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