How are child protection agencies partnering with faith-based organizations to support vulnerable families?
Learn why faith-based organizations are community assets and how partnerships with them can serve families in need.
Supportive communities
Does a state’s social policy regime impact involvement with child welfare?
Learn from a research study that explores whether state-level social policies impact frequency and characteristics of child protection interventions.
Is it possible to modify neighborhood-level characteristics to reduce the rate of child maltreatment?
Explore findings from a study that suggests that strategies implemented at a neighborhood-level may effectively decrease child maltreatment.
How do mandatory reporting laws affect help-seeking among survivors of intimate partner violence?
Learn from a study that explores how mandatory reporting laws may discourage survivors of intimate partner violence from seeking support.
Can decreasing unwarranted reports to child protection agencies improve outcomes for children and families?
Learn from a study that examines the relationship between previously reported sentinel injuries and later physical abuse in infants.
How do Washington, D.C.’s community collaboratives provide neighborhood-based supports to families?
Washington, D.C.’s Child and Family Services Agency partners with neighborhood collaboratives to support families where they live.
What can child protection agencies learn from Yale New Haven Children’s Hospital’s response to infants with Neonatal Abstinence Syndrome?
Learn how the Eat, Sleep, Console model promotes healthy parent-child attachment, destigmatizes NAS, and prevents unnecessary interventions.
Hotline
Explore our Questions from the Field resources to learn more about child welfare hotline policies and protocols.
How does Children’s Village keep New York City children safe with their families and connected to their communities?
Explore how Children’s Village in New York City is offering community-based prevention services to keep children safe with their families.
Do place-based programs, such as Family Resource Centers, reduce risk of child maltreatment and entry into foster care?
Family Resource Centers offer community-based family support to prevent child abuse and neglect. Explore key elements and effectiveness.