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State and Local Examples: Child Welfare Reform
State and local examples of efforts to implement reforms in child welfare services.
All It Takes Is Leadership
Papin & Houck
Child Welfare, 84(2), 2005
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Describes how the public child welfare system reached out to private sector partners in a large, rural county in western Colorado as part of a reform effort.
Best Interest of the Child: Emerging Issues in Child Welfare (PDF - 398 KB)
Kansas Action for Children (2003)
Critiques child welfare services in Kansas and explores what should be implemented to help at-risk children become successful adults.
Best Practices
Illinois Department of Children and Family Services (2005)
Describes the Best Practice Project, a multiyear, intensive effort to develop a practice model in Illinois emphasizing child safety, permanency, and well-being from intake to case closure.
Child Welfare System Improvements in California, 2003-2005: Early Implementation of Key Reforms: Progress Report (PDF - 3100 KB)
California Department of Social Services, County Welfare Directors Association of California, & Foundation Consortium for California's Children and Youth (2005)
Reports on the broad, collaborative work underway to improve California's child welfare system.
Child Welfare System Reform in Arizona, Iowa and California
National Conference of State Legislatures (2003)
Describes the status of child welfare reform initiatives in Arizona, Iowa, and California.
District of Columbia Child Welfare System Reform: A Second Progress Report
Council for Court Excellence (2004)
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Summarizes the findings on the performance of the DC child welfare system, including the city's compliance with the Federal and DC Adoption and Safe Families Acts and the DC Family Court Act.
The Evolution of Children's Services in Tennessee
Blassingame
Children's Voice, 11(6), 2002
Describes how six agencies were joined to create the Tennessee Department of Children Services.
Field Guide: Children's Protective Services Investigations (PDF - 410 KB)
Michigan Department of Human Services (2007)
Guide for caseworkers responding to allegations of child maltreatment, covering topics such as interviewing techniques, physical exams, safety and risk assessments, and removal or placement decisions.
Florida's Center for the Advancement of Child Welfare Practice
University of South Florida’s Louis de la Parte Florida Mental Health Institute
A web-based information portal that supports and facilitates the identification, expansion, and transfer of expert knowledge and best practices in child welfare services to child welfare and child protection stakeholders throughout Florida.
Maine Child Welfare Services Ombudsman 2nd Annual Report (PDF - 452 KB)
MacDonald (2004)
Identifies policies and procedures that should be modified regarding overall Maine Bureau of Child and Family Services operations, Medicaid compliance, statutes, kinship care, transition plan compliance, and training.
A New Beginning: The Future of Child Welfare in New Jersey (PDF - 1614 KB)
New Jersey Department of Human Services (2004)
Provides a plan for comprehensive child welfare reform in New Jersey.
Statement of William C. Bell, Commissioner, Administration for Children's Services, New York, New York. Testimony Before the Subcommittee on Human Resources of the House Committee on Ways and Means, January 28, 2004
Bell (2004)
Testimony about how the Federal Government can support efforts to improve State and local child welfare systems, including a description of the elements contributing to the turnaround of the New York City child welfare agency.
Turning a Vision Into Reality: What It Takes to Improve a Child Welfare System: Lessons Learned by Massachusetts Department of Social Services and Casey Family Programs, 1999-2002
Edgar (2003)
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Recommendations of a Massachusetts team for State child welfare system reform, particularly in the area of foster care.
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