Child and Family Welfare - System

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Child Protective Services

The Office of Child Protective Services provides many functions for the Family Services Partnership of the Department of Human Resources.... [more]

The First Lady on Child Welfare

Hillary Rodham Clinton's remarks on quality child rearing and the adoption of children.... [more]

Promising Practices: Addressing Racial Disproportionality in Child Welfare

Recent research indicates overrepresentation of children of color in the foster care system is a widespread concern.... [more]

Child Welfare

• Experts Disagree About Benefits of Child Welfare Privatization
• Fact Sheet - Child Welfare
• Financing Child Welfare Services
• Five Reports on Indian Child Welfare Released
• Food Stamp Program
• Helping the Hidden Victims: Mentoring the Children of Prisoners
• HHS and the President's Faith-based and Community Initiative
• Home Visitation Measured as a Way to Prevent Child Abuse
• How Does the Child Welfare System Work?
• Improving Head Start: A Common Cause
• Indian Child Welfare Act (ICWA)
• Linking Child Welfare and Behavioral Health Services
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Laws and Legal Issues

• Agreement Reached in Class Action Lawsuit to Ensure Better Outcomes for Connecticut's Foster Childre
• Appeals Court Affirms Settlement of Marisol v. Giuliani
• Child's Death in Overcrowded Foster Home Highlights Statewide Problem' Advocates Call for Strike For
• Children's Advocates Charge Tennessee Governor and Child Welfare System with Contempt of Court
• Children's Advocates Demand Emergency Relief for Dangerous Shelters in Georgia.
• Children's Advocates Seek Contempt of Court Finding Against New Mexico Foster Care System
• Children's Rights and District of Columbis Agree to Transition Plan from Receivership for Child Welf
• Children's Rights Calls on Senators to Grill Tommy Thompson on Child Welfare; Cite Failing Wisconsin
• Children's Rights Creates Policy Departent; Madelyn Freundlich Named First Director of Policy
• Children's Rights Files Motion Charging Governor of Tennessee and Commissioner of Department of Chil
• Children's Rights Joins Statewide Advocates In Class Action Lawsuit on Behalf of Florida's Most Vuln
• Children's Rights Obtains Settlement for Children Seeking to Hold New York City Accountable for Poor
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Child Welfare

• Statement by Olivia A. Golden, HHS Assistant Secretary for Children and Families, on the study of Mi
• Study Shows That TANF Application Process Works
• Head Start Expansion Initiative Will Help Children Learn, Parents Earn
• USDA Taps WIC Contingency Funds To Ensure Program Access for 7.8 Million Women, Infants and Children
• HHS Approves District of Columbia Welfare Demonstration Project
• Veneman Says Food Stamp Benfits for Newly Qualifying Legal Immigrants Begin April 1
• New Report Shows Early Success for Los Angeles Welfare-to-Work Efforts
• Clinton=Gore Accomplishments Reforming Welfare
• President Clinton Will Announce Record Caseload Decline and Landmark Reform Rules to Promote Work
• President Clinton Will Announce Record Numbers of People on Welfare are Working as Businesses Hire f
• HHS Approves First Child Welfare Demonstrations with New Expanded Authority for Maine and Mississipp
• Studies Show Many Factors Influence CPS Decision-Making
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Child Welfare Law and Practice

• Alabama - Decision-Making for the Permanent Placement of Children
• South Carolina Waiver Signed
• HHS Releases First Child Welfare Outcomes Report
• Alabama - Disclosure of Confidential Records
• Decision-Making in Permanency Planning
• Central Registries/Reporting Records
• Child Abuse and Neglect
• Reporting Abuse and Neglect
• Permanent Placement Planning
• Family Reunification
• Termination of Parental Rights