Jurisdictions across the country are challenged to improve their child welfare systems to better ensure that children are safe and growing up in permanent families that can ensure their well-being. Through Program Improvement Plans resulting from the Federal Child and Family Services Reviews (CFSRs) and other child welfare reform efforts, State child welfare agencies are assessing current policies and practices and deciding how to make needed improvements. The following resources provide examples of various approaches to system reform and identify strategies being used to improve the child welfare system.
- Approaches to system reform
- Engaging a diverse group of individuals, perspectives, and partners in child welfare
- Child and Family Services Reviews
- Systems of care
- Reform based on litigation
- Reform related to TANF
- Building and sustaining system reform efforts
- Lessons learned from system reform efforts
- Child and Family Services Plan and final report resources