How can child welfare leaders safely decrease investigation backlogs?

Learn how several agencies successfully reduced backlogs that resulted from overdue child protective services investigations.

How is Family Connects providing every infant in Travis County, Texas, a healthy start to life?

Home visiting programs for new parents offer a universal approach to the prevention of child abuse and neglect. Explore Austin’s model.

How is New Hampshire building a 21st century child strengthening and family well-being system?

In this Q&A, Chris Tappan details how New Hampshire’s child and family serving systems are collaborating for transformation.

How do initial calls and icebreakers support shared parenting?

Learn how Louisiana implemented Initial Calls and Icebreakers to build trust between birth and foster parents and promote shared parenting.

How does Sweetser’s residential treatment approach promote family engagement and inclusion in Maine?

Learn how a residential treatment program for children with behavioral health challenges shifted its practice toward parent engagement.

How can Youth Support Partners create stronger engagement with child welfare-involved youth?

Explore how Youth Support Partners provide peer support and influence child welfare policy and practice in Allegheny County, Pa.

What is the Quality Parenting Initiative?

Learn how the Quality Parenting Initiative cultivates excellent parenting and supports caregivers to improve permanency for youth in care.

How can fathers and other constituent leaders inform Family First and other system change efforts?

In this Q&A, Timothy Phipps describes the importance of involving parents, especially fathers, in designing the child welfare system.

How does Children’s Village reflect the components of a Qualified Residential Treatment Program?

Learn how a residential treatment program changed its business model, practice, and culture to better serve youth and families.

How did Connecticut expand Family-Based Recovery using a social impact bond?

Pay for Success expands a recovery program that allows children to remain at home with parents undergoing treatment for substance use.