QRTP / Congregate Care

This resource, Implementing the Family First Prevention Services Act, is a tool to help ensure full and prompt implementation of the opportunities created by Family First. This guide was developed... (Read more)

Oregon's Legislative Policy & Research Office developed Guiding Questions for constituents and stakeholders reviewing new QRTP assessments. Questions outlined for the following groups: current and former foster youth, biological parents... (Read more)

The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) is issuing a technical clarification Question and Answer (Q and A) document focused on a type of residential setting recently defined in... (Read more)

This is a Case Study highlighting how Children’s Village has successfully transformed from an entity focused exclusively on residential care to an organization directed toward community- and home-based services, with... (Read more)

Kentucky's Secretary of the Cabinet for Health & Family Services wrote a letter to Senator McConnell, highlighting concerns with the Prevention Services Clearinghouse - including suggestion for adjustments to the... (Read more)

The measure aligns the Oregon child welfare system's use of QRTPs (Quality Residential Treatment Program) consistent with federal funding requirements. The measure includes time restrictions for the placement of children... (Read more)

Hear from an Iowan with lived experience in foster care about how Family First empowers states to do better for young people. View the op-ed here.(Read more)