SUD treatment is dependent on the needs of the individual. The type, length, andintensity of treatment is determined by the severity of the SUD, types of substancesused, support systems available, prior life experiences, and behavioral, physical,gender, cultural, cognitive, and/or social … Read More
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DISPROPORTIONALITIES AND DISPARITIES IN CHILD WELFARE A Supplement to Understanding Substance Use Disorders, Treatment, and Family Recovery: A Guide for Child Welfare Professionals
This tool is a companion resource to the online tutorial Understanding Substance Use Disorders,Treatment, and Family Recovery: A Guide for Child Welfare Professionals. The National Center onSubstance Abuse and Child Welfare (NCSACW) offers free online tutorials to: 1) help professionalsincrease … Read More
Sharing and Accessing Administrative Data: Promising Practices and Lessons Learned from the Child Maltreatment Incidence Data Linkages Project
OPRE Report; 2022-107. Varley, Beth. Wuslin, Claire Smither. Mathematica. United States. Administration for Children and Families. Office of Planning, Research and Evaluation. 2022 Accurate and ongoing surveillance of the incidence of child maltreatment and related risk and protective factors can … Read More
Chosen Affirming Family Finding
This factsheet describes Chosen Affirming Family Finding, an intervention for working with young people who are lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender, questioning, or other diverse identity and involved with the child welfare system to expand their family network, including chosen family. … Read More
Youth Acceptance Project
United States. Children’s Bureau. Family Builders (Organization) National Quality Improvement Center on Tailored Services, Placement Stability and Permanency for Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, Transgender, Questioning, and Two-Spirit Children and Youth in Foster Care. University of Maryland, Baltimore. School of Social Work. … Read More
Challenges in Identifying and Supporting Human
Services Participants with Substance Use Disorder
Waters, Annette. Ghertner, Robin. Baston, Pamela. Meyers, Kathleen. United States. Department of Health and Human Services. Assistant Secretary for Planning and Evaluation. Office of Human Services Policy. 2022 This report summarizes an environmental scan and series of key informant interviews … Read More
Risk of premature death in adulthood influenced by patterns of early childhood adversity
U.S. National Institutes of Health – August 23, 2022 (Press Release) Poverty, combined with other types of adversity in early childhood, is associated with greater chances of premature death in adulthood, compared to other adverse childhood experiences, according to a … Read More
Reinforcing a Strong Foundation: Equitable Supports for Basic Needs of Grandfamilies
There are 2.6 million children in the United States growing up in grandfamilies, meaning they are raised by relatives or family friends without their parents in the home. While grandfamilies are of all geographic locations, socio-economic levels, and races/ethnicities, Black, … Read More
Academic Success for Students in Foster Care Begins with Strong Partnerships Between Child Welfare and Education Systems
July 6, 2022 | Aysha E. Schomburg, Associate Commissioner | Children’s Bureau and Ruth Ryder, Deputy Assistant Secretary | Office of Elementary and Secondary Ed The 2021-2022 school year has come to a close. As students begin their summer break, … Read More
Welcoming, Affirming, Supporting: Child Welfare Systems Must Honor the WHOLE Child
This report summarizes the lessons learned and resources from six years of work with the getREAL initiative. Understanding and acting on these lessons can help changemakers to create a welcoming and affirming child welfare system to support these youth and … Read More