The Capacity Building Center for Courts has created a Domestic Child Sex Trafficking Judicial Desk Reference Guide. This resource provides links and examples of how Court Improvement Programs (CIP) can implement P.L. 113-183. Specifically, it addresses: How to form a … Read More
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Child Safety Powerpoint
This presentation and the Child Safety Guide are both a collaboration between the National Resource Centers on Child Protective Services and the National Resource Center for Legal and Judicial Issues. The expertise of both these RC’s combines to give the … Read More
Louisiana CINC Benchbook
The Court Improvement Program of the Louisiana Supreme Court, Louisiana Judicial College, and Pelican Center for Children and Families is delighted to announce the publication of the Louisiana Child in Need of Care Benchbook for Juvenile Judges. The Benchbook project is a … Read More
Every Kid Needs a Family: Safely Reducing Reliance on Institutional Care Placements for Children in the Child Welfare System
Since the codification of the Adoption Assistance and Child Welfare Act of 1980 and the earlier passage of the Indian Child Welfare Act in 1978, federal law and child welfare values support placing children in the least restrictive settings with … Read More
COVID-19 Workforce Needs Assessment (WNA): Cross-Site Report for Workforce Excellence Public Child Welfare Sites
U.S. public child welfare agencies are charged with ensuring the safety, permanency, and wellbeing of children, including the more than 400,000 children and youth in out-of-home placements at any given time. In 2018, the child welfare system responded to an … Read More
Systemic Approaches to Addressing Child and Family Trauma are Key to Fully Leveraging Family First
The Family First Prevention Services Act (Family First) represents the most significant piece of federal child welfare legislation enacted in recent history. Chapin Hall is collaborating with jurisdictions and organizations across the country as they assess readiness and plan for … Read More
DR Implementation Resource Kit: A Resource for Jurisdictions Considering or Planning for DR
DR Implementation Resource Kit: A Resource for Jurisdictions Considering or Planning for DR The National Quality Improvement Center on Differential Response (QIC-DR) has announced the release of this resource compiled by Casey Family Programs with the cooperation of 16 jurisdictions. … Read More
Reasonable Efforts as Prevention
by Jerry Milner and David Kelly – November 6, 2006 Far too often the wrong examples drive child welfare policy and practice in the United States. We see it time and time again in jurisdictions where there is a child fatality; … Read More