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A well-articulated theory of change and logic model are important tools in service delivery. These tools support programs in understanding and improving how a program functions. They provide a foundation for meaningful planning and monitoring of activities. A theory of change and logic model rely...

Accurate and ongoing surveillance of the incidence of child maltreatment and related risk and protective factors can help to inform policy and programs as well as shape prevention and intervention efforts. One promising approach to capturing this information is by linking local, state, or federal administrative records, such as those from child welfare, health, social services, education, public safety, and other agencies.

Adults who interact with the child welfare system can play a critical role in shaping and supporting the development of self-regulation in youth and young adults through an interactive process called “co-regulation.” On March 28th, 2019 the Children’s Bureau and the Office of Planning, Research, and Evaluation in the Administration for Children and Families brought experts together from around the country to discuss self-regulation and how the child welfare system...

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This brief describes the development, validation, and cross jurisdiction replication of a risk prediction model designed to predict foster care placement.

Understand the Reasonable Efforts Finding Study, what it seeks to learn about factors that affect a judge’s reasonable efforts decision, data the study will collect, the study sample, and why it is important to the legal community.

Explore this examination of the Family Unification Program for Youth, to understand how to support housing needs of youth transitioning out of foster care.

The Office of Planning, Research, and Evaluation’s (OPRE’s) Human Trafficking and Child Welfare: Scope of Agency Authority reviews how state child agencies define the extent and range of their authority as it relates to human trafficking.

Explore these guides that demonstrate how to incorporate co-regulation approaches to support youth in foster care.