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Resources for Keeping Foster Care Temporary
The Children's Bureau Training and Technical Assistance Network (T&TA Network) assists States and Tribes and other publicly administered or publicly supported child welfare agencies, as well as family and juvenile courts, to ensure the safety, permanency, and well-being of children and families by providing training, technical assistance, research, and consultation on the full array of Federal requirements administered by the Children's Bureau. During National Foster Care Month and throughout the year, the Children's Bureau, T&TA Network, and other Children's Bureau-funded projects work to support the national effort of Keeping Foster Care Temporary.
Caseworker Visits With Children in Out-of-Home Care (PDF - 979 KB)
National Resource Center for Family-Centered Practice and Permanency Planning (2008)
This paper from the National Resource Center for Family-Centered Practice and Permanency Planning provides a summary of State efforts to comply with the Child and Family Services Improvement Act of 2006. Under the law, States were required to develop plans by June 20, 2008, that would ensure that at least 90 percent of children in foster care are visited by their caseworkers on a monthly basis and that the majority of those visits take place in the child's residence.
Child Welfare Court Improvement
National Child Welfare Resource Center on Legal and Judicial Issues
Provides information about States' efforts to improve child welfare court systems with Children's Bureau Court Improvement Program grants.
Criminal Background Checks for Prospective Foster and Adoptive Parents
Current as of April 2008, this factsheet presents a national summary as well as State statutes regarding criminal background checks of parents who want to serve as foster or adoptive parents. All States, the District of Columbia, Guam, and Puerto Rico have statutes or regulations requiring background investigations of prospective foster and adoptive parents and all adults residing in their households. In most States, the background investigation includes a check of Federal and State criminal records. Many States also require checks of child abuse and neglect registries. States may deny approval of a foster care license or adoption application if ...
Financing Behavioral Health Services and Supports for Children, Youth and Families in the Child Welfare System - A Report of National Survey Findings
National Technical Assistance Center for Children's Mental Health, Georgetown University Center for Child and Human Development (2008)
Provides practical information to assist readers who are in a position to initiate, lead, and contribute to the improvement or expansion of mental health and substance abuse services for children, youth, and families involved with the child welfare system. This report also offers cross-State summaries of 17 different behavioral health financing strategies and a State-by-State perspective.
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This resource listing provides the addresses and phone numbers of organizations that provide information on foster care. Each entry includes a brief description of the function of the organization and e-mail and web addresses when available.
Foster Parent Handbooks
National Resource Center for Family-Centered Practice and Permanency Planning
Provides links to several State agency handbooks for foster parents.
Handbooks for Youth in Foster Care
National Resource Center for Family-Centered Practice and Permanency Planning
Provides links to several State handbooks written for and about young people in foster care.
Highlight: Foster Parenting
Child Welfare Information Gateway
Offers resources and statistics to help child welfare administrators, supervisors, caseworkers, foster parents, and prospective foster parents improve outcomes for children in foster care.
Legal Center for Foster Care and Education
Casey Family Programs & ABA's Center on Children and the Law
Serves as a national technical assistance resource and information clearinghouse on legal and policy matters affecting the education of children in the foster care system. This project provides expertise to States and constituents, facilitates networking to advance promising practices and reforms, and provides technical assistance and training to respond to the ever-growing demands for legal support and guidance.
Maintaining Connections
Family Connections Project, Adoptions Unlimited, Inc. & Adoption Learning Partners
Provides a training course to help child welfare professionals recognize how older youth in care benefit from maintaining connections with birth families. This curriculum, funded by a cooperative agreement with the Children's Bureau, is also designed to facilitate adoptions in which older foster youth can maintain birth family contacts.
Placement of Children With Relatives
This publication summarizes State laws and statutes regarding placement of children with relatives when they are removed from their home and enter foster care. In order for States to receive Federal payments for foster care and adoption assistance, Federal law requires that they "consider giving preference to an adult relative over a nonrelated caregiver when determining placement for a child, provided that the relative caregiver meets all relevant State child protection standards." Most States give preference or priority to relative placements in their statutes. This publication discusses definitions of "relative," financial support for relative placement, and adoption by relatives.
National Foster Care Month: Resources and Topics From an Older Youth Perspective
National Child Welfare Resource Center for Youth Development (2009)
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Presents the older youth perspective on foster care and provides resources that support that perspective. Developed for National Foster Care Month 2009, this resource encourages education about topics, resources, and approaches of importance to older youth in foster care.
Nuestra Familia, Nuestra Cultura: Promoting & Supporting Latino Families in Adoption and Foster Care (PDF - 1,772 KB)
The Collaboration to AdoptUsKids (2008)
Aims to help agencies and their employees increase their cross-cultural understanding and effectiveness when serving the needs and interests of Latino families and children.
Sibling Issues in Foster Care and Adoption
This bulletin explores research, intervention strategies, and resources to assist professionals in preserving connections among siblings placed in foster care. The importance and benefits of placing siblings together is discussed, and strategies are offered for addressing the barriers that often keep siblings apart. Ways to maintain sibling connections among siblings living in different homes are also described. A final section provides articles, curricula, sample State policies, and more resources to help professionals.
"Strong Connections" Theater Troupe
Family Connections Project, Adoptions Unlimited, Inc. (2008)
Presents a filmed version of a live theater performance in which a Chicago theater company worked with young adults who left the child welfare system through adoption, guardianship, or "aging out." The group created original material from their life experiences on the importance of family connections. Funded by a cooperative agreement with the Children's Bureau, the theater troupe has presented "Strong Connections" at several national conferences, and a DVD copy is also available.
Taking a Break: Creating Foster, Adoptive and Kinship Respite Care in Your Community
The Collaboration to AdoptUsKids, North American Council on Adoptable Children, & National Foster Parent Association (2008)
Outlines step-by-step guidelines for developing various types of respite care and includes sample forms that groups can use in the day-to-day operation of their program. (PDF - 1,996 KB)
Toolkit for Court Performance Measures in Child Abuse and Neglect Cases
Children's Bureau, U.S. Department of Health and Human Services & Office of Juvenile Justice and Delinquency Prevention, U.S. Department of Justice (2008)
Provides detailed guidance about court performance measures for child abuse and neglect cases and offers a general approach that can help dependency courts successfully implement a performance measurement process. The toolkit includes five publications: Technical Guide, Implementation Guide, User's Guide to Nonautomated Data Collection, Guide to Judicial Workload Assessment, and Key Measures.
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