Building Capacity Using the CQI Process In September 2013, the National Association of Public Child Welfare Administrators, an affiliate of the American Public Human Services Association (APHSA), convened a continuous quality improvement (CQI) workgroup composed of child welfare practitioners from … Read More
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A Child Welfare Leader’s Desk Guide to Building a High-Performing Agency
The child welfare leader’s desk guide is designed to help busy child welfare leaders gauge their agency’s effectiveness and chart a course toward measureable improvement. New leaders will benefit from the desk guide’s structured, yet flexible road map for assessing … Read More
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Professionals, Friends, And Confidants: After-School Staff As Social Support To Low-Income Parents
Policy makers, practitioners, and researchers have emphasized the importance of supportive relationships between staff and parents in early childhood education settings and schools.Author(s): Barnes, Carolyn.;Nolan, Sarah.Published: 2019Journal Name: Children and Youth Services Reviewv. 98, March 2019, p. 238-251Available from: Elsevierhttps://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0190740918305589
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South Carolina Human Trafficking Task Force 2018 Annual Report
Human trafficking is often referred to as modern day slavery. It is a crime that poses immense human rights, public safety and public health concerns across the globe. In the United States, it has been reported in all 50 states … Read More
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COVID-19: Child Welfare Resources
This webpage highlights four resource guides to help State legislators address the negative impacts of the COVID-19 pandemic on children, families, and caseworkers. The resource guides address the following topics: COVID-19 and Child Welfare Caseworkers, COVID-19 and Congregate Care Facilities, … Read More
Education During COVID-19: How Child Welfare Agencies Can Help. Legal Center for Foster Care and Education
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The Land of Inopportunity: Closing the Childhood Equity Gap for America’s Kids: U.S. Complement to the Global Childhood Report 2020
Where a child grows up can determine their prospects in life more than you might guess. In most states across America, there are stark differences between communities that provide children the childhoods they deserve, and those where childhoods end too … Read More
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Education During COVID-19: How Child Welfare Agencies Can Help
Now, more than ever, prioritizing, the educational needs of students in foster care is essential. CLICK HERE
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Preparing Children and Youth for Adoption or Other Family Permanency
Children, including youth, leaving out-of-home care for adoption or other family permanency require preparation and support to help them understand past events in their lives and process feelings connected to their experiences of abuse and neglect, separation, and loss. This … Read More
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Plans of Safe Care for Infants With Prenatal Substance Exposure and Their Families
This publication examines State laws and policies regarding the development and implementation of plans of safe care that are required by the Child Abuse Prevention and Treatment Act to ensure the safety and well-being of infants who are identified as … Read More
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