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Understanding the Family First Clearinghouse

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Advocacy Tools
Many states are anxious to implement Family First to safely support children in their own homes while addressing family and child well-being. The Prevention Services Clearinghouse was set up to... (Read more)
Evidence-Based Practice

Understanding the Family First Clearinghouse

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Advocacy Tools
Many states are anxious to implement FFPSA to safely support children in their own homes while addressing family and child well-being. The Prevention Services Clearinghouse was set up to review... (Read more)
Evidence-Based Practice

Support Letter for Family First Transition Act

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

Family First Prevention Services Act: Implications For Addressing Youth Homelessness

Advocacy Tools
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)
Older Youth / Chafee
Prevention

State of GrandFamilies Report: A Place to Call Home: Building Affordable Housing for Grandfamilies

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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)
Kinship

Webinar Recording:Historic Opportunity to Reform the Child Welfare System: Youth & Alumni Priorities on Preventing Unnecessary Removal of Children from their Families

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Real Story
Presentation/Webinar
Constituent Engagement
On October 22nd, the National Foster Care Youth & Alumni Policy Council held a webinar on their recently released priority ": A Historic Opportunity to Reform the Child Welfare System:... (Read more)
Prevention

Youth & Alumni Priorities on Preventing Unnecessary Removal

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This is an opportunity to hear first-hand from young people who experienced foster care and learn ways to improve practice and policy to better serve young people, their families, and... (Read more)
Prevention

Family Voices United: A Podcast on Supporting Kinship Families

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Constituent Engagement
Listen as Family Voices United members share how support can make a difference for kinship families. Learn how constituents are taking action, getting involved, and building the movement! Podcast Features:... (Read more)
Kinship

Historic Opportunity for Reform in Child Welfare: Prevention

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Constituent Engagement
On October 1st, the National Foster Care Youth & Alumni Policy Council released a new statement: " A Historic Opportunity to Reform the Child Welfare System: Youth & Alumni Priorities... (Read more)
Prevention

Family First Core Messaging

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This document outlines topline messages designed to help communicate the Family First Act with key stakeholders and the public. Key messages include: Kids deserve to grow up in families; With... (Read more)
Overview / General
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American Academy of Pediatrics American Bar Association American Public Human Services Association Annie E. Casey Foundation Birth Parent National Network Casey Family Programs Chapin Hall Child Focus Children's Defense Fund Children's Trust Fund Alliance Child Trends Family Centered Treatment Foundation Family Focused Treatment Association Federal HHS/ACYF/CB Foster Care Alumni of America FosterClub Generations United Juvenile Law Center Mathematica National Association of Counsel for Children National Conference of State Legislatures National Council of Juvenile and Family Court Judges National Council on Crime & Deliquency National Governors Association National Indian Child Welfare Association Other Public Consulting Group Senate / Congress Within Our Reach Youth Villages

Topics

Adoption Assistance Child Fatalities Courts COVID-19 Evidence-Based Practice Interstate Placement / NEICE Juvenile Justice Kinship Older Youth / Chafee Overview / General Pregnant & Parenting Prevention QRTP / Congregate Care

Resource Types

  • Advocacy Tools (230)
  • Case Study (11)
  • Constituent Engagement (62)
  • Data / Research (140)
  • Financing (16)
  • Guidance (112)
  • Implementation Strategies (152)
  • Law / Summary (43)
  • News (68)
  • Opinion (20)
  • Presentation/Webinar (51)
  • Program Instructions (38)
  • Real Story (30)
  • State Teams (39)
  • Title IV-E Prevention Plan (54)

FamilyFirstAct.org is a collaborative project between:

American Academy of Pediatrics
American Bar Association Center on Children and the Law
American Public Human Services Association
Annie E. Casey Foundation
Casey Family Programs
Child Trends
Child Focus
Children's Defense Fund
Children's Trust Fund Alliance
Evident Change
Family Centered Treatment Foundation
Family Focused Treatment Association
Foster Care Alumni of America

FosterClub
Generations United
Juvenile Law Center
Mathematica
National Association of Counsel for Children
National Council of Juvenile and Family Court Judges
National Indian Child Welfare Association
National Governors Association
Public Consulting Group
Within Our Reach 
Youth Villages

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