Federal

On December 20th, as part of the Further Consolidated Appropriations Act, 2020, the President signed the Family First Transition Act into law. View the full text here. The Family First... (Read more)

Communications Strategies around Family First: Examples and Lessons Learned from Early Adopter Jurisdictions The webinar, presented on behalf of the Public Information Officers Learning Collaborative in partnership with Casey Family... (Read more)

U.S. Senators Roy Blunt (Mo.) and Sherrod Brown (Ohio) introduced bipartisan legislation, the Child Abuse Deaths Disclosure Act, which would require states to report data on all child-abuse related deaths... (Read more)

This publication release webinar highlights historic reforms to the child welfare system to better support children, families and relative caregivers as a result of the Family First Prevention Services Act... (Read more)

The Birth Parent National Network held their 5th Annual Virtual Convening in December. The theme was Prevention across the Continuum: Research, Strategies and Family First Funding Opportunities. Click here to... (Read more)

Support letter for the Family First Transition Act, led by Children's Defense Fund, with several national and state organizations.(Read more)

The Prevention Services Clearinghouse has rated Motivational Interviewing as "Well-Supported" under Substance Abuse Programs and Services. Motivational Interviewing (MI) is a method of counseling clients designed to promote behavior change... (Read more)

The paper, from National Network for Youth and ChildFocus, outlines how the Family First Prevention Services Act can be leveraged as a tool to address homelessness for youth and young... (Read more)

A new report from Generations United, A Place to Call Home: Building Affordable Housing for Grandfamilies, found less than one in three eligible grandfamilies receive housing assistance and details the... (Read more)

This resource from Casey Family Programs is an updated inventory (as of 2.11.20) showing what evidence based practices different states plan to use for Family First and what interventions states... (Read more)