Child Welfare Information Gateway: Stay Connected

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Child Welfare Information Gateway provides access to timely, practical resources that help child welfare, adoption, and related professionals protect children and strengthen families. A service of the Children's Bureau, Information Gateway covers a wide range of child welfare topics, including child abuse prevention, family preservation, foster care, domestic and intercountry adoption, and much more.

Our services are free.

A trusted source of child welfare information, Child Welfare Information Gateway links users to reliable print and electronic publications, websites, and online databases. Information Gateway is your connection to the best:

• Programs
• Evidence-based practice
• Research
• Statistics
• Laws & policies
• Training resources

From Prevention to Permanency... easier access to what child welfare professionals need

Child Welfare Information Gateway provides access to information on:

• Family-centered practice
• Preventing & responding to child abuse and neglect
• Supporting & preserving families
• Out-of-home care
• Achieving & maintaining permanency
• Adoption
• Management & supervision
• Systemwide issues

Download or order hundreds of print resources through our Publications Catalog.

Search our extensive Library for text and abstracts of thousands more publications.

Need assistance? Call Customer Services toll free at 1.800.394.3366 or send an email to info@childwelfare.gov.

Website Features

Bookmark our website and visit often for access to dynamic databases, extensive search capabilities, and resources for both professionals and families.

Highlights

Child Welfare Workload Compendium, with information and tools for improving workload management

Laws & Policies, including information on Federal laws and a database of State Statutes

Logic Model Builders, for use in planning evaluations of postadoption services and child abuse and neglect prevention and family support programs

National Foster Care & Adoption Directory, including State-by-State listings of adoption agencies, State officials and services, and support groups

Resources in Spanish, from Information Gateway and others, for use by professionals and families

Statistics, reports, databases, and other sources of demographic data on children, youth, and families in the United States

The Learning Center, featuring educational resources and training tools to build child welfare knowledge

Training Resources, featuring curricula, publications, training organizations, and university degree programs

Workforce, including tools and resources on organizational culture, recruitment, and retention

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Stay current on topics that are important to your professional success. Subscribe today at www.childwelfare.gov/admin/subscribe

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