What is Connecticut’s trauma-informed approach, CONCEPT?
Connecticut has integrated trauma-informed practices throughout its child welfare system by way of an innovative approach called CONCEPT.
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How does Circles of Support help keep children safe at home?
Striving to keep children safe at home, Circles of Support combines evidence-informed interventions within a culturally relevant context.
How can birth and foster parent partnerships help families reunify?
Learn how a foster parent and parent partner worked together to wrap supports around a birth mother so she could reunify with her child.
How did NYC implement the Safe Sleep Initiative to reduce child fatalities?
NYC found that a combination of community engagement and parent education was effective in reducing sleep-related infant deaths.
How does the Parents for Parents program help parents reunify?
The Parents for Parents program matches parents who have been reunified with those newly involved with child welfare to provide support and guidance.
How can an effective border agreement support timely placement with kin?
This bright spot describes how Georgia and Alabama created a border agreement to expedite placement of children with kin across state lines.
What can you tell us about the Parent-Child Assistance Program?
This home visiting program in Washington state serves high-risk mothers who abuse alcohol and drugs during pregnancy.