Implementation Strategies

This tool, created for lawyers, aims to help increase the chances of a youth being placed with kinship caregivers, when removed from their home. Read the resource here .(Read more)

The Family First Prevention Services Act (Family First) represents the most significant piece of federal child welfare legislation enacted in recent history. Chapin Hall is collaborating with jurisdictions and... (Read more)

When a child has experienced abuse or neglect, it is important that service providers work with families to increase parental capacity and prevent the recurrence of maltreatment. This can be... (Read more)

This resource center provides general information for state early childhood advocates on the Family First Prevention Program, as well as specific resources that highlights ways in which the new state... (Read more)

The Capacity Building Center for States published a brief, Congregate Care in the Age of Family First , for those interested in learning how to use the provisions in... (Read more)

The Children's Bureau Express posted this article in their March issue. An article by the American Bar Association highlights the ways in which prevention services can be used to benefit... (Read more)

The resources available in this hub can help support state and local leaders to advance the use of population-based health programs and services to establish a better cross-programmatic partnership between... (Read more)

There has been a growing need to further reduce the number of young people placed in congregate care settings. Recent federal legislative proposals seek to reduce reliance on congregate care... (Read more)

While the Family First Act helps reduce the risk of LGBTQIA2S+ youth in foster care from being placed in congregate care unnecessarily, LGBTQIA2S+ youth will still find themselves in congregate... (Read more)

The Family First Prevention Services Act (Family First Act) makes historic reforms to the child welfare system to better support children, families, and kinship caregivers, and promote a kin-first culture... (Read more)