All 50 states, the Commonwealth of Puerto Rico, and the District of Columbia have child abuse and neglect reporting laws that mandate certain professionals and institutions refer suspected maltreatment to a child protective services (CPS) agency. Each state has its … Read More
Safety Permanency & Well-being
Sowing The Seeds Of Hope: Keeping Children Safe with Families
The Beginnings of Child Protection Systems To understand just how far we have come in our approach to child safety, it is helpful to look back at the foundation of our current system. Our national child protection system emerged from … Read More
Legal Representation in Child Welfare Proceedings
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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
TPR Issue Spotter
The TPR Issue Spotter is designed to assist attorneys challenging the termination of parental rights (TPR) by highlighting significant state Supreme Court and appellate decisions that have upheld parental rights. It is not comprehensive but focuses on cases that exemplify … 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
Catalog of Core Child Welfare Case Management Reports for Courts 2024
This publication provides brief descriptions of various reports and their importance in a court’s Continuous Quality Improvement (CQI) efforts in child welfare cases; general specifications regarding how the reports can be constructed, including templates with insights on how to display … Read More
The Adolescent Brain, Stress And Systems That Support Young People
On the latest episode of CaseyCast, Foundation President and CEO Lisa Lawson talks with UCLA psychology professor Adriana Galván, whose pioneering research on the adolescent brain has shaped how policymakers, educators and youth-serving systems understand this critical stage of development. Galván — dean of undergraduate … Read More
Strategies to Increase Survey Response Rates From Youth
Sex education programs for youth are often designed to promote positive sexual and reproductive health (SRH) behaviors by giving youth the knowledge, skills, and self-efficacy to make healthy decisions about sexual activity and contraceptive use. Rigorous testing of these and … Read More
Child Welfare: Purposes, Federal Programs, and Funding
Child Welfare: Purposes, Federal Programs, and Funding Children depend on adults—usually their parents—to protect and support them. The broadest mission of public child welfare agencies is to strengthen families so that children can depend on their parents to provide them … Read More