Below is a collection of resources developed and published
by the Resource Center related to child welfare issues. In
addition, internet links are provided to other organizations
doing work in this area.
Summary Findings from Study of Differential Response in Contra Costa County, California (2008) [MS Word]
Expediting Permanency for Abandoned Infants: Guidelines
for State Policies and Procedures (Updated - 2007) - $10.00
This monograph reviews state laws regarding abandoned infants;
suggests legal and practice standards regarding “abandonment;” defines
permanency and suggests ways to incorporate this definition
into state law and practice; and identifies best practices
in expediting permanency for infants who are abandoned or
at risk of abandonment. [More
Information] [PDF]
[Order]
Sustaining Your Child & Family Services
Organization in Lean Times (2006) [PDF] [Order]
The Psychosocial Well-Being of
Substance-Affected Children in
Relative Care (2006) [PDF] [Order]
Boarder Babies, Abandoned Infants, and Discarded
Infants (December 2005) [PDF]
Subsidized Guardianship (December 2005) [PDF]
Identifying,
Reporting, and Responding to Substance Exposed Newborns: An Exploratory Study
of Policies & Practices
(2005) - $5.00
The Resource Center has completed a study analyzes policies
and practices regarding the identification, reporting and
child welfare response to substance exposed newborns (SEN)
in eight cities throughout the United States.This research
was funded by the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation's Substance Abuse Policy Research
Program. [PDF] [Order]
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Search -- Paraprofessionals, Peer Workers, and Home Visits (June 2005) [PDF]
From the Child's Perspective:
A Qualitative Analysis of Kinship Care Placements (2005)
- $5.00
This study was designed to provide a qualitative
analysis of children in kinship care. An attempt was made
to record the knowledge, feelings, and understandings of youth
to create a description of their experience. This report is
a summary of this research and a preliminary review of the
data collected. It is hoped that the child and family-centered
focus of this study will be useful in informing policy and
practice in the area of kinship care. [PDF]
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Discarded Infants and Neonaticide: A Review of the
Literature (2004) - $5.00
To better understand the problem of women who kill
and/or discard their newborn infants, this document reviews
the existing scholarly literature to provide a description
of the life circumstances of mothers who discard their infants,
including demographics, emotional characteristics, and mental
health. This paper also reviews a number of possible interventions
to address this social problem. [PDF]
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Kinship Care (May 2004) [PDF]
Family Planning with Substance-Using Women (April
2004) [PDF]
AIA Best Practices: Lessons Learned from a Decade
of Service to Children and Families Affected by HIV and
Substance Abuse (2003) - $10.00
The intent of this volume is to support the application
of the lessons learned from the first decade of experiences
and cross-site evaluations of the AIA program to policy development
and program planning for drug and HIV/AIDS affected infants
and children vulnerable for abandonment and their families.
In the process, the reader will become familiar with the broad
scope of the innovative, national efforts to achieve permanence
for children and will hear from the families who benefited.
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Information] [PDF]
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Shared Family Care (December 2002) [PDF]
Annual Report on Shared Family Care: Progress and
Lessons Learned (2002) [$10.00]
Shared family care (SFC) is an innovative approach to helping
families achieve permanency for their children and move toward
self-sufficiency. Unlike traditional child welfare services,
SFC involves the placement of whole families in the homes
of community members who mentor the families and work with
a team of professionals to help the families achieve these
goals. Over the last five years, the Resource Center has had
the opportunity to evaluate six SFC demonstration programs
in California and Colorado. The following report summarizes
cumulative, descriptive data from all these programs. [PDF]
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Understanding Attachment Disorders in Infants and
Young Children (The Source, Winter 1999) [PDF]
Voluntary Relinquishment of Parental Rights: Considerations
and Practices (1999) - $10.00
This monograph provides an in-depth look at voluntary relinquishment.
Specifically, it: addresses the role of voluntary relinquishment
in adoption practice, mediation and open adoptions; helps
prepare child welfare workers to discuss voluntary relinquishment
with their clients; describes the voluntary relinquishment
process; and responds to common concerns. [Order]
Delivering Culturally Competent Services to Women
and Children Who Are Drug-Affected (1997) - $10.00
The publication is based upon the experiences of AIA practitioners,
administrators, and researchers in their efforts to develop
multicultural competencies in working with ethnically and
culturally diverse families affected by perinatal substance
abuse and HIV. [Order]
Shared Family Care Program Guidelines (1996) - $10.00
These guidelines have been prepared for use by state and local
public organizations and private community-based agencies
that want to incorporate "shared family care" into
their standard continuum of services available for high-risk
families. [Order]
AIA Programs: Providing Innovative Responses on Behalf
of Infants and Young Children (1995)
Based on interviews with AlA program directors and staff,
this report reviews the strategies which constitute the core
innovative AIA services with drug-exposed and HIV/AIDS-affected
families. [Order]
Report to Congress: Effective Care Methods for Responding
to the Needs of Abandoned Infants and Young Children (1994)
A report describing effective practices developed by the AIA
projects to provide services to children and families affected
by HIV and substance abuse. [Order]
Additional Information
Methamphetamine: The Child Welfare Impact and Response - Conference Proceedings
Materials from this two-day conference held on May 8-9, 2006 have been made available online at the National Center for Substance Abuse and Child Welfare (which is a joint partnership between the Children’s Bureau and the Center for Substance Abuse Treatment). The information can be accessed at http://www.ncsacw.samhsa.gov/conf_Methamphetamine.html
Child Welfare National Resource Centers
http://www.acf.hhs.gov/programs/cb/tta/index.htm
- Child Welfare Information Gateway
http://www.childwelfare.gov/
Child Welfare Information Gateway promotes the safety, permanency, and well-being of children and families by connecting child welfare, adoption and related professionals as well as concerned citizens to timely, essential information.
- AdoptUSKids
www.adoptuskids.org
The mission of AdoptUsKids is to recruit and connect foster and adoptive families with waiting children throughout the United States.
- National Center on Substance Abuse and Child Welfare
www.ncsacw.samhsa.gov
NCSACW's goals are to develop and implement a comprehensive program of information gathering and dissemination, to provide technical assistance, and to develop knowledge that promotes effective practice, organizational, and system changes at the local, state, and national levels.
- National Child Welfare Resource Center for Adoption
www.nrcadoption.org
The mission of the National Child Welfare Resource Center for Adoption is to assist States, Tribes and other federally funded child welfare agencies in building their capacity to ensure the safety, well being, and permanency of abused and neglected children through adoption and post legal adoption services program planning, policy development and practice.
- National Child Welfare Resource Center for Organizational Improvement
http://muskie.usm.maine.edu/helpkids/
Offers technical assistance, training, teleconferences, and publications to assist States with the CFSRs, including strategic planning, quality improvement, evaluating outcomes, facilitating stakeholder involvement, and improving training and workforce development.
- National Child Welfare Resource Center for Youth Development
http://www.nrcys.ou.edu/yd/
Increases the capacity and resources of States and Tribes to effectively help youth in care establish permanent connections and achieve successful transitions to adulthood. The Center can help States incorporate youth into all areas of programs and services, implement services that address legislative requirements, prepare for Child and Family Services Reviews (CFSR) and Program Improvement Plan (PIP) development, and implementation. The Center bases its technical assistance and training around the four core principles of, youth development, collaboration, cultural competence, and permanent connections.
- National Child Welfare Resource Center on Legal and Judicial Issues
www.abanet.org/child/rclji
The National Child Welfare Resource Center on Legal and Judicial Issues is dedicated to achieving safety, permanence and well-being for abused and neglected children through improving law and legal practice. The Resource Center provides consultation, training, and technical assistance on all legal and judicial aspects of the child welfare system, including federal law, court improvement, agency and court collaboration, permanency planning, legal representation, and other emerging child welfare issues.
- National Resource Center for Child Protective Services
www.nrccps.org
Focuses on building State, local, and Tribal capacity through training and technical assistance in CPS, including meeting Federal requirements, strengthening programs, eligibility for the CAPTA grant, support to State Liaison Officers, and collaboration with other NRCs.
- National Resource Center for Child Welfare Data and Technology
www.nrccwdt.org
Our mission is to assist State, local and tribal child welfare agencies and the courts in improving outcomes for children and families through the use of information technology.
- National Resource Center for Community-Based Child Abuse Prevention
www.friendsnrc.org
FRIENDS provides services to the CBCAP community through targeted training and technical assistance efforts. These efforts include an annual grantees meeting, regional training, and individualized on-site training on request from CBCAP lead agencies.
- National Resource Center for Family-Centered Practice and Permanency Planning
http://www.hunter.cuny.edu/socwork/nrcfcpp/
The National Resource Center for Family-Centered Practice and Permanency Planning at the Hunter College School of Social Work is a training, technical assistance, and information services organization dedicated to help strengthen the capacity of State, local, Tribal and other publicly administered or supported child welfare agencies to: institutionalize a safety-focused, family-centered, and community-based approach to meet the needs of children, youth and families.
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