Why is it imperative to minimize children’s time away from family?
Learn why minimizing time children spend away from family and implementing timely permanency strategies are critical to child well-being.
Public policy
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.
How do Ohio’s child protection agencies collaborate to prevent foster care and support family well-being?
This jurisdictional scan profiles how Ohio is collaborating across agencies to support and fund prevention services for families.
State Data
Explore data about state approaches, children in care, and how money is invested in foster care vs. preventive and permanency services.
How can the child welfare system help youth and families access needed technology?
Learn about resources to help connect youth in foster care and their families with needed technology.
What are some strategies for engaging fathers in child welfare?
Explore strategies for child protection agencies to strengthen their engagement with fathers involved with child welfare.
What are jurisdictions learning and doing as they address racial disparities in child welfare?
Explore the lessons of a Race Equity Improvement Collaborative and how its jurisdictions are advancing equity in child welfare.
How do case outcomes differ based on child maltreatment referral source?
Explore outcomes from research looking at child maltreatment referral sources by profession.
How are child protection agencies implementing trauma-informed, healing-centered policies and practices?
Learn how child protection agencies can implement a trauma-informed, healing-centered approach to support children and families.
Can Medicaid be leveraged as a sustainable source of prevention funding for family resource centers?
Learn how San Francisco uses Medicaid Administrative Activities (MAA) as a federal funding source to support its family resource centers.
What should every child protection agency do to ensure that children are placed with kin?
Explore three key principles to learn how child protection agencies can make placing children with kin caregivers a universal practice.
How can youth peer support be funded through Medicaid?
Learn how Medicaid can be a key funding source for peer support services for youth in foster care.
