This brief explains child care and preschool programs should prepare for the effects of a influenza pandemic and offers a checklist to help programs prepare. The checklist includes strategies for planning and coordination, student and learning program operations, infection control … Read More
Author Archives: Susan Shaffette
Handwashing: Clean Hands Save Lives
This webpage explains regular handwashing is one of the best ways to remove germs, avoid getting sick, and prevent the spread of germs to others. Links are provided to information on when and how to wash hands, the data behind … Read More
Tags: COVID-19, Prevention
The Importance of a Trauma-Informed Child Welfare System
This issue brief discusses the importance of cultivating a child welfare system that recognizes and responds appropriately to trauma. After providing a brief overview of trauma and its effects, the brief explores steps that are involved in transitioning to a … Read More
Tags: Child Welfare, Trauma-Informed
My Community Cares: A Multitiered, Multidisciplinary, and Neighborhood-Driven Approach to Preventing Child Abuse and Neglect
Written by the Honorable John C. Davidson, 9th Judicial District Court, Alexandria, LA, and Michelle Gros, J.D., special projects coordinator, Pelican Center for Children and Families and Louisiana Court Improvement Program Parents with lived experience with the child welfare system … Read More
COVID-19 Impact Briefs
The National Resource Center for Reaching Victims conducted a series of listening sessions to unearth the impact the COVID-19 health crisis is having on underserved victims of crime and better resource the crime victim services field to respond to those … Read More
Collaboration Toolkit
Working toward solutions for entrenched societal problems can be daunting. Individuals who want to make a difference often find it difficult to know where to start or what to do. Common hindrances to effective change efforts include lack of direction, … Read More
Tags: Child Abuse, Prevention, Toolkit
How can child protection agencies identify and support youth involved in or at risk of commercial child sexual exploitation?
The second largest criminal industry worldwide (second only to drug dealing and tied with the illegal arms industry), human trafficking is the fastest growing of all criminal enterprises. The commercial sexual exploitation of children (CSEC) is one form of human … Read More
A New Deal for Transition Age Foster Youth in California: A Policy Roadmap for Ensuring a Resilient Recovery after COVID-19
This policy brief calls upon policymakers at every level to prioritize the immediate and long-term needs of transition age youth who are in foster care or have recently emancipated from foster care. In times of health and prosperity, foster youth … Read More
Truly Universal: Overcoming Barriers to School Choice for Youth in Foster Care.
School choice was intended to expand options and equity, and it holds promise for many students with unique needs. But it is clear that no choice system can be equitable until all students have real access to those choices. Trinidad, … Read More
Tags: Foster Care, Foster Youth
MDHHS begins partnership with Dave Thomas Foundation to find forever homes for children in foster care more quickly (Press release)
Michigan Department of Health and Human Services – July 29, 2020The Michigan Department of Health and Human Services (MDHHS) is getting a boost to its efforts to find loving adoptive homes for children more quickly from the Dave Thomas Foundation … Read More
Tags: Adoption, Adoptive Permanency, Foster Care, Fostercare