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.
Early childhood
2020 Jim Casey Building Communities of Hope Award
Casey Family Programs has awarded “Bring Up Nebraska” with the foundation’s Jim Casey Building Communities of Hope Award.
How does high-quality early care and education improve safety, permanency, and well-being?
Explore the benefits of early childhood education and the value of child welfare partnerships with early education programs.
What is First 5 LA’s approach to home visiting?
Barbara Andrade DuBransky, director of Family Supports at First 5 LA, describes the county’s constellation of home visiting programs.
How are Ohio Children’s Hospitals identifying sentinel injuries to reduce child fatalities?
Dr. Jonathan Thackeray and Carrie Baker share collaborative efforts to improve pediatric practices and prevent recurrent child maltreatment.
William C. Bell, President and CEO, shares thoughts on Commission to Eliminate Child Abuse and Neglect Fatalities Report
The committee, jointly appointed by President Obama and Congress, developed a national strategy and recommendations for keeping more children safe from harm.
Prioritizing Early Childhood to Safely Reduce the Need for Foster Care: A National Scan of Interventions
This research brief highlights practice elements that contribute to effective programs for parents and young children involved with child welfare systems.
The Well-Being of Children in the Child Welfare System: An Analysis of the Second National Survey of Child and Adolescent Well-Being (NSCAW II)
Children involved in the child welfare system have more developmental challenges than the general population, according to this report.
Making the Case for Early Childhood Intervention in Child Welfare: A Research and Practice Brief
The number of youth in foster care nationally has declined over the past decade, but similar declines have not occurred for children under 6.
‘Open Arms’ assists women in need
Nurturing potential from early in life is the theme of President and CEO William C. Bell’s keynote address at a fundraiser for Open Arms Perinatal Services.