Family First Advocacy Toolkit
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)
Advocacy Tools
Communication Toolkit
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)
COVID-19 Resources and Updates
The updates and resources collected reflect the most up to date information through various sources. The National Council of Juvenile and Family Court Judges (NCJFCJ) is continuing to update resources... (Read more)
What Parents Say About Building A 21st Century Community-Based Approach to Strengthening Families.
In this new publication, from the Birth Parent National Network of the Children's Trust Fund Alliance, parents discuss strategies that can improve the child welfare system as it currently relates... (Read more)
The Role of the Court in Implementing the Family First Prevention Services Act of 2018
This resource from the National Council of Juvenile and Family Court Judges outlines the courts role in each main provision of Family First.(Read more)
Webinar Recording: Communications Strategies around Family First: Examples and Lessons Learned from Early Adopter Jurisdictions
Communications Strategies around Family First: Examples and Lessons Learned from Early Adopter Jurisdictions The webinar, presented on behalf of the Public Information Officers Learning Collaborative in partnership with Casey Family... (Read more)
Support Letter for Family First Transition Act
Support letter for the Family First Transition Act, led by Children's Defense Fund, with several national and state organizations.(Read more)
Family First Prevention Services Act: Implications For Addressing Youth Homelessness
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)
State of GrandFamilies Report: A Place to Call Home: Building Affordable Housing for Grandfamilies
A new report from Generations United, A Place to Call Home: Building Affordable Housing for Grandfamilies, found less than one in three eligible grandfamilies receive housing assistance and details the... (Read more)
Webinar Recording:Historic Opportunity to Reform the Child Welfare System: Youth & Alumni Priorities on Preventing Unnecessary Removal of Children from their Families
On October 22nd, the National Foster Care Youth & Alumni Policy Council held a webinar on their recently released priority ": A Historic Opportunity to Reform the Child Welfare System:... (Read more)