Implementation Strategies

Oregon has established a workgroup, under the leadership of the Senate Human Services Committee, to address policy, budget and communication needs related to the implementation of new federal legislation championed... (Read more)

Casey Family Programs created an outline of options and opportunities for foundations who have an interest in leveraging their investments to improve the lives of vulnerable children and families and... (Read more)

HB 2103 would amend the revised Kansas Code for the Care of Children and enact statutory provisions to enable the state to meet the requirements of the federal Family First... (Read more)

CWLA hosted a webinar on involving key partners from Medicaid and Managed Care in planning for implementation Family First legislation. Webinar included how one state, Virginia, is collaboratively working with... (Read more)

One of the many changes within the Family First Prevention Services Act is a provision allowing children to stay with their parent in a residential substance abuse treatment program. And... (Read more)

Building Bridges Initiative, Inc. (BBI) and the Annie E. Casey Foundation have developed the BBI Family-based Residential Substance Abuse Treatment (FRSAT) Technical Assistance (TA) Project. This TA is for both... (Read more)

The purpose of the Colorado Family First Prevention Services Act Advisory Committee (CO FFPSA or "advisory committee") is to create a roadmap for Colorado’s state and county collaborative effort... (Read more)

Senator Wyden wrote a letter praising Oregon State Senator Gelser for leading legislative effort to implement Family First. See Oregon's proposed legislative changes here . The Letter(Read more)

Parent education programming is an important part of local prevention efforts and can be funded by grants from the Children's Bureau. Read about some of these programs and learn more... (Read more)

January 15 and 16, 2019, the CHAMPS campaign and Center on Children and Families at Brookings hosted a national convening with the goal of fostering collaboration and information sharing to... (Read more)