Child Welfare
Features
- Improving Head Start: A Common Cause
- Experts Disagree About Benefits of Child Welfare Privatization
- Indian Child Welfare Act (ICWA)
- Seeking Causes: Racial Disproportionality in Child Welfare
- Reports Spur Changes in Ontario's Child Protection Law
- Who Will Take Care of Kids?
- Marcia Robinson Lowry Testifies at Congressional Hearing:
- HHS and the President's Faith-based and Community Initiative
- National Study of Child Protective Services Systems and Reform Efforts
- Louisiana Family Independence Temporary Assistance Program
- Food Stamp Program
- Five Reports on Indian Child Welfare Released
- Linking Child Welfare and Behavioral Health Services
- Mentors Share Homes, Teach Life Skills to At-Risk Families
- Financing Child Welfare Services
- Project Connect:
- The Infant Team
- R2P Highlights Family Strengthening
- Report Ranks Nations by Status of Mothers, Children
- Researchers Study Infants Who Reenter Child Welfare System
- Home Visitation Measured as a Way to Prevent Child Abuse
- Helping the Hidden Victims: Mentoring the Children of Prisoners
- How Does the Child Welfare System Work?
- Researchers Study Early Intervention for Preschool Foster Children
- Fact Sheet - Child Welfare
Food Stamp Program
The food stamp program requirements and benefits. Program history and information is outlined.... [more]
Five Reports on Indian Child Welfare Released
Reports on five research reports that give information on the Indian child welfare issues... [more]
Linking Child Welfare and Behavioral Health Services
Promising practice coordinates the delivery of child welfare and behavior health services; summary of the model.... [more]
Mentors Share Homes, Teach Life Skills to At-Risk Families
Review of program where children and their families are placed in out-of-home care with mentor families to learn skills to preserve the family stability.... [more]
Financing Child Welfare Services
CWLA strongly opposes any measure that limits the federal governments' responsibility to participate fully with the states in meeting fundamental obligations to America's vulnerable children and families.... [more]
Project Connect:
Project Connect is an innovative practice approach to service delivery for children and families through the collaborative efforts of community entities involved in treatment and rehabilitation.... [more]
The Infant Team
Emerging practice in Louisiana provides services for mothers and young children.... [more]
R2P Highlights Family Strengthening
The R2P has identified several programs that are effective and deemed as "commendable practice" in the area of strengthening families.... [more]
Report Ranks Nations by Status of Mothers, Children
A report by Save the Children ranks mothers and their children in the United States as 4th worldwide on key indicators of well-being.... [more]
Researchers Study Infants Who Reenter Child Welfare System
Study indicates out-of-home care for infants can be damaging to their growth and development if they do not find permanent placement.... [more]
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