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A strong foundation for child maltreatment prevention requires authentic partnerships with families, cross-system collaboration and evidence-based practice. To that end, child welfare professionals frequently must explain maltreatment to related professionals, provide information to families and communities, and identify risk and protective factors. The Children's Bureau's information service, Child Welfare Information Gateway, offers a number of publications to support these goals. Topics include preventing child abuse, protecting children from the risk of abuse, and promoting healthy families.  

Listed below are the latest bulletins for child welfare professionals, factsheets for families, and issue briefs that cover research and evidence-based or evidence-informed practices for preventing maltreatment. For a full list of titles, visit Information Gateway's publication catalog and browse by topic.

Protective Factors Approaches in Child Welfare

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Issue Briefs
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Child Welfare Information Gateway
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Year Published
2020
Provides an overview of national protective factors approaches to prevent child abuse and neglect. It is designed to help child welfare professionals, administrators, service providers, policymakers, and other interested individuals understand the concepts of protective and risk factors in families and communities and learn ways in which building protective factors can help lower the risk of child abuse and neglect now and in the future.

Factores de protección para una familia fuerte (Protective Factors for a Strong Family)

Titulo de la Colección
Hojas Informativas Para las Familias (Factsheets for Families)
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Child Welfare Information Gateway
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Año Publicado
2021
Explica qué son los factores de protección y da ejemplos de cómo pueden identificarse en situaciones de la vida real. Esta hoja informativa para familias también ofrece consejos y recursos para ayudar a padres y madres a fortalecer y aplicar cada factor en sus propias vidas para ayudar a su familia a salir adelante. Explains what protective factors are and gives examples of what they can look like in real-life situations. This factsheet for families also offers tips and resources to help parents strengthen and apply each factor in their own lives to help their family thrive.

How the Child Welfare System Works

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Factsheets
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Child Welfare Information Gateway
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Year Published
2020
Provides a brief overview of the purposes and functions of the child welfare system and includes a flowchart illustrating how cases typically move through the system.

Child Welfare Practice to Address Racial Disproportionality and Disparity

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Bulletins for Professionals
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Child Welfare Information Gateway
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Year Published
2021
Explores the factors that contribute to racial and ethnic disproportionality and disparity in the child welfare system. It also describes strategies that can assist child welfare caseworkers, administrators, program managers, and policymakers with addressing these issues in general and at specific decision-making points along the child welfare service continuum.

Family Engagement: Partnering With Families to Improve Child Welfare Outcomes

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Bulletins for Professionals
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Child Welfare Information Gateway
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Year Published
2021
Provides an overview of the foundational elements of the family engagement approach, followed by strategies and promising practices for implementing this approach.

In-Home Services to Strengthen Children and Families

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Issue Briefs
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Child Welfare Information Gateway
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Year Published
2021
Provides an overview of child welfare in-home services, components of effective service delivery, and Federal funding sources for services. It also points to core practice elements of in-home services, evidence-based programs used during the provision of in-home services, and State examples of efforts to improve their in-home services delivery.

Parental Substance Use: A Primer for Child Welfare Professionals

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Factsheets
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Child Welfare Information Gateway
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Year Published
2021
Reviews what substance use disorders (SUDs) are, how parental substance use affects families, and how child welfare professionals can support these families. It also considers how collaboration between child welfare professionals and SUD treatment providers, as well as others, is an essential component to assisting families. This factsheet is intended to serve as a brief primer on the intersection of parental SUDs and child welfare rather than a comprehensive guide. Additional information and resources are provided throughout to help readers explore the topic in more detail.

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