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Family Centered Treatment: Cultivating Hope Through Innovation

Advocacy Tools
Implementation Strategies
In the three decades since its humble beginnings, the Family Centered Treatment (FCT) model and its practitioners have had the privilege of working with families across the United States. They... (Read more)
Evidence-Based Practice

Family First Prevention Services Act: Initial Implementation & Considerations

Advocacy Tools
Implementation Strategies
The Family First Prevention Services Act of 2018 (Family First Act) is important federal child welfare reform legislation that gives states opportunities – and federal funding in select areas –... (Read more)
Prevention

The Path to Well-being for Children and Youth in Foster Care Relies on Quality Family-Based Care What’s the Appropriate Role of Residential Care?

QRTP, IMD, Family First Prevention Services Act
Real Story
Constituent Engagement
Implementation Strategies
This brief, developed by the American Academy of Pediatrics, Children's Defense Fund, FosterClub, Think of Us and Youth Law Center, outlines the child-centered reforms made under the Family First Act... (Read more)
QRTP / Congregate Care

Maintenance of Effort Worksheet

Guidance
Implementation Strategies
Beginning in October 2019, states were be able to use federal Title IV-E funds for foster care prevention services and programs. The following guidance is intended to help states understand... (Read more)
Prevention

ACYF-CB-IM-21-04: Clarification on Family First Services and Cultural Adaptation for Tribes

Title IV-E Prevention Plan
Implementation Strategies
The purpose of the Information Memorandum is to clarify how allowable adaptations to evidence-based programs and services that have been rated by the Title IV-E Prevention Services Clearinghouse can be... (Read more)
Prevention

OhioKAN: Building Evidence for Kinship and Adoption Navigation Services

Data / Research
Implementation Strategies
This resource describes Chapin Hall's support of a new model design and implementation through OhioKAN. OhioKAN’s mission is to create a statewide flexible and responsive kinship and adoption navigator program... (Read more)
Kinship

Historic Opportunity to Reform the Child Welfare System: Youth & Alumni Priorities on Older Youth Successful Transition to Adulthood

Real Story
Constituent Engagement
Implementation Strategies
The National Foster Care Youth & Alumni Policy Council released a new statement: A Historic Opportunity to Reform the Child Welfare System: Youth & Alumni Priorities on Older Youth Successful... (Read more)
Prevention
Courts
Older Youth / Chafee

Webinar Recording: Parents and Caregivers: A Community-based Multidisciplinary Approach to Strengthening Families

Presentation/Webinar
Constituent Engagement
Implementation Strategies
In this webinar from the American Bar Association's Center on Children and the Law, Birth Parent National Network leaders and lawyers who work as part of interdisciplinary legal representation teams... (Read more)
Prevention

Congregate Care in the Age of Family First: Family Engagement

Constituent Engagement
Implementation Strategies
This Capacity Building Center for States resource can help state agencies, Quality Residential Treatment Programs (QRTPs), and other child welfare stakeholders understand the family engagement requirements of the Family First... (Read more)
QRTP / Congregate Care

Every Kid Needs a Family Website

Implementation Strategies
The purpose of this site is to provide information and advocacy tools to assist judges, attorneys, and advocates in making decisions regarding the placement of children that reflect the least... (Read more)
QRTP / Congregate Care
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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

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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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