National Child Welfare Training and Staff Development Resources

Phone: (704) 845-2121

Fax: (704) 845-8577

Email: kay@actionchildprotection.org

General Scope: ACTION is a private nonprofit organization dedicated to strengthening and improving child protection efforts on behalf of children and families.

ACTION's goals are to improve the competence of professionals in child welfare services, to provide tools to enhance the effectiveness of agencies and organizations involved in child protection, and to increase community awareness of child abuse and neglect and the need for child protection.

nadid: 11076

Toll-Free: (888) 572-6500

Email: info@brycs.org

General Scope: Bridging Refugee Youth and Children's Services (BRYCS) is a national technical assistance program addressing the challenges which refugee youth and children face in adjusting to life in the U. S. Its purpose is to broaden the scope of information and increase the collaboration among service providers for refugee youth, children and families.

BRYCS is a project of the United States Conference of Catholic Bishops/Migration and Refugee Services (USCCB/MRS), and it is supported by the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services, Administration for Children and Families, Office of Refugee Resettlement.

nadid: 11210

Phone: (614) 251-6000

Fax: (614) 251-6005

Email: info@ihs-trainet.com

IHS is committed to helping organizations achieve best practice and the highest standards of service in the child welfare/child protection field. Since its founding in 1977, IHS has worked throughout the US, Canada, Europe, and Asia, with both local public human service agencies and state, provincial, and national governments, to protect vulnerable and at-risk children and strengthen their families.

nadid: 23181

Phone: (202) 408-8600

The National Association of Social Workers is a private, nonprofit membership organization committed to enhancing the profession of social work, developing and supporting social policy, and promoting human services programs. There are NASW chapters in every state; most are engaged in child welfare and family violence program activities at the local level. The national office is primarily concerned with social policy, federal legislation and advocacy, and social practice standards that protect, promote, and ensure the welfare of children and families.

nadid: 11132

Phone: (410) 706-3740

Email: ndickinson@ssw.umaryland.edu

General Scope: The purpose of the National Child Welfare Workforce Institute (NCWWI) is to build the capacity of the nation’s child welfare workforce and improve outcomes for children and families through activities that support the development of skilled child welfare leaders in public, private, and Tribal child welfare systems. The NCWWI also serves as a workforce resource to other members of the Children's Bureau's Training & Technical Assistance (T/TA) Network.

Training Specific: Please see the Academy Leadership website at http://www.ncwwi.org/index.php/teams-services for a child welfare leadership training model for Supervisors and middle managers that will complement existing workforce and professional development initiatives in the field and promote transfer of learning to the workplace.

nadid: 23825

Phone: (503) 222-4044

Email: info@nicwa.org

The National Indian Child Welfare Association (NICWA) functions as the only Native American organization focused specifically on issues of child abuse and neglect and tribal capacity to prevent and respond effectively to these problems. NICWAprovide workshops and training programs, using culturally appropriate NICWA developed resources, including training materials, curricula, and books. NICWA also offers technical assistance and training on child care, family preservation, and substance abuse.

Training Specific: NICWA had developed a Tribal Child Welfare Worker Certification that will serve as an aid for the continual development of Indian child welfare workers to better serve our tribal children and families. For more information, please see http://www.nicwa.org/certification/.

NICWA has developed trainings on a variety of topics related to American Indian child welfare that are available via on-site training, training institutes, or ICWA online training courses. For more information, please see http://www.nicwa.org/training/.

nadid: 11020

Phone: (202) 289-6555

Fax: (202)682-2328

General Scope: The mission of the National Staff Development and Training Association (NSDTA) is to build professional and organizational capacity in the human services through a national network of membership sharing ideas and resources on organizational development, staff development, and training.

NSDTA was founded in 1983 and incorporated as an affiliate of the American Public Human Servics Association (APHSA) in 1985 to support persons responsible for human service training and staff development on the local, state, or federal level.

Training Specific: The NSDTA represents training professionals working in public human services. Each year, NSDTA sponsors a Professional Development Institute, a national training and networking event for people involved in human services training, staff development and organizational development. Presenters represent governmental agencies including human services, public health, child welfare, corrections and human rights, as well as nongovernmental agencies including private sector child welfare and community-based organizations.

nadid: 11305

Phone: (301) 405-4753

Phone: (202) 862-7160

Fax: (301) 403-4675

The School of Public Affairs at the University of Maryland has created the Welfare Reform Academy to help State and local officials, private social service providers, and other interested parties take full advantage of the 1996 welfare reform law.

The Academy provides training in program design, implementation, and evaluation for Temporary Assistance for Needy Families (TANF), Food Stamp, Medicaid, job training, child care, child welfare, and child support programs.

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