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The following Information Gateway materials were made available at the Title IV-E National Roundtable Conference held May 24 to 27, 2011, in Galveston, TX.
| Addressing Racial Disproportionality in Child Welfare | |
| Series Title: | Issue Briefs |
| Author(s): | Child Welfare Information Gateway |
| Availability: | View Download (PDF - 391KB) Order (Free) - Add to Cart |
| Year Published: | 2011 - 28 pages |
| Focuses on some promising practices from around the country that agencies and jurisdictions have implemented to respond to racial disproportionality in child welfare. The brief looks at the various decision points in the child welfare process where overrepresentation (or underrepresentation) of different racial or ethnic groups may occur and notes promising programs that address disproportionality at those decision points. The issue brief explores disproportionality in terms of prevalence, community development and prevention, reporting and screening, investigation and assessment, service provision, permanency for children in out-of-home care, across the stages of child welfare, States' efforts, and strategies and research. | |
| Child Welfare Outcomes 2004-2007: Executive Summary Brochure | |
| Author(s): | Children's Bureau. |
| Availability: | Download (PDF - 522KB) Order (Free) - Add to Cart |
| Year Published: | 2010 - 12 pages |
| Child Welfare Outcomes reports provide information on the performance of States in seven outcome categories. The outcomes used in this report reflect widely accepted performance objectives for child welfare practice. | |
| A Coordinated Response to Child Abuse and Neglect: The Foundation for Practice | |
| Author(s): | Office on Child Abuse and Neglect Goldman, Salus, Wolcott, Kennedy |
| Availability: | View Download (PDF - 4,110KB) Order (Free) - Add to Cart |
| 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. | |
| Grants.gov : one site, every grant opportunity / Department of Health and Human Services | |
| Author(s): | Department of Health and Human Services (U.S) |
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| Year Published: | 2003 - 2 pages |
| Grants.gov is a simple, unified "storefront" for all customers of Federal grants to electronically find, apply for, and manage grants. This brochure includes information about the benefits and customer focus of grants.gov, as well as a list of participating Federal grant-making agencies. | |
| 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 ... | |
| How Federal Legislation Impacts Child Welfare Service Delivery | |
| Series Title: | Factsheets |
| Author(s): | Child Welfare Information Gateway |
| Availability: | View Download (PDF - 522KB) |
| Year Published: | 2012 - 14 pages |
| This factsheet provides an overview of the process by which legislative actions and policy changes at the Federal level impact State and Tribal child welfare systems and service delivery. Links to pertinent resources are provided for each step of the process. | |
| Improving Child Welfare Outcomes Through Systems of Care : Building the Infrastructure, a Guide for Communities. | |
| Author(s): | Technical Assistance and Evaluation Center for Systems of Care., United States. Children's Bureau. DeCarolis, Southern, Blake |
| Availability: | Download (PDF - 2,000KB) Order (Free) - Add to Cart |
| Year Published: | 2007 - 140 pages |
| This guide is designed to clarify for grantees the various activities that federal funds can support under the Improving Child Welfare Outcomes through Systems of Care program. It is organized into nine parts that correspond to the fundamental components of the infrastructure needed to support systems of care: planning, governance, system management, coordination of services and service array, communication, policy, finance, continuous quality improvement, and human resources and staff development. The parts are divided into sections that outline the definitions, goals, activities, personnel, and expected outcomes related to each component. In addition, the guide provides resources that illustrate further the ... | |
| Learning curves : education advocacy for children in foster care. | |
| Author(s): | McNaught |
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| Year Published: | 2004 - 151 pages |
| A quality education can help foster children overcome adversities and achieve success in adulthood. This book explains federal laws that support education rights and describes the role of lawyers, judges, parents, and educators in ensuring that foster and adopted children receive necessary school services. The text emphasizes several key strategies for education advocacy: obtain accurate school records for all foster children; collaborate with school officials; maintain stability in the school placement; facilitate early education for preschool children; encourage high school completion and continued education; obtain extra support for children when necessary; and enroll qualified children in special education services. Benefits ... | |
| The Role of Educators in Preventing and Responding to Child Abuse and Neglect | |
| Author(s): | Office on Child Abuse and Neglect, Caliber Associates. Crosson-Tower |
| Availability: | View Download (PDF - 3,890KB) Order (Free) - Add to Cart |
| Year Published: | 2003 - 85 pages |
| This manual, designed to examine the roles that teachers, school counselors, school social workers, school nurses, special education professionals, administrators, and other school personnel have in helping maltreated children, provides the basis for the involvement of educators in combating the problem of child abuse and neglect. It also may be used by other professionals involved in child abuse and neglect interventions, such as child protective services, mental health, law enforcement, health care, and early childhood professionals, to gain a better understanding of the role of educators in child protection. Specifically, this manual addresses the following topics: Identifying reasons why educators ... | |
| 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 |
| Availability: | Download (PDF - 3,510KB) Order (Free) - Add to Cart |
| 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) | |
| Strengthening Families and Communities: 2011 Resource Guide. | |
| Author(s): | Child Welfare Information Gateway, Children's Bureau, FRIENDS National Resource Center For Community-Based Child Abuse Prevention, Center for the Study of Social Policy-Strengthening Families |
| Availability: | View Download (PDF - 2,632KB) |
| Year Published: | 2011 - 94 pages |
| This Resource Guide was written to support service providers in their work with parents, caregivers, and their children to strengthen families and prevent child abuse and neglect. The guide includes information about protective factors that help reduce the risk of child maltreatment, strategies for changing how communities support families, and evidence-informed practices. It also offers suggestions for enhancing protective factors in families, tools to build awareness and develop community partnerships, information about child abuse and neglect, a directory of national organizations that work to strengthen families, and tip sheets in English and Spanish on specific parenting topics. | |
| Synthesis of Findings : Title IV-E Flexible Funding Child Welfare Waiver Demonstrations. | |
| Author(s): | James Bell Associates |
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| Year Published: | 2005 - 32 pages |
| Throughout the 1990s, several trends in child welfare services contributed to a growing interest in waivers that offer flexibility to States and local municipalities in spending Federal Title IV-E funds while limiting the total IV-E allocations available for services. Key factors that have provided impetus to the development of flexible funding waivers include growth in out-of-home placement costs, increasing complexity in the risk rofiles and service needs of children and families and Federal limitation of the use of title IV-E funds. (Author abstract) | |
| Systems of Care | |
| Series Title: | Bulletins for Professionals |
| Author(s): | Child Welfare Information Gateway |
| Availability: | View Download (PDF - 236KB) Order (Free) - Add to Cart |
| Year Published: | 2008 - 13 pages |
| This bulletin provides information on systems of care, an approach that builds partnerships to create a broad, integrated process for meeting the variety of physical, mental, social, emotional, educational, and developmental needs of children in the child welfare system. Topics include: the history of systems of care, its application within child welfare systems, guiding principles, and a list of organizations involved with systems of care. References are provided. | |