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QRTP / Congregate Care

Family-Centered Reunification

Advocacy Tools
This report by The National Quality Improvement Center on Family-Centered Reunification offers an overview of the state of the research evidence about interventions designed to promote reunification and presents a... (Read more)
QRTP / Congregate Care
Prevention

Congregate Care in the Age of Family First

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Implementation Strategies
Learn about the congregate care provisions of the Family First Prevention Services Act (FFPSA) and explore the important role of family engagement and trauma-informed care in residential treatment programs in... (Read more)
QRTP / Congregate Care

Ending the Use of Harmful and Unnecessary Institutions and Other Group Facilities in Child Welfare Systems

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Implementation Strategies
Children’s Rights Families Over Facilities: Ending the Use of Harmful and Unnecessary Institutions and Other Group Facilities in Child Welfare Systems report provides both a Declaration of Urgency and an... (Read more)
QRTP / Congregate Care

Webinar Recording & Recap: A Historic Opportunity to Reform the Child Welfare System: Youth & Alumni Priorities on Quality Residential Services

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Advocacy Tools
The National Foster Care Youth & Alumni Policy Council hosted a webinar to discuss: A Historic Opportunity to Reform the Child Welfare System: Youth & Alumni Priorities on Quality Residential... (Read more)
QRTP / Congregate Care

Comparison of Federal Requirements for Qualified Residential Treatment Programs (QRTP) & Psychiatric Residential Treatment Facilities (PRTF)

Guidance
Building Bridges Initiative, with support from Annie E. Casey foundation, produced a comparison document to help with addressing questions on the differences, similarities and connections between new Family First-defined Quality... (Read more)
QRTP / Congregate Care

Accreditation Guru's Family First Prevention Services Act Resource Page

Implementation Strategies
Accreditation Guru hosts a Family First Prevention Services Act Resource Page, providing you with answers to questions about the implementation of the federal Family First Prevention Services Act. The Resource... (Read more)
QRTP / Congregate Care

Leveraging the FFPSA for Older Youth: Reduction of Group Care Provisions

Guidance
An overview of Family First provisions relating to Quality Residential Treatment Programs (QRTPs) and older youth. Provides implementation and planning strategies, as well as advocacy opportunities. Check it out here(Read more)
Older Youth / Chafee
QRTP / Congregate Care

Congregate Care in the Age of Family First: Family Engagement

Constituent Engagement
Implementation Strategies
This Capacity Building Center for States resource can help state agencies, Quality Residential Treatment Programs (QRTPs), and other child welfare stakeholders understand the family engagement requirements of the Family First... (Read more)
QRTP / Congregate Care

Every Kid Needs a Family Website

Implementation Strategies
The purpose of this site is to provide information and advocacy tools to assist judges, attorneys, and advocates in making decisions regarding the placement of children that reflect the least... (Read more)
QRTP / Congregate Care
COVID-19
Courts

Congregate Care in the Age of Family First: Trauma-Informed Care

Constituent Engagement
Implementation Strategies
This resource from the Capacity Building Center for States can help child welfare agency leaders and managers, residential treatment programs, and other organizations understand the trauma-informed care requirements of the... (Read more)
QRTP / Congregate Care
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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

  • Advocacy Tools (192)
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  • Constituent Engagement (37)
  • Data / Research (45)
  • Financing (16)
  • Guidance (95)
  • Implementation Strategies (91)
  • Law / Summary (31)
  • News (23)
  • Opinion (13)
  • Presentation/Webinar (31)
  • Program Instructions (32)
  • Real Story (22)
  • State Teams (32)
  • Title IV-E Prevention Plan (7)

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American Academy of Pediatrics
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American Public Human Services Association
Annie E. Casey Foundation
Casey Family Programs
Child Trends
Child Focus
Children's Defense Fund
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Family Centered Treatment Foundation
Family Focused Treatment Association
Foster Care Alumni of America

FosterClub
Generations United
Juvenile Law Center
Mathematica
National Association of Counsel for Children
National Council on Crime & Delinquency
National Council of Juvenile and Family Court Judges
National Indian Child Welfare Association
National Governors Association
Public Consulting Group
Within Our Reach 
Youth Villages

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