Babies born with prenatal opioid exposure (POE) can face developmental challenges as they grow, and our current systems of support do very little to help them. Every year, roughly 20,000 babies are born with POE in the United States and the extent … Read More
Families
Preventative Legal Advocacy for Youth Clients
INTRODUCTION Early legal representation plays a critical role in keeping families together and preventing unnecessary foster care placements. In recent years, many jurisdictions have embraced preventive and prepetition legal representation for parents as a powerful tool to help stabilize families … Read More
Louisiana Kinship Navigator
Introduction Kinship Care is the full-time care if children by relatives or others who have a kinship bond with a child and whose parents are not living in the home. You may be a grandparent, an aunt or uncle, sister … Read More
Child Neglect, Inequity, & Poverty: Practice Innovations, Concrete Resources, and Justice
Much of child welfare practice involves families who may have low income or be economically insecure. While most of these families do not engage in child maltreatment, they often lack sufficient resources—an issue that long has plagued families who are … Read More
Letters: U.S. Surgeon General Takes Important Stand on Parental Stress
The recent advisory by U.S. Surgeon General Dr. Vivek Murthy highlights the significant stress faced by parents, impacting family stability and child welfare. This stress, often overlooked, stems from the challenges of balancing work, caregiving and navigating environmental demands. As … Read More
The Critical Role of Parent Partner Programs: Policy and Practice Considerations
INTRODUCTION Maintaining a secure relationship with a trusted caregiver is critical for the health and well-being of infants and toddlers. When very young children are placed in out-of-home care, including foster and kinship care, problems can be compounded if the … Read More
Children’s Coalition for Northeast Louisiana to Relaunch Youth Services Planning Board
[Monroe, LA]— The Children’s Coalition of Northeast Louisiana is relaunching the 4th Judicial District Youth Services Planning Board (YSPB), a member-led board of leaders from across Morehouse and Ouachita Parishes dedicated to improving young people’s outcomes. The Board’s mission is … Read More
Capacity Building Center for Tribes Releases New Prevention Resources
The Capacity Building Center for Tribes released two new prevention resources: a brief on family-strengthening prevention practices and definitions and a guide highlighting culturally relevant services and supports for child welfare programs. The Capacity Building Center for Tribes Prevention Brief defines each stage of … Read More
The Importance of Father Engagement in Family-Centered Reunification
In January 2024, the National Quality Improvement Center on Family-Centered Reunification (QIC-R) presented a webinar, “Building a Culture of Father Engagement to Enrich Family-Centered Reunification,” which focused on the importance of including fathers in the child welfare system. The webinar reviews the … Read More
WHAT YOUNG LEADERS WANT — AND DON’T WANT —FROM OLDER ALLIES
America today is one of the most age-diverse societies in history. Sadly, it is also one of the most age segregated, with older and younger people’s paths rarely crossing outside of families. The combination of age diversity and age segregation … Read More