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Child Welfare Information Gateway connects child welfare and related professionals to comprehensive information and resources to help protect children and strengthen families. We feature the latest on topics from prevention to permanency, including child abuse and neglect, foster care, and adoption.
Describes a respectful, strengths-based approach to child welfare that views the family as central to the child's well-being.
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Presents definitions, signs and symptoms, and issues related to child abuse and neglect.
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Preventing Child Abuse & Neglect
Provides resources that help agencies and communities strengthen families, raise awareness, and implement prevention programs.
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Responding to Child Abuse & Neglect
Addresses child abuse and neglect reporting and potential responses from the child welfare system.
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Supporting & Preserving Families
Offers resources on family support and family preservation services.
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Provides resources and information about foster care, kinship care, residential group care, and transition to adulthood and independent living.
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Achieving & Maintaining Permanency
Includes information on the full range of permanency options for children and youth, postpermanency services, and special issues in achieving permanency for older youth, children from minority groups, and children with disabilities.
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Presents information for professionals and members of the adoption triad (birth parents, adoptive parents, and adopted people) on domestic and intercountry adoption.
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Includes building, managing, and supervising child welfare services and ensuring an effective workforce.
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Includes topics and resources that are relevant across the child welfare continuum.
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Searches Information Gateway's website by keyword to find related webpages, publications, and Children's Bureau Express articles.
Offers access to child welfare-related information by State.
- State Statutes Search
Provides an easy way to find State legislation on specific child abuse and neglect, child welfare, and adoption topics. - National Foster Care & Adoption Directory
Includes State-by-State listings of adoption agencies, support groups, and State officials and services. Also available in Spanish. - State Guides & Manuals Search
Links to State publications that describe child welfare services and provide guidance to professionals and families. - State Related Organizations Lists
Presents contact information and websites for State child welfare and related organizations. - Adoption Assistance by State
Provides answers to 13 questions on State adoption assistance policy, medical assistance, and postadoption services. - Child Welfare Workload Compendium
Offers information and tools from State and local child welfare initiatives to improve workload management.
Offers free, reliable materials on all aspects of child welfare and adoption for professionals and the families they serve.
- Publications Catalog
Includes hundreds of free factsheets, issue briefs, and other resources to download or order. - Resources in Spanish
Supports professionals in their work with Spanish-speaking families and community members. - User Manual Series
Provides guidance on preventing, identifying, and responding effectively to child maltreatment.
Builds child welfare knowledge with concise and easy-to-use educational resources and training tools for professionals, faculty, and students.
- State Managers Series
Summarizes research and provides State and local examples of specific strategies to support managers responsible for State child welfare programs. - Educators' Toolkit
Offers information and resources across a broad range of child welfare topics to enhance university curricula. - Introduction to Parent-Child Visits
Provides self-guided online training for child welfare workers and supervisors as well as related professionals to improve outcomes through parent-child visits. - How Federal Legislation Impacts Child Welfare Service Delivery
Presents an overview of how Federal legislation and policy impact State and Tribal child welfare systems and service delivery. - Video Series
Offers videos on family engagement and realistic job previews to support the child welfare workforce and improve outcomes for children and families.
Presents reliable print and electronic publications and online information.
- Library search
Offers texts and abstracts of thousands of publications related to all aspects of child welfare.
Provides guidance in developing a logic model to help programs define their service goals and outcomes, identify indicators of success, and select evaluation instruments that may be appropriate to measure success. Information Gateway offers two Logic Model Builders:
Child Abuse and Neglect Prevention/Family Support Programs- Postadoption Services Programs
Presents conferences, Information Gateway materials distributed at conferences, and calls for papers related to child abuse and neglect, child welfare, and adoption by month and State.
- Conference Calendar
Lists conferences where child welfare and related professionals network and create partnerships, learn new practices and strategies, and present papers and programs. - Conference Exhibits
Provides free materials previously distributed through Child Welfare Information Gateway exhibits at conferences throughout the country.
Includes national, State, and Tribal organizations and university programs related to child abuse and neglect, child welfare, and adoption.
- Related Organizations Lists
Provides contact information for organizations, grouped by topical focus. - Related Organizations Search
Presents a search for national organizations by name or topical focus.
- Building Capacity to Improve
Program Evaluation
CB releases first set of
videos in Evaluation Virtual
Summit series. - Protective Factors for In-Risk
Populations
Presents literature on the
protective factors for
populations served by ACYF. - How to Adopt
Offers information about the
many paths to building your
family through adoption. - Child Maltreatment
2012
Presents national data about
child abuse and neglect during
federal fiscal year 2012. - 2013 Adoption
Excellence Awardees
Recognizes excellence in
achieving permanency for
children in foster care. - Using Social Media
in Child Welfare
Offers information about using social media in child welfare. - Early Identification of
Developmental Disabilities in
Foster/Adoptive Homes
View the webinar. - Children's Bureau
E-book and PDF
Read CB's story told against
the background of changing
world events. - Family-Centered
Practice
Offers information about a
family-centered approach to
child welfare. - 19th National Conference on
Child Abuse and Neglect
Learn more about
the conference. - View Seven New
CB Spotlight Videos
Short discussions with
CB staff on important themes
that drive their work 
CB Brochure | CB Video
Training & Technical Assistance (T/TA) Network Directory
T/TA Network Highlights:
- The National Abandoned Infants Assistance Resource Center (AIA) has developed a new online tutorial on "Supporting Children of Parents With Co-occurring Mental Illness and Substance Use."
- The National Child Welfare Resource Center for Organizational Improvement (NRCOI) developed five working papers focusing on different aspects of a CQI system
- The National Child Welfare Workforce Institute (NCWWI) posted a new resource, NCWWI Bilingual Traineeship Program: Legacies and Lessons Learned.
- The National Data Archive on Child Abuse and Neglect (NDACAN) posted a new dataset, Adoption and Foster Care Analysis and Reporting System (AFCARS), Adoption File 2012.
- The National Resource Center for Child Protective Services (NRCCPS) posted several new documents to its CJA Recourses web section, including FAQs on the Children's Justice Act (CJA) and CJA Task Force, the CJA three-year assessment, and State Liaison Officers.
- The National Resource Center for Child Welfare Data and Technology (NRC-CWDT) posted National Youth in Transition Database (NYTD) Guide to the Data Elements.
- The National Resource Center for Diligent Recruitment (NRCDR) at AdoptUSKids created the Customizable Diligent Recruitment Navigator, a new tool to assist States, Tribes, and territories in their development of comprehensive diligent recruitment programs that can be tailored to individual child welfare systems and offers assistance and suggestions for diligent recruitment planning.
- The National Resource Center for In-Home Services (NRC In-Home) launched an updated and information-rich website, with a fresh design and improved navigation features.
- The National Resource Center for Permanency and Family Connections (NRCPFC) developed a new web-based toolkit focused on Youth Permanency.
- The National Resource Center for Youth Development (NRCYD) published the November/December issue of Youth Port.
- The National Technical Assistance Center for Children's Mental Health (TA Center) posted the recording and materials from its recent webinar on "Legal Mandates and National Standards: Ensuring Language Access in Children's Mental Health."
- More updates from the T&TA Network
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- Preparing Children and Youth for Adoption or Other Family Permanency
- Social Media: Tips for Foster Parents
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- Social Media: Tips for Foster Care Workers
- Leaving Your Child Home Alone
- State Statute Search
- What Is Child Abuse and Neglect? Recognizing the Signs and Symptoms
- Long-Term Consequences of Child Abuse and Neglect
- The Importance of Fathers in the Healthy Development of Children: Fathers and Their Impact on Children's Well-Being
- National Foster Care & Adoption Directory Search
- Child Abuse & Neglect
- Ejemplo de artículo de opinión / editorial
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- Definitions of Child Abuse and Neglect
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- The Importance of Fathers in the Healthy Development of Children: Sixteen Things Fathers Can Do to Support Their Pregnant Partners
- Leaving Your Child Home Alone
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- Child Sexual Abuse: Intervention and Treatment Issues: Treatment of Child Sexual Abuse
- Understanding the Effects of Maltreatment on Brain Development: How the Brain Develops
- A Coordinated Response to Child Abuse and Neglect: The Foundation for Practice: What Factors Contribute to Child Abuse and Neglect?
- What Is Child Abuse and Neglect? Recognizing Signs and Symptoms
- Adoption Options
- Military Families Considering Adoptions
- Definitions of Child Abuse and Neglect
- State Child Abuse Reporting Numbers
- Penalties for Failure to Report and False Reporting of Child Abuse and Neglect
- Kinship Caregivers and the Child Welfare System
- Parental Substance Use and the Child Welfare System
- Finding and Using Postadoption Services
- How to Assess the Reputation of Licensed, Private Adoption Agencies
- Parenting Your Adopted Preschooler
- Frequently Asked Questions From Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, and Transgender (LGBT) Prospective Foster and Adoptive Parents
- Acts of Omission: An Overview of Child Neglect
- Fatherhood Organizations
- The Role of First Responders in Child Maltreatment Cases: Disaster and Nondisaster Situations
Children's Bureau Express Online Digest
Headlines:
- Serving Young Children With Special Needs
- The Unique Needs of Infants and Toddlers
- Risk Factors for Female Crossover Youth
- Birth Rates Among CPS-Involved Youth
- Helping Young Children Succeed
- The Benefits of Trauma-Informed Care
- Transitioning Youth With Disabilities
- Marriage and Relationship Education
- Getting Youth Engaged in Their Community
- CSSP's Get R.E.A.L. Initiative
- Stories From LGBTQ Youth in Care
- Caring for LGBTQ Children
- T&TA Network Resources on LGBTQ Issues
