Why should child protection agencies and faith-based organizations partner to support children and families?
Many reasons exist for child protection agencies and faith-based organizations to serve together to keep children safe and families strong.
Issue Brief
How can child protection agencies better address fetal alcohol spectrum disorders?
Child welfare professionals play a key role in meeting the needs of children and families affected by fetal alcohol spectrum disorders.
How can child protection agencies support quality supervision?
Explore how investing in training and support for supervisors in child protection agencies contributes to improved outcomes.
How does homelessness and housing instability impact families involved with child welfare?
Explore the roles that child protection agencies have in connecting families to services that address homelessness and housing instability.
What are some safety considerations for LGBTQ+ youth in foster care?
Learn about the unique safety needs of LGBTQ+ youth in foster care and the affirming approaches to promote their well-being.
How do lived experts define and assess child safety?
Understand how child safety is defined and assessed from the perspectives of individuals with lived experience in the child welfare system.
What are family-based placements?
Learn about a range of family-based placement settings that are tailored to the needs of the child being placed in foster care.
How can the system of care approach improve outcomes for children and families involved with child welfare?
Understand how the system of care approach brings together an array of partners to support children’s behavioral health needs.
How do investigation, removal, and placement cause trauma for families?
Actions around child protection investigations, removals, and placements have traumatic effects on children, parents, and caregivers.
How do economic supports benefit families and communities?
Explore the latest research connecting the provision of economic supports with improved child and family well-being.