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Guidance

Recommendations from ACF Youth Engagement Team: Improving Permanency & Well-Being

Real Story
Constituent Engagement
Guidance
The All-In Youth Engagement Team released it's recommendations on Improving Permanency and Well-Being. These recommendations come from three roundtable discussions were held with the Youth Engagement Team and ACF Assistant... (Read more)
Prevention
Older Youth / Chafee
Kinship
Adoption Assistance

Letter to the Field from Assoc. Commissioner Jerry Milner: Ensuring the Continuation of Critical Court Hearings

Guidance
In a December 4, 2020 letter, Dr. Milner urges agencies and courts to continue working together to ensure that access to justice continues and that critical judicial oversight occur in... (Read more)
Courts

Letter from Associate Commissioner Milner reflecting on Roundtables with Young Leaders

Constituent Engagement
Guidance
On November 18th, Associate Commissioner Jerry Milner of the Federal Children's Bureau released a letter reflecting on the twelve roundtables conducted with young people in/from foster care that the Children's... (Read more)
COVID-19

Birth Parent National Network Member Corey Best Spotlights the Problem with America’s Child Welfare System

Advocacy Tools
Real Story
Constituent Engagement
Guidance
In this blog resource from Family Voices United, Birth Parent National Network Member Corey Best reflects on how racism shows up in child welfare and presents questions that child welfare... (Read more)
Overview / General

Understanding Racial Trauma and Institutional Racism to Improve Cultural Responsiveness, Race Equity, and Implicit Bias in Child Welfare Cases

Advocacy Tools
Guidance
In this webinar recording from the National Association of Counsel for Children, presenters discussed Racial Trauma and Institutional Racism in the field of child welfare, particularly through agencies charged with... (Read more)
Overview / General

Support for Family-Focused Residential Treatment-Title IV-E and Medicaid Guidance

Guidance
On October 5th, the Administration of Children & Families and Center for Medicaid & CHIP Services released guidance on Support for Family-Focused Residential Treatment. Guidance includes: Existing Opportunities and Flexibilities... (Read more)
Overview / General

Supporting Child, Caregiver and Family Well-Being in Times of Crisis: Strategies to Promote Effective Virtual and Phone Engagement

Guidance
This bulletin from the Child Welfare Information Gateway discusses ways that professionals outside of child protective services can act to support children and their caregivers and connect them with appropriate... (Read more)
COVID-19

Historic Opportunity for Reform in Child Welfare: Youth & Alumni Priorities on Special Populations

Real Story
Constituent Engagement
Guidance
Implementation Strategies
National Foster Care Youth & Alumni Policy Council released a statement: A Historic Opportunity to Reform the Child Welfare System: Youth & Alumni Priorities on Special Populations with 6 priorities... (Read more)
Prevention
Pregnant & Parenting
Older Youth / Chafee
Juvenile Justice

Letter From Jerry Milner, Associate Commissioner Of Children's Bureau on Title IV-E Flexibilities

Guidance
Children's Bureau released guidance regarding several areas of existing flexibility under title IV-E including enhanced foster care maintenance payment (FCMP) rates, modifying foster family home licensing standards, temporary absences from... (Read more)
COVID-19

Letter from Jerry MIlner, Associate Commissioner of Children's Bureau to Child Welfare Leaders

letter from jerry milner
Guidance
This is a letter from Jerry Milner, Associate Commissioner of Children’s Bureau, adresses child welfare leaders regarding the availability of federal funding and other resources to assist with the purchase... (Read more)
COVID-19
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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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