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Diligent Recruitment of Families for Children in the Foster Care System: Challenges and Recommendations for Policy and Practice describes how child welfare agencies can improve diligent recruitment practices and services for resource families. It is based on grantee final reports and published research and presents activities undertaken by grantees, lessons learned, and suggestions for improvement.
This report presents results regarding parent engagement from CFSRs conducted in the 38 states that were reviewed during the first 3 years of round 3 of the CFSRs.
This report presents key findings from the analyses of performance data for the states reviewed during the first 3 years of round 3 of the CFSRs and describes the results of a preliminary examination of the strengths and areas needing improvement identified across those states.
This issue of Child and Family Services Reviews Update contains the following sections: CFSR E-Training Platform Redesign and New Training Course, Recent Personnel Changes in CFSR Unit, Program Improvement Plans, Approvals Progressing for Round 3 CFSRs, PIP Pilots, Online Monitoring System Updates, Round 3 Aggregate Report, Years 2015-2017.
This report presents findings from the supplemental outcomes report for the National Study of the Title IV-E Child Welfare Demonstration, which examined jurisdictions’ collective experience implementing their demonstrations and operating with increased fiscal flexibility.
This issue of Child and Family Services Reviews Update contains the following sections: Request for Public Comment on Statewide Data Indicators Extended, Revised State Data Profiles Disseminated, Recent Personnel Changes in the CFSR Unit, Program Improvement Plan Approvals Progressing for Round 3 CFSRs, and Focus on Youth CFSR Findings: 2015–2017.
This Program Instruction (PI) sets forth the eligibility requirements and the grant application procedures for FY 2019 Children’s Justice Act (CJA) grants and to provide the tentative State allocation table.
This report presents results from the Child and Family Services Reviews related to older youth (aged 16—17) in foster care for the 38 states reviewed during the first 3 years of round 3 (2015—2017).
This report provides information about state programs receiving assistance under Section 106 of the Child Abuse Prevention and Treatment Act (CAPTA) and the federal training and technical assistance states receive to help them achieve the desired program improvements specified in their CAPTA and other federally mandated plans.