How can behavioral science be used to improve the assessment of risk and safety?
Behavioral science offers insights into the hotline, screening, and investigation and assessment decision points in child welfare.
Questions from the field
How can behavioral science be used to promote successful placements?
Behavioral science can inform system design to improve placement decisions and placement stability for children in foster care.
How can child protection agencies partner with early care and education to improve outcomes for children?
Learn how strategic partnerships between child protection agencies and early care and education can benefit children and families.
How did Washington, D.C., develop its approach to meaningful continuous quality improvement?
Learn how D.C.’s child protection agency implemented a CQI system that focuses on family support and on preventing child removal.
How can helplines serve as a better pathway for families to access support?
Learn how helplines are alternatives to CPS hotlines as they provide a pathway for families to proactively access services and supports.
What can child protection agencies learn from Yale New Haven Children’s Hospital’s response to infants with Neonatal Abstinence Syndrome?
Learn how the Eat, Sleep, Console model promotes healthy parent-child attachment, destigmatizes NAS, and prevents unnecessary interventions.
How does one Family Resource Center keep families “Safe & Sound”?
Explore how Safe & Sound operates a family resource center in San Francisco to stabilize families and prevent child abuse and neglect.
How can child protection agencies support families and children who lack lawful immigration status?
This brief discusses challenges that agencies may face serving families that lack lawful immigration status, and strategies to address them.
How can frequent, quality family time promote relationships and permanency?
Learn about the benefits of family time for parents and children, and why it is essential for a child’s well-being.
How did Cradle to Crayons adapt the Safe Babies Court Team™ approach in Maricopa County, Arizona?
Explore how Maricopa County’s judicial and child welfare systems use the Cradle to Crayons approach to improve safety and reunification.