“Pretesting a Human Trafficking Screening Tool in the Child Welfare and Runaway and Homeless Youth Systems.” https://aspe.hhs.gov/pdf-report/pretesting-human-trafficking-screening-tool-child-welfare-and-runaway-and-homeless-youth-systems This report summarizes findings from a study to develop and pre-test a human trafficking screening tool with 617 youth in runaway and homeless … Read More
Child Welfare
Disparities in Child Welfare: Considering the Implementation of Differential Response
Disparities in Child Welfare: Considering the Implementation of Differential Response Published by the National Quality Improvement Center on Differential Response in Child Protective Services (QIC-DR), this issue brief seeks to explore the ways in which a differential response-organized Child Protection … Read More
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Disproportionality in Illinois Child Welfare
Children & Family Research Center, Nancy Rolock, Updated October 2008 In this report we look at disproportionate representation in the child welfare system in Illinois for children of different races/ethnicities. Since geography (where a child lives) plays a significant factor … Read More
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THE DISPROPORTIONALITY OF AFRICAN AMERICAN CHILDREN IN THE CHILD WELFARE SYSTEM: SOCIAL WORKER PERCEPTION
This is a doctoral thesis by Marquita Marie Smith, California State University at San Bernadino – Presented 6/17 This study explored social workers perceptions of disproportionality of African American children in the child welfare system, with a particular focus how … Read More
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Child Welfare Outcomes Report to Congress
The Child Welfare Outcomes Report to Congress reflects on 7 areas of reporting on a federal and state-by-state basis from 2006 to 2009. This is the 10th report to be issued allowing for longitudinal comparisons.
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Knowing the Numbers: Accessing and Using Child Welfare
Knowing the Numbers: Accessing and Using Child Welfare This brief, written by Child Trends for First Focus State Policy Advocacy and Reform Center (SPARC), provides an overview of useful data sources for the child welfare community, including what the major … Read More
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National Quality Improvement Center on the Privatization of Child Welfare Services
In September, 2011, the National Quality Improvement Center on the Privatization of Child Welfare Services conducted the National Survey of Private Child and Family Serving Agencies in collaboration with the Child Welfare League of America and the Alliance for Children … Read More
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Solving the Data Puzzle – Collecting and Sharing Information Between Child Welfare and Education
For a complete manual and tools about information sharing between child welfare and education, please download Solving the Data Puzzle: A How To Guide Collecting and Sharing Information to Improve Educational Outcomes for Children in Out of-Home Care.
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Data Sharing: Courts and Child Welfare
The U.S. Department of Health and Human Services Administration for Children and Families (ACF) offers this technical assistance guidance to courts and child welfare agencies to assist and support the creation of automated, bi-directional (two-way) data exchanges between their respective … Read More
CFSR Case Review Criteria FAQs
CFSR Case Review Criteria FAQs CFSR Case Review Criterion 1 FAQ (PDF): This document contains frequently asked questions about Case Review Criterion 1: “The state operates an internal case review process at least annually that assesses statewide practice performance for the … Read More
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