Interdisciplinary Resources
Together at the Table: Supporting the Nutrition, Health, and Well-Being of Grandfamilies
SOAR Human Trafficking Training Framework
ACF Releases Resources to Strengthen the Child Welfare Response to Human Trafficking
Protective Factors: Strengthening Families, Preventing Child Abuse and Neglect
Louisiana DCFS Strategic Plan FY24 to FY28
DCFS Services Statewide: In Federal Fiscal Year 2021
Louisiana Launches Hotline for Reporting Juvenile Sex Trafficking
New Racial Equity Tip Sheets – Connecting Family and Culture
January Is Human Trafficking Prevention Month
Children and COVID-19: State Data Report: A Joint Report from the American Academy of Pediatrics and the Children’s Hospital Association: Summary of Publicly Reported Data from 49 states, NYC, DC, PR, and GU.
Louisiana DCFS: Job Satisfaction Survey
2022 Kids Count Data Book: State Trends in Child Well-Being
The Mental Health and Well-Being of Multiracial LGBTQ Youth
New Study Looks At Foster Care, Parental Incarceration, and Youth Mental Health
Addressing the Impacts of Parent and Caregiver Loss on Children (Includes audio)
Strategies to Support the Needs of Infants and Toddlers in Child Welfare and Early Intervention Programs
Addressing discrimination supports youth suicide prevention efforts
Resources to Help Children and Families in the Aftermath of a Hurricane
Incorporating Social Determinants of Health and Equity in Practice to Address Sexual and Reproductive Health for Young People Involved in Foster Care
HHS Delivers First National Strategy to Support Family Caregivers
Adverse Childhood Experiences Research Priorities for Equitable Prevention, Intervention, Identification, and Response
Understanding Substance Use Disorder Treatment: A Resource Guide for Professionals Referring to Treatment
DISPROPORTIONALITIES AND DISPARITIES IN CHILD WELFARE A Supplement to Understanding Substance Use Disorders, Treatment, and Family Recovery: A Guide for Child Welfare Professionals
Chosen Affirming Family Finding
Youth Acceptance Project
Challenges in Identifying and Supporting Human
Services Participants with Substance Use Disorder
Risk of premature death in adulthood influenced by patterns of early childhood adversity
Reinforcing a Strong Foundation: Equitable Supports for Basic Needs of Grandfamilies
Racial Equity Toolkits Featuring Grandfamilies
Academic Success for Students in Foster Care Begins with Strong Partnerships Between Child Welfare and Education Systems
Disrupting Stigma: How Understanding, Empathy, and Connection Can Improve Outcomes for Families Affected by Substance Use and Mental Disorders
Adoption: Parenting in Racially and Culturally Diverse Families
National Foster Care Month Resources
Toolkit: How to Engage People with Lived Experience
Homelessness and Housing Instability Among LGBTQ Youth
Organizing for Racial Equity Within the Federal Government
Increasing Action & Awareness on Prevention of Substance Use Disorders and Positive Mental Health with Adolescents
Making the Case for Intergenerational Programs
Reinforcing a Strong Foundation: Equitable Supports for Basic Needs of Grandfamilies
State of Babies Yearbook 2022
Children and COVID-19: State Data Report:
IDENTIFYING THE INTERSECTION OF TRAUMA AND SEXUAL ORIENTATION AND GENDER IDENTITY: PART II: THE SCREENER
Identifying the Intersection of Trauma and Sexual Orientation and Gender Identity. Part I: Key Considerations.
Free Toolkit Assesses Life Skills Youth Need for Independence
April Is National Child Abuse Prevention Month
Child Opportunity Index
Addressing Structural Racism Through Equitable Policy Making for Black Families
Understanding the Impact of Trauma on Children’s Behavior
State-level Data for Understanding Child Welfare in the United States
Child Maltreatment Report 2020
Family Integrity & Justice Quarterly
A Toolkit for Juvenile Justice Agencies to Help Young People Heal and Thrive During and After Natural Disasters
KIDS COUNT Adds New Dataset on Youth and Young Adults
Supporting Child and Student Social, Emotional, Behavioral and Mental Health Needs
Resources for Responding to Communities Affected by Hurricane Ida – NCTSN
Medication-Assisted Treatment (MAT): Debunking the Myths and Misconceptions
Step Forward 2021 Report to the Community
Child & Family Development Research – Fiscal Year 2020 (released 2021)
Inspired by ‘Youth Stories,’ a Bill of Rights for Foster Kids is Now Louisiana Law
ACF Child Maltreatment Report
Message From Associate Commissioner Aysha E. Schomburg
Family Matters: Multigenerational Living Is on the Rise and Here to Stay
2021 Annie E. Casey KIDSCOUNT Data Book Released
Race Equity Within Our Prevention Work
Child Abuse Prevention Month Toolkit
Meaningful Engagement of the Legal and Judicial System for Child Welfare Workers
ALICE Report 2020 – A Study of Financial Hardship in Louisiana
Louisiana Child in Need of Care (CINC) Flowchart
What Makes a QPI Site Successful?
Child Safety Powerpoint
Save Our Education Now: An Emergency COVID-19 Education Plan to Get the Poorest and Most Marginalised Children Safely Back to School and Learning
The Long-Term Distributional and Welfare Effects of Covid-19 School Closures.
A Five-Year Analysis of Child Trafficking in the United States: Exploring Case Characteristics and Outcomes to Inform Child Welfare System Response.
Examining the Link: Foster Care Runaway Episodes and Human Trafficking
Trauma-Informed Strategies for Supporting Children and Youth in the Child Welfare System during COVID-19
Supporting Families of Color: How Racial and Complex Trauma Affect Parents of Color Navigating Family Court During the Time of COVID and Beyond
Intimate Partner Violence and Child Abuse Considerations During COVID-19
Do the Components of Strengths-based Supervision Enhance Child Welfare Workers’ Satisfaction with Supervision?
Attachment Problems in Young Children: Effective Interventions for Repairing Young Child Trauma
Study Explores Role of Traditional Parenting Class in Strengthening Native American Families
Who Cares: A National Count of Foster Homes and Families
Children and COVID-19: State Data Report. A Joint Report from the American Academy of Pediatrics and the Children’s Hospital Association: Summary of Publicly Reported Data from 49 states, NYC, DC, PR, and GU. Version: 10/01/2020- Global Status Report on Preventing Violence Against Children 2020
- Missing Child Clearinghouses [Webpage].
- Actions and Recommendations on Human Trafficking in Delaware
- Impacts of Pandemics and Epidemics on Child Protection: Lessons Learned from a Rapid Review in the Context of COVID-19.
- State of Grandfamilies 2020: Facing a Pandemic: Grandfamilies Living Together During COVID-19 and Thriving Beyond.
- Funding First Nations Child and Family Services (FNCFS): A Performance Budget Approach to Well-Being
- In Focus Fact Sheet: Child Protection Law Enforcement
- National Center for Missing & Exploited Children
- Suicide Looms Large in Minds of Many Foster Youth
- Parent & Practitioner Newsletter – Summer 2020
- COVID-19 and Child Welfare: A Series of Virtual Meetings [Webpage]
- Counting Young Children in the 2020 Census
- Domestic Violence Prevention and Intervention in Fatherhood Programs
- Educational Supports for Youth in Foster Care
- HIV and Pregnant Women, Infants, and Children [Website]
- Drug Misuse: Sustained National Efforts Are Necessary for Prevention, Response, and Recovery: [A Report to the Congress]: GAO Highlights
- Crimes Against Children/Online Predators [Webpage]
- Child Care and Preschool Pandemic Influenza Planning Checklist
- Handwashing: Clean Hands Save Lives
- The Importance of a Trauma-Informed Child Welfare System
- My Community Cares: A Multitiered, Multidisciplinary, and Neighborhood-Driven Approach to Preventing Child Abuse and Neglect
- COVID-19 Impact Briefs
- Collaboration Toolkit
- How can child protection agencies identify and support youth involved in or at risk of commercial child sexual exploitation?
- A New Deal for Transition Age Foster Youth in California: A Policy Roadmap for Ensuring a Resilient Recovery after COVID-19
- Truly Universal: Overcoming Barriers to School Choice for Youth in Foster Care.
- MDHHS begins partnership with Dave Thomas Foundation to find forever homes for children in foster care more quickly (Press release)
- One Adoptive Mom Chooses Love and Acceptance
- Who May Adopt, Be Adopted, or Place a Child for Adoption?
- Making an Emergency Plan with Youth in Congregate Care in California: A Toolkit for Dependency Attorneys, Youth Providers, and Advocates
- Care4Kids Program
- Educators & Healthcare Workers are the Leading Reporters of Child Abuse
- Sexual- and Gender-Minority Families: A 2010 to 2020 Decade in Review
- To Leave Racist Roots Behind, Child Welfare Needs a Great Reimagining
- Editorial: State needs to continue to improve foster care
- Report: 17 children in Montana child welfare system died in 2019
- Gov. DeSantis signs DCF Accountability Act
- CBCAP 101: Intro to Community-Based Child Abuse Prevention Programs
- Victimization and Trauma Experience by Children and Youth: Implications for Legal Advocates
- Identifying Effective Counter-Trafficking Programs and Practices in the U.S.: Legislative, Legal, and Public Opinion Strategies that Work
- Definitions of Human Trafficking
- Preventing Sex Trafficking and Strengthening Families Act
- Human Trafficking and Child Welfare: A Guide for Caseworkers
- Report to the Louisiana Legislature – Relative To Human Trafficking,Trafficking of Children for Sexual Purposes, and Commercial Sexual Exploitation
- Pretesting a Human Trafficking Screening Tool in the Child Welfare and Runaway and Homeless Youth Systems
- Combat Trafficking: Native Youth Toolkit on Human Trafficking.
- National Human Trafficking Hotline has added 24/7 SMS Texting and Online Chat Services in Both English and Spanish
- Human Trafficking, Trafficking of Children for Sexual Purposes, and Commercial Sexual Exploitation. Pursuant to Act 564 Louisiana 2014 Regular Session. Annual Report, February 2018.
- Sex trafficking survivors, advocates weigh in on Backpage.com closure
- Without Family, U.S. Children in Foster Care Easy Prey for Human Traffickers
- Knowing the Signs of Youth Sex Trafficking
- A Class Divided
- Annie E. Casey Foundation – Race Matters Toolkit
- Disparities in Child Welfare: Considering the Implementation of Differential Response
- Disproportionality in Illinois Child Welfare
- Education Is All In Your Mind
- Juvenile Justice Resource Hub Adds Racial-Ethnic Fairness Section
- National Disproportionate Minority Contact Databook
- OJJDP Releases Updated DMC Fact Sheet-November, 2012
- Juvenile Justice Geography, Policy, Practice, & Statistics Website Features Interactive DMC Dashboards
- Why Understanding Racial Bias is Crucial for the Responsible Use of Predictive Analytics
- THE DISPROPORTIONALITY OF AFRICAN AMERICAN CHILDREN IN THE CHILD WELFARE SYSTEM: SOCIAL WORKER PERCEPTION
- Girlhood Interrupted: The Erasure of Black Girls’ Childhood
- 2017 USHRN HUMAN RIGHTS STATUS REPORT COVERS INDIGENOUS PEOPLES
- Disability, Race and Reasons: What We Know, and Don’t Know, About Disparity in School Discipline
- Historical Trauma Among African Americans, ACES, and Resilience-Podcast
- Building Strong Foundations: Racial Inequity in Policies that Impact Infants, Toddlers, and Families
- 2012-america-s-children-in-brief-key-national-indicators-of-well-being
- Child Maltreatment Data Tool
- Child Welfare Outcomes Report to Congress
- Children of Immigrants Data Tool
- Juvenile Justice GPS Geography, Policy, Practice & Statistics
- Knowing the Numbers: Accessing and Using Child Welfare
- National Quality Improvement Center on the Privatization of Child Welfare Services
- OJJDP Updates Statistical Briefing Book
- Revised and Updated FRIENDS Evaluation Toolkit
- Solving the Data Puzzle – Collecting and Sharing Information Between Child Welfare and Education
- The Costs and Economic Impact of Violence Against Children
- Trends in Foster Care and Adoption: FY2002-FY2012
- Updated Database on Foster Care Placements
- Selecting a Family Support and Strengthening Program Assessment Tool: An Overview for Program Leaders and Funders
- 25th edition of the Child Maltreatment Report
- Research Points to Transmission of Neglectful Child Abuse Through Generations
- 2016 KIDS COUNT Data Book Released
- Kids’ Share 2016: Report on Federal Expenditures on Children Through 2015 and Future Projections
Trust-Based Relational Interventions – Summary of Outcomes in Research- 2017-kids-count-data-book
- Relative Caregiving Facts FFY 2014: Louisiana
- Relative Caregiving Facts FFY 2014: Louisiana
- America’s Children: Key National Indicators of Well-Being, 2017
- Child Abuse Deaths Rise – Child Maltreatment Report 2016
- Complex Trauma Standardized Measures
- Data Sharing: Courts and Child Welfare
- State Family Support Network – State Network Snapshots 2017
- National Trends on Youth in Crisis in the United States: An analysis of trends in crisis connections to the National Runaway Safeline over the past decade (2007-2017).
- How States Use Medicaid Managed Care to Deliver Long-Term Services and Supports to Children with Special Health Care Needs: A 50-State Review of Medicaid Managed Care Contracts
- State-level data for understanding child welfare in the United States
- Using Qualitative Data in Program Evaluation: Telling the Story of a Prevention Program
- HHS Administration for Children & Families
- CFSR Fact Sheets for Specific Populations
- CFSR Technical Bulletins
- CFSR Case Review Criteria FAQs
- CFSR and PIP Instruments, Manuals, and Guides
- CFSR Round 3 Statewide Data Indicator Series
- CHILD AND FAMILY SERVICES REVIEWS: How Judges, Court Administrators and Attorneys Should Be Involved
- HOW AND WHY TO INVOLVE THE COURTS IN YOUR CHILD AND FAMILY SERVICES REVIEW
- Child Neglect: A Guide for Prevention, Assessment and Intervention
- Working with the Courts in Child Protection
- Models for Change
- Birth Parents with Trauma Histories and the Child Welfare System: A Guide for Judges and Attorneys
- Fostering Connections – 2011 Webinar Series (Archived)
- Solving the Data Puzzle – Collecting and Sharing Information Between Child Welfare and Education
- Family Visitation in Child Welfare: Helping Children Cope With Separation While in Foster Care
- Parent-Child Visiting in the Foster Care System
- Recommended Practices to Promote the Safety and Well-Being of LGBTQ Youth and Youth at Risk or Living with HIV in Child Welfare Settings
- Evidence-Based Model Programs – Risk & Protective Factors
- Testifying in Court About Trauma: How to Prepare
- Child Welfare Trauma Training Toolkit – 2nd Edition (2013)
- Guiding Good Choices
- Learning & Living Leadership: NCWWI Tool Kit
- Solution-Based Casework (September 2013)
- A Guide for Father Involvement in Systems of Care
- When Child Welfare Works: A Working Paper
- Assessing Adult Relatives as Preferred Caregivers in Permanency Planning
- Legal Resource Manual for Foster Parents Curriculum
- 2014 Child Abuse and Neglect Prevention Resource Guide
- Education Stability – Clarification Letter HHS & Dept. of Ed.
- Designing a Measure: Measuring Social Workers’ Attitudes toward LGBT Youth in Child Welfare
- Use of Medication Prescribed for Emotional or Behavioral Difficulties Among Children Aged 6-17 Years in the United States
- Health Issues for Judges to Consider for Children in Foster Care
- DR Implementation Resource Kit: A Resource for Jurisdictions Considering or Planning for DR
- OJJDP’s Model Programs Guide (MPG)
- Building Capacity Using the CQI Process
- A Child Welfare Leader’s Desk Guide to Building a High-Performing Agency
- Toolkit on Mapping Legal, Health and Social Services Responses to Child Maltreatment
- QIC-AG Intervention and Program Catalog
- Achieving Excellence: Model Standards for Serving Victims & Survivors of Crime
- Achieving Excellence: Model Standards for Serving Victims & Survivors of Crime
- Toolkit to Support Child Welfare Agencies in Serving LGBTQ Children, Youth, and Families
- Perspectives on Normalcy
- Professionals, Friends, And Confidants: After-School Staff As Social Support To Low-Income Parents
- Collateral Consequences of Criminal Convictions: Judicial Bench Book
- Advocacy and Child’s Attorney-Client Relationships during COVID-19: A Tip Sheet
- South Carolina Human Trafficking Task Force 2018 Annual Report
- Congressman Danny K. Davis Guide for Grandfamilies on COVID-19 Stimulus Payments
- System Review 2019-01: Enhanced Response: Restraining and Secluding Children [New Hampshire]
- Plans of Safe Care for Infants With Prenatal Substance Exposure and Their Families
- Preparing Children and Youth for Adoption or Other Family Permanency
- Communicating with Birth Parents
- Elements of Family First Shifting Foster Care
- Healthy Boundaries, Healthy Relationships
- COVID-19: Child Welfare Resources
- Disability Waiver Rate System Family Foster Care Rate Methodology Study Disability Services Division
- When Their World is Already Upside Down: Supporting Grieving Children and Teens in Foster Care During the COVID-19 Global Health Crisis
- Family Processes and Children’s and Adolescents’ Well-Being
- Racism and Violence: Using Your Power as a Parent to Support Children Aged Two to Five
- Education During COVID-19: How Child Welfare Agencies Can Help. Legal Center for Foster Care and Education
- Guidelines for Developing Data Sharing Agreements to Use State Administrative Data for Early Care and Education Research
- Racism and Violence: Using Your Power as a Parent to Support Children Aged Two to Five
- Return to Full Capacity: COVID-19 Guidelines for Michigan’s Judiciary.
- The Land of Inopportunity: Closing the Childhood Equity Gap for America’s Kids
- The Hardest Places to be a Child: Global Childhood Report 2020. Fourth Annual Save the Children Report
- Collateral Consequences of Criminal Convictions: Judicial Bench Book
- Navigating the Unknowns – A Podcast Series
- The Land of Inopportunity: Closing the Childhood Equity Gap for America’s Kids: U.S. Complement to the Global Childhood Report 2020
- The Hardest Places to be a Child: Global Childhood Report 2020. Fourth Annual Save the Children Report.
- Return to Full Capacity: COVID-19 Guidelines for Michigan’s Judiciary.
- Guidelines for Developing Data Sharing Agreements to Use State Administrative Data for Early Care and Education Research
- Education During COVID-19: How Child Welfare Agencies Can Help
- Family Processes and Children’s and Adolescents’ Well-Being
- When Their World is Already Upside Down: Supporting Grieving Children and Teens in Foster Care During the COVID-19 Global Health Crisis
- Disability Waiver Rate System Family Foster Care Rate Methodology Study Disability Services Division
- COVID-19: Child Welfare Resources
- Healthy Boundaries, Healthy Relationships
- Elements of Family First Shifting Foster Care
- Communicating with Birth Parents
- Preparing Children and Youth for Adoption or Other Family Permanency
- Plans of Safe Care for Infants With Prenatal Substance Exposure and Their Families
- System Review 2019-01: Enhanced Response: Restraining and Secluding Children [New Hampshire]
- Volunteers learn new ways to advocate for children
Talking to Children About COVID-19 (Coronavirus): A Parent Resource- Advocacy and Child’s Attorney-Client Relationships during COVID-19: A Tip Sheet
- South Carolina Human Trafficking Task Force 2019 Annual Report
- Congressman Danny K. Davis Guide for Grandfamilies on COVID-19 Stimulus Payments
- Adult Learning Theory Andragogy of Malcom Knowles
- Report: Teachers Have Difficulty Engaging Families
- Report guides pediatricians in care of maltreated children, including pharmacotherapy
- Foster Care Adoptions Reach Record High
- Child Abuse and Neglect: A Framework for Supporting Patients and Families
- Supporting Adopted Children With Special Needs in the School Setting
- Helping Your Adopted Children Maintain Important Relationships With Family
- Prevention: Implementing Evidence-Based Programs
- Developing a Learning Agenda to Help States Evaluate Home Visiting Programs
- Engaging Youth in Information Systems Design Toolkit (webpages and document)
- Adoption Excellence Awards for the Year 2019
- Child Maltreatment 2018
- A Roadmap to Improve Child Well-Being in Louisiana
- Brain Frames: How Attorneys Can Engage Youth in Case Planning and Court Hearings
- Quick Reference Guide: Federal Laws Supporting Youth in Foster Care Transitioning to Adulthood
- How Adolescent Brain Science Supports Youth Engagement in Court Hearings and Case Planning
- Tool for Engaging the Legal Community in Implementing Family First
- Secondary Traumatic Stress: Understanding the Impact of Trauma Work on Professionals
- Understanding Refugee Trauma: For Child Welfare
- NCTSN Impact Newsletter: Winter 2019
- Engaging Families in Affirming Trauma-Informed Care for LGBTQ Children and Youth
- NCTSN Bench Card for Juvenile Court Judges: Newcomer Immigrant Youth in Juvenile Justice Court Proceedings – A Trauma-Informed Approach
Reasonable Efforts as Prevention