How do St. Anne’s programs for pregnant and parenting young mothers break the cycle of child abuse and neglect?
St. Anne’s in Los Angeles is meeting the needs of pregnant and parenting young mothers in foster care through a continuum of services.
Questions from the field
How does Inwood House meet the needs of expectant and parenting youth in foster care?
Learn how Inwood House at the Children’s Village developed integrated prevention and community-based services for young parents in foster care.
How can fathers and other constituent leaders inform Family First and other system change efforts?
In this Q&A, Timothy Phipps describes the importance of involving parents, especially fathers, in designing the child welfare system.
How does Children’s Village reflect the components of a Qualified Residential Treatment Program?
Learn how a residential treatment program changed its business model, practice, and culture to better serve youth and families.
What are some examples of real-time information sharing between child protection and law enforcement?
Learn how formal information-sharing agreements between child protection and law enforcement agencies help keep children safe.
How can family-based residential treatment programs help reduce substance use and improve child welfare outcomes?
Learn how family-based residential treatment for parental substance use disorder can keep families together and improve outcomes.
What are some ways San Francisco’s Family Resource Centers strengthen families and protect children?
These brief videos describe how family resource centers in San Francisco offer concrete supports to families and build protective factors.
How has San Francisco taken a collaborative approach to keeping children safe?
These brief videos describe the importance of collaboration across sectors to keep children safe and meet community needs.
How does high-quality legal representation for parents support better outcomes?
Research highlights how quality legal representation for parents can improve permanency for children and reduce time in foster care.
Prevention
Explore our Questions from the field resources to learn more about how to prevent child maltreatment.