How can the system of care approach improve outcomes for children and families involved with child welfare?
Understand how the system of care approach brings together an array of partners to support children’s behavioral health needs.
Behavioral health
Do treatment disparities exist among child welfare-involved caregivers?
Learn from a study examining racial disparities in treatment for CPS-involved caregivers with mental health or substance use disorders.
How does SafeCare support parents of young children?
Discover how the SafeCare home visiting program effectively supports positive parenting practices and reduces incidents of maltreatment.
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 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.
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.
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 do California’s child protection agencies collaborate to prevent foster care and support family well-being?
This jurisdictional scan profiles how California is collaborating across agencies to support and fund prevention services for families.
What resources are available to support trauma-informed, healing-centered approaches in child welfare?
Explore resources on the topic of trauma-informed, healing-centered child welfare systems that can be used to inform policy and practice.
What are key principles child protection agencies should follow when providing trauma treatment and healing-centered services?
Explore guiding principles that child protection agencies should follow when providing trauma-informed, healing-centered services.
What impacts placement stability?
Explore the importance of placement stability for youth in care and the factors that can affect it.
How can we improve placement stability for children in foster care?
Explore the promising approaches that have demonstrated a positive impact in improving placement stability.
