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Prevention

Recording: 5th Annual Birth Parent National Network Virtual Convening

Constituent Engagement
Guidance
The Birth Parent National Network held their 5th Annual Virtual Convening in December. The theme was Prevention across the Continuum: Research, Strategies and Family First Funding Opportunities. Click here to... (Read more)
Prevention

Motivational Interviewing - Prevention Services Clearinghouse Rating

Screenshot of Motivational Interviewing on Prevention Services Clearinghouse
Data / Research
Guidance
The Prevention Services Clearinghouse has rated Motivational Interviewing as "Well-Supported" under Substance Abuse Programs and Services. Motivational Interviewing (MI) is a method of counseling clients designed to promote behavior change... (Read more)
Evidence-Based Practice
Prevention

Family First Prevention Services Act: Implications For Addressing Youth Homelessness

Advocacy Tools
The paper, from National Network for Youth and ChildFocus, outlines how the Family First Prevention Services Act can be leveraged as a tool to address homelessness for youth and young... (Read more)
Older Youth / Chafee
Prevention

Multi-State Overview of the Interventions that States Plan to Include in their Family First Prevention Plan and the Intervention Technical Reviews that Are Being Planned

Guidance
Implementation Strategies
This resource from Casey Family Programs is an updated inventory (as of 2.11.20) showing what evidence based practices different states plan to use for Family First and what interventions states... (Read more)
Prevention

Title IV-E funding for legal representation and Title IV-E funding for Family First Prevention Services.

Guidance
Title IV-E funds available to reimburse jurisdictions for attorneys for parents and children are separate and distinct from IV-E funds available for prevention services under Family First. There has been... (Read more)
Courts
Prevention

Arkansas Revised Prevention Plan Nov. 2019 Submission (Draft)

State Teams
Implementation Strategies
Arkansas submitted a revised prevention plan in November 2019. This includes the revised plan and Atachment A. This is not the final approved version.(Read more)
Prevention

Reentry to Foster Care: Identifying Candidates Under The Family First Act

Data / Research
This study from Chapin Hall's Center for State Child Welfare Data examines the risk of returning to foster care after reunification or after placement with guardians. It aims to help... (Read more)
Prevention

Family First: Readiness Assessment, Planning, and Implementation

Data / Research
Chapin Hall is collaborating with jurisdictions and organizations across the country as they assess readiness and plan for Family First implementation and align their child welfare system with the transformational... (Read more)
Prevention
Overview / General

Chapin Hall Candidacy Overview

Guidance
Implementation Strategies
This updated resource, from Chapin Hall and Casey Family Programs, is a summary document on candidacy requirements which includes recent state examples.(Read more)
Prevention

Applying Family First in Washington, DC

State Teams
Implementation Strategies
Chapin Hall staff Katie Rollins and Clare Anderson, with DC Child and Family Services partner Natalie Craver, published an article in Policy & Practice about how they worked together to... (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

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  • Real Story (19)
  • State Teams (32)
  • Title IV-E Prevention Plan (3)

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American Academy of Pediatrics
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Annie E. Casey Foundation
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Child Trends
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Children's Defense Fund
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Foster Care Alumni of America

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Generations United
Juvenile Law Center
Mathematica
National Association of Counsel for Children
National Council on Crime & Delinquency
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National Indian Child Welfare Association
National Governors Association
Public Consulting Group
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