Overview / General

American Academy of Pediatrics released a Family First Advocacy Toolkit and announced a May 1 Family First Day of Action! This toolkit will support AAP members and chapters in their... (Read more)

The Children’s Bureau has released the attached new Program Instruction ACYF-CB-PI-19-04, which provides guidance to tribes on requirements for submission of: The Child and Family Services Plan (CFSP) Final Report... (Read more)

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)

The Annie E. Casey Foundation has developed a downloadable tool kit to help child welfare leaders, advocates, private providers and others talk about how the Family First Prevention Services Act... (Read more)

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)

Dr. Gretchen Hull, president of the Arizona Chapter of the American Academy of Pediatrics, tells the story of a young mother in her practice struggling to provide care for her... (Read more)

Based on an article first published in the Dallas Morning News, Valerie Borum Smith, MD, FAAP, tells the story of Ashley, age 15 and entering foster care, and how her... (Read more)

Parents with a history of lived child welfare, adoption and foster care experience can be valuable resources for agencies and practitioners when developing or reviewing systems and programs. The parent... (Read more)

An overview of the Family First Prevention Services Act, focused primarily on prevention services, placements, and reunification services. Presented by Jerry Sharum, Arkansas Dept. of Human Services, and Sophia Karimjee,... (Read more)

To issue National Model Foster Family Home Licensing Standards. View it here(Read more)