Prevention

Families represent the foundation of, and most fundamental unit within a society. When families are healthy and strong, communities thrive. A Family Resource Center1 (FRC) is a community or school-based... (Read more)

A working group of more than 130 Arkansans with experience in child welfare and foster care released a list of 11 recommendations on Monday to improve the state’s foster system,... (Read more)

Advancing Family Economic Mobility (AFEM) is an initiative committed to creating sustainable pathways to economic mobility and well-being for all people and families. Funded by the William K. Kellogg Foundation... (Read more)

Our organizations, representing a diverse array of perspectives, are dedicated to promoting the mental health and wellbeing of infants, children, adolescents, and young adults. In this document, we have identified... (Read more)

Casework strategies used to address disproportionality and disparity in the child welfare system are often the same strategies used to improve outcomes for all children and families; however, agencies are... (Read more)

The vast majority of child welfare cases in this country are for neglect , explains Webb, a concept that is often deeply connected to poverty. Things like not having stable... (Read more)

In 2019, the National Academy of Sciences (NAS) released A Roadmap to Reducing Child Poverty , which included four policy proposals to reduce the number of children living in poverty... (Read more)

MANCHESTER, N.H. — Child protection and youth reform are best and most effective when it happens close to home, according to the new director of the New Hampshire Division... (Read more)

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)

The Playbook is intended to serve as a tool for states to further impactful policy solutions that strengthen youth mental health. Nationally, the current state of youth mental health is... (Read more)