Advocacy Tools

Addressing Bias in Delinquency and Child Welfare Systems

In partnership with the National Juvenile Defender Center, the NCJFCJ has created Addressing Bias in Delinquency and Child Welfare Systems, a bench card emphasizing that “eliminating racial and ethnic disparities... (Read more)

Strategic Planning in Child Welfare: Strategies for Meaningful Stakeholder Engagement

Advocacy Tools

Engaging stakeholders in ongoing strategic planning, monitoring, and reporting efforts is crucial to child welfare agencies’ success in achieving their goals and improving outcomes for children, youth, and families. The... (Read more)

Spotlight on Creating a More Equitable Child Welfare System

Advocacy Tools

Presentation/Webinar

Data / Research

Constituent Engagement

Implementation Strategies

This issue of CBX highlights the importance of prioritizing and advancing racial equity in child welfare. Read a message from Associate Commissioner Aysha E. Schomburg about the dream of creating... (Read more)

Overview / General

Within Our Reach: A National Strategy to Eliminate Child Abuse and Neglect Fatalities

Advocacy Tools

Data / Research

Every day, four to eight children in the United States die from abuse or neglect at the hands of their parents or caretakers. No one knows the exact number, and... (Read more)

Prevention

Child Fatalities

Transition to Adulthood & Independent Living Outreach Toolkit

Advocacy Tools

Constituent Engagement

Implementation Strategies

Youth in foster care face several challenges as they approach adulthood and prepare for self-sufficiency and independent living, and many struggle to achieve self-reliance. Youth in out-of-home care may face... (Read more)

Older Youth / Chafee

Promoting Permanency for Teens: A 50 State Review of Law and Policy

Advocacy Tools

Law / Summary

Over the last 20 years the number of children in foster care has decreased significantly. Yet during this same period, the number of teenagers aging out of foster care without... (Read more)

Older Youth / Chafee

Guide to Full Disclosure of Permanency Options

Advocacy Tools

Implementation Strategies

There are many reasons why children can no longer be cared for by their parents. Parents may have a substance use disorder, mental illness, incarceration, or perhaps have even died... (Read more)

Courts

Kinship

Adoption Assistance

Spotlight on Reunification

Advocacy Tools

Presentation/Webinar

Data / Research

Guidance

Implementation Strategies

News

This issue of CBX (June 2023) highlights reunification and the importance of supporting families as they work toward their reunification goals. Read a message from Associate Commissioner Aysha E. Schomburg... (Read more)

Overview / General

Evidence-Based Practice

Kinship

2022 Tool Kit for Attorneys Representing Parents and Children in Child Welfare Cases

Advocacy Tools

As part of the ongoing commitment to elevate the practice of law in child welfare cases, the Children’s Commission is pleased to share this Tool Kit for Attorneys Representing Parents... (Read more)

Courts

Tip Sheet- American Indian & Alaska Native Grandfamilies: Helping Children Thrive Through Connection to Family and Cultural Identity

Advocacy Tools

Data / Research

This resource is designed as a quick reference tool for practitioners and advocates working with grandfamilies and kinship families who identify as American Indian or Alaska Native. It is meant... (Read more)

Kinship

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