Is there an association between home evictions and child welfare engagement?
Learn from a study that examines the relationship between home evictions, child maltreatment reports, and foster care entries.
Family preservation
How does New Jersey’s child protection agency collaborate to prevent foster care and support family well-being?
This jurisdictional scan profiles how New Jersey is collaborating across agencies to support and fund prevention services for families.
How can families affected by substance use disorder safely stay together?
Investing in healing interventions for families affected by substance use disorder can promote recovery and mitigate family separation.
What supports can benefit kinship caregivers in families affected by substance use disorder?
Learn how the child welfare system can support kinship caregivers whose families are affected by substance use disorders.
How do case outcomes differ based on child maltreatment referral source?
Explore outcomes from research looking at child maltreatment referral sources by profession.
How have rates of infant investigations due to reports from medical professionals changed over time?
Explore trends in child abuse and neglect investigations of infants due to reports from medical professionals.
How does academic achievement differ for children in kinship vs. non-kin out-of-home care?
Explore how math and reading scores compare among elementary school children in various out-of-home placement settings.
How can we end the need for group placements in child welfare?
Explore four principles that child welfare agencies should consider as they work to end the need for group placement settings.
What should every child protection agency do to ensure that children are placed with kin?
Explore three key principles to learn how child protection agencies can make placing children with kin caregivers a universal practice.
What are kinship navigator programs?
Learn about the key elements of kinship navigator programs, jurisdictional examples, and evaluation outcomes.
How can screening threshold analyses inform improved intake decisions?
Learn from an analysis that evaluated the accuracy of decisions of a central hotline to screen in or screen out reports that come in.
How can we improve placement stability for children in foster care?
Explore the promising approaches that have demonstrated a positive impact in improving placement stability.
