Social Workers
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Don't have access to peer reviewed journal articles? Don't have time to read lengthy research reports and reviews? The National Child Welfare Workforce Institute (NCWWI) has done the work for you -- they've summarized a range of recent research studies in ...
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Infants and toddlers are the age group most vulnerable to child abuse and neglect and the largest group of children entering foster care. Just as their brains are undergoing dramatic development, these young children experience maltreatment that can lead ...
Alone Without a Home, a new report by the Law Center and the National Network for Youth reveals a disturbing truth: 1.6 million youth experience homelessness without a parent or guardian each year, facing numerous barriers to meeting basic needs. This rep ...
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Caring for Kids: What Parents Need to Know about Sexual Abuse (In English & Spanish)This National Child Traumatic Stress Network (NCTSN) resource kit contains information and fact sheets for parents, caregivers, and adolescents. The kit provides paren ...
www.childwelfare.gov/pubs/usermanuals/neglect/index.cfm
This manual, Child Neglect: A Guide for Assessment, Prevention, and Intervention, covers neglect's definition, causes, impact, and prevention and intervention strategies in more detail. It also builds on both of the earlier manuals, reiterates some of the ...
www.americanhumane.org/children/programs/child-welfare-migra
Immigration has been a part of U.S. culture since its history began, and currently Immigrant parents and their children represent the fastest growing segment of the U.S. population. Nearly one in four children in the U.S. (23%) currently lives in a family ...
Child Welfare Information Gateway connects child welfare and related professionals to comprehensive information and resources to help protect children and strengthen families. We feature the latest on topics from prevention to permanency, including child ...
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This manual offers guidance on how diverse community agencies, organizations, and individuals can work together to form a web of support for families and create safe, healthy environments where children can thrive. The manual describes the benefits of co ...
One-page handout of considerations for guardianship situations in Louisiana.
Olmsted County Child & Family Services in Rochester, Minnesota, developed a family case conferencing approach in the juvenile court system involving children determined to be at high risk of maltreatment. This approach reflects the value of family inv ...
Disaster & Emergency Preparedness & ResponseNRCPFC recently updated our Hot Topic webpage on Disaster & Emergency Preparedness & Response. This page offers resources in the following categories: Research, Reports & Briefs; Agency Prepa ...
Although safety and permanency performance measures for cases involving children in foster care have been established, tested, and implemented, court-related well-being measures have yet to be developed. This article describes the initial effort to establ ...
NRCYD eUpdate on Extending Foster Care Beyond Age 18 (Winter 2012)Independent living services, research shows, are not sufficient for many young people who “age out” of foster care and typically lack the necessary supports to be on their own at age 18. Re ...
www.partnersforourchildren.org/pocweb/userfiles/Best%20Pract
This brief looks at best practices around visitation while children are in foster care. It looks at factors that support visitation as well as challenges. Additionally, ways that the juvenile court system can support parental visitation are highlighted.
Guardianship is an extremely important area of child welfare policy and practice, and is huge in scope. Rather than attempting to address all guardianship issues in this document, in this new online resource, NRCPFC strategically presents an overview of t ...
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The National Child Welfare Resource Center for Organizational Improvement (NRCOI) recently announced this new resource, which offers an overall framework for developing, implementing, and/or strengthening a child welfare practice model; cites specific exa ...
www.aecf.org/OurWork/ChildWelfarePermanence/IcebreakerMeetin
Building working relationships between birth parents, foster parents, and caseworkers can be extremely important for foster children, and using Icebreaker meetings can be an effective mechanism for doing that. However, to be successful, an agency seeking ...
The policy and economics of early childhood programs are evaluated by The Brookings Institute and First Focus in this report. Report authored by Julia Isaacs. Evidence-based programs are reviewed. View the report.
This summary of the findings was compiled by Heidi Redlich Epstein, JD, PhD, ABA Center for Children and the Law and Ana Beltran, JD, Generations United on licensing standards and their impact on licensing relatives done as part of a collab ...
This study from PolicyLab at the Children’s Hospital of Philadelphia provides updated data illustrating trends in the use of psychotropic medications both nationally and within 48 individual states. It represents a critical step in identifying areas for i ...