By Curtis Nelson, Jr., Kellie J. Johnson and Mariarenee Contreras The Children’s Law Committee was created in 2008 as an ad hoc committee at the request of the state Legislative Task Force on Legal Representation in Child Protection Cases. Since … Read More
Author Archives: Susan Shaffette
Understanding Substance Use Disorder Treatment: A Resource Guide for Professionals Referring to Treatment
SUD treatment is dependent on the needs of the individual. The type, length, andintensity of treatment is determined by the severity of the SUD, types of substancesused, support systems available, prior life experiences, and behavioral, physical,gender, cultural, cognitive, and/or social … Read More
DISPROPORTIONALITIES AND DISPARITIES IN CHILD WELFARE A Supplement to Understanding Substance Use Disorders, Treatment, and Family Recovery: A Guide for Child Welfare Professionals
This tool is a companion resource to the online tutorial Understanding Substance Use Disorders,Treatment, and Family Recovery: A Guide for Child Welfare Professionals. The National Center onSubstance Abuse and Child Welfare (NCSACW) offers free online tutorials to: 1) help professionalsincrease … Read More
Sharing and Accessing Administrative Data: Promising Practices and Lessons Learned from the Child Maltreatment Incidence Data Linkages Project
OPRE Report; 2022-107. Varley, Beth. Wuslin, Claire Smither. Mathematica. United States. Administration for Children and Families. Office of Planning, Research and Evaluation. 2022 Accurate and ongoing surveillance of the incidence of child maltreatment and related risk and protective factors can … Read More
Chosen Affirming Family Finding
This factsheet describes Chosen Affirming Family Finding, an intervention for working with young people who are lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender, questioning, or other diverse identity and involved with the child welfare system to expand their family network, including chosen family. … Read More
Youth Acceptance Project
United States. Children’s Bureau. Family Builders (Organization) National Quality Improvement Center on Tailored Services, Placement Stability and Permanency for Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, Transgender, Questioning, and Two-Spirit Children and Youth in Foster Care. University of Maryland, Baltimore. School of Social Work. … Read More
Challenges in Identifying and Supporting Human
Services Participants with Substance Use Disorder
Waters, Annette. Ghertner, Robin. Baston, Pamela. Meyers, Kathleen. United States. Department of Health and Human Services. Assistant Secretary for Planning and Evaluation. Office of Human Services Policy. 2022 This report summarizes an environmental scan and series of key informant interviews … Read More
Risk of premature death in adulthood influenced by patterns of early childhood adversity
U.S. National Institutes of Health – August 23, 2022 (Press Release) Poverty, combined with other types of adversity in early childhood, is associated with greater chances of premature death in adulthood, compared to other adverse childhood experiences, according to a … Read More
Current Events: What is the Indian Child Welfare Act at the center of a new Supreme Court case?
The Supreme Court this fall will hear oral arguments in a series of four consolidated cases challenging the constitutionality of a landmark law that aims to prevent the separation of Native American children from their families and tribes in welfare … Read More
Reinforcing a Strong Foundation: Equitable Supports for Basic Needs of Grandfamilies
There are 2.6 million children in the United States growing up in grandfamilies, meaning they are raised by relatives or family friends without their parents in the home. While grandfamilies are of all geographic locations, socio-economic levels, and races/ethnicities, Black, … Read More