How can pre-petition legal representation help strengthen families and keep them together?
Preventive legal representation is an effective upstream intervention that can help families keep children safely at home.
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What do we know about family resource centers? (APPENDIX)
Explore a summary of research on the outcomes and effectiveness of family resource centers around the country.
What do we know about family resource centers?
Explore the key elements and effectiveness of community-based resource hubs known as family resource centers.
Interventions Shown to Be Effective with Children and Families of Color and LGBTQ2SI+ Persons Who May Be Served with Family First Funding Research Brief (Second Edition)
This report explores permanency outcomes for youth who, when referred to Casey services, were not residing with a family member.
Creating healing pathways for children with behavioral health needs
This report provides key considerations for jurisdictions grappling with the intersection of behavioral health needs and child welfare system.
How the Pelican Center used the Community Opportunity Map to support students in Louisiana
This map tool helps public-private partnerships create precise, local strategic plans to invest in hope and improve education for youth.
The Community Opportunity Map
This interactive tool highlights the aspects of communities associated with safe children and strong families. Learn more about yours.
How Families Forward Virginia used the Community Opportunity Map to build a Family Resource Center network
This map tool helps public-private partnerships create precise, local strategic plans to invest in hope and support families.
How our San Antonio foster care staff used the Community Opportunity Map to support families
This map tool helps direct service providers to better understand the neighborhoods where their clients live and support families.
How can child protection agencies partner to address behavioral health?
Explore how child protection can address the behavioral health needs of children and partner to build holistic approaches to prevention.
What are some examples of effective family search and engagement?
Learn about effective family search and engagement strategies for locating relatives and fictive kin for children in out-of-home care.
How can we move towards systems transformation by sharing power with parents who have lived experience of child welfare?
Learn from parent advocates about how child welfare leaders can share power effectively and successfully with the families they serve.
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.
How can child protection agencies use telehealth to increase service access for children and families?
Explore how telehealth can give children and families involved in child welfare access to essential physical and behavioral health services.
What strategies support pregnant and parenting teens in foster care?
Learn about effective strategies and programs that meet the unique needs of pregnant and parenting teens in foster care.
Do gaps in data negatively impact children with complex medical needs?
Learn from a study that provides insight on child protection agencies that provide care to children with complex medical needs.
A season of hope: Growing the role of families
Learn why a kin-first culture leads to better outcomes for children and families, and how communities are embracing this powerful approach.
What do we know about remote court hearings?
Explore some potential benefits and challenges of remote family court hearings, as well as resources for effectively conducting them.
How can child protection agencies collaborate to prevent foster care and support family well-being?
Learn how child protection agencies collaborate across systems and funding sources to support upstream prevention strategies for families.
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.