Antinette Blocker helps families navigate child welfare system
Watch a video highlighting the work of birth parent Antinette Blocker, a winner of the 2013 Casey Excellence for Children Awards.
Birth family engagement
Strategies to Increase Birth Parent Engagement
This report reviews strategies that increase birth parent engagement with child welfare services and that develop effective child welfare partnerships.
Breaking the absentee fatherhood cycle: Initiative in Virginia aims to strengthen families
By addressing the bonds between father and child, the Richmond Family & Fatherhood Initiative aims to strengthen families.
Getting to Scale: The Elusive Goal
The Magnolia Place Community Initiative improves the community by creating a safe and supportive environment for the neighborhood's children.
Foster Care Redesign in Duval and Alachua Counties: An Implementation Assessment and Research Chronicle
This assessment looks at how two counties shifted from emphasizing foster care as a first option to offering family preservation services.
Family reconciliation remains vital: Dr. William C. Bell’s talk at the D.A.D.S. banquet
President and CEO Dr. William C. Bell honors fatherhood at a banquet hosted by Divine Alternatives for Dads Services.
Evaluation of a Parent Education Program in Louisiana: The Nurturing Parenting Program for Infants, Toddlers and Pre-School Children
This study evaluates the effectiveness of the Nurturing Parenting Program for infants, toddlers and pre-school children.
Child Protective Services Reintegration Project: Permanency Outcomes for Youth with Complex Mental Health Needs
The CPS Reintegration Project provides an extensive network of services to caregivers of youth in foster care who have at least one DSM-IV diagnosis.