Assembling the Pieces: Research, Policy, and Practice in Child Welfare
This research brief was developed to advance discussions of what it takes to make valuable research use commonplace and offer concrete strategies for doing so.
Direct practice
Direct Services
Learn about strategies and interventions we use to serve children in the context of families, and families in the context of communities.
Washington communities reduce trauma effects through public-private partnerships
Several communities have created innovative approaches to decrease problems linked to trauma.
Signs of Safety® Supervisor Practice Fidelity Assessment: Field Test and Evaluation Report
This report describes the development of a fidelity measurement tool for Signs of Safety® — an approach to assessing safety and risk in child protective services.
Elements of Effective Practice for Children and Youth Served by Therapeutic Residential Care
This brief summarizes research on effective practices for children and youth referred to therapeutic residential care.
Making the Case for Early Childhood Intervention in Child Welfare: A Research and Practice Brief
The number of youth in foster care nationally has declined over the past decade, but similar declines have not occurred for children under 6.
Evaluation of Los Angeles DCFS Emergency Response Coaching
This report describes an evaluation of the Los Angeles Department of Child and Family Services Emergency Response Coaching Program.
Permanency Roundtable Project Reports
The Permanency Roundtable Project is a collaboration of the Georgia Department of Human Services, Casey Family Programs and Care Solutions, Inc.
Strategies to Increase Birth Parent Engagement
This report reviews strategies that increase birth parent engagement with child welfare services and that develop effective child welfare partnerships.
Comparison of Experiences in Differential Response Implementation
This report provides a snapshot of considerations to help child welfare jurisdictions in planning and communicating the DR approach to stakeholders.