Lucero, N. M., Bussey, M., & Carver-Roberts, T. (2021). Assessing trauma in American Indian/Alaska Native parents as an ICWA active effort. Child Welfare 98(5),1-26. This article examines the correlation between American Indian/Alaska Native (AI/AN) parents who are involved in ICWA … Read More
Author Archives: Jamar Little
COVID-19 Lessons Learned for Child Welfare
He, A. S., Cederbaum, J. A., & Leake, R. (2022). Transformative lessons learned from COVID-19 to reimagine child welfare work.Journal of Public Child Welfare, 1-22. This resource explores child welfare caseworkers’ perspectives on how organizational changes during the early stages … Read More
Most Popular Self-Care Resources of 2022
Stress and anxiety can have long-term impacts on your health and well-being. As we near the end of the year, we hope you’ll reflect on how regularly you tend to your self-care and create a plan for 2023 to make … Read More
Administration to Toughen Enforcement of Child Labor Laws as Cases Mount
Labor and HHS departments will coordinate efforts to investigate violations and boost the safety of migrant children. The Biden administration on Monday February 27, unveiled a plan to get tougher on illegal child labor, as high-profile cases involving migrant children … Read More
Using a Structured Learning Process to Strengthen Two-Generation Service Delivery
Introduction Two-generation initiatives intentionally combine intensive, high quality adult-focused services with intensive, high quality child-focused programs to improve outcomes for children, primary caregivers, and families. The goal of integrating services for primary caregivers and their children is to achieve better … Read More
Self-Generated Content and Sextortion Awareness and Prevention
Self-Generated Content (sexting) sharing has become ever increasingly normative behavior for youth. This behavior can lead to Sextortion scams where offenders obtain explicit content and then pressure the victim to send money or send additional explicit content. Financial sextortion has … Read More
New Child Maltreatment Report Finds Child Abuse and Neglect Decreased to a Five-Year Low
Today, the Children’s Bureau at the Department of Health and Human Services’ (HHS) Administration for Children and Families (ACF) released the annual child maltreatment report. The report reveals that of the nationally estimated 3,016,000 children who were the subject of a … Read More
A Poor Poverty Measure
To identify children in need, look beyond free lunch data In education policy and public debate, we often talk about students from “low-income” families. That descriptor is typically based on data from the National School Lunch Program, which provides qualified … Read More
YOUTH RISK BEHAVIOR SURVEY
The Youth Risk Behavior Survey Data Summary & Trends Report: 2011–2021 provides the most recent surveillance data, as well as 10-year trends, on health behaviors and experiences among high school students in the United States (U.S.) related to adolescent health … Read More
Teens, especially girls, are experiencing more violence, suicidal thoughts and mental health challenges.
Teen girls in the United States experienced record high levels of violence, sadness and suicide risk in recent years, amid “significant” and “heartbreaking” declines in youth health and well-being overall, according to data published Monday by the US Centers for … Read More