research Highlights

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Advocacy Tools
Data / Research
CHAMPS (Children Need Amazing Parents) campaign identified six policy goals that will help ensure that all children in foster care experience stable, quality foster parenting. This resource documents the research... (Read more)
Kinship
Overview / General
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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

Topics

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

Resource Types

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  • Program Instructions (38)
  • Real Story (30)
  • State Teams (39)
  • Title IV-E Prevention Plan (54)

FamilyFirstAct.org is a collaborative project between:

American Academy of Pediatrics
American Bar Association Center on Children and the Law
American Public Human Services Association
Annie E. Casey Foundation
Casey Family Programs
Child Trends
Child Focus
Children's Defense Fund
Children's Trust Fund Alliance
Evident Change
Family Centered Treatment Foundation
Family Focused Treatment Association
Foster Care Alumni of America

FosterClub
Generations United
Juvenile Law Center
Mathematica
National Association of Counsel for Children
National Council of Juvenile and Family Court Judges
National Indian Child Welfare Association
National Governors Association
Public Consulting Group
Within Our Reach 
Youth Villages

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