{"id":31048,"date":"2013-10-06T22:50:23","date_gmt":"2013-10-06T22:50:23","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/caseyfamilyv2.wpengine.com\/case-early-childhood-intervention\/"},"modified":"2026-04-29T16:26:06","modified_gmt":"2026-04-29T16:26:06","slug":"case-early-childhood-intervention","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.casey.org\/es\/case-early-childhood-intervention\/","title":{"rendered":"Making the Case for Early Childhood Intervention in Child Welfare: A Research and Practice Brief"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"content-section light fresh-text single wp-block-fresh-text backgrounds-and-margins-aware-block margin-top margin-bottom\">\n <div class=\"container mx-auto px-5\">\n\n \n \n <!-- The CTA is moved up next to the title when in the Head Section style -->\n \n  <div class=\"callout\"><p><!-- wp:paragraph --><\/p>\n<p>The number of youth in foster care nationally has declined over the past decade, however, similar declines have not occurred for children under six years of age.<\/p>\n<p><!-- \/wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:paragraph --><\/p>\n<p>The brief, \u201cMaking the Case for Early Childhood Intervention in Child Welfare,\u201d describes a national scan of interventions targeting families with young children and makes several recommendations to safely reduce the number of young children in foster care, including:<\/p>\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>Closely follow the documented outcomes of the Title IV-E Welfare Demonstration Projects.<\/li>\n<li>Employ a cross-systems collaboration approach and develop better linkages with integrated early learning and development systems.<\/li>\n<li>Integrate and coordinate services with federally funded home visiting programs in states.<\/li>\n<li>Educate and engage judicial and court personnel.<\/li>\n<li>Incorporate and maintain focus on early childhood development, trauma-informed care, young children\u2019s mental health and the importance of secure relationships in child welfare services, programs and policies.<\/li>\n<li>Closely manage the use of psychotropic drugs in young children.<\/li>\n<li>Address racial disproportionality.<\/li>\n<li>Continue to evaluate programs and strategies and communicate these results to increase the menu of evidence-informed and evidence-based programs for jurisdictions to draw upon to effectively work with this population.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li style=\"list-style-type: none;\"><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><!-- \/wp:list-item --><\/p>\n<p><!-- \/wp:list --> <!-- wp:paragraph --><\/p>\n<p>The report concludes that because early childhood is a foundational period of development, addressing the unique needs of this population could produce tremendous opportunities to improve child welfare systems and the health and well-being of young children.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n \n \n <!-- conversly to above, we need to not show the CTA here if it's the Head Section style -->\n  <\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<div class=\"fifty-fifty 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