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Family Voices on Mental and Behavioral Health Supports

Constituent Engagement
In April 2021, Family Voices United asked caregivers, parents, and youth, “Sometimes a parent's mental or behavioral health (including addiction) leads to a child entering foster care. What specific type... (Read more)
Prevention
Kinship

Older Youth Pandemic Relief: Housing Assistance for Youth with Experience in Foster Care During the Pandemic and Recovery

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Advocacy Tools
Presentation/Webinar
Guidance
Implementation Strategies
On May 12th, 2021, FosterClub and Youth Law Center hosted a webinar with the National Center for Housing and Child Welfare focused on states and jurisdictions, and tribes can maximize... (Read more)
Older Youth / Chafee

Older Youth Pandemic Relief: Older Youth Pandemic Relief: National Youth Awareness Campaign

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Advocacy Tools
Presentation/Webinar
Guidance
Implementation Strategies
On May 5th, 2021, FosterClub and Juvenile Law Center hosted a webinar with Think of Us focusing on the National Youth Awareness Campaign for child welfare organizations, local and state... (Read more)
Older Youth / Chafee

National Policy Council Webinar: Supporting Foster Youth & and Families: Leveraging New Opportunities

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Presentation/Webinar
Constituent Engagement
Implementation Strategies
Council Members will share how new opportunities available under this Act directly incorporate several priorities the Council has elevated, particularly in the areas of preventing unnecessary entry into foster care... (Read more)

Older Youth Pandemic Relief: Older Youth Advocacy & Direct Cash Assistance

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Advocacy Tools
Presentation/Webinar
Guidance
Implementation Strategies
FosterClub and Juvenile Law Center with California Youth Connection focused on Foster Youth Advocacy and using Chafee funds to provide direct financial assistance to current and former foster youth. Advocates... (Read more)
Older Youth / Chafee

Implementation of Older Youth Provisions in the Consolidated Appropriations Act

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Advocacy Tools
Presentation/Webinar
FosterClub and Juvenile Law Center featured Child Welfare Leaders from Illinois and Kentucky to share implementation examples and highlights of the Older Youth Provisions of the Consolidated Appropriations Act. Child... (Read more)
Older Youth / Chafee

Implementing ACYF-CB-PI-21-04 Older Youth Federal Guidance Webinar

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Guidance
Implementation Strategies
The Children’s Bureau issued the Program Instruction for the Supporting Foster Youth and Families Act Program Instruction on March 9th. This document is crucial to the effective and quick implementation... (Read more)
Older Youth / Chafee

Family Voices on School Reopening

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Advocacy Tools
Family Voices United is a campaign dedicated to ensuring the voices of those with firsthand experience are heard across the child welfare system. As the many states in the United... (Read more)
COVID-19

SYP: What are the EARLY warning signs that a family might be approaching a crisis?

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Advocacy Tools
It is critical for leaders to understand the warning signs of families that may be experiencing a crisis, and policymakers as well as as other stakeholders will use this document... (Read more)
COVID-19

Comments from the National Foster Youth & Alumni Policy Council Addressing the Sex Trafficking of Children and Youth

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Advocacy Tools
The National Advisory Committee on the Sex Trafficking of Children & Youth in the United States, requested public comment on best practice examples to combat sex trafficking and specifically requested... (Read more)
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Sources

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

  • Advocacy Tools (230)
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  • Constituent Engagement (62)
  • Data / Research (140)
  • Financing (16)
  • Guidance (112)
  • Implementation Strategies (152)
  • Law / Summary (43)
  • 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
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
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National Indian Child Welfare Association
National Governors Association
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Within Our Reach 
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