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Title IV-E Prevention Services Clearinghouse Reporting Guide for Study Authors

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Implementation Strategies
The Office of Planning, Research, and Evaluation within the Administration for Children & Families has released the Title IV-E Prevention Services Clearinghouse Reporting Guide for Study Authors. This guide details... (Read more)
Prevention
Evidence-Based Practice

Older Youth Pandemic Relief: Housing Assistance for Youth with Experience in Foster Care During the Pandemic and Recovery

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Presentation/Webinar
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Implementation Strategies
On May 12th, 2021, FosterClub and Youth Law Center hosted a webinar with the National Center for Housing and Child Welfare focused on states and jurisdictions, and tribes can maximize... (Read more)
Older Youth / Chafee

Older Youth Pandemic Relief: Older Youth Pandemic Relief: National Youth Awareness Campaign

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Presentation/Webinar
Guidance
Implementation Strategies
On May 5th, 2021, FosterClub and Juvenile Law Center hosted a webinar with Think of Us focusing on the National Youth Awareness Campaign for child welfare organizations, local and state... (Read more)
Older Youth / Chafee

Older Youth Pandemic Relief: Older Youth Advocacy & Direct Cash Assistance

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Advocacy Tools
Presentation/Webinar
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Implementation Strategies
FosterClub and Juvenile Law Center with California Youth Connection focused on Foster Youth Advocacy and using Chafee funds to provide direct financial assistance to current and former foster youth. Advocates... (Read more)
Older Youth / Chafee

Indian Child Welfare Act (ICWA) Courts: A Tool for Improving Outcomes for American Indian Children and Families

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Guidance
Implementation Strategies
In this publication, the Indian Child Welfare Act best practice implementation experiences of the St. Louis County Indian Child Welfare Act Court are featured, along with highlights from research evaluating... (Read more)
Courts
Evidence-Based Practice

Implementing ACYF-CB-PI-21-04 Older Youth Federal Guidance Webinar

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Guidance
Implementation Strategies
The Children’s Bureau issued the Program Instruction for the Supporting Foster Youth and Families Act Program Instruction on March 9th. This document is crucial to the effective and quick implementation... (Read more)
Older Youth / Chafee

Family First Kinship Checklist

Guidance
Implementation Strategies
This resource was developed by the ABA Center on Children and the Law, Casey Family Programs, Children’s Defense Fund, and Generations United to support Implementing Provisions that Support Kinship Families:... (Read more)
Kinship

Guidance for Children and Families Involved with the Child Welfare System During the COVID-19 Pandemic

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Guidance
The three guiding values of child welfare services are safety, permanency, and well-being. Maintaining child safety is essential, and even the circumstances of a pandemic should not undermine the vital... (Read more)
COVID-19

Letter from Dr. Jerry Milner, Associate Commissioner of Children's Bureau to Child Welfare Directors

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Advocacy Tools
Guidance
This letter is addressed to title IV-E agencies approved to operate a title IV-E extended foster care program. CB provided a copy of the letter to all child welfare directors... (Read more)
COVID-19

Summary of Title IV-E Maintenance Claiming Opportunity for Non-Foster Family Home Settings

Guidance
This document was revised to include updated federal regulations. For Qualified Residential Treatment Programs (QRTP) settings, Family First establishes additional claiming requirements related to child assessment and court approval of... (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

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