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The following Information Gateway materials were made available at the Family Connection Family Group Decision Making Grantee Meeting held November 15-16, 2011, in Arlington, VA.
| Alternative Responses to Child Maltreatment : Findings from NCANDS | |
| Author(s): | United States. Dept. of Health and Human Services. Office of the Assistant Secretary for Planning and Evaluation., Walter R. McDonald and Associates. Shusterman, Hollinshead, Fluke, Yuan |
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| Year Published: | 2005 - 69 pages |
| This report is the second in a series of three reports, based on the Secondary Analysis On Child Abuse and Neglect Topics of Current Policy Interest. This research examined case-level data reported to the National Child Abuse and Neglect Data System (NCANDS) by six States Kentucky, Minnesota, Missouri, New Jersey, Oklahoma, and Wyoming that offered both alternative response and traditional investigation. Case characteristics, circumstances of reports, and outcomes were examined for 313,838 children of whom 140,072 received an alternative response during 2002. Overall, the findings from the included States indicate that the use of alternative response was either increasing or ... | |
| Best practice/next practice : family-centered child welfare, Summer 2003 : mental health in child welfare : a focus on children and families. | |
| Author(s): | National Child Welfare Resource Center for Family-Centered Practice |
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| Year Published: | 2003 - 32 pages |
| Children served by the child welfare system are at high risk for socio-emotional, behavioral, and other mental health problems that complicate the care provided by caseworkers, foster parents, and relative caregivers. This issue of the newsletter of the National Child Welfare Resource Center for Family-Centered Practice describes mental health problems that arise during childhood and adolescence and presents recommendations for screening and treatment. Articles address topics such as resiliency, attachment, the role of foster families in mental health treatment, the types of mental health services that should be offered, cultural competency, and support for parents with mental illness. Barriers to ... | |
| Best practice/next practice : family-centered child welfare, Winter 2004 : mental health in child welfare : a focus on caregivers. | |
| Author(s): | National Child Welfare Resource Center for Family-Centered Practice |
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| Year Published: | 2004 - 32 pages |
| The mental health and emotional well-being of child welfare workers and caregivers have a significant impact on outcomes for children and families. This issue of the newsletter of the National Child Welfare Resource Center for Family-Centered Practice addresses the effects of secondary traumatic stress and the ways in which the child welfare system can support professionals, parents, and other caregivers. The articles describe the responsibilities of caseworkers and the potential for stress, as well as the need for training, limitations on caseloads, and reflective supervision. Strategies for strengthening the skills of parents also are discussed in the context of family ... | |
| Best practice/next practice : family-centered child welfare, Winter 2002 : trauma and child welfare. | |
| Author(s): | National Child Welfare Resource Center for Family-Centered Practice |
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| Year Published: | 2002 - 24 pages |
| This edition of the biannual newsletter of the National Child Welfare Resource Center for Family-Centered Practice examines the impact of the September 11, 2001 terrorist attacks on children, families, and professionals in the child welfare system. The articles highlight the effects of personal loss, economic recession, and state funding shifts on individuals and families who were under stress before the traumatic event. Emphasis is placed on the ways in which child welfare agencies can plan to address the needs of affected children and parents. Responses from the New York City Administration for Children and Families and foster care agencies across ... | |
| Child Welfare Casework With Nonresident Fathers of Children in Foster Care | |
| Author(s): | United States. Administration for Children and Families., United States. Dept. of Health and Human Services. Office of the Assistant Secretary for Planning and Evaluation |
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| Year Published: | 2006 - 8 pages |
| Most children in foster care are not living with their fathers at the time they are removed from their homes, and once in substitute care, these children may experience even less contact with their nonresident fathers. Yet fathers and their relatives represent half of a child's potential family connections and kin resources. If ignored, important social or financial support for the child may be missed as permanency planning is conducted. Fathers or their relatives may be potential substitute caregivers for the child, may support a reunification plan with child support, respite or other assistance, or may voluntarily relinquish parental rights ... | |
| ¿Cómo funciona el sistema de bienestar de menores? (How Does the Child Welfare System Work?) | |
| Series Title: | Hojas Informativas (Factsheets) |
| Author(s): | Child Welfare Information Gateway |
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| Year Published: | 2008 - 7 pages |
| The child welfare system is a group of services designed to promote the well-being of children by ensuring safety, achieving permanency, and strengthening families to successfully care for their children. Child welfare systems are complex, and their specific procedures vary widely by State. The purpose of this fact sheet is to give a brief overview of the purposes and functions of child welfare from a national perspective. It discusses what happens when a report of possible abuse or neglect is made, what happens when a report is screened in, and what happens in substantiated cases. El sistema de ... |
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| A Coordinated Response to Child Abuse and Neglect: The Foundation for Practice | |
| Author(s): | Office on Child Abuse and Neglect Goldman, Salus, Wolcott, Kennedy |
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| Year Published: | 2003 - 114 pages |
| Written for new child protective services (CPS) caseworkers, professionals working with children and families, other professionals and concerned community members, this manual addresses the definition, scope, causes, and consequences of child abuse and neglect. It presents an overview of prevention efforts and the child protection process from identification and reporting through investigation and assessment to service provision and case closure. This manual is intended to accompany each profession-specific manual in the User Manual Series. Appendices include a glossary of terms, resource listings of selected national organizations concerned with child maltreatment, and State toll-free child abuse reporting numbers. 150 references. | |
| Family Engagement | |
| Series Title: | Bulletins for Professionals |
| Author(s): | Child Welfare Information Gateway. |
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| Year Published: | 2010 - 17 pages |
| Describes the benefits of family engagement in the child welfare system. This bulletin for professional child welfare caseworkers discusses ways to achieve meaningful family engagement, specific strategies that reflect family engagement, and examples of State and local child welfare programs that have achieved success with engaging families. | |
| Family Reunification: What the Evidence Shows | |
| Series Title: | Issue Briefs |
| Author(s): | Child Welfare Information Gateway |
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| Year Published: | 2011 - 20 pages |
| Family reunification, the process of returning children in temporary out-of-home care to their families of origin, is the most common goal and outcome for children in out-of-home care. This issue brief examines States' successes and challenges related to family reunification, as documented in the Federal Child and Family Services Reviews; reviews research regarding factors contributing to timely, stable reunifications; offers specific program examples that illustrate these factors; and uses all of the above to suggest several guiding principles for practice in this critical area of permanency planning. | |
| How the Child Welfare System Works | |
| Series Title: | Factsheets |
| Author(s): | Child Welfare Information Gateway |
| Availability: | View Download (PDF - 378KB) |
| Year Published: | 2011 - 9 pages |
| The child welfare system is a group of services designed to promote the well-being of children by ensuring safety, achieving permanency, and strengthening families to successfully care for their children. Child welfare systems are complex, and their specific procedures vary widely by State. The purpose of this factsheet is to give a brief overview of the purposes and functions of the child welfare system from a national perspective. It discusses what happens when a report of possible abuse or neglect is made, what happens when a report is screened in, and what happens in substantiated cases. It also discusses what ... | |
| Parent Education | |
| Series Title: | Issue Briefs |
| Author(s): | Child Welfare Information Gateway |
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| Year Published: | 2008 - 9 pages |
| Successful parent education programs help parents acquire and internalize parenting and problem-solving skills necessary to build a healthy family. This issue brief provides an overview of research regarding key characteristics and training strategies of successful parent education programs. Information about selected evidence-based and evidence-informed programs is also provided. | |
| Preventing Child Abuse and Neglect | |
| Series Title: | Factsheets |
| Author(s): | Child Welfare Information Gateway |
| Availability: | View Download (PDF - 170KB) Order (Free) - Add to Cart |
| Year Published: | 2008 - 4 pages |
| The best way to prevent child abuse is to help parents develop the skills and identify the resources they need to understand and meet their children's needs and protect them from harm. This factsheet describes common activities of prevention programs, keys to successful prevention services, and protective factors that increase the health and well-being of children and families. It also lists simple things everyone can do to support families in raising safe and healthy children. | |
| Program Evaluation: A Synthesis of Lessons Learned by Child Neglect Demonstration Projects | |
| Series Title: | Grantee Lessons Learned |
| Author(s): | United States. Children's Bureau. |
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| Year Published: | 2005 - 18 pages |
| In 1996 and 1997, the Children's Bureau funded 10 demonstration projects to address the prevention, intervention, and treatment needs of neglected children and their families. These projects implemented and evaluated a wide variety of service strategies with large numbers of high-risk children and families. The programs varied considerably in terms of theoretical model (psychosocial or ecological), target population, location (in-home or out-of-home), duration, and intensity. The projects provided a great variety of services, including parent education and support, home visits, and referrals to other resources or services in the community. (For information about the programmatic aspects of these projects, see ... | |
| Promising Results, Potential New Directions: International FGDM Research and Evaluation in Child Welfare | |
| Author(s): | National Center on Family Group Decision Making (U.S.) Merkel-Holguin |
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| Year Published: | 2003 - 137 pages |
| This special issue of Protecting Children is a response to the need for empirical knowledge and research on family group decision making (FGDM) to support its future implementation, practice improvement, and sustainability. The first four articles present overarching philosophical and methodological considerations in FGDM research and evaluation. The remaining articles summarize a wide range of FGDM studies in action or already completed, including experiences in California, Washington, Florida, Arizona, North Carolina, Colorado, Michigan, Minnesota, Utah, Nebraska, Massachusetts, Canada, Sweden, Finland, Denmark, and England. The overall findings, divided into the categories of implementation, process indicators, and outcome indicators, offer considerable support ... | |
| Screening and Assessment for Family Engagement, Retention and Recovery (SAFERR) | |
| Author(s): | National Center on Substance Abuse and Child Welfare., United States. Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration. Young, Nakashian, Yeh, Amatetti |
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| Year Published: | 2007 - 318 pages |
| This guidebook presents the SAFERR (Screening and Assessment for Family Engagement , Retention, and Recovery) model for helping staff of public and private agencies to families affected by substance use disorders. SAFERR was developed in response to frequent requests from managers of child welfare agencies for a "tool" that caseworkers could use to screen parents for potential substance use disorders in order to make decisions about children's safety. (Author abstract, modified) | |