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.
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How can we ensure a child’s first placement is with family?
Children’s first and only placement should be with family. This jurisdiction scan describes strategies to place children with family.
What are some strategies for supporting pregnant and parenting teens in foster care?
All teen parents need support when they become parents. Learn about effective programs that meet the needs of pregnant and parenting youth.
What are the four tiers of authentic family engagement?
This short video describes how child welfare agencies can operationalize the four tiers of family engagement.
Why is it important to recognize that all families have strengths and all families need support?
These brief videos talk about why it is important to recognize the strengths within each family.
What are kinship navigator programs?
This strategy brief provides information about key elements of kinship navigator programs, jurisdictional examples, and evaluation outcomes.
What impacts placement stability?
This issue brief explores the importance of placement stability and the challenges that prevent it.
What are some examples of effective family search and engagement?
This strategy brief discusses the core elements of effective family search and engagement and highlights a number of effective approaches.
How can we improve placement stability for children in foster care?
This strategy brief highlights promising approaches that have demonstrated a positive impact in improving placement stability.
What are some considerations for using placement matching tools?
This issue brief describes tools to help child protection agencies identify the right first placement and improve placement stability.