Implementation Strategies

Colorado Department of Human Services (CDHS) values meaningful engagement with our partners and the people we serve because we must work together to achieve the best outcomes. CDHS has gathered... (Read more)

To keep you up to date on the latest new related to the design and implementation of FFPSA in Ohio ODJFS Office of Families and Children has created a web... (Read more)

Though well-intentioned, current child welfare services may be failing to protect children from severe maltreatment due to constraints in policy, program design, practice and funding. Drawing from advances in the... (Read more)

The federal Family First Prevention Services Act (Family First Act), enacted in February 2018, includes many child welfare system reforms that support children, parents, and kinship caregivers. This tool highlights... (Read more)

Get ideas on how communities can strengthen families and keep children safe in this updated factsheet. Child abuse and neglect are preventable, and you can help. This factsheet includes information... (Read more)

Read the written testimony of Jerry Milner, Associate Commissioner at the federal Children’s Bureau, before the Subcommittee on Human Resources, Committee on Ways and Means of the U.S. House of... (Read more)

Family First provides a tremendous opportunity to make substantial improvements in the outcomes of children and families in the child welfare system. Improvements, as Family First seeks to create, require... (Read more)

This paper reviews interventions for preventing the occurrence and recurrence of major types of child maltreatment. We begin with an overview of the challenges of establishing evidence-based interventions to prevent... (Read more)