How does My Community Cares in Louisiana build strong neighborhoods that keep families together?
Explore how My Community Cares supports and strengthens families in Louisiana through community-based programs and services.
Prevention
How does SafeCare support parents of young children?
Discover how the SafeCare home visiting program effectively supports positive parenting practices and reduces incidents of maltreatment.
Preventive legal advocacy
Explore a variety of our resources related to the continuum of preventive legal advocacy.
How is universal access to the social determinants of health critical to the continuum of legal advocacy?
Examine how helping families access resources that improve social determinants of health is part of the continuum of legal advocacy.
How is legal awareness critical to the continuum of legal advocacy?
Examine how raising awareness for families about their legal rights and services is part of the legal advocacy continuum.
How is preventive legal advocacy critical to the continuum of legal advocacy?
Examine how preventive legal advocacy that addresses upstream legal issues for families is part of the legal advocacy continuum.
How is pre-petition legal representation critical to the continuum of legal advocacy?
Examine how providing pre-petition legal representation services for families is part of a preventive legal advocacy continuum.
State Data
Explore data about state approaches, children in care, and how money is invested in foster care vs. preventive and permanency services.
Dr. William C. Bell testimony: Making a Difference for Families and Foster Youth
Dr. Bell provides testimony to the U.S. House of Representatives Committee on Ways and Means Subcommittee on Worker and Family Support.
National partnership to reinvent child welfare expands
Thriving Families, Safer Children has expanded to include child welfare jurisdictions in 22 states and a sovereign tribal nation.