How does the Parents for Parents program help parents reunify?
The Parents for Parents program matches parents who have been reunified with those newly involved with child welfare to provide support and guidance.
Questions from the field
How did Hawaii gain staff and stakeholder support when centralizing its hotline?
Hawaii employed various strategies to earn buy-in from staff and community stakeholders during its transition to a centralized hotline.
What are some of the foundational elements, strategies and opportunities for child welfare financing?
This three-part webinar series demystifies child welfare funding streams and builds foundational understanding of child welfare financing.
How do some states hire, train, and retain their hotline intake screeners?
This document provides key themes and lessons learned from five states on practices involving intake screeners in their child welfare systems.
How do some states hire, train, and retain their hotline intake screeners? (APPENDIX)
This document provides key themes and lessons learned from five states on practices involving intake screeners in their child welfare systems.
What is New Jersey’s Mobile Response and Stabilization Services intervention?
Mobile Response and Stabilization Services provides immediate support to stabilize children in crisis and keep them safe at home.
Which home visiting programs are effective in reducing child maltreatment?
This information packet features five home visiting program models that have been found to be effective in reducing child maltreatment.
Why should child protection agencies become trauma-informed?
Youth in foster care have high rates of trauma exposure. A trauma-informed child protection system can mitigate trauma’s adverse effects.
What do we know about birth match?
A few jurisdictions are using birth match as a data-based strategy to predict future risk and harm of infants, but ethical tensions exist.
How can an effective border agreement support timely placement with kin?
This bright spot describes how Georgia and Alabama created a border agreement to expedite placement of children with kin across state lines.