This report is intended to provide family court officers and child welfare professionals who engage with child welfare involved (CWI) parents, introductory knowledge on the trauma-informed approach. Readers will be introduced to the importance of using the trauma-informed approach in … Read More
Child Welfare
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
Attachment Problems in Young Children: Effective Interventions for Repairing Young Child Trauma
Attachment refers to the emotional connections that develop between young children and their caregivers through a transactional process with a predictable timeline. National Child Welfare Workforce Institute. CLICK HERE
COVID-19 and Child Welfare: A Series of Virtual Meetings [Webpage]
This webpage explains the National Conference of State Legislatures (NCSL) is releasing a five-part series of interactive virtual meetings from June through August 2020, intended to examine the impact of the COVID-19 pandemic and the State and federal policy responses … Read More
Educational Supports for Youth in Foster Care
This factsheet discusses laws that require child welfare agencies to make reasonable efforts to provide services that will help families remedy the conditions that brought the child and family into the child welfare system. The issues examined include what constitutes … Read More
The Importance of a Trauma-Informed Child Welfare System
This issue brief discusses the importance of cultivating a child welfare system that recognizes and responds appropriately to trauma. After providing a brief overview of trauma and its effects, the brief explores steps that are involved in transitioning to a … Read More
To Leave Racist Roots Behind, Child Welfare Needs a Great Reimagining
The plight of Black children in the child welfare system is one plagued with failure after failure from those who have been put in place to protect them.Chronicle of Social Change – July 01, 2020 CLICK HERE
Editorial: State needs to continue to improve foster care
Oregon’s child welfare department increasingly started sending some foster children to out-of- state facilities in 2018. The state was facing a crisis with a lack of options for foster care. Sen. Gelser deserves the thanks of Oregonians for her fight … Read More
Report: 17 children in Montana child welfare system died in 2019
A new Child Fatality Prevention Report from the state health department documents the way 17 children known to the child welfare system died in 2019 and introduces two new initiatives to target causes of the fatalities. CLICK HERE