State Data
Explore data about state approaches, children in care, and how money is invested in foster care vs. preventive and permanency services.
Waivers
Effective investments: Title IV-E waiver projects
Title IV-E waiver projects demonstrate effective interventions, not just foster care.
Pioneering demonstration projects reshape foster care, child welfare
In this video, see how Lorain County took on the challenge of reforming how it spent child welfare money.
Research Evidence and Benefit-Cost Data for Title IV-E Waiver Interventions
States with Title IV-E demonstrations are using evidence-based practices, but more cost-benefit analyses are needed.
Granting his wish to be a regular kid: Child welfare reform in Colorado offers hope to a teenager with ambition
Smart investments in Colorado offer hope to a teenager with big dreams.
Unleashing innovation in child welfare: The child welfare demonstration project allows states to efficiently invest Title IV-E dollars
The federal Child Welfare Demonstration Project allows states to apply for a waiver so that they may better invest their share of Title IV-E dollars.
Limited resources should not limit change: a discussion about Casey’s 2020 Strategy for America’s children
William C. Bell is the featured guest on the online talk show “On the Line with CWLA.”
Cracking the Title IV-E waiver code: Dr. William C. Bell is interviewed on the “Crack the Code” radio show
Dr. William C. Bell discusses Building Communities of Hope on the talk radio program, “Crack the Code: Succeed Because of What You’ve Been Through.”
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.
As social dynamics change, so must funding: testimony to the U.S. Senate Finance Committee
Dr. William C. Bell testifies at a Senate Finance Committee hearing.