Advocacy Tools

This report by The National Quality Improvement Center on Family-Centered Reunification offers an overview of the state of the research evidence about interventions designed to promote reunification and presents a... (Read more)

Child Trends Child Welfare Financing Survey for state fiscal year (SFY) 2018 provides a national and state-by-state analysis of the composition of, and changes in, child welfare agency expenditures. State... (Read more)

This brief identifies common challenges agencies face in building this evidence and suggests ways to address these challenges, including defining the program model; selecting a comparison group; ensuring an adequate... (Read more)

Family-Centered Treatment 2021 White Paper on Reunification: Providing Hope and a Plan with Family-Centered Treatment highlights Key Components of Successful Reunification by honoring the family of origin, overcoming barriers, and... (Read more)

Reframing Childhood Adversity: Promoting Upstream Approaches developed by Prevent Child Abuse America is a highly accessible, actionable guide that takes recent science and current communications contexts into account, speaks to... (Read more)

Family First was designed to help children at risk of entering foster care remain safely with their families, and to help children already in foster care live with families rather... (Read more)

The Child Welfare Information Gateway developed a website for National Adoption Month 2020. The website includes resources for child welfare professionals, for legal professionals, and for youth. It also features... (Read more)

The Guardian is a quarterly law journal published by the National Association of Counsel for Children (NACC) exclusively for its members. However, NACC has made the fall volume of their... (Read more)

Casey Family Programs released a report that reflects the dramatically transformed landscape for children and families as the country confronts a global pandemic, economic disruption and its history of systemic... (Read more)

In the crush of child welfare, State and local agencies may struggle with providing appropriate and holistic services to older youth in care who are parents or expecting the arrival... (Read more)