Child Welfare Information Gateway E-lert! June 2019

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The Grantee Connection: Stay Connected to Resources and Lessons Learned

Read about the new programs, practices, and research being developed by Children’s Bureau discretionary grantees. Sign up and receive quarterly updates on innovative initiatives addressing a wide range of child welfare topics, funded by The Children’s Bureau.

Podcast: Tribal Courts and Child Welfare: Building Relationships with State Counterparts

When Tribal families are involved in State- or county-based child welfare services or family courts, navigating the jurisdictions and services can lead to confusion and tension. Hear how the Sitka Tribe of Alaska and Saint Regis Mohawk Tribes successfully broke down barriers to create more positive working environments and strengthen their communication and partnerships.

June is Reunification Month

When children must be removed from their families to ensure their safety, the primary goal is to reunite them with their families as soon as possible. These resources support parents, foster caregivers, and child welfare professionals working to reunify families. For parents with children and youth in out-of-home care: Resources for Parents With Children and Youth in Out-of-Home Care Reunification: Bringing your Children Home From Foster Care For families and foster caregivers: Partnering With Birth Parents To Promote Reunification For professionals: Reunifying Families Supporting Successful Reunifications

Help Us Improve National Foster Care Month

Thank you for your support during National Foster Care Month (NFCM). Your efforts are essential in building supportive systems of care for children and families involved in the foster care system. Resources on how to strengthen families and achieve successful reunification remain available on the NFCM 2019 website throughout the year. Please take a few minutes and give us your feedback. Your insights will help us improve NFCM 2020!

New & Updated Publications

Leaving Your Child Home Alone
Help families, kinship and foster caregivers, and guardians assess their child’s readiness to be home without supervision.

Promoting Permanency for Older Youth in Out-of-Home Care
Involving youth in their own permanency planning can help them develop decision-making skills, gain a sense of control for their future, and enhance their self-esteem. Learn more about the importance of focusing on permanency planning for youth. 

Did You Know?

The goal of foster care is to provide support to families in need and increase the percentage of families working toward reunification. In fact, since 2007, the largest increase in permanency goals for children has been reunification. Read more about the latest foster care numbers and trends in Foster Care Statistics. Get strategies and information on how to build on family strengths, involve families in decision-making, advocate for improving families' conditions, and engage communities to support families.

In this Month's CBX: Spotlight on Child Welfare Workforce Development

The June 2019 issue of Children's Bureau Express highlights Child Welfare Workforce Development and ways the child welfare workforce can increase its capacity while maintaining self-care. Read the issue. https://cbexpress.acf.hhs.gov Subscribe to CBX at https://www.childwelfare.gov/subscribe.

Upcoming Conferences

Information Gateway will be at the following upcoming conferences. Please stop by and see the team. Be sure to visit Information Gateway's conference calendar to view and/or submit upcoming events!

June 18–22, 2019: American Professional Society on the Abuse of Children (APSAC) Annual Colloquium, Salt Lake City, UT

June 25–28, 2019: Adolescent Pregnancy Prevention Grantee Conference, New Orleans, LA

July 8–10, 2019: Florida Coalition for Children (FCC) Annual Conference, Lake Buena Vista, FL

July 10–12, 2019: National Family and Community Engagement Conference, Reno, NV

Updates From the Capacity Building Center for States

New series! Our Becoming a Family-Focused System series is designed to help agency leaders and staff assess, build, and sustain positive organizational culture and climate change in the areas of collaborative service array development, family engagement, and continuity of relationships.

Explore the first resources in the series and stay tuned for more!

• Becoming a Family Focused-System series (webpage)
• Assessing Culture and Climate (brief)

For more information and news from the Center for States, visit our website.

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