State Fact Sheets on Child Welfare Funding

These fact sheets from CLASP provide useful background on the current fiscal structure of the child welfare system. Each contains sections that:

Describe the context for child welfare spending by providing data on abuse and neglected children, children in foster case, children who have left foster care, and children living with kin;

Identify how much child welfare funding comes from federal, state and local sources;

Describe the major federal funding streams that are used to support child welfare and the about of child welfare funding that comes from each; and

Highlight expenditures and trends within the Title IV-E Foster Care and Adoption Assistance Programs.

To access data on your state, click on it on the map.

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North Carolina Children’s Services Practice Notes

This is an online newsletter designed to enhance the practice of North Carolina’s child welfare workers by providing tem with information about research and practice models. It comes out four times a year. The link above is to an index that provides links to what looks like all past issues.

Here’s a link to the current issue, Promoting School Success for Children Involved with the Child Welfare System.

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Glossary of Child Welfare Terms, English to Spanish

The Child Welfare Information Gateway has developed this glossary to ensure consistency and cultural relevance in its publications and makes it available to anyone who can use it.

Same document: Spanish to English, can be accessed here.

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Assessing Parent Education Programs for Families Involved with Child Welfare Services: Evidence and Implications

Little is known about the effectiveness of parent education programs offered at various stages of the child welfare continuum. This review includes outcome data generated from 70 of the most rigorously evaluated parenting education programs with families determined to be at-risk of child maltreatment and/or abusive or neglectful. Downloadable 56 page pdf file.

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Child Welfare Law Office Guidebook: Best Practice Guidelines for Organizational Legal Representation of Children in Abuse, Neglect, and Dependency Cases

This publication from the National Association of Counsel for Children discusses best practices for legal representation of children. It includes guidelines for administration, development and outreach and information on standards of practice, community resources, and developing outcome measures. 114 page pdf file.

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National Advocating for the Educational Needs of Children in Out-of-Home Care

This is a training curriculum and caseworker manual for the State of Colorado Department of HHS. Designed to provide child welfare caseworkers with an understanding of relevant educational policies, processes, services, and tools to enable them to advocate for the educational needs of children in their caseloads. Appendix includes checklists.

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Child Welfare Resource Center for Youth Development

Provides training and technical assistance to public administered and supported child welfare agencies. Click on the link above to visit the center’s web site.

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Methamphetamine: The Child Welfare Impact and Response

Presentations from this Children’s Bureau conference held in May are now posted on this site to read or download.

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National Court and Child Welfare Collaborative: Focus on System Reform

With support and funding from the Children’s Bureau, NCJFCJ, the ABA Center on Children and the Law, and the National Center for State Courts will work together to deal with court issues relating to children and families. The Collaborative will conduct a training conference in November 2006. Click on the link above for details.

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Frequently  Encountered Families

A small percentage of families require a disproportionate amount of caseworker time and agency resources. A study of frequently encountered families found three overriding characteristics among them:

The study includes recommendations for child welfare agencies in dealing with FE families. 63 page pdf file.

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