Child Welfare

Determining the Best Interests of the Child

Courts make various decisions affecting children, including placement and custody determinations, safety and permanency planning, and proceedings for the termination of parental rights. Whenever a court makes such a determination, judges must weigh whether the decision will be in the … Read More

FAMILY TIES

Analysis From a State-By-State Survey of Kinship Care Policies UNDERSTANDING KINSHIP CARE Kinship care is a critical resource for children and youth who come to the attention of the child welfare system. Kin caregiving has grown significantly over the past … Read More

Play for All Ages: Designing Intergenerational Spaces That Build Connections and Encourage Learning

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.

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

Resource Guide for Kinship/Grandfamily Providers

The 2022 National Strategy to Support Family Caregivers provides a roadmap for organizations and agencies to better support kin/grandfamily caregivers and the children they raise.  Kin caregivers, also called grandfamily caregivers, are grandparents, other relatives, or close family friends raising children as … 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