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.
Questions from the field
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.
What are some considerations for designing effective supervisory training?
Effective supervision contributes directly to improved outcomes. This issue brief explores how to design an effective supervisory training.
How can we select the right tool to help us better assess children’s safety, permanency, and well-being needs?
This information packet helps in selecting and implementing child screening and assessment tools to inform case decision-making.
What safety and risk assessment tools are used in tribal child welfare?
This information packet provides an overview of the tools tribal child welfare agencies use to assess safety of the children in their care.
What are the elements of an effective hotline system?
Hotline systems provide the first contact between the public and the child protection agency; this strategy brief outlines key elements.
How have states implemented parental rights restoration and reinstatement?
Parental rights restoration is an option for some youth when parents have addressed the issues that led to the termination of their rights.
What are preliminary building blocks to strengthen quality supervision?
Investing in supervisory quality can help an agency protect itself from high turnover; this resource list provides guidance.
Is there an effective policy framework for oversight and monitoring of the use of psychotropic medication by youth in out-of-home care?
Given the high rate of psychotropic medication use by youth in out-of-home care, it is vital to establish effective oversight plans.
What can you tell us about the Parent-Child Assistance Program?
This home visiting program in Washington state serves high-risk mothers who abuse alcohol and drugs during pregnancy.