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Family First Toolkit on Implementation Now Available

Implementation Strategies
Innovative policy calls for innovative tools to make sure policy achieves its intended results. The Family First Prevention Services Act of 2018 represents a landmark shift away from investments in... (Read more)
Kinship

Family First Evidence-Based Practices Exploration and Cost Tool

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Advocacy Tools
Chapin Hall has released the Family First Evidence-Based Practices Exploration and Cost Tool, which is designed to help jurisdictions select evidence-based programs or practices for their Family First prevention plan... (Read more)
Prevention
Evidence-Based Practice

Family First Planning & Readiness Toolkit

Advocacy Tools
Implementation Strategies
Chapin Hall developed a toolkit to help child welfare agencies implement the first phase of the Family First Prevention Services Act. The Family First Planning and Readiness Toolkit include a... (Read more)
Prevention

Recommendations for Trauma-Informed Care Under the Family First Prevention Services Act

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Advocacy Tools
The National Child Traumatic Stress Network and Chapin Hall at the University of Chicago have partnered to outline recommendations for how jurisdictions can understand Family First’s policy requirements for trauma-informed... (Read more)

Systemic Approaches to Addressing Child and Family Trauma are Key to Fully Leveraging Family First

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Advocacy Tools
The Family First represents the most significant piece of federal child welfare legislation enacted in recent history. Chapin Hall is collaborating with jurisdictions and organizations across the country as they... (Read more)
Prevention

Blueprint for Practice: Chapin Hall’s Approach to Building and Sustaining a Practice Model

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Advocacy Tools
Practice models shape the behavior, skills, and competencies of the workforce with the goal of improving safety, permanency and well-being outcomes for the children, youth, and families they serve. The... (Read more)

Economic and Concrete Supports An Evidence-based Service for Child Welfare Prevention

Data / Research
This brief discusses the current evidence for the value of economic and concrete supports as a child welfare prevention service. Implications for Family First Prevention Services and early childhood systems... (Read more)
Prevention

State Policy Options to Increase Access to Economic & Concrete Supports as a Child Welfare Prevention Strategy

Data / Research
Preventing child welfare system involvement is easier when you have the right tools. That’s why Chapin Hall policy experts collaborated with The American Public Human Services Association to create the... (Read more)
Prevention

Home Visiting in the Family First Context

Data / Research
A recently released brief by Chapin Hall and Early Start promotes viewing the Family First Prevention Services Act (FFPSA) as a tool to provide new opportunities to reimagine how families... (Read more)
Prevention
Overview / General

5 Years of Empowering Families: Expert Panel on the Family First Act

Presentation/Webinar
Chapin Hall hosted a Family First Expert Panel to discuss the Family First Prevention Services Act. This panel features experts who shared their knowledge and perspective on the #FamilyFirstAct ,... (Read more)
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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  • Implementation Strategies (152)
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  • News (68)
  • Opinion (20)
  • Presentation/Webinar (51)
  • Program Instructions (38)
  • Real Story (30)
  • State Teams (39)
  • Title IV-E Prevention Plan (54)

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American Academy of Pediatrics
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American Public Human Services Association
Annie E. Casey Foundation
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Family Centered Treatment Foundation
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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 
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