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Supporting Clients in Under-resourced Communities during the COVID-19 Pandemic

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Advocacy Tools
This resource from Child Trends is based on promising practices implemented by South Ward Promise Neighborhood Partner agencies. It offers strategies to help front-line staff support their clients while working... (Read more)
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Letter from Dr. Jerry Milner, Associate Commissioner of Children's Bureau to Child Welfare Directors

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Guidance
This letter is addressed to title IV-E agencies approved to operate a title IV-E extended foster care program. CB provided a copy of the letter to all child welfare directors... (Read more)
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Joint letter from the ACF and HRSA to promote family strengthening during COVID-19

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Advocacy Tools
This s is a joint letter from the ACF and HRSA to promote family strengthening and virtual primary prevention during COVID-19 and beyond. As federal agencies with a collective mission... (Read more)
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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)
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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)
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Grandfamilies and Kinship Care Provisions of the Consolidated Appropriations Act of 2021, February 9, 2021 Webinar

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Constituent Engagement
A 60-minute webinar highlighting the grandfamilies and kinship care provisions of the Consolidated Appropriations Act of 2021, some of the most significant being those providing additional federal funds for kinship... (Read more)
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Kinship

Consolidated Appropriations Act of 2021: Implications for Grandfamilies

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Law / Summary
Generations United created a brief summary of the Consolidated Appropriations Act of 2021, focused on the implications for kinship caregivers. On December 27, 2020, the Consolidated Appropriations Act, 2021 (the... (Read more)
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Kinship

ACYF-CB-IM-21-05: NEW LEGISLATION – Public Law (P.L.) 116-260

Guidance
News
This IM is to inform title IV-B and IV-E agencies and State and Tribal Court Improvement Programs of the enactment of Division X and Section 305 of Title III of... (Read more)
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Courts
Older Youth / Chafee
Kinship

ACYF-CB-IM-21-03: Emerging Transformed, Lessons from COVID-19 Pandemic

Guidance
The purpose of this information memorandum (IM) is to share lessons learned from the pandemic and highlight strategies and opportunities for child and family serving agencies, organizations, and entities to... (Read more)
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COVID-19

Chapin Hall Builds National Understanding of Pandemic’s Impact on Families

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Guidance
The COVID-19 pandemic has affected many aspects of our lives, including work, education, childcare, health, finances and contact with family and friends. It has also affected child welfare system and... (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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  • Real Story (30)
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  • Title IV-E Prevention Plan (54)

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Family Centered Treatment Foundation
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FosterClub
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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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