Federal

This resource features reflections from Timothy Phipps, a father who successfully navigated Oregon’s child welfare system, now serves as a constituent consultant, sharing his experience, to help improve that same... (Read more)

This recording is from the National Judicial Leadership Summit which convened in September 2019. Theme 3 of the convening was "Safely Preventing the Unnecessary Entry of Children into Foster Care... (Read more)

The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) is issuing a technical clarification Question and Answer (Q and A) document focused on a type of residential setting recently defined in... (Read more)

The Prevention Services Clearinghouse announced a working list of the next programs and services planned for systematic review. For additional information, please visit their FAQ page and click What are... (Read more)

The Family First Act includes provisions allowing states to use federal Title IV-E funding to support older youth in foster care to live in family settings, safely care for their... (Read more)

The following Q/A has been added to the Child Welfare Policy Manual and can be found on the Children’s Bureau website in the recently added Section 8.6 “Title IV-E Prevention... (Read more)

Children's Bureau released a Technical Bulletin to provide detailed information on the data elements title IV-E agencies are to submit under the title IV-E prevention program. The table in section... (Read more)

This brief, from the Center for the Study of Social Policy, outlines how child welfare systems can leverage Family First to achieve positive outcomes for LGBTQ+ children and youth. The... (Read more)

The Children's Bureau released this Information Memorandum to provide an Evaluation Plan Development Tip Sheet to assist with developing an evaluation plan. To assist grantees and other child welfare professionals... (Read more)

The purpose of this Information Memorandum (IM) is to demonstrate that family and youth voice are critical to a well-functioning child welfare system and to strongly encourage all public child... (Read more)