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The Importance of a Trauma-Informed Child Welfare System

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Advocacy Tools
Trauma refers to a deeply stressful experience or its short and long-term impacts. Because exposure to trauma can cause a host of problems with lifelong consequences, early screening and intervention... (Read more)

Family Support on the Frontlines of The Pandemic

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Advocacy Tools
Be Strong Families stated that FRCs are helping parents and caregivers access supports, resources, and accurate information. Many are operating helplines, have rapidly expanded their resource lists, and are leveraging... (Read more)
COVID-19

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

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Advocacy Tools
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)
Prevention

Child Abuse and Neglect Fatalities 2018: Statistics and Interventions

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Data / Research
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)
Child Fatalities

Family-Based Residential Treatment

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Advocacy Tools
Wilder Research and Volunteers of America with the support of the Annie E. Casey Foundation released a directory of residential substance use disorder treatment programs for parents with children. You... (Read more)

Supporting All Families: Financing Streams to Support Prevention Programs

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Advocacy Tools
All families need support at different times and intensity from family, friends, and neighbors. Additionally, many families access public resources and services at some point. These programs range from public... (Read more)

Comparison of Federal Requirements for Qualified Residential Treatment Programs (QRTP) & Psychiatric Residential Treatment Facilities (PRTF)

Guidance
Building Bridges Initiative, with support from Annie E. Casey foundation, produced a comparison document to help with addressing questions on the differences, similarities and connections between new Family First-defined Quality... (Read more)
QRTP / Congregate Care

Strategic Planning in Child Welfare: Strategies for Meaningful Stakeholder Engagement

Constituent Engagement
Implementation Strategies
The Strategic Planning in Child Welfare series offers guidance and tools to help support you in your integrated long-term planning efforts, improving coordination between federal processes (CFSP/APRS and CFSR/PIP), and... (Read more)
Overview / General

Nebraska Family First Act

State Teams
Implementation Strategies
A BILL FOR AN ACT relating to children and families; to amend sections 2 28-710, 28-713, 28-720, 28-728, 28-729, 43-1301, 43-2201, 43-2203, 3 43-2204, 43-2205, 43-2209, 68-1207, and 68-1212, Reissue... (Read more)
Overview / General

Safe Babies Court Teams & Families First Go Hand-In-Hand: A Toolkit for Judges and Stakeholders to Advocate with States

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Advocacy Tools
Zero To Three released a toolkit that includes an overview of what judges and stakeholders should know FFA and SBCTs, a comparison of Family First provisions and SBCT, talking points... (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

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

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  • Title IV-E Prevention Plan (54)

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