How did Arizona safely reduce its investigation backlog?
This strategy brief outlines how Arizona engaged in an intensive, multi-pronged strategy to reduce its investigation backlog.
Strategy Brief
How can child welfare leaders safely decrease investigation backlogs?
Learn how several agencies successfully reduced backlogs that resulted from overdue child protective services investigations.
How is Family Connects providing every infant in Travis County, Texas, a healthy start to life?
Home visiting programs for new parents offer a universal approach to the prevention of child abuse and neglect. Explore Austin’s model.
How do initial calls and icebreakers support shared parenting?
Learn how Louisiana implemented Initial Calls and Icebreakers to build trust between birth and foster parents and promote shared parenting.
How can pre-petition legal representation help strengthen families and keep them together?
Preventive legal representation programs offer an opportunity to invest in counsel that helps families keep children safely at home.
How is Nebraska’s Community Opportunity Map increasing access to and use of timely, high-quality data at the local level?
Learn how Nebraska’s local, state, and national partners collaborated to enhance the use and availability of community-level data.
How does the Safe Babies Court Team™ approach improve outcomes for infants and toddlers?
Learn how Safe Babies Court Teams improve collaboration between the courts and child welfare to minimize trauma for young children.
What is the Quality Parenting Initiative?
Learn how the Quality Parenting Initiative cultivates excellent parenting and supports caregivers to improve permanency for youth in care.
How can child welfare agencies effectively support LGBTQ+ youth in care?
Youth who identify as LGBTQ+ are more likely to enter foster care. Learn about jurisdictional efforts to meet the needs of LGBTQ+ youth.
How do St. Anne’s programs for pregnant and parenting young mothers break the cycle of child abuse and neglect?
St. Anne’s in Los Angeles is meeting the needs of pregnant and parenting young mothers in foster care through a continuum of services.