This webinar featured presentations by Dr. Kathy Hirsh-Pasek, Professor of Psychology at Temple University and a senior fellow at the Brookings Institute, and Stephanie Firestone, Senior Strategic Policy Advisor with AARP International.
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CSG South Announces Collaboration with Casey Family Programs
Atlanta, Georgia – March 22, 2024 – CSG South has partnered with Casey Family Programs to work with five Southern states to delve deeper into identifying child welfare system approaches that can better serve children and families. This partnership will provide increased knowledge, collaboration, and … Read More
Webinar Discusses the 4 Cs of Workforce Development: Culture, Competency, Capacity, & Community
The National Child Welfare Workforce Institute hosted the webinar “4 Cs of Workforce Development: Culture, Competency, Capacity, & Community” this past September as part of the 2023 Workforce Development Month. It featured the Child Welfare League of America’s (CWLA’s) Emerging Leaders Committee, … Read More
Color-Brave Caregiver Framework
Embrace Race, a community of parents, professionals, and other caring adults working together to address the racial challenges faced by today’s youth, recently introduced its Color-Brave Caregiver Framework, a tool that provides caregivers with guidance essential to raising children who are … Read More
Understanding Racism’s Impact on Child Development: Working Toward Fairness of Place in the United States
Our panel of experts across various fields brings their latest research, exploring how racism gets “under the skin” to impact children’s development as well as contributes to unequal access to opportunity in the places where children live, grow, play, and … Read More
New Learning Community on Safe and Effective LGBTQ+ Data Collection
A new learning community, hosted by the National SOGIE (Sexual Orientation, Gender Identity and Expression) Center and the National Association of State Mental Health Program Directors, focuses on the safe and effective collection of sexual orientation and gender identity data. … Read More
2023/2024 Prevention Resource Guide
Child Abuse Prevention Month and Year-round Guidance Access the 2023/2024 Prevention Resource Guide any time online! Explore the innovative strategies that champion inclusivity, tackle racial equity, and address systemic factors affecting families. Read about the impacts organizations across the nation … Read More
Spotlight On Youth Mentoring
WHAT IS MENTORING AND WHY DOES IT MATTER? Mentoring involves a supportive, caring relationship between an adult and a young person, either established formally through a program or occurring naturally such as with a neighbor or coach. Formal mentoring relationships may be offered through … Read More
The Influence Of Early-life Adversity On The Coupling of Structural and Functional Brain Connectivity Across Childhood
Exposure to early-life adversity (ELA) is a risk factor for behavioral and emotional problems in childhood as well as long-term health consequences. Neuroimaging studies provide a wealth of evidence for the association of perinatal adversity with neurodevelopmental outcomes. These findings … Read More
Latino Grandfamilies: Helping Latino Children Thrive Through Connection To Culture And Family
Toolkit Introduction About 2.7 million children live in grandfamilies or kinship care, families in which children are being raised by grandparents, other extended family members, and adults with whom they have a close family-like relationship such as godparents. According to … Read More