In 2021, the National Council of Juvenile and Family Court Judges (NCJFCJ) received funding from the U.S. Department of Justice, Office of Victims of Crime (OVC) to provide training and technical assistance to four grantee sites separately funded under the … Read More
Child Well-Being
Title IV-E University-Agency Partnership Stipend Programs: Building a Better Workforce
State and Tribal title IV-E agencies have access to Federal funds through title IV-E of the Social Security Act to apply toward the educational training of current and prospective child welfare professionals to support the provision of allowable title IV-E … Read More
Infographic: Connections Between the Court Improvement Program and the Child and Family Services Review
What are the Child and Family Services Reviews? The Child and Family Services Reviews (CFSRs) are designed to ensure that state child welfare systems provide quality services to children and families. These reviews identify practice strengths and challenges in the … Read More
Child Welfare and Foster Care Statistics
Our nation’s child welfare system strives to protect children from maltreatment, support families in crisis, keep children safely with their parents when possible, provide temporary out-of-home care for children when needed and ultimately ensure that children have safe, permanent homes … Read More
Louisiana DCFS 2024 Foster Care and Adoption Management Report
Introduction At the direction of House Concurrent Resolution 74 passed by the 2003 Legislature, The Department of Children and Family Services publishes The Annual Foster Care and Adoption Management Report. This report details activities in the areas of foster care … Read More
Louisiana DCFS 2025 – 2029 Five-Year Child and Family Services Plan
Introduction, Vision & Collaboration Introduction To Department Of Children and Family Services (DCFS): The DCFS is the state agency designated in Louisiana to administer and supervise the administration of child welfare services delivered under Stephanie Tubbs Jones Child Welfare Services … Read More
State-level Data for Understanding Child Welfare in the United States
This comprehensive child welfare resource provides state and national data on child maltreatment, foster care, kinship caregiving, permanency, and older youth in care. The data are essential to help policymakers understand how many children and youth come in contact with … Read More
Safe Haven Annual Report February 2025
Pursuant to Louisiana Children’s Code – Article 1160 Introduction and Background As required by Louisiana Children’s Code, Article 1160, the Department of Children and Family Services (DCFS) is submitting this report to both the House and Senate Committees on Health … Read More
Prioritizing Black Kinship Caregivers’ Health Means Reducing Their Stress
More than 3 million people have taken the unselfish act of caring for children who are related to them but not their own biological children. These individuals are called kinship caregivers (e.g., grandparents raising grandchildren) and they often experience high levels of … Read More
Military Families and the Courts – Bench Card Resource Packet
Families and couples with active-duty service members live in every community across the country, and not just in locations with military installations nearby. By virtue of their military connection and employment, active-duty personnel have unique priorities, resources, rights, constraints, and … Read More