What is the National START (Sobriety, Treatment, and Recovery Teams) Model?
Learn how the START model serves families dually affected by parental substance use disorder and involved in the child welfare system.
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Trauma-informed, healing-centered approaches
Explore our Questions from the field resources related to trauma-informed care.
How does the language used in child welfare impact families?
Co-developed with parents, this brief highlights the impacts of language and why certain terms used in child welfare should be reconsidered.
Is there an effective model for serving youth involved in both the child welfare and juvenile justice systems?
Explore how the Crossover Youth Practice Model provides a coordinated approach to effectively serving crossover youth.
How can data sharing across child- and family-serving systems be implemented effectively?
Explore how sharing data across systems can lead to more community-based, proactive support for families.
How can the child welfare system protect young people from commercial sexual exploitation?
Learn how child protection agencies and partner systems can best support youth who are victims or at risk of sex trafficking.
How can individuals with direct experience of child welfare help to reform the system?
Learn findings from a national survey in which three stakeholder groups voiced the systemic challenges faced by child welfare.
What is a summary of child welfare class-action litigation?
Read summaries of child welfare class action litigation, by jurisdiction.
What training models exist for new parent partners to become effective advocates?
This appendix lists training topics and approaches that eight parent partner programs use during new parent partner onboarding.
What are key research gaps in the child welfare field?
Learn findings from a national survey in which stakeholders identified important evidence gaps in child welfare research.
Child welfare financing
Explore a variety of our resources related to child welfare financing.
What are the four pillars of authentic engagement of communities and individuals with lived experience through co-design?
Explore the four key pillars of ChiByDesign’s approach to successful co-design with people with lived experience.
Are home visiting programs effective in reducing child maltreatment?
Learn about home visiting models that are effective in reducing child maltreatment.
How are states building community-based pathways to prevention services through Family First?
Learn how three jurisdictions are leveraging the Family First Prevention Services Act to serve families through community pathways.
Child abuse and neglect fatalities
Explore our Questions from the field resources to learn more about how to prevent child fatalities.
Does limiting government surveillance compromise child safety?
Understand how the COVID-19 shutdown resulted in limited surveillance without compromising child safety in New York City.
Do kinship navigation programs impact permanency and equity for youth?
Learn findings from a study that analyzed permanency and equity outcome data for families that received kinship navigation services.
What are community-based, multidisciplinary preventive legal advocacy programs?
Learn how multidisciplinary preventive legal advocacy programs support families in addressing and mitigating legal issues upstream.
How can hotline data help child protection agencies better support families?
Explore how analyzing hotline data can inform and improve practice, aid in prevention efforts, and connect families to resources.
How can the collection, analysis, and reporting of demographic data support children and families?
Learn how using demographic data can address inequities in child welfare and help to tailor and improve services.